Text your Wisdom, Write a Book with NJSL

National November Write Your Own Book Month

The Challenge

The New Jersey State Library is taking the challenge is to write a book with 50,000 words in one month.

The NJ State Library will compile a book with the collective wisdom of people sharing advice for another human being.

Text your words of wisdom for a child, friend, politician, parent, teenager, adult, parent to the New Jersey State Library, by November 30, 2009, so that it can be included in the book!

The Book:

H2H (Human to Human) wisdom in 140 characters!
The name of the book will be, H2H (Human to Human) wisdom in 140 characters
- unless someone texts us a better title!
It will be published online.

Participate:

• Text your advice ( maximum:140 characters or less).
• Text "H2H" to 51684, hit “space” and type your advice
• Include your initials or first name to your quote if you want it to appear with your quote.
• Standard message charges apply.
• You'll receive a message to let you know your submission has been accepted
• NJ State Library will collect your text messages until they have 50,000 words of wisdom.
• All entries must be submitted no later than November 30.

Submission Guidelines:

• No profanity
• No personal references
• NJ State Library reserves the right to reject submissions.

Updates:

Updates will be sent weekly ( no more than1 message per week).

Stop the messages anytime you want by replying "Stop".

Questions? :

Nancy Dowd:

ndowd@njstatelib.org

609-278-2640 ext 122