A few months ago, a reader sent us something we’d never seen before: extremely silly haiku about ruined music scenarios. This gave us an idea.

Fond of counting syllables as you write them? Enjoy winning prizes? Enter the first-ever Ruined Music contest: haiku style.

DEADLINE: Midnight, Sunday Oct. 14, 2007

All entries must follow classic haiku form (5/7/5). (Don’t know what that means?)

One grand-prize winner, as chosen by us, will receive a Ruined Music giftbox extravaganza, including:

-two sweet mix CDs (one by Bryan, one by Mary) (guaranteed free of any songs that have been ruined for you)
-one Ruined Music t-shirt (any style in our store)
-a Ruined Music pin
-praise and adoration from fans around the world after we post the winning entry on the site

Send entries to info@ruinedmusic.com with the subject line HAIKU. You can enter up to three different haiku. Please include your name, email address, and phone number with each entry.

And finally: your haiku can be based on a true story. Or not. For the purposes of this contest only, made-up tales are welcome. Non-fiction, fiction, science fiction, anything goes… as long as it’s about music getting ruined and fits the site’s theme.

The winner will be announced on Thursday, October 18th, to wild applause and virtual high-fives. (Followed by virtual high-sevens.)