What's a carnival, you ask? Well, strictly speaking, it's a public celebration or parade combining various elements of a circus and a street party, but that's not important right now. Then again, the carnival concept is meant to celebrate the efforts of everyone in the blogosphere, organizing their work around important topics. In this case, the topic is "Empty Cages," which is something An Animal-Friendly Life can get excited about.Think of the Carnival as a sort of Reader's Digest with a theme... only better. The idea is to improve the overall level of conversation in the animal advocacy blogosphere by providing links to the best or most interesting recent posts at various blogs devoted to the subject.
So this is a CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS from all you readers. The Carnival of Empty Cages #5 will only be as good as you and I make it by keeping tabs on the blogosphere. If you want some ideas for blogs to visit, please hover over the links button in the navbar above, and check out their blogrolls, too, as long as you're visiting. Now might also be the time to sign up for a free Bloglines account to monitor your favorite blogs.
I'm not planning to go with a particular theme for #5, not in advance anyway. Don't want to shoot myself in the foot. If I see a particular topic crying out thematic treatment, I may take that leap. In the meantime, whether from known blogs that have previously been featured, or obscure or new blogs that you feel people ought to know about, please forward any exceptional posts you feel ought to be included in the December 1st Carnival to be posted in this space, with the subject line Carnival of Empty Cages #5.
With that publication date in mind -- and a big, traditionally animal-hostile holiday planted just a week before it -- the submission deadline of November 30th seems a little ambitious, but I'm going to give it my best anyway. Just do me a favor and don't wait 'til the last minute. I mean, if someone posts something amazing the night of the deadline, send it in and I will consider it for inclusion. Just have mercy on me!
Previous Carnivals:
- Carnival of Empty Cages #4
- Carnival of Empty Cages #3
- Carnival of Empty Cages #2
- Carnival of Empty Cages #1
Labels: Carnival of Empty Cages
