Don’t forget to send in pictures of your most destroyed (yet adored) books for our contest! I’m extending the deadline to this Friday, January 26th- you can either submit them here by reblogging/picture replying/submitting or tweet them to us! Here’s a recap of the rules:
- You can submit as…
LitReactor: the supplemental material: Contest Reminder!
Still Looking for Web Designers!
Hey guys! Just a reminder that I am still on the hunt for awesome and talented web designers. Read all about the contest to help me redesign and relaunch my blog here.
And a note to those of you who have already emailed me and are concerned I have not yet responded. Don’t worry, I got your emails and am going to be getting back to everyone over the course of the next week or so!
And remember to share that post about the contest — I would love to see if this experiment can work!
stamos: Contest! Calling All Web Designers!
You guys you guys YOU GUYS! Do you remember my old blog, the blog that started it all when I was 10 days out of massive jaw surgery and couldn’t talk and had so many feelings and things to say and so I started writing and thus JAW WIRED SHUT was born from the ether of my brain and out through…
Win a signed first edition of 1Q84!
If you missed our midnight release party, or didn’t get a signed copy in the raffle, here’s another shot! How it works: send a “Top Ten List” inspired by Murakami’s writing to the email address below. Sample ideas to get your creative juices flowing:
- 10 jazz pieces you could actually listen to while running
- 10 writers that Murakami has not translated (but we wish he would)
- 10 film actors who would be great at playing Murakami characters
- 10 best cat names inspired by Murakami novels
Send your submissions to bluestone@randomhouse.com! The deadline is December 31st and the fine print is here.
"For our second essay contest, we’ve chosen a seasonally appropriate theme–holiday rituals. You can use the theme broadly as a backdrop (for example, questioning why holiday office parties exist while recounting a particularly cringe-worthy moment from one). Or, get specific and tell the world about your family’s strange, Festivus-like holiday ritual, your newly adopted rituals as an adult (and perhaps parent), or your total rejection of holiday behavior."
– Channel your inner Sedaris and tell Brooklyn Based about your holiday rituals — you could win a $100 gift card to WORD! (via wordbrooklyn)
