pre-contest

• “Think of this as a pre-contest for the Blue Fire ARC contest in a few weeks.”

  Crazy Eights (And You Can Win One!)

• “You'd be better off discussing and comparing actual results than ranting about pre-contest polls, which have been all over the place, if not outright wrong!”

  Video: Obama's South Carolina Victory Speech

• “So I like to think of pre-contest and pre-submission revision as the farm team games for the major leagues of writing.”

  Author! Author! » 2008 » February

• “Before we go, let's take one last look at all the submissions, plus the two sent to me pre-contest by F.O.A.M. members Martin and Ben Holcomb that inspired this whole thing in the first place:”

  Archive 2008-06-01

• “I have some brilliant ideas for what the prize should be be for the REAL contest, but I won the pre-contest contest, and the prize for the pre-contest contest is the opportunity to write a guest post on the ESI blog.”

  Be careful what you win « knitnut.net

• “My winning suggestion was to have a pre-contest contest to suggest prizes for the real contest.”

  Be careful what you win « knitnut.net

• “Weighing in at 99 pounds, she easily won the pre-contest stare-down, focusing on velocity.”

  CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005

• “Julia, a rank outsider in the pre-contest betting, was the first-ever winner not to shed a tear when she was crowned by outgoing Miss World Ninibeth Leal.”

  ANC Daily News Briefing

• “God's Power Offor was a pre-contest favorite, maybe Gregor Schwinghammer Jr. or Napoleon Einstein will pull an upset.”

  GOOD

• “I was amazed how many of the 44th Pillsbury Bake-Off dishes looked better in person than in the pre-contest studio photos.”

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