Want to win a copy of China Mieville‘s Kraken and Jeff VanderMeer‘s The Third Bear? They are holding a contest over on SF Signal, but it’s not a simple enter-your-name-into-a-drawing deal. No, they require a bit of an entry fee in the form of flexing your literary muscle. As they put it:
“Inspired by China Miéville’s Amazon post on Five Underrated Literary Cephalopods, we’re asking you to get creative…”
1. Leave a comment with your best example of a previously-unpublished, G-rated description of a fictional cephalopod. (Less than 100 words.)
2. Be sure to include your email address (which will not be published) so we may contact you for a mailing address in the event you should win.
3. The giveaway will end Wednesday, July 21st 2010 (8:00 PM U.S Eastern time). Jeff VanderMeer himself will pick the best description as he sees it, thus declaring the winner who be notified and announced shortly thereafter.
Mine’s in the mix somewhere. Let me know if you post one so I can go check it out!