The deadline has passed. Having spent the day sifting through our readers' zero attempts to create the next great Slashdot joke, I'm ready to announce that the winner is: nobody. Because, like I said, I didn't get any entries. Pay attention.

Thus "Soviet Russia," hobbled as it may be, marches on. That's OK. I'm not surprised by the nonexistent turnout; it was a pretty tough contest. But I wanted to give it a shot. The good news is that the contest didn't fail for lack of readership. In the past month or so, Blank of the Day has built up a steady flow of visitors, as illustrated by this chart of pre- and post-contest traffic:

That increase is due in no small part to a little help from our friends. My genuine, un-snarky gratitude to those friendly bloggers and to all the readers. Thanks for coming, and let us know what you think via the e-mail link at the bottom of each post.

As for the dazzling array of prizes that are still waiting to be won, I'll post details of the next challenge later this week.

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