Ugly Lamp Contest, get ready!

Ooooh boy.  It’s a-coming.  Do you hear it?  Can you smell it?  Can you feeeel it?  (It feels like fear and smells like a tuna-burp, if you are wondering).

It’s Better After’s 5th annual Ugly Lamp Contest, and it’s headed this way!

Get EXCIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITED!!!!

 

Do you have what it takes to enter?

All you need is access to an ugly lamp.

But let me tell you something, it has to be REALLY ugly.

Nightmare-inducing.

Unbelievable.

Dry-heave-able.

 

Let’s take a walk through our past winners to see if your ugly lamp has what it takes to compete.

2010, our inaugural champion: Alien Matador.

 

2011 brought us this winner, who kicked all the other competition to the curb: Broken Leg Lamp.

 

2012: the reign of terror of Demon Skull.

2013 blessed us with this queasy crowd-pleaser: Bacon Barf.

What will 2014 bring?! Oh, I can hardly wait to find out.

 

Here are the rules:

To enter, simply send a photo of your ugly lamp to me at betterafter(at)live.com, subject line: Ugly Lamp. Deadline is August 15th.

The photo must be original!  You don’t need to own the lamp yourself, but you must own the picture.

The entries will be reviewed by myself and a panel of judges, who will select a total of 18 of the worst of the worst to compete.

During the week of the Ugly Lamp Contest, six entrants will compete each day, with the top two vote-getters moving on to the finals.

The grand high champion will be announced, and the winner will receive a $100 gift card of their choice!

((IMPORTANT! Every year it seems there are a few people who get a little confused and think this a lamp-makeover contest, and send me before and after pictures of lamp projects.  Not so.  I just want your pure, unadulterated fuggo lamps, in all their unglory)).

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

I have my box of saltines and 7-Up at the ready, so start sending those entries in!!!!

 

If you’re new here, you might want to go back and check out a few past contests.  Raccoon of Utter Despair should not be condemned to oblivion. Here are the final rounds, my favorite part.  2013, 2012, 2011, 2010.