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:
Bearded competitors are sought for the 2008 North American Beard and Moustache Championship. The competition takes place July 5, 2008 in beautiful, scenic Bremerton, Washington USA. The registration fee for competitors is $25.00 until June 5, when it increases to $35.00. So don’t delay. Register today! Please encourage as many bearded men as possible to register and make this event a rousing success. Proceeds from the event will benefit local mens’ homeless shelters. For full details and to register, go to: http://www.nabmc.whiskerclub.org/ .
Comedy Central’s Indecision 2008 site is honoring Lincoln’s birthday with a Lincoln beard challenge. If you’re inspired to grow a Lincolnesque beard and compete, go for it! More information and the rules are available here:
The Great Lincoln’s Beard Challenge of Aught-Eight
There’s another online beard contest going on right now: The Beard Contest 2007. It’s on a smaller scale than Whiskerino. Be sure to check it out, too!
It’s been on the links page for a while. In case you haven’t noticed, Whiskerino 2007 is now in full swing. It’s a fairly wild and crazy Internet beard growing contest. Check it out:
I have received word that, in the Land of Lincoln, there will be a beard contest on September 9, 2007 at 2:30 PM at the Ullin, Illinois fire station. The beard contest is part of the Cache River Days celebration in honor of the town’s 150th anniversary. It is believed to be the first beard contest in Ullin since 1957. If you are in the area, be sure to check it out!
Michigan’s Village of Shepherd celebrates its 150th anniversary this month. Part of the celebration is a beard contest. Word is that there are about twenty competitors. Judging will take place on the 18th of August and the bearded competitors will march in the parade on the 19th. The contest has its own blog: Shepherd Sesquicentennial Beard Contest. Check it out!
Best of luck to all competitors! And congratulations to the Village of Shepherd on its 150th anniversary!
I’ve just been alerted to a beard contest in which you are invited to vote for the best beard. So go right now to http://www.capstrat.com/cs/beardathon.cfm and do your duty: vote for the best beard! The contest benefits a charity, too. So get over there and vote now!
A new beard battle is about to start. It’s The Great Beard Battle, a Hyde Park, New York beard-growing contest. These brave men are competing in a beard contest during the sweltering summer heat. Wimps, they are not. We shall see! Kudos to their fearless webmaster and good luck to all the participants!
UPDATE: The battle fizzled and the link is no longer any good. 
