VERTIZONTAL: Pop goes the Novella

Want to win some cool prizes?

This is your lucky day.

We are holding a contest for the best blogposts regarding our film company Popnovella—Home of the 5-minute Thought Grenade. Popnovella was soft-launched last year with a minimal budget. This year, we would love to ramp it up and we need the help of all of you in the blogosphere.

We are looking for specific unapologetic pump-up, check-this-out, promotion.

This is serious business. There are cash and prizes on the line (see below).

Follow these simple steps : : :

Posting must be made by Friday, April 11, 2008 11:59pmEST

Contest runs through the month of April, 2008.

Send me an email when the post is up at john@popnovella.com

Read and follow the judging criteria (you don’t “need” to do all the judging criteria asks for but, every little bit helps us determine the winner)

Send me an email for all "second generation" posts

Judging is based on the following criteria : : :

Post about Popnovella using the guidelines from the “Posts that Don’t Suck” entry

Specific mention of “why” they are cool/unique films

Your favorite Popnovella film and why

If there are “second generation” posts generated (someone posts about your post and you send me the link via email john@popnovella.com) . Tell all your friends about the contest and have them send me the link to their post! This is huge.

Link. Link. Link.

How to use the films in church

How have YOU used the films or how do you “intend” to use them?

How can you use the films other than church?

Creativity

Instructions on “how to” navigate the Popnovella site and store

Mention of MediaShout and how the films are “Shoutable” and available also at the MediaShout store

Place a link to Popnovella and Vertizontal in the “link-love” section of your blog or similar link spot i.e. cool sites, sites of mention, check this out, etc.