The Lulu Blooker Prize is the world's first literary prize devoted to "blooks": books based on blogs or websites.
I am going to enter Ribcage: Volume 1 into this. They actually have a prize for best fiction book based on a blog or website! Books of this kind must be of short supply. To the winner of the fiction category goes $1,000, the publicity of being selected AND a promotional quote from one of the judges. The grand prize for the best book of all categories wins $2,000.
Preferred submissions will be those entries that display writing that lifts the subject matter out of the routine category and give the reader greater insight into the topic covered. Significant — but secondary — weight will also be given to the design/visual quality of the blook (including cover art, typography, editing and overall presentation). The overall or "grand" winner will be the single book judged to have shown these qualities to the greatest extent.
Best of all--points for presentation, typography, etc... I am excited about this. Too bad official selections won't be announced until March. I'll have Volume 2 available by then!
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