Blooker Prize Blog

The Blooker is closed

Entry to the 2006 Lulu Blooker Prize is now closed.

There was a flood of last-minute entries, and we're still sorting though them all. Blooks that  were entered over a month ago and have still not arrived at our offices have been taken off the list. As we stated in this blog back in October, we have been listing the entries as they were submitted via the website, but physical submissions are still required to be considered for the prize. The list will certainly change again over the next few days.

Thanks to everyone who has submitted your blooks!

Closing in on the deadline

The deadline to enter the Blooker is right around the corner, but it's not too late to send in your blook! The last few weeks have seen a flood of new entries, and there have been so many that I can barely keep the entry list up to date!

Notable new entries include: Julie Powell's Julie and Julia, Cherie Priest's Four and Twenty Blackbirds, The World According to Mimi Smartypants , Ryan North's Dinosaur Comics, and Nasrin Alavi's We are Iran: The Persian Blogs. And that's just to name a few!

Novelist John Scalzi (author of several blooks including Old Man's War and Agent to the Stars) has declined to enter, citing his good friendship with Blooker Judge Cory Doctorow. However, he did give us a very nice mention over at his blog.

Meanwhile, it seems we've got some competition on the nomenclature front. Is there a difference between a "plog" and a "blook?" I think I'll have leave that one to the folks at the OED; in any case, Kester's book would definitely qualify for the Blooker!