Sunday, June 14, 2009

Lamination Colony Contest prizes

Thanks again to everyone who donated prizes for the This is not not a Contest.

Here's what everybody ended up getting, holy shit:

Bobby Alter, ‘A cardiovasc’

* $100 cash via paypal from megaboss Ken Baumann
* (1) copy of Shane Jones's 'Light Boxes' from Publishing Genius
* my used copy of Fugazi's 'Instrument' documentary on VHS
* (1) copy of Molly Gaudry's 'We Take Me Apart' forthcoming from ML Press
* the last hand edited manuscript of THE SELF ESTEEM HOLOCAUST COMES HOME and a printed copy of FROWNS NEED FRIENDS TOO (new two books from Sam Pink)
* a copy of William Walsh's 'Questionstruck,' Thomas Cooper's 'Phantasmagoria' and Issue 7 of Keyhole, all from Keyhole Press
* a CD of live audio mixes from various low power radio programs by Matthew Simmons
* a set of six drawings of video game controllers drawn by Steven Seighman of Monkeybicycle for the cover of Hobart's games issue
* a ruled Moleskine notebook - unopened, in original wrapping; the next edition of 'Smoke: a London Peculiar', the magazine of words and images inspired by the city (issue 14 out soon-ish); + a 'feature article' to the winner of the contest to write their thoughts on writing for Writers' Bloc, if they wish, all from Vaughan Simons of Writers' Bloc
* a copy of the 'Meeting People is Easy' documentary on Radiohead, donated by Shome Dasgupta
* a copy of Jack Christian's Let's Collaborate from Magic Helicopter Press, a copy of Mike Young's Okay Now from Magic Helicopter Press (limited edition Summer Tour thinbook), a copy of Pasha Malla's The Withdrawal Method, a copy of Joshua Beckman's Take It, all donated by Mike Young / Magic Helicopter
* 2 random ass books from Barry Graham's book shelf
* 2 random ass books from Jereme Dean
* a lifetime subscription to Muumuu House, c/o Muumuu House
* Best American Short Stories edition 2000 & Runes from Frank Sung

Andrew Borgstrom, ‘Stories with Teeth in Them’
* a first edition hardback copy of Gordon Lish's Dear Mr. Capote from Chris Higgs

Mel Bosworth, ‘Stump Grinder’
* issues 2 & 3 of Ghost Factory Magazine, c/o David Peak

James Chapman, ‘Rat’
* a copy of Justin Sirois's brand new MLKNG SCKLS donated by Publishing Genius

Mark Doten, ‘Gray Zone Kidz’
* issue 3 of Pank, c/o R. Gay

Sasha Fletcher, ‘we are going to get paid and then we will dress for the weather’
* a copy of Kathryn Regina's 'i am in the air right now' from Greying Ghost Press

Drew Kalbach, ‘Scraps from My Bathroom Stall’
* a copy of Jimmy Chen's 'Typewriter' from Magic Helicopter Press, donated by Josh Maday
* a copy of the debut issue of Gigantic
* Subtropics 7 from Anthony Luebbert & UF

Darby Larson, ‘Digestable Moose Kidney Sculpture Garden’
* a copy of the debut issue of Dewclaw, from Evelyn Hampton
* 5 random journals from Lily Hoang
* a first edition signed copy of William Gay's Twilight, a signed copy of Craig Clevenger's The Contortionist's Handbook, and a galley of the forthcoming novel Johnny Future by Steve Abee, all from MacAdam / Cage

Ben Segal, 'Jelly Bodies'
* a new copy of the new double issue of Sonora Review 55/56 (with DFW memorial section), donated by Brad Green

Christian TeBordo, ‘Rules and Regulations’
* a copy of Fox Force 5 chapbook anthology (forthcoming from Paper Hero Press), donated by pr

All finalists will also get a copy of John Madera's Mother Flux's CD Divine Day Formula


The winning piece should be up by Friday, and other entries from the contest forthcoming thereafter. Thanks again to all.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

amazingly epic

Andrew Borgstrom said...

Lish! Higgs! Perfect! Thanks, Blake.

Darby said...

wow. thank YOU! that macadam cage bundle is holy shit, and dewclaw is something i just read about and looked at the website of some days ago, and what will lily fill I wonder? Exciting!

bobby's doorstep is stuffed, oh man, that's ridiculous to have that much stuff heading toward him, that's like once in a lifetime. this contest was it.

Michael Hessel-Mial said...

100 dollars? A Radiohead dvd? I must be in the wrong business!

Bobby Alter said...

oh em gee, this is amazing, you are all amazing, ken is most certainly a megaboss, everyone is a series of megabossi, I'm going to read books now because now I will have them and also I will use my VHS player, thank you everyone, I should make a blog

Keith Montesano said...

This rule(s)(d).

Luke said...

Hello. I saw your piece in NANO Fiction. It was good. This blog is good, too. But a different kind of good.

BLAKE BUTLER said...

bobby, please blog yes, plase

keith and luke, hello, hi, ty

Mel Bosworth said...

awesomes. pure awesomes. love love. and thank yous.