May 8, 2012 Contests Win Two Tickets to See John Irving, Live By Sadie Stein As fans of John Irving know, interviews with the legendary writer are rare indeed. So the chance to see Irving interviewed live don’t come around every day. But this Friday, he’ll sit down for an hour-long radio chat with Ron Bennington, and you could be in the audience. (Provided you can get to Manhattan!) Here’s how it works: write the jacket copy—no more than five sentences—describing Irving’s imaginary next novel. Topics may include, but need not be restricted to, bears, wrestling, New England, sex workers, writers, and Vienna. (Probably at least two would be a good idea.) Please submit all entries to [email protected] by noon EST, Thursday, May 10.
October 4, 2011 Contests Win Tickets to BAM’s Artist Talk! By Sadie Stein In The Speaker’s Progress, part of the 2011 Next Wave Festival, Sulayman Al-Bassam presents the final installment of a trilogy that reinterprets Shakespeare within the context of the modern Middle East. On Friday, the director talks about the Bard and the current political situation with Robyn Creswell, Arabic translator and Paris Review poetry editor. To win tickets to this Artist Talk, simply e-mail the subject line “BAM” to [email protected]. The first two readers to respond are on their way to Fort Greene! (Two tickets per winner.) “Shakespeare in the Middle East” Hillman Attic Studio, Brooklyn Academy of Music Friday, October 7 at 6 P.M. $10; $5 for Friends of BAM
August 3, 2011 Contests Beach Towel Contest: We Have a Winner! By Sadie Stein This was a tough one. We asked you to photoshop an author of your choice onto our beach towel. The entries were truly staggering in their creativity and execution (as you can see for yourselves.) But there can only be one grand-prize beach-towel winner. First, our wonderful runners-up, all of whom win ever-chic Paris Review tees. “Bukowski Relaxing” by b_lazy. Read More
July 18, 2011 Contests William Burroughs Catches Some Rays By Sadie Stein Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs relaxing on the beach. Have we got a contest for you! Break out those Photoshop skills and place your favorite writer on our super-duper Paris Review beach towel for a chance to win exactly this towel! Meta, we know. To enter, join our Flickr group and submit your image to the pool. We’ll share the winning image, along with a couple of our favorites on The Daily by the end of this month. P.S. Don’t do Photoshop? If you’d like to get a beach towel of your own, simply subscribe or renew with our special beach towel offer.
June 17, 2011 Contests Get a Digital Subscription and Win a Signed Copy! By Sadie Stein Have you bought your iPad subscription to the Review yet? What? You haven’t?! Sign up now, send us the confirmation e-mail, and we will enter you to win a copy of the new issue signed by cover artist Matteo Pericoli. The drawing will take place Monday. Send your entry to [email protected] with the subject line “Digital Edition Drawing.”
June 1, 2011 Contests And We Have A Winner! By Sadie Stein We asked, you answered: the thunderous response to our Arcadia ticket giveaway contest made this a tough decision for the panel of judges. The challenge was to write a couplet answering the question “Does Carnal Embrace Addle the Brain?” Entries ranged from the sublime, to the very long, to the ridiculous—with everything (and a lot of adult content) in between. The winners were chosen by an elite panel selected for their expertise—and experience—in brain-addled behavior. Criteria included keeping to couplet form; topical subjects; inventiveness; or anything that made us laugh. Our winner gets a pair of tickets to Broadway’s Arcadia; our three runners-up will receive ever-chic Paris Review tees. The Runners-Up: He made up the apple to hide his depravity. Testicles dangled. “My God!” he said. “Gravity!”—Kay Nine Brains and dicks are of similar stuff. One used unrestrained causes horrors enough.—DJD To all police, when on (or off) duty, Protect, not rape, shirtless, blacked-out booty.—Michael And Our Winner: Carnal Embrace Turns a King Into a Beggar And makes a Single Man out of Arnold Schwarzenegger—Guy Congratulations, Guy and thank you all participants for many entertaining (and occasionally alarming) hours! Stay tuned for more competitions in the future …