A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Wrapping it up for the year

It’s been a while since we’ve done them, but the BME Year-End Awards are coming up!  Now, because we didn’t do them last year, we’ll be doing the 2010** awards this month as well.  Now if you don’t know what the awards are, they’re how we recognize the top contributors to BME.  We look at 3 categories, photos, videos, and experiences*.  The top 10 in each category win fabulous prizes!

Now in the past, with the way the system worked is that we’d cut off submissions for the year end awards some time in December.  This year, with all the changes to the site, we can now take submissions up until midnight on December 31st.  So that means if you’re one of the top contributors come New Year’s Day, you’ll be getting a gift certificate to the BMEShop.  In past years we’ve given away t-shirts, but this time we thought it would be nice if the winners got to choose what they received.  Here’s how the prizes break down.  The top 10 contributors in each category will each win the following:

  • 1st place: $1000
  • 2nd place: $500
  • 3rd place: $250
  • 4th place: $100
  • 5th place: $50
  • 6th place: $40
  • 7th place: $30
  • 8th place: $30
  • 9th place: $30
  • 10th place: $20

If you do the math we’re giving away over six thousand dollars in prizes this year!

So what does this mean to you?  Well you’ve still got a few weeks to send in your submissions, so before the end of December upload your photos, videos and experiences* to BME.  Who knows, if you’ve submitted enough to be in the top ten, you’ll be getting a prize!  If you’ve been sitting on a bunch of photos that you haven’t uploaded yet, now is the time!

Now, all that said, we know there were some problems with the t-shirts in 2009 (I’m looking at you Angela).  If you were a winner of a 2009 year end award, and did not receive your shirt, send an e-mail to [email protected] with your shipping address, phone number, and shirt size (mens sm-2xl or womens s-xl), and we’ll send them out.

On top of all of this, the BME New Year’s Eve party is coming up!  We’re only a few days away from bonfires, suspensions, and all kinds of shenanigans!  Check the event listing for all the details!  BMEHQ is located right near King’s Dominion in Virginia, just outside of Richmond.

*Top 10 consists of the top 10 BME members who have submitted more than 1 experience.
**2010 prizes will be announced at a later date.

BMEShop Year End Sale!  Coupon Code: holiday20off

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Comments

16 responses to “Wrapping it up for the year”

  1. tobias Avatar

    I’ll be submitting all the photos I took at BMEFest this week, along with anything else I have laying around. Looks like I’m taking a ton at NYE too hopefully. I guess I should submit a few experiences from this year too. Those are ridiculous prizes.

  2. tobias Avatar

    I’ll be submitting all the photos I took at BMEFest this week, along with anything else I have laying around. Looks like I’m taking a ton at NYE too hopefully. I guess I should submit a few experiences from this year too. Those are ridiculous prizes.

  3. tobias Avatar

    I’ll be submitting all the photos I took at BMEFest this week, along with anything else I have laying around. Looks like I’m taking a ton at NYE too hopefully. I guess I should submit a few experiences from this year too. Those are ridiculous prizes. .

  4. tobias Avatar

    I’ll be submitting all the photos I took at BMEFest this week, along with anything else I have laying around. Looks like I’m taking a ton at NYE too hopefully. I guess I should submit a few experiences from this year too. Those are ridiculous prizes. .

  5. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    Unless it’s pretty well hidden, I don’t recall seeing a leader board for this year.

  6. VEAL Avatar
    VEAL

    Unless it’s pretty well hidden, I don’t recall seeing a leader board for this year.

  7. NakedLens Avatar

    This is a wakeup call for me, isn’t it Rob?

  8. NakedLens Avatar

    This is a wakeup call for me, isn’t it Rob?

  9. Rob Avatar

    Whatever do you mean 😉

  10. Rob Avatar

    Whatever do you mean 😉

  11. Rachel Avatar

    Veal,

    We’re working on the public version as we speak. It’s almost ready to go, just tweaking the template to make sure it looks like the old one, plus the video categories.

  12. Rachel Avatar

    Veal,

    We’re working on the public version as we speak. It’s almost ready to go, just tweaking the template to make sure it looks like the old one, plus the video categories.

  13. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    This was sure a wakeup call for me.

    I think i have photo submissions from 2010 and 2011 that need to go up.

  14. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    This was sure a wakeup call for me.

    I think i have photo submissions from 2010 and 2011 that need to go up.

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