And the Yammy Award goes to...

If you're an aspiring film maker and/or videographer, than you might want to check out Yahoo's new video contest. Here's the scoop:

• There are five different categories that you can submit your video content to; road trips, office humor, bloopers, pets, and misc.
• All videos will be accepted between July 27 and August 17.
• Grand Prize: "As the Grand Prize Winner of the 2005 Yammys, you'll view your video in style at a posh premiere right in your hometown where your fans can see it too. Your grand prize includes:
  • a Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand
  • Panasonic DVD-LS90 9 Inch Portable DVD Player.
• Videos will be judged by celebrities such as Jenny McCarthy, Kelly Monaco, Pauly Shore, and Wyatt Neumann.

That's it in a small nutshell. It sounds like fun to me; I'll look forward to viewing the winning videos.

Related: Yahoo recently purchased Konfabulator, their social search engine seems to be doing quite well, and there are quite a few people out there tinkering around with Yahoo Maps API's.