East of Eden -- CONTEST: Free Stuff (and my most textually flamboyant entry yet!)

Sorry, this contest is now

CLOSED.

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So it doesn't look so hot from the scan; it looks better than this.  Really.  Anyway....  So this is the prize:  

CONTEST ENDS ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 @ 9:00pm Mountain Time.

One beautiful bookmark depicting the primary members of the two central families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, from East of Eden, half of which has already been shown on the website (click here). 

This bookmark features:

• high-end scrap-booking paper,
• front-and-back graphics,
• high-resolution laser print of Mr. Center's original masterpiece,
• and tip-top hand-stretched lamination. 

But that's not all! 

If you act now, you might also win as sconce for this timeless artwork, a RANDOM BOOK TAKEN FROM MR. CENTER'S VERY OWN POETRY SHELF!

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So how, you might ask, does one enter such a titillating contest as this (you can tell just how exciting it is by all the ridiculous text effects, right?)?  Easy!  Just follow these TWO simple steps:

1. Register as an official FOLLOWER of the blog.
2. Post a comment to this entry. (Keep it clean.)

The FINE PRINT:

Entering the contest does not guarantee that you'll win something, unless you're the only one, which, let's face it, is actually kind of likely.  The entrants' comments, no matter how witty or wondrous, will only kind of and possibly be taken into consideration in the final decision; most likely, I'll just have one of my kids read through the names and pick an entrant at their whim and based on whatever frivolous criteria they might invent in the moment.  The future winner having specified (if he/she specified) a type of poetry or a particular poet in his/her comment does not guarantee that such will be the book used to hold and protect the wonderful bookmark (that was a really awkward sentence; sorry).  Finally ,when it comes right down to it, I'm unlikely to separate myself from a favorite book; though all the books on my shelves are good, and the selected book will indeed be one taken from my shelves.  Questions?  Post 'em!  Cheers.