Have you noticed a bit more facial hair around the office this month?
Yep, it’s Movember — that wonderfully hairy time of year when guys throughout the world show off their handlebars and walruses to the amusement and sometimes disgust of their colleagues, co-workers and family members.
It’s all in good fun, with folks raising money through their mustaches for men’s health causes.
In the Seattle tech community, we’ve seen plenty of whiskers emerge in recent weeks, sprouting at tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft and others.
So, as we’ve done in the past, including last year, here’s your big chance to strut your stuff. Or, better yet, your mustache.
We’re hosting a competition to pick the best geek stache in Seattle.
To enter the competition, simply email a photo of you and your mustache, along with your name and title to john@geekwire.com, anytime before Friday, November 29th at 5 p.m. (Short descriptions of your hairy work of art also are encouraged!)
From the pool of photos, the best of which we’ll publish on GeekWire, we will pick one GeekWire mustache winner who will receive two free tickets to the big GeekWire Gala on December 4th at the Museum of History & Industry in Seattle’s South Lake Union Neighborhood.
Slalom’s Gary Bedell, pictured above, won the GeekWire challenge in 2011. And we’re told he’s back again in 2013 with some wild whiskers to boot. In fact, this marks the third year that Slalom has participated in Movember, with 174 employees in 11 states participating.
“The great thing about Movember — getting guys thinking and talking about their health,” says Bedell.
Will he be the winner? Or will another fuzzy creation emerge this year?
Stay tuned!
