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Black Dome Press announces

The 2009 GREAT BIG, HUGE, REALLY QUITE LARGE SUNFLOWER CHALLENGE!

Grow a really big one and win a really small stack of books. Yes, campers (and honor system devotees), just plant your seeds and watch them grow. Send us your pictures (via snail mail) and real-life measurements (not your measurements, your potentially book-winning sunflower measurements) and the GRAND PRIZE WINNER with the tallest sunflower will win a $50 gift certificate to Black Dome Press. Woohoo!

Anyone can do it-see below what we did at Black Dome's test garden in 2005 with these very same seeds (OK, different batch, but you get the idea).

Tall sunflower Left: Black Dome's Science Advisory
Board Chair points proudly.

right: The drama unfolds on manure
delivery day.

Tall sunflower

Deadline: November 1, 2009. When submitting your entry photo, please provide your name, addres, e-mail address, and telephone number. Winner will be posted on this Web site by December 1, 2009.