Hot Tomato Haiku Contest Winners 2010
The Fools and I had a great time at the Tomato Art Fest this weekend. We sold a whole bunch’a used books from our booth, as well as hundreds of cold bottles of water. But the highlight of the day was announcing the 2010 Hot Tomato Haiku Contest winners and handing out gift certificates and, yes, an iPad!
With over 500 entries from 140 poets, the judges had a very difficult task this year. But they pushed through and crowned the these winners in the following categories:
Basho’s Beefsteak:
out in the garden
red globes like lights on a vine –
Christmas in July
Tiffany Jyang
Alpharetta, GA
Plum Humorous:
Seed savers rejoice
The heirlooms get all the girls
Monsanto be damned
Sarah Gann
Nashville, TN
Formal Champion:
tomatoes plumping
round stakes, midsummer steaks, round
plumping tomatoes
Temple Cone
Annapolis, MD
Stinky Tomato:
Ms. Tomato was
puréed as the driven snow
until she got juiced.
Peggy Landsman
Pompano Beach, FL
Fried Green Tomato:
King of tomatoes!
Beefsteak, wear your crown of leaves.
Mustard is your gold.
Nell Harris
Nashville, TN
Melissa Duke’s Best In Show:
The livin’, easy –
you’re the plump juicy Romas
in my Caprese.
Dana Delworth
Nashville, TN
Call for Haiku: 2010 Hot Tomato Haiku Contest
Ladies and Gents,
East Nashville’s Tomato Art Fest is almost here (August 14th), which means the 3rd Annual Hot Tomato Haiku Contest starts today! Last year’s category winners scored gift certificates to local eateries, and the Grand Prize winner took home an iPod Touch.
This year’s Grand Prize is even more grand: An iPad! (Yes, really!)
If you love tomatoes, poetry, and/or iPads, visit the contest page and enter by July 31st. And for more regular updates, become a Fan at our Facebook page.
(cc) Flickr user spisharam - AWAY
Union University Textbook Buyback Spring 2010
Look out, Jackson, Tennessee. BookFool.com is coming your way. Are you ready for a second opinion on your used book prices? You may be surprised how much your books are really worth!
(cc) Flickr user lndhslf72
We’ve heard your cries.
Every semester we speak with thousands of students about their textbook needs. We ask how their bookstore is treating them, how their off-campus bookstore treats them (if they have one), and whether they’re happy with their textbook options.
In our experience, students are unhappy with their textbook options at 98% of the schools we visit. The happy 2% attend a school that really pays attention to their textbooks needs and fights to get them great prices when they buy and sell. If students are happy, we simply move on to where we’re needed more.
Well, Union, your fellow students told us they’re not happy with their textbook options. So we’re coming to town!
Ready for a great deal?
It’s simple: Bring us your books. We tell you what they’re worth. You decide which ones to sell. We give you cash. No pressure! For more info, check out How to Sell Your Books to BookFool.com.
Is this for real?
You know it! This semester we’re set up by Starbucks on Vann Drive, beside Baskin-Robbins and across from Chick-fil-A. Can’t miss it! And there’s plenty of parking.
If you’re ready for a great deal on your used books, come by May 17, 18, 19, and 20. We’re open from 8am to 6pm. Give us a try and send your friends!
Scenes from Buyback Spring 2010
Buybacks are rocking this semester. This promises to be our biggest semester yet! Here are some early shots coming in from around the Buyback Map.
Bottles hanging over Emory Univ. in Atlanta.
ARROOOOOOOOW!!!
ARROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!
Underground Coffeehouse. Searcy, AR.
Special Buyback Helpers at Harding.
The Harding Billboard Car.
The Harding Billboard Car, part 2.
Sewanee Rock Pose!
The NEMCC buyback team posters their car in response to the Harding team.
What do you think?
We would take more pictures but we’re too busy buying books!!!
BookFool.com Flood Update 05-03-10
By now you’ve heard of the massive flooding in Middle Tennessee this weekend. This quick post is to let you know that BookFool is fine and Buybacks are proceeding according to schedule. Our Rhodes Buyback team had trouble getting out of Nashville this morning, but they are leaving town soon and should open their buyback later today.
We’re pleased to announce that our new warehouse is completely dry and the Command Center there is running at 100%.
Two full-time Fools had their houses flooded and cleanup has begun on that front. The most picturesque disaster was the collapsing of one of our backyard hills:
The hill before.
The hill after, part 1.
The hill after, Part 2.
Stay safe out there, people. We will post to our Twitter feed as updates become available.
