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Monday, September 14, 2009

Breaking News!

Baking Contest Highlights 6th Annual National Punctuation Day®

PINOLE, CA — The first National Punctuation Day® Baking Contest will highlight the celebration of the 6th National Punctuation Day (NPD) on September 24, 2009.

RULES FOR THE NATIONAL PUNCTUATION DAY BAKING CONTEST

1. Entrants must send a recipe and a sample of their cookie, cake, pastry, doughnut, or bread baked in the shape of a punctuation mark to National Punctuation Day, 1517 Buckeye Court, Pinole, CA 94564.

2. Entrants must send two print photos—one putting the item in an oven before baking and the other taking it out when it’s done. Make sure we can see the baked goods clearly.

3. First-, second-, and third-place winners will receive a box of non-edible NPD goodies, and all entrants’ photos and recipes will be published on the National Punctuation Day website.

4. All entries must be received by September 30, 2009


I think I may be in some trouble for overuse of the dash -- this thing [--] -- but it works for me.

5 comments:

kathy a. said...

well, this is a different kind of post.

Cervantes said...

So, aren't you going to enter?

kathy a. said...

what's your entry?

Cervantes said...

Peach cobbler in the form of:

:". . .!"

That's a guaranteed winner.

kathy a. said...

photos.