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Mobhappy infatiguable duo Carlo and Russell anounced some nice goodies recently related to the Carnival of the Mobilists. Carlo anounced last week the birth of the mobili.st website, designed by Gotomedia, and Russell anounced yesterday, the CotM will be sponsored by Khosla Ventures from June untill the rest of the year.

“The sponsorship will take the form of cash prizes every month, as well as the Best of the Year Carnival prize which we run in December. Every month, the best Carnival Host will win $500 and the best Post will win $250. Of course, if you host and post, you could win the lot!

In December, we’ll be running the Best Post of the Year again, hosted at MobHappy, where we’ll be awarding two cash prizes before the holidays, of $1,000 and $500.”

This is really great news for this great initiative I have seen growing from the beginning… In only a couple of months this collaborative writing experiment became a well-respected source for people in the mobile industry.

If this is the first time you hear about the CotM, you can check all the previous issues here. Participating is easy, send your entry to: mobilists AT gmail DOT com before 9.00pm PST on Wednesdays. All participants writing about mobile are welcome – you don’t need a special invitation. In order to be considered to be a host, you must have already successfully contributed to the Carnival as a writer 3 times or more. All details and future schedule at the new mobili.st website!

I’m sure this sponsorhip is going to stimulate the participants to do even better writing on mobile. Congratulations and thanks to Russell and Carlo and all the people who have helped growing the Carnival of the Mobilists!

Oh and… I just realised I have choosen a really tough month as a host in June