May 28th, 2009 / 3:14 pm
Contests

This is not not a Contest

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Clearly self-serving, but it’s free (like self promoting contests should be), and there’s already a ton of prizes, so what the hay:

Lamination Colony is hosting a free writing contest, no entry fee, with prizes of publication, books (including html contributor Chelsea Martin’s everything was fine until whatever), handmade art, a picture of my ass, and a continuously increasing array of prizes donated from all around, including (so far):

* (1) copy of Shane Jones’s ‘Light Boxes‘ from Publishing Genius
* (1) copy of Molly Gaudry’s ‘We Take Me Apart’ forthcoming from ML Press
* the last hand edited manuscript of THE SELF ESTEEM HOLOCAUST COMES HOME and a printed copy of FROWNS NEED FRIENDS TOO (new two books from Sam Pink)
* a copy of William Walsh’s ‘Questionstruck,’ Thomas Cooper’s ‘Phantasmagoria’ and Issue 7 of Keyhole, all from Keyhole Press

+ a ton more listed here

More prizes are being added by the hour (feel free to offer up your own), and again, it’s free.

This is a serious contest, there will be a winner, (at least 1-2) runner ups, everyone will get free shit, it will be free and people will read words maybe and talk about it not because there was a contest but because there are words.

For more info on what/how to enter, check the specs here. Thanks.

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67 Comments

  1. ryan

      this things all over the internets. viral.

  2. ryan

      this things all over the internets. viral.

  3. Blake Butler

      2 new prizes have been added in the past 10 minutes

  4. Blake Butler

      2 new prizes have been added in the past 10 minutes

  5. ryan

      blake, you are a pimp

  6. ryan

      blake, you are a pimp

  7. Molly Gaudry

      I was going to comment about how this thing’s gone viral, but Ryan beat me to it. Half an hour ago. Good work.

  8. Molly Gaudry

      I was going to comment about how this thing’s gone viral, but Ryan beat me to it. Half an hour ago. Good work.

  9. matthewsavoca

      i really like this contest idea

      i think parts of it’s approach are a little bit mean-spirited though, just an opinion

      it seems like an indirect way of showing disapproval about brandon scott gorrell’s recent contest

      i hope this comment does not mean i can’t be involved in the contest, i like you blake, i hope this comment does not mean that i don’t

  10. matthewsavoca

      i really like this contest idea

      i think parts of it’s approach are a little bit mean-spirited though, just an opinion

      it seems like an indirect way of showing disapproval about brandon scott gorrell’s recent contest

      i hope this comment does not mean i can’t be involved in the contest, i like you blake, i hope this comment does not mean that i don’t

  11. Blake Butler

      you can certainly be involved matthew. i like you. and even if i didn’t you could.

  12. ryan

      that’s a sign of a slow work day on my part ;)

  13. Blake Butler

      you can certainly be involved matthew. i like you. and even if i didn’t you could.

  14. ryan

      that’s a sign of a slow work day on my part ;)

  15. Blake Butler

      this contest is not necessarily a comment on any other contest, but just something that seemed to me needed to be done.

  16. Blake Butler

      this contest is not necessarily a comment on any other contest, but just something that seemed to me needed to be done.

  17. Blake Butler

      people can do anything they want, anyone, ever.

  18. Blake Butler

      several more prizes have now been added

  19. Blake Butler

      people can do anything they want, anyone, ever.

  20. Blake Butler

      several more prizes have now been added

  21. Hyo Jung

      “Damn” about the quotes rule.

  22. Hyo Jung

      “Damn” about the quotes rule.

  23. Nathan Tyree

      Sweet idea. I like it!

  24. Nathan Tyree

      Sweet idea. I like it!

  25. Blake Butler

      +5 prizes in the past 40 minutes

  26. Blake Butler

      +5 prizes in the past 40 minutes

  27. pr

      Hey Blake-
      I also think you should say that no htmlgiant contribs can enter. Just my opinion…(Jimmy did that in his last contest, makes sense i think)

  28. pr

      oh, and lamination colony and no colony, just my opinion

  29. Blake Butler

      i have faith in myself as a judge to be ok if giant people want to enter. don’t want to rule people out just by association with me, esp since no cash is involved.

  30. Blake Butler

      i have faith in myself as a judge to be ok if giant people want to enter. don’t want to rule people out just by association with me, esp since no cash is involved.

  31. Blake Butler

      i’m actually going to see if my mom or dad will enter

  32. Blake Butler

      i’m actually going to see if my mom or dad will enter

  33. pr

      well, lamination and no colony?

  34. Blake Butler

      i’m going to leave it unrestricted. if i ruled out previous contributors, that would be a lot of people. i don’t like restriction.

      i will be a fair judge.

  35. Blake Butler

      i’m going to leave it unrestricted. if i ruled out previous contributors, that would be a lot of people. i don’t like restriction.

      i will be a fair judge.

  36. pr

      not contributors, but editors of the journals..

  37. Blake Butler

      oh. well, that would be only ken.

      it’s up to ken.

  38. Blake Butler

      oh. well, that would be only ken.

      it’s up to ken.

  39. Blake Butler

      also, the prizes are going to be distributed widely among the winner and the runners up, so i don’t fear one person taking it all down and pissing people off.

  40. Blake Butler

      also, the prizes are going to be distributed widely among the winner and the runners up, so i don’t fear one person taking it all down and pissing people off.

  41. pr

      I like that idea. Like a “top five” or so. But I won’t enter as I am one of the prize givers and that just makes no sense to me. Anyway, Blake, dear leader, it is your contest and I’m delighted to contribute a book I think many of us are looking forward to reading.

