I almost never promote new video contests because sites like OVC and Film the Next already do a great job listing them as soon as they’re announced.  But the new video contest being run by Spendster.org is so good that I just had to mention it.  Plus it turns out I’m ineligible to enter because I won a prize in Spendster’s last contest.  So you guys are going to have to go out and win this one for the Beardster.

The contest is incredibly easy to enter.  All you do is shoot a simple video that’s under 60 seconds long where you talk about something you wasted a bunch of money on.  That’s it.  Quality doesn’t matter at all.  The winners are picked by an on-going, public vote.

And man, are there going to be a lot of winners in this contest.  The prizes aren’t huge, not at all.  But Spendster is giving away so MANY small prizes that if you shoot a video you’ll probably wind up winning something.  First place will get you $1,000, second will get you $750 and third will get you $500.  And after that, FIFTY people will each win a $100 visa  gift card as a runner-up prize.  FIFTY PEOPLE!

I recommend you don’t even try to get enough votes to land in the top 3.  Just shoot for winning one of the runner-up prizes.  Sure, 100 bucks isn’t much money but it’s certainly better than a punch in the face.  And if you’re new to video contests and have never won a prize before this is an easy way to bust your cherry. Or maybe you’ve won a few contests already but you just love free money.  Or hey, since the $100 prize comes on a visa gift card you could just save it for when you need a last minute present for somebody.  Or keep it paper-clipped to your drivers license for the next time you want to try and get out of a speeding ticket!

Normally I avoid contests where the winners are picked solely by a public vote.  But in the case of this Spendster contest, the voting is what really makes this contest so attractive.  You see, the voting is already going on and is open until May 25th.  And people can vote once per IP address, PER DAY.  So if you shoot an entry right away and if you remember to vote for yourself once a day, you should have a pretty decent chance of landing in the top 53.

Like I said, I won a prize in Spendster’s last video contest so I can tell you first hand this isn’t some kind of weird scam.  Actually last time the contest was even bigger.  97 people each won $250 and I was of the runners up.  It took me all of 15 minutes to shoot my entry, plus maybe another 45 to edit it (it was just one shot) and upload it to youtube.

So if making $100 per hour sounds good to you, head here to enter the contest:  http://spendster.org/ And if you win a prize, be sure to let me know….I promise I won’t demand a cut of your winnings.

UPDATE: I just heard from one reader who shot an entry for this and needs votes.  Follow this link and click on the vote button to help him out.  It’ll take ‘ya 6 seconds!  SHANE’S ENTRY.