Take a stand!  Be a man!  Grow a beard!  Win big prizes!

Following up on their Super Bowl “Man’s Last Stand” commercial, Dodge is sponsoring a “Super Beard Bowl” competition: the Super Beard Contest!  Beards of all ages, shapes, and sizes will face off to find a true champion.  The prize for winner is a trip for two to the Dodge Motorsports Race of the winner’s choice.  Other prizes include Dodge SRT track experiences and Dodge prize packs.

To compete, click on the image above to go to the Super Beard Contest page and enter.  Participants must upload a clean shaven photo at the start.  Contestants must also upload a final beard-growth photo by the end date of the contest, which is March 21st, 2010.

Registered competitors are welcome to submit photos here to help rally supporters in their bid for the win.

Enter the contest today and start growing!  Go to http://www.facebook.com/dodge to get started!

A group of intrepid first-time beard growers set out in November to grow for charity.  Click on the photo above for the story and comments on the experience from some of the beard growers.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year 2010 to all!

Congratulations to David Traver for winning first place in the Freestyle Full Beard category as well as overall World Beard Champion!  I extend my hearty congratulations to the winners in all the other categories and to all of the competitors as well.

Special congratulations go to John of Georgia from our beards of the world gallery for winning third place in the Full Beard Garibaldi category.  Congratulations, John!  Here is a photo of John taken well before the 2009 championships:

Support the team and grow a beard!  In addition, you’ll be helping out a children’s charity:  Garden of Dreams.

Join today!  Click on the image above to visit the site and check it out.  Visit often to check out the beard progress and rate the beards!

Tell all your friends.  Have them join up, too!   Now get growing!

You, the esteemed readers of beards.org, are invited to vote and comment on the beards in SmartTix’ office beard contest.  Click on the photos above to go to the voting site.  There you will find a link to photos of the contestants.

UPDATE: Contest’s over.  Thanks for your participation!

The Seattle Beard and Stache Fest just concluded  yesterday, March 1st.  Go take a look at some photos of the finale: Seattle Beard and Stache Fest photos!

Photo above by Jenny Jimenez, courtesy of Seattle Weekly.  Used with permission.

What are you waiting for?  Make plans right now to compete in the Super Bowl of beard competitions: the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships!  And if you cannot or prefer not to compete, then go as a spectator and enjoy all the fun.  The event runs from May 20th through May 24th, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska.  The championships are hosted by the South Central Alaska Beard and Moustache Club.  Go to their site right now to register and get your tickets!

http://www.akbeardclub.com/

The third annual occurrence of this growing contest happens in just under a week from now.  Get thee right away to http://www.misprintmagazine.com/ for all the details!  Hurry!

Matthew sends along the following notice about this year’s competition in New York City:

It will be on March14, 2009 in New York City.  Click on the image above for more information.  Be there!

Check out this beard-centric charity effort to raise money for a battered women’s shelter in Charlotte, North Carolina:

Beards BeCAUSE.