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Monday
Sep262011

#BBAW11 Title Poetry CONTEST

posted by AuthorKristen D. in , • DateSeptember 26, 2011

We LOVED the Title Poetry contests put on the last few weeks by the incomparable Janet Reid and the adorable Tahereh Mafi, so we were inspired to do our own, with a Banned Books twist! 

Here's how it will work: 

Make a poem with your *banned* books. You may need to add a word here and there, but each line of the poem must include the title of a *banned* book-- children's or adult.  

How to enter: EMAIL the poem and the jpg to besocial@hpb.com. Poem in the body of the email, jpg attached. The contest will close Wednesday 9/28 at noon (12:00 p.m.) and will open . . .  NOW! We will publish the Top 5 and the winner on Thursday 9/29. 

(UPDATE: We've heard that some of you would like more time (understandably) so we're pushing the deadline back to Thursday 9/29 at noon, with the Top 5 & winner posted on Friday 9/30. Now get to it.)

Don't have a stack of banned books just laying around? Feel free to go to your nearest Half Price Books -- there are plenty sold there (since 1972 :))

We can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

-- Kristen D.  

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