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So, I ran out of bookplates. Which isn’t a terrible tragedy, as I used to use Avery labels and just make my own whenever I needed more. But I thought that this time it might be nice to get some made and have ‘em all be shiny and new and things like that. You know. I’ve been mucking around with possible ideas (and still have a few), but then I had a BIG idea.

Ninja Max says: "Ideas, they are my favorite!"

Would YOU like to design my next bookplate? And win something cool if your design is chosen? You would, wouldn’t you? C’mon, you know you do.

The Details

What’ll the winner win? An ultra-special copy of Still Sucks to Be Me. A marked up copy. With margin notes from me and little details and snippets and things like that. A one-of-a-kind thing. And signed, of course. And some book swag. And your name up in lights on my website. Okay, maybe not lights. Pixels. (Or, if you’d rather wait until next year, I’ll give you a marked up copy of Cat Girl’s Day Off. Your choice.)

Whaddaya gotta do? Design a bookplate using the specificiations below and email me your design in either jpg or png format by November 15th, 2011.

The Specifications

• Dimensions (for printing) are 90 mm x 55 mm, however this means the artwork should actually be 96mm x 61mm (basically, extra padding around the outside…but if you just do the 90 x 55, that’s fine, I can add the padding).
• 300 dpi (if you don’t know what that means, don’t worry overly much)
• Include (somewhere) my name (Kimberly Pauley) and my URL (www.kimberlypauley.com)
• Preferably, the bookplate would be generic (i.e. not specific to the Sucks to Be Me books or the Cat Girl’s Day Off book) so I can use it for any of my books
• Any images used need to be your own design or you must have permission to use them
• You need to leave space so I can actually, um, sign them and maybe write messages to people (or at least their name)

This is one design I was playing with which is actually based on a fan’s drawing of me from a workshop I gave a few years back. It’s pretty simple. Feedback on Twitter, however, was that “she” (me) looked tired and not very happy. So, um, yeah. Hence this contest…(though if you like it, let me know)