It’s an essay contest! Just incorporate 11 words (the names of their bars like Vigor, Renew, Tranquility) into an original work less than 1,500 words long and submit. (But it has to be texted from a cell phone.)

Grand prize is a year’s supply of New Tree Chocolate Bars (1 per day) plus the new iPhone 3G.

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Tap into your imagination, flex your literary muscle - and don’t forget to stretch your thumbs. Simply submit your Great American Story, txt-style. Create your masterpiece of 1500 words (one text message at a time) and incorporate ALL 11 NEWTREE chocolate names: PLEASURE, VIGOR, RENEW, REFRESH, FORGIVENESS, SEXY, BLUSH, TRANQUILITY, COCOON, REJOICE and CRAVE.

Contest open to US residents 18 years or older. Standard text messaging rates apply. No purchase necessary.

  1. Complete the registration form below and receive a confirmation text message to your cell phone
  2. Respond to the confirmation text with your short story (max 1500 words and must include ALL 11 NEWTREE chocolate names)
  3. Once your masterpiece is complete, include a (/) as the last character to indicate your entry has ended
  4. The winner will be selected 10/13/08

Entry form here:
http://www.newtree.com/contest.php

Rules here:
http://www.newtree.com/images/Rules.pdf (PDF file)

Pity it has to be a text - I don’t use a cell phone! Sounds like it’d be fun, though.

I was thinking the same thing, seian. I would probably do it, but I don’t have a text plan on my phone. I didn’t see anything in the rules that allowed other methods to submit entries.