Yahoo! Yammys to honor online video through contest

Yahoo! Search has issued a call for entries into The Yammys - the first annual Yahoo! Video Search Awards, sponsored by Casio Inc. The contest aims to find and recognize the type of online video content that continues to make Yahoo! Video Search, http://video.search.yahoo.com, one of the most popular sites on the Web to find interesting, relevant, and fun video content. To enter a video for consideration, consumers should visit www.yahoo.com and search for 'The Yammys.' Submissions will be accepted beginning July 28 and ending August 17 at midnight. The Yammys Grand Prize winner will receive a red-carpet premiere in their hometown, to showcase their winning video with all their friends and family, along with a plasma TV and DVD player.

Jenny McCarthy, star of UPN's Bad Girls Guide and author of Belly Laughs, a New York Times Best Seller, Kelly Monaco, star on General Hospital and recent winner of ABC's top-rated hit Dancing with the Stars, and Pauly Shore, comedic talent and star of new reality show Minding The Store on TBS, will serve as celebrity judges for The Yammys. Categories include Bloopers, Pets, Road Trips, Office Humor, and a catch-all "I Can't Believe It!"

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