In this article about a hot dog contest at Princeton University, the organizer of the contest says he was inspired by MTV’s True Life episode about competitive eating. The contest raised $6,539 for charity and each competitor took pledges for donated amounts for hot dogs eaten. Ruben Pope won with 16 hot dogs in 15 minutes.

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Reminder: The release party for “Eat This Book” will be May 3 from 7pm to 9pm at the Delancey rooftop in the lower east side of Manhattan. Admission is free.

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Crazy Legs Conti’s favorite beverage to drink during an eating contest is National Bohemian beer based on the Baltimore crabcake contest. The new poll question asks what to you prefer to drink while competing in an eating contest.

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Liz has uploaded her writeup and gallery of Saturday’s crabcake contest in Baltimore.

According to Liz, Sonya will attend the Philadelphia qualifer (which Joey Chestnut also apparently intends to compete in) and not the Norfolk qualifier she won last year.

Liz also has instructions on how to attend the taping of Don Moses Lerman’s attempt at the bologna record on Saturday. Tickets are needed, but free.

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The 9th episode of Brian Seiken’s television series, featuring “Big” Brian Subich, is now available at beautifulbrian.com. The website also has an account of Ryan Nerz’s book signing last week and a message from Cookie Jarvis claiming that Joe LaRue’s sweet corn record set last Sunday was not judged properly.

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An excerpt from “Horsemen of the Esophagus” about Sonya Thomas’ record setting victory in the 2005 Acme oyster contest has been uploaded to jasonfagone.com.

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Updated results for the sweet corn contest at the Sweet Corn Festival in Palm Beach, FL

1. 34 ears “Jammin” Joe LaRue in 12 minutes
2. 30 ears by Jason Smith
3. 28 ears by Bryan “the Lion” Miller

The Sun Sentinel and the Palm Beach Post have articles about the contest.

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(Thanks Chip Simpson) Kevin Cowherd, the humor columnist for the Baltimore Sun, has a column about Sonya Thomas’ winning performance at the crabcake contest at the Baltimore Waterfront Festival on Saturday.

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At the end of this interview in the Arizona State paper, Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly praises competitive eating and announces his desire to enter an eating contest.

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