[Libs-Or] OPB looking for help from libraries to promote writing contest

[Katie Anderson]

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is looking for help from Oregon libraries to promote their writing contest-Plotto! For five weeks, beginning Oct. 19, Tin House will post a new plot each Wednesday, and writers will have until the following Monday to write a 500-word story based on it. Then on Dec. 10, each week's winner will read their stories on OPB's State of Wonder. The grand-prize winner will get an extended weekend at the Tin House Writer's Residency, all travel and expenses paid.

If you're interested in helping OPB by promoting Plotto to your library patrons, then you'll find the following materials attached, some of which should be usable in an e-newletter:


*         An 8.5X11 poster you can print and display or distribute

*         Banner image

*         Shareable image for Facebook

*         Shareable image for Instagram

There is a hashtag for the contest (#plotto). OPB is directing all traffic to an article page that includes more info about the contest at:
www.opb.org/radio/article/tin-house-plotto-flash-fiction-contest-william-wallace-cook/?t=290086<http://www.opb.org/radio/article/tin-house-plotto-flash-fiction-contest-william-wallace-cook/?t=290086>

Below, you'll find a sample Facebook post and tweet. Libraries are welcome to make it their own - OPB just asks that if they post, that they tag @Tin House somewhere and direct people back to the OPB webpage with the provided link. You will also find below some more detailed messaging about the contest, in case that is beneficial to the libraries. A reminder that interested participants can find the weekly prompts on the OPB Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/oregonpublicbroadcasting/>, the State of Wonder webpage<http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/stateofwonder/> and at Tin House<http://www.tinhouse.com/home>; the first prompt will be announced on Wednesday, October 19. The contest is only open to U.S. residents aged 18 years or older.

Sample Facebook Post: (@ sign denotes a FB page to please tag in the post)

Calling all writers! Publisher @Tin House has announced their latest #Plotto contest. New writing prompts will be posted every week, starting Oct. 19. Winners are selected weekly, with one Grand Prize Winner announced on Dec. 10. Learn more at:
www.opb.org/radio/article/tin-house-plotto-flash-fiction-contest-william-wallace-cook/?t=290086<http://www.opb.org/radio/article/tin-house-plotto-flash-fiction-contest-william-wallace-cook/?t=290086>


Sample Tweet:

Calling all writers! The @TinHouse #Plotto writing contest starts on Oct. 19. Winners every week. Learn more at: http://bit.ly/2e4rl1c


Longer blurb:

Calling all writers who are obsessed with plot and obsessives who can write a mean story. We want you!

Tin House<http://www.tinhouse.com/home> presents Plotto: The Master Contest of All Plots, amplified by OPB's State of Wonder.

Every Wednesday, for five weeks, Tin House will release a prompt from the classic plot-device manual Plotto: The Master Book of All Plots by William Wallace. To enter the contest, writers must use the prompt to write their own 500-word (or less) story before the following Monday at 5:00 PST. Interested participants can find the weekly prompts on the OPB Facebook page<https://www.facebook.com/oregonpublicbroadcasting/>, the State of Wonder webpage<http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/stateofwonder/> and at Tin House<http://www.tinhouse.com/home>. The first prompt will be posted online on Wednesday, October 19.

Weekly winners will read their stories in a broadcast of OPB's State of Wonder<http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/stateofwonder/>, see them published on tinhouse.com<http://www.tinhouse.com/home>, and receive the brand-new paperback edition of Plotto. More information about the contest, including details about the Grand Prize, can be found at:

www.opb.org/radio/article/tin-house-plotto-flash-fiction-contest-william-wallace-cook/?t=290086<http://www.opb.org/radio/article/tin-house-plotto-flash-fiction-contest-william-wallace-cook/?t=290086>

Thanks,
Katie
Katie Anderson, MLS, Youth Services Consultant
Library Support and Development Services<http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx>
Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
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