Contest!!!!

We're finally going to have a contest!!! First, the most important part:

Prize: One (1) "I [Heart] Robert the Publisher" t-shirt, in gem, size, color, and fit of winner's choice (within reason and pending the sizes, colors, and fits available at the silkscreener's).

A total of two (2) prizes will be awarded for this particular contest, one (1) for the winner of the contest, one (1) for the winner of the ancillary contest.

Participants may enter one or both contests. However, two different winners will be picked.

The contest:

Write Moonrat jacket copy for your next novel. Jacket copy should be between 250 and 400 words for flap, not including headlines, and 30 to 100 words for author bio.

This is an exercise Moonrat makes all her under-contract authors do. It helps them differentiate the craft-oriented synopsis they send an agent (when they are seeking an agent) and the plot- and theme-oriented copy that would inspire a consumer to pick up their book.

Entries will be graded on unputdownability.

The ancillary contest (for people who don't give a hoot about publishing and just want a t-shirt):

Write Moonrat a sonnet in iambic pentameter. Any subject is fine but sonnets are graded on their ability to make Moonrat pee her pants laughing.

Deadline for all entries: Friday, January 25th, 11:59 pm EST.

Copy and/or sonnets should be emailed to Moonratty@gmail.com, either in the body of an email or as a Word attachment (Moonrat cannot open Word Perfect, Works for Windows, or Notepad files, sorry). Please specify in your email whether or not it is ok for Moonrat to put your entry up on Editorial Ass if you win (she hopes it will be ok, but will not disqualify you if it is not). Winners will be announced on Monday, January 28th, when Moonrat gets around to it.

Go forth, my loves!! Tell all your friends. I'm really excited, because now I'll get to make a bunch of tshirts and maybe have a bunch of contests.