It’s the greatest literary tote bag competition of the age, and its first round has begun. The winners will advance to round two, where a panel of judges will make their evaluations; it’s all leading up to an event at Housing Works on April 20th.

If you’d like to see who’s been chosen for the preliminary round and cast your vote, you can follow along at Electric Literature.

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