ChiZine Publications is running a contest to promote and give away signed, limited-edition, hardcover copies of Claude Lalumière‘s new book The Door to Lost Pages. Submitters are encouraged to fabricate a title and synopsis of an imaginary book that would appear in the novella’s titular shop, Lost Pages, which exists across multiple realities and conveys materials about them.
“This is not only a means to increase the interest in the book, but also to promote the importance of interaction with the material,” said Lalumière. “By encouraging invention on the reader’s part, it gives them more of an involvement with the work and its concepts therein.”
From this page, contestants should submit the title and synopsis of an imaginary book they would think would be found at Lost Pages.
Two grand prize winners—the Author’s Choice Award (selected by Lalumière) and the Reader’s Choice Award (voted by online readers)—will receive signed, limited-edition, hardcover copies of The Door to Lost Pages, as well as ten postcards featuring their winning entry. Three runners-up will win a free eBook download of The Door to Lost Pages. The winners and runners-up will be featured on the CZP website and on Lalumière’s Lost Myths blog.
Participants may submit up to three entries each, of no more than 150 words each. Voting will take place from 21 March to 31 March (submission deadline is 15 March).