Gabriel Gadfly's Video Reading Contest

Read one of Gabriel's poems on YouTube for a chance to win a Kindle Fire!

To celebrate the release of my new book, Ventricle, Atrium, I'm holding a huge contest with over $400 in prizes! Here's what I'm giving away:

The Prizes

The Grand Prize winner will receive a prize pack containing:

A Kindle Fire!

A signed print copy of Ventricle, Atrium

The Bone Fragments and Ventricle, Atrium ebooks

2nd and 3rd prize winners will receive:

An Amazon gift card worth $50

A signed print copy of Ventricle, Atrium

Both ebooks

4th and 5th prize winners will receive:

An Amazon gift card worth $25

A signed print copy of Ventricle, Atrium

Both ebooks

Winners will be selected by popular vote, but one randomly selected entry will receive:

An Amazon gift card worth $25

A signed print copy of Ventricle, Atrium

BONUS: If 20 people enter the contest by the Wednesday, Feb 22nd deadline, I'll select not one, but TWO random winners!

The Rules
To participate in the contest, all you need to do is select one of my poems from this website and record a video of yourself reading or reciting that poem. Upload your video to YouTube and fill out the form at the bottom of this page. Once you've submitted your entry, share it with as many of your friends and family as you can and get them to vote for your video. The entries with the most votes will be selected as the winners.

Some important details:

You must appear in the video.

Your video must contain one of my poems, selected from my poetry page.

You must give credit to Gabriel Gadfly in your video, either in the title of your video, the video description, or in the recording itself. A link in the description to http://gabrielgadfly.com is highly encouraged.

All video entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Central on February 22nd.

Voting will continue through 11:59 p.m. Central on February 29th, and I'll announce the winner on March 1st.

The randomly selected winner will be chosen using Random.org, after the five primary winners have been selected.

You can enter as often as you like, but each entry has a separate vote count, and you can only win once. Only your first entry will count for the random drawing.

Ready to enter? Click here to jump to entry form.

Entries

Check out the contest entries below! Click through to an entry's page to vote for that entry. The entry with the most votes on February 29th will be selected as the winner. You can vote for as many entries as you like.

	Submitted by	Vote!	Total Votes
Go to this entry's voting page.	Erica Sato	Click to Vote!	5
Go to this entry's voting page.	Christina Higgins	Click to Vote!	18
Go to this entry's voting page.	Melinda Lee	Click to Vote!	133
Go to this entry's voting page.	Dean Gootee	Click to Vote!	17
Go to this entry's voting page.	Stamyr Rousseau	Click to Vote!	5
Go to this entry's voting page.	Jenny DeLage	Click to Vote!	82
Go to this entry's voting page.	Danielle Phelps	Click to Vote!	8
Go to this entry's voting page.	Katie Curington	Click to Vote!	8
Go to this entry's voting page.	Rae Gooden	Click to Vote!	27
Go to this entry's voting page.	Jordan Long	Click to Vote!	1419
Go to this entry's voting page.	Ashley McBride	Click to Vote!	13
Go to this entry's voting page.	Ayesha Zahid	Click to Vote!	238
Go to this entry's voting page.	Katie Tanaka	Click to Vote!	96
Go to this entry's voting page.	Kelly McLeod	Click to Vote!	150
Go to this entry's voting page.	E. Phan	Click to Vote!	70
Go to this entry's voting page.	Parker Beckom	Click to Vote!	34
Go to this entry's voting page.	Alicia Bradley	Click to Vote!	26
Go to this entry's voting page.	Danielle Seevers	Click to Vote!	1911
Go to this entry's voting page.	Carletta Girma	Click to Vote!	48
Go to this entry's voting page.	Alecia Crouse	Click to Vote!	28

Participate!

Want to win that Kindle Fire or one of the other great prizes I'm offering? To enter the contest, make sure you've read the contest rules above, then follow these steps:

Pick your favorite poem from my poetry page.
Record a video of yourself reading or reciting that poem (or have someone else record you!).
Upload your video to YouTube.
Fill out the form below.
Hit Save

Video's YouTube URL: *

After uploading your video, copy the video's URL from your browser here.
The following services are provided: YouTube

What poem are you reading?: *

Start typing the title of the poem you chose to read. The form will autocomplete.

First name: *

Last name: *

Email address: *

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