OR Contest

[Hazel]

Okay the contest is finally lurching forward.
Here's the link: http://indieclick.com/contests/onlyrevolutions/
February 14, 2007 is the deadline.

Good luck.

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During his ONLY REVOLUTIONS book tour, Mark Z. Danielewski was struck by the enthusiasm he encountered. But spirit wasn't the only thing fans showed up with. Many approached the author and showed him their own creative works inspired by ONLY REVOLUTIONS and HOUSE OF LEAVES. Drawings of the characters in OR, academic theses about HOL, and more have started to appear on the forums. (One man dropped his drawers, but we believe this was a random act and not a piece of performance art.) This outpouring of creativity has inspired the ONLY REVOLUTIONS CONTEST. Read on to find out how you can win signed copies of all his books, a chance to have your own words or images featured on the author's official website, and possibly even see it featured in the paperback edition of OR.


Read ONLY REVOLUTIONS. Buy the book


Tap into your talents, and create whatever you like, based on your interpretation of the book. We encourage you to think outside the proverbial box. Take your cue from ONLY REVOLUTIONS, and create something that nobody has ever made before. Here are some suggestions:

- Art – Create an image of Sam, Hailey, the Creep, or anything inspired by . You may use anything from crayons to Quark to do this, but please be sure you can create an electronic version of your image to send us.
- Words – Write a “User’s Manual” for ONLY REVOLUTIONS. This will be a reader’s guide to conquer all reader’s guides. Check this out for guidance.


Art - Post a link to your creation on, and include the link in your contest entry: http://www.houseofleaves.com/forum/f...splay.php?f=32
(sticky thread OR Contest Art )
Please label your art: ORContestART (We suggest you host your original creation on flickr, photobucket, your blog, myspace or another hosting provider).
Words – Please email your Word or PDF document to that@onlyrevolutions.com. Please label your User’s Manual: ORContestUM


Complete contest entry form.


First Name
Last Name
Email
Street Address
City
State
Zip
Age
URL




Read the fine print.





The first 150 entrants in each category will receive a pack of ONLY REVOLUTIONS stickers. No purchase necessary. All we ask is that you display your OR stickers proudly, on your laptop, at your local coffeehouse, or on your Ipod. Help us spread the word.

Two runners up (1 in each category) will receive a signed copy of ONLY REVOLUTIONS and copies of THE REMASTERED EDITION OF HOUSE OF LEAVES, THE WHALESTOE LETTERS, and a pack of ONLY REVOLUTIONS stickers.

Two Grand Prize winner(s) (1 in each category) will receive a signed library of ONLY REVOLUTIONS, THE REMASTERED EDITION OF HOUSE OF LEAVES, THE WHALESTOE LETTERS, and THE FIFTY YEAR SWORD, the audio of ONLY REVOLUTIONS (upon completion), a signed HAUNTED cd by Mark’s sister POE, and a pack of ONLY REVOLUTIONS stickers. And the chance to have his/her entry posted on the author’s website and/or in the paperback edition of ONLY REVOLUTIONS.

[Bjoernsdotír]

Too bad that none other than pure Americanas had the possibility to be part of the contest.
Me, the swede, apologize for entering the contest without knowing that fact.
Excuse me Hazel.

[juxtapolemic]

Pure Americans? Never met one.

[Ellimist]

Nevertheless... isn't the contest over now? Feb. 14th.

WHO WON?

[hello?]

Aw, dammit. How did I completely overlook the deadline?

Looks like I bought that spirograph for nothing.

[benedict]

shit, i missed it too.

[juxtapolemic]

I'd show pity, but this means less competition for me! mwahaha!

Mine is posted in the UM folder, have a look-see if you'd like. I have to give some credit to all the members here, at least the one's that post regularly, and substantially. The ideas I've found here (your ideas), greatly helped to shape what is there, though, I assure you, nothing was lifted plagaristically.

[Bjoernsdotír]

Nevertheless... isn't the contest over now? Feb. 14th.

WHO WON?

I did post.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a88...ContestART.jpg


I think they will tell about a week or two, correct me if I´m wrong.

[Bjoernsdotír]

Aw, dammit. How did I completely overlook the deadline?

Looks like I bought that spirograph for nothing.

That´s no fun.

[hello?]

And it was the perfect spirograph for making OR art:



I'm not gonna claim that MZD makes aesthetic choices based solely on the colors of children's toys, but... yeah, he does.

[whatcolor_death]

YEAH!!! I didn't notice the cutoff date either but yeah i got it in at 5 a.m.

OK...I feel warm inside...lol

[Demon Allie]

It's nearly been a month now... Will we ever hear back?

[CpVb006]

If you read the fine print you would see it says:

"The prize will be awarded in the name of the winner's parent or legal guardian if the winner is under 18. Winner or winner’s parent or legal guardian will be notified by email and/or phone on or about March 14, 2007 and winner or winner’s parent/legal guardian will be required to sign and return affidavit(s) of eligibility and release of liability within 14 days of notification."

[Demon Allie]

Ah thank you. :)

[Bjoernsdotír]

I´m really excited about it!

[socks4tay]

hum 3-14. pi day. sure is coming full circle. oh my. such wit.

[sutrix]

Einstein's birthday as well. But you already knew that.

[Hazel]

We're mulling. MZD's mulling. Pantheon luminaries are mulling. Transients and buskers are mulling too.

All in all, it was good work but tricky to judge.

Winner will be announced soon.

Have a happy pie day.

[CpVb006]

That's a lot of mulling, really.

[Ellimist]

Happy Pi(e) Day!

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Who is the winner!!!?!? Mull away!

[hello?]

Round and round the mull-berry bush...

[Bjoernsdotír]

So early in the mooor-ning

[hello?]

I thought that was the song about the drunken sailor...

[E_soteric]

I guess the moral of this contest is we're all winners...

[hello?]

If that's the case, I want to see some stickers! Come on!

[sutrix]

Fuck the stickers. Where's my fucking iPod?

[Ellimist]

How interesting would that be? Despite the price, the OR Audio Project being so vast and large, it would be more economical and convenient to simply put high quality audio on an mp3 player and sell the mp3 player. Ha.

[sutrix]

Screw the mp3player. Where's my iPod?

[Hazel]

From that powers that be:


Thanks to all of you who participated in the Only Revolutions Contest.

We had a great time sifting through all the wonderful submissions and are truly appreciative for the time and effort you put in.

Due to the abundance of creativity it was difficult to choose the winner, so difficult in fact, that we decided to add another runner- up to the Art Contest.


The Grand prize winner is

Fiery Aden
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...ielen/OR-2.jpg


The two runners-up (in no particular order):

Demon Allie
http://demon-alley.com/temp/ORContestART.jpg

Codename:Odessa
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...eodessa/or.jpg



As for the UM segment, one stood out among all others.

The Grand prize winner is

juxtapolemic

Read the manual at:http://www.houseofleaves.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=4722



Distinguished Mention goes to Tyler Martin who honorably DQ'd himself because he'd worked with MZD on several renditions of his wonderful Sam & Hailey flip-poster.

Prizes & stickers will be shipped in the coming weeks.

Congratulations on behalf of Pantheon Books and Mark Z. Danielewski.

And don't miss the paperback edition of Only Revolutions coming June 5, 2007.