They started off taking about 3 entrants per country 27*3 = 51 but we ended up with 85 entrants, so they seem to have allowed more people in from the bigger countries in response to a lot of demand. What struck me was that many entrants had not blogged before - and few had written much on politics - and so the exercise seemed to be more about engaging the next generation of journalists with the EU, rather than selecting the best bloggers out there.  Nanne would be more up to speed on how it was organised...

notes from no w here