Game on! The time has come to begin our Second Annual Naughty Reading Photo Contest.

Here’s the rules. Send us your visual approximation of what naughty reading is. Naughty readers do not have to be exclusively female. To keep this thing equal opportunity (and desirable for any and all sexual persuasions), we want naughty male readers too. Send your entries in JPEG form to ed AT edrants.com before September 8, 2006. (Filesize should be no more than 60K per entry. Anything over that will be disqualified.) Photos are limited to one per participant. So do send us your best photo. Like last year, I will post the photos (along with designated credit, if desired) as they come in.

From here, I’ll announce three finalists which you, the readers, can vote on. And timing-wise, I’ll be decidedly more on the ball than I was last year.

The winner will receive a Powell’s $25 Gift Card.

So have at it, naughty book lovers, academics and librarians alike! Show the world right now that reading is sexy and salacious!

The people have spoken, democracy has triumphed, and Naughty Reading Entry #6 is the winner!

Congratulations to Kimberly Askew, who was sent a Powell’s gift card this morning.

But the fun isn’t over by a long shot. I will have further details on the 2006 Naughty Reading contest early this week. Get your cameras ready!

Because you folks have been sending us some fantastic photos and because we (among several others) await an entry from a certain literary hunk in Oakland (there have in fact been private requests sent to us!), we’ve decided to extend the Naughty Reading Photo Contest until this Friday. In particular, we’d like to see more men submit photos to even the gender playing field (as well as provide polymorphous opportunities for folks of varying levels of naughtiness).

So have at it, shutterbugs! You’ve got two more days after tonight and then you, the readers, will get to vote among the three finalists. Who will be the lucky person to win the $20 Powell’s Gift Card? Could it be you?

To see all entries submitted thus far, we’ve categorized them all under “Naughty Reading” for you.

(Thanks, Kim!)

(Thanks, Rachel!)

A reminder to all: today is the last day to submit your photos for the Naughty Reading Photo Contest. Please send all entries to ed AT edrants.com.

This is a reminder to our readers that our Naughty Reading Photo Contest is still very much alive! While there is still some time, the deadline is August 31 for entries. So be sure to email your naughty reading photos to ed AT edrants.com

Our first Naughty Reading Photo Contest entry has arrived. All right! This is a great start! Keep ’em coming! (And to keep things relatively anonymous, note that I will credit and link folks, only if they specifically ask me to.) Incidentally, Scott has put up some helpful ideas for prospective participants.

(Thanks, Patricia!)

Since we are somewhat time-challenged at the moment, we’ve decided to embark on an ill-advised idea that calls for your participation.

Return of the Reluctant hopes to shake up these pristine pages with the First Annual Naughty Reading Photo Contest.

What we would like our readers to do is send us your visual approximation of what naughty reading is. Naughty readers do not have to be exclusively female. To keep this thing equal opportunity (and desirable for any and all sexual persuasions), we want naughty male readers too. Send your entries in JPEG form to ed AT edrants.com before August 31, 2005. (Filesize should be no more than 60K per entry. Anything over that will be disqualified.) Photos are limited to one per participant. So do send us your best photo. We will post the photos (along with designated credit, if desired) as they come in and eventually establish them on a separate page.

So that there is some incentive for this thing, the winner will receive a Powell’s $20 Gift Card.

From here, we will announce three finalists which you, the readers, can vote on.

So have at it, naughty book lovers, academics and librarians alike! Show the world right now that reading is sexy and salacious!