Check out our three new t-shirt designs inspired by Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird! In addition to my design, we had two outside submissions from across the interwebs. The winner gets $300 in cash and prizes so let's get to voting!

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#1 -  Jean Louise Finch

"So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses, didn't it?" said Atticus. "That proves something- that a gang of wild animals  can  be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children... you children last night made Walter Cunningham stand in my shoes for a minute. That was enough."   

#2 - Pass the Damn Ham

Atticus said, "Don't pay any attention to her, Jack. She's trying you out. Cal says she's been cussing fluently for a week, now."

But at supper that evening when I asked him to pass the damn ham please, Uncle Jack pointed at me. "See me afterwards, young lady," he said. 

#3 - Atticus Finch

He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.

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1. Share your favorite design with your friends to help it get printed.
2. Check back in this Monday, June 14th to see which design makes it!

Your votes have been counted and our Slaughterhouse-Five winner – which raked in 88% of the votes – is “Bombs!” This design was submitted by Whitney, a Kafkacotton fan, who will be receiving $150 cash and $150 in store credit. Congrats, Whitney!

The dark horse took the race! Harper Lee won the author vote thanks to Jessica Lindsell's last-minute suggestion that she be added to our list. Thanks, Jessica!The dark horse took the race! Harper Lee won the author vote thanks to Jessica Lindsell's last-minute suggestion that she be added to our list. Thanks, Jessica! Since Harper has only written one novel (which just happens to be "The Best Novel of the Century" according to a 1999 Library Journal poll) we also have our winning book: To Kill a Mockingbird.

But who doesn't like to vote? Our #2 author was Jane Austen - if you're in a votin' mood, chime in on which of her books we would put on a fresh, new t-shirt.

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1. Don't forget to support your favorite Austen book by getting your friends in on the voting.
2. Check back in this Wednesday, April 21st to see which book makes it!

First of all, huge thanks to everyone for voting in these two polls. There were 175 votes - you guys are awesome! And now for the results (plus Pie Charts and Blue Ribbons!).

1. 1984 T-Shirt Design

I was surprised on this one! "Doublethink" took the prize by a pretty wide margin!  

If you were rooting for "Always Watching" there's still hope - in a few months I am going to let everyone pick one "loser" design to be printed... What's next?

1. I send "Doublethink" design over to Nate in Salt Lake City, Utah to convert it to t-shirt goodness.
2. In two or three weeks we'll send the first tee over to Marcus in Miami, Florida for some nice-looking model photos.
3. It's available!

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2. Kurt Vonnegut's #1 Book

The voting was close but Slaughterhouse-Five really pulled ahead on the final day:

What's next?

1. Everyone gets two weeks to work on a Slaughterhouse-Five t-shirt design. If you're a Vonnegut fan and love design, this is for you! Shoot me a note at brian@kafkacotton.com if you're interested in entering.
2. All the designs go up for one week of voting starting Wednesday, April 21.
3. If you entered, you subtly (or not) tell your friends to vote for your design.
4. On Wednesday, April 28 the winner is announced!

Again, thanks so much for voting! If you know someone who might dig entering the Slaughterhouse-Five t-shirt design competition, please share the word!

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The community selected George Orwell's 1984 as the next Kafkacotton t-shirt a few weeks ago. Now you've got another decision to make: Which design should we print?

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"The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them .... To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has become inconvenient, and then, when it becomes necessary again, to draw it back from oblivion for just so long as it is needed ..." We all have inflated personal sound-bites: our skills for employers and how successful or interesting we are for new acquaintances. Practice makes perfect but repetition rubs out. May we never buy into our own hype and forget who we are. _ _

" ... on the other face of the coin was the head of Big Brother. Even from the coin the eyes pursued you. On coins, on stamps, on the covers of books, on banners, on posters, and on the wrappings of a cigarette packet — everywhere. Always the eyes watching you ..." Laid on its side, an "8" looks a bit like an infinity sign ... and those holes around which everything spins become the sockets of all-seeing eyes ... _

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1. Help get your favorite design printed - tell your lazy friends how to vote! 
2. Check back in next Wednesday, April 7th when we announce the winner or follow Kafkacotton to make sure you don't miss it: Newsletter | Facebook | Twitter | RSS

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