1st Annual iPura Tweet & Blogfest at IBSS 2011

Calling all food bloggers in Boston, the surrounds & beyond!

Each year as the cold winter hints at loosening its grip, the executives at iPura are hunkered down in preparation for North America's largest seafood tradeshow in Boston.  Attended by thousands of visitors and exhibitors from 90 countries, the International Boston Seafood Show is a showcase for new products, trends and companies that shape the way Americans consume fish.  Aside from the multi-million dollar deals and festive air, the cavernous Boston Convention & Exhibition Center fills with the aromas of exotic dishes and more flavor down each aisle than you'll find in a popular restaurant.

Visit us in Booth 2365 this year where we will once again be serving fish tacos in corn tortillas and a surprise treat, and of course, sharing what makes iPura's Food Safety & Quality Assurance Program unrivaled in the industry. We're unveiling a new look this year, but here's our booth from last year's show.

We will be live-tweeting from the floor for the third year in a row!  The first year, we were among but a handful of early-adopters chirping into the webosphere; last year, the show's organizers positioned a "Twitter Screen" in the lobby live-streaming the tweets about the event, and there was a fair amount of participation.  This year, we expect an even greater outpouring of content and passion for telling the surprisingly wonderful story of seafood.

As you may know, we have been reviewing Boston food bloggers in a series of short reviews, "100 Boston Food Bloggers." Impressed by their talent and the community as a whole, we have been inspired to create a contest to coincide with the Int'l Boston Seafood Show.


1st Annual iPura Tweet & Blogfest at IBSS 2011

*To qualify for the $1,000 prize, the blogger must attend at least one day of show, March 20-22, 2011.

Rules of the game:

a. Each participant must blog at least one entry and tweet a minimum of five times about the IBSS 2011.  Bonus points for more volume will be awarded.  The deadline for the last blog entry and tweet is midnight March 22.

b Winner will be judged on content, creativity/originality, # of entries, quality, depth.  Editor Fiona Robinson of industry leading SeaFood Business Magazine is the judge, lending her professional eye and intimate knowledge of the International Boston Seafood Show to this inaugural event. 

c. Winner receives a $1,000 award from iPura and will be featured in our post-show summary for this blog.

d. Blogger must register at iPura's booth 2365 for official entry and use #IBSS11 as the hashtag for tweets.

e. There is no obligation to write about iPura and no bonus points or special consideration will be given to those who do.  We do ask that the full title of the contest, "1st Annual iPura Tweet & Blogfest at IBSS 2011" is used when referring to it.

f. Participating bloggers will be given a free entry pass for the show.

g. The award will be announced the following week and the prize money sent out thereafter.

So come on all you great Boston food bloggers!  Throw your hat into the ring for our 1st Annual Tweet & Blogfest covering the Boston Seafood Show. We hope to see the energy and spirit of this extraordinary event through the eyes of all these bloggers who love food and love to share that love even more!

Tweet us at Twitter.com/iPura if you have any questions or want to sign up for our 1st Annual Tweet & Blogfest and receive a VIP pass to the show!

*Post-Show Update:  Winner of the 1st Annual iPura T&B is The Passionate Foodie!