  42. jereme

      i don’t think this is mean spirited at all.

      a reaction yes. mean spirited no.

      mean spirited would be like:

      HIPSTER SHIT BSG CAN BUY NOW THAT HE DUPED PEOPLE OUT OF MONEY

      1.) a fedora knock-off hat
      2.) 80’s t-shirts preferably with cartoon characters (i.e. care bears)
      3.) Nada Surf albums
      4.) Pabst Blue Ribbon
      5.) The co-pay for a bottle of Vicodin
      6.) A fanny pack
      7.) Hair grooming products
      8.) Pair of fart stained Tao Lin underwear
      9.) A hamster

      this list is kind of mean spirited. the contest is promoting literature. the fact that it is passively criticizing another contest is coincidental (to me at least).

  43. jereme

      i don’t think this is mean spirited at all.

      a reaction yes. mean spirited no.

      mean spirited would be like:

      HIPSTER SHIT BSG CAN BUY NOW THAT HE DUPED PEOPLE OUT OF MONEY

      1.) a fedora knock-off hat
      2.) 80’s t-shirts preferably with cartoon characters (i.e. care bears)
      3.) Nada Surf albums
      4.) Pabst Blue Ribbon
      5.) The co-pay for a bottle of Vicodin
      6.) A fanny pack
      7.) Hair grooming products
      8.) Pair of fart stained Tao Lin underwear
      9.) A hamster

      this list is kind of mean spirited. the contest is promoting literature. the fact that it is passively criticizing another contest is coincidental (to me at least).

  44. rp

      way trill

  45. rp

      way trill

  46. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      I entered. If your mom wins, I will not be upset.

  47. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      I entered. If your mom wins, I will not be upset.

  48. Blake Butler

      ridiculous # of prizes now, including books from macadam cage, pub genius, a lifetime subscription to muumuu house, random art, magic helicopter, dewclaw, tons more

  49. Blake Butler

      ridiculous # of prizes now, including books from macadam cage, pub genius, a lifetime subscription to muumuu house, random art, magic helicopter, dewclaw, tons more

  50. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Damn. That’s a lot of gear

  51. Nathan (Nate) Tyree

      Damn. That’s a lot of gear

  52. david erlewine

      I’d love a Nada Surf album. I mean that honestly, simply, kindly, but firmly.

  53. david erlewine

      I’d love a Nada Surf album. I mean that honestly, simply, kindly, but firmly.

  54. david erlewine

      Blake, you already commented about this on your site but I am getting very nervous for you. I am worried about all the stress and anxiety involved with distributing such prizes. I am worried that it will all be a lot of coordination and work and you will get sad and overwhelmed and then angry. I know you won’t. I know that I’m projecting. I wish I was the kind of person who could take on such tasks with a good attitude. I wish I hadn’t let my mother and father down with all my failures. I wish I wasn’t sucking on the public teat. I wish I had someone to call a friend, someone like Andy Dufresne. Well, I do sort of. But Chip actually killed his wife and she really didn’t do anything to deserve it. I’m glad he’s in prison. I hope he doesn’t have a friend like Red, someone who knows how to get things in prison.

  55. david erlewine

      Blake, you already commented about this on your site but I am getting very nervous for you. I am worried about all the stress and anxiety involved with distributing such prizes. I am worried that it will all be a lot of coordination and work and you will get sad and overwhelmed and then angry. I know you won’t. I know that I’m projecting. I wish I was the kind of person who could take on such tasks with a good attitude. I wish I hadn’t let my mother and father down with all my failures. I wish I wasn’t sucking on the public teat. I wish I had someone to call a friend, someone like Andy Dufresne. Well, I do sort of. But Chip actually killed his wife and she really didn’t do anything to deserve it. I’m glad he’s in prison. I hope he doesn’t have a friend like Red, someone who knows how to get things in prison.

  56. oat

      “I also think you should say that no htmlgiant contribs can enter.”

      i first misread this

      i thought it said:

      “I also think you should say that no immigrant contribs can enter.”

      i was going to protest but now never mind

  57. oat

      “I also think you should say that no htmlgiant contribs can enter.”

      i first misread this

      i thought it said:

      “I also think you should say that no immigrant contribs can enter.”

      i was going to protest but now never mind

  58. oat

      i see the winner gets a lifetime subscription to muumuu house

      that would be fair only if the losers all get like two or three lifetime subscriptions

      like the contest where the winner gets a trip of a week in philadelphia and the runner-up gets a trip of three weeks there

  59. oat

      i see the winner gets a lifetime subscription to muumuu house

      that would be fair only if the losers all get like two or three lifetime subscriptions

      like the contest where the winner gets a trip of a week in philadelphia and the runner-up gets a trip of three weeks there

  60. drip

      If Tao Lin wins he can build a fort out of his books and hide.

  61. drip

      If Tao Lin wins he can build a fort out of his books and hide.

  62. jereme

      create a contest and steal some monies.

      can you buy me a zamfir album too? i’m sure you’ll make enough for the two.

  63. jereme

      create a contest and steal some monies.

      can you buy me a zamfir album too? i’m sure you’ll make enough for the two.

  64. david erlewine

      I’m doing so much charitable work these days that handling a contest just seems too much. Maybe when I grow weary of building habitats I’ll try this. Zamfir sounds like the money, and I’m saying that in my Justin Long voice.

  65. david erlewine

      I’m doing so much charitable work these days that handling a contest just seems too much. Maybe when I grow weary of building habitats I’ll try this. Zamfir sounds like the money, and I’m saying that in my Justin Long voice.

  66. Cuauhtémoc Cortéz Corrado

      You mean ‘wins.’

  67. Cuauhtémoc Cortéz Corrado

      You mean ‘wins.’