Wow! Let's hear it for our Verity Mom applicants!

You all should be so proud of yourselves. We have been absolutely blown away by the quality of our 34 Verity Mom applicants. Throughout the process, we have been monitoring the comments and there are a few outstanding questions. Here are the answers.

Extras. We know that many of the applicants that came in this weekend just learned about Verity Mom. To be fair to those that came to the table in the final hours and also to those that have been working hard for the past few weeks, we will post links to any extras submitted before noon on Wednesday, September 16. You are welcome to continue to campaign on your own blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook and on the Space Needle until we announce the finalists next Monday.

Selection process. Our selection committee is meeting at the end of the week to review all applicants. The criteria for judging the total application package will be:

• Creativity 33%
• Content 33%
• Style 33%

The voting process. Next, Monday at 9:00 a.m., we will reveal our three finalists and the voting will be open. We will accept one vote per e-mail address.

Thanks and best of luck to all of our 34 Verity Mom hopefuls!

The Verity Mom Team

P.S. If you have sent in extras and you don't see them yet, please hang in there—they are coming! If you still don't see them by the end of the day, please resubmit with a gentle reminder—we have had more than 500 e-mails in the last 48 hours (including all of the blog comments).