| rdfs:comment | - FieldReport[1] is a Website where a community of readers and writers post true-life stories (called FieldReports) and rate the stories to determine the winner of the $250,000 FieldReport Grand Prize for Experiential Writing, to be awarded December 1, 2008. Winners of FieldReport's beta contests who are noted writers include best-selling author Laura Fraser, essayist Shari MacDonald Strong, The New York Times "Habitat" columnist Stephen P. Williams, and short story writer Monica Garcia.
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| abstract | - FieldReport[1] is a Website where a community of readers and writers post true-life stories (called FieldReports) and rate the stories to determine the winner of the $250,000 FieldReport Grand Prize for Experiential Writing, to be awarded December 1, 2008. There are no judges on FieldReport. The site uses a patent-pending Objective Community Ranking Engine to direct users to "review" FieldReports by rating them on a scale of 0 to 10. The highest-rated FieldReports in 20 categories win monthly prizes of $1,000 each, which qualify them for the Grand Prize run-off, determined through a voting process. The categories are Breaking News, 36 Hours, Animal Beings, Brush With Fame, Crisis Mode, Food + Drink, Friends + Family, Home + Garden + Auto, Life + Me, Love + Hate, Music + Arts, Oddball Events, On the Job, Parenting + Pregnancy, Spirituality + Religion, Sport + Challenge, Style + Beauty + Body, Travel + Nature, and Witness to History. FieldReport will also award a $25,000 scholarship, paid into a 529 plan, for the winner of a TeenReport contest for writers aged 13 to 17. Winners of FieldReport's beta contests who are noted writers include best-selling author Laura Fraser, essayist Shari MacDonald Strong, The New York Times "Habitat" columnist Stephen P. Williams, and short story writer Monica Garcia. FieldReport is the brainchild of William Petty, a San Francisco entrepreneur and restauranteur who co-owns Medicine Eatstation in downtown San Francisco. The site was launched July 16, 2008 after a beta test that awarded $40,000 in writing prizes, including a $20,000 grand prize to 54-year-old Portland, Oregon U.S. mail carrier Murr Brewster, whose work had never been published before. Her story, "Edna Has Not Left the Building", was about the characters she encountered on her delivery route.
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