Austin Kleon: Newspaper Blackout Poems Contest

(my entry is shown above)

I just ran across this website. They are making a book of Blackout Poems, and anyone can enter for a chance to be in the book. Here is the press release from Mr. Kleon's site. Or you can go directly to his site here.

HARPERCOLLINS TO PUBLISH COLLECTION OF NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT POEMS

July 8—HarperCollins has signed Austin Kleon to write a collection of his popular Newspaper Blackout Poems for a book due from Harper Paperbacks in September 2009. Instead of starting with a blank page, the Austin-based writer and cartoonist picks up a newspaper and a permanent marker and eliminates the words he doesn’t need. Kleon’s poems, which he began posting on his popular blog, have been featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and in Toronto’s National Post, and have been widely linked to on the internet. In addition to original poems by Austin, the book will contain submissions from his fans which will be solicited through a contest on the author’s website starting in August.

Though he will be updating his site periodically, Kleon will be taking a break from daily blogging to complete the book. Check back on the site in August to find out how you can submit your entry and be published in the upcoming book!

For press inquiries, please contact Audrey Harris at 212-207-7185 audrey.harris@harpercollins.com.

It's not to late to submit your own entry for the last judging period in November. All entries must be submitted by November 21, 2008 (5:00 P.M. EST).