I know things have been quiet lately, we’ve been pretty busy dotting out i’s and crossing our t’s. In a few hours time we’ll be sending out a press release that marks the official launch of our Facebook application and announces our first real marketing push — the Cash for Creativity competition. Below is our official press release, here is a PDF version, and details on the competition will follow shortly.

It’s going to be a busy day!

SendMeHome.com Launches New Facebook Application
Collaborative story telling is now available via Facebook, with $1,000 in cash prizes

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., March 24th 2009 – While most social media sites help connect people in the virtual world, SendMeHome.com aims to forge connections through real world objects by allowing users to create a collaborative blog about a physical object. To help users more easily connect and create great stories SendMeHome.com is making its free service available to 175 million Facebook users.

SendMeHome.com’s new Facebook application allows story authors and contributors to share their creations in bold new ways. Stories can be shared virally through news feeds, wall posts, and direct invitations. In addition, users can view the Facebook profile of any author and also receive Facebook notifications when a story they like is updated. All these features will serve to virally spread great stories and connect people with like-minded individuals they may have otherwise never met.

To accompany this launch, SendMeHome.com is announcing $1,000 in cash prizes in its “Cash for Creativity” competition. The competition can be entered by anyone for free - all that is needed is an object, an internet connection, and some creativity.

The $1,000 in prize money will be divided into four separate awards. Three cash prizes will be given to the users who create stories that acquire the largest number of followers by May 4th. A fourth prize will be given to the user who creates a story that exhibits the most creativity as determined by SendMeHome.com’s two founders. More information is available at: http://sendmehome.com/news/contest.

SendMeHome’s Stories launched in January and users have already collaborated to share cooking tips, collect monologues, discuss political events, and even transport a statue to Easter Island. An example story can be found at: http://sendmehome.com/#stories&smhid=1-T1C.