Winners Announced in Taylor Swift's Fan-Sourced Book Contest

Next October, to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Taylor Swift's first record and the first decade of her career, Swift's fans, in collaboration with Simon & Schuster, will team up to publish the first major book about the seven-time Grammy winner who New York magazine has declared "the biggest pop star in the world." An oversized and beautifully illustrated volume with the feel of a scrapbook, the yet-to-be-titled book will be created by fans, for fans. The publisher is inviting fellow Swifties around the country to help produce the book in a number of ways and to join the conversation online using the hashtag #SwiftFanBook.

A contest was held to determine the title of the book, along with an honorary authorship contest and cover contest. EW has announced the official winners:

Texas native Tenay Barker won the $2,500 title contest with her title, Taylor Swift: This Is Our Song.

Tyler Conroy of Conway, Massachusetts, won the $10,000 title of honorary author, for his parody video:

The winner of the cover design is yet to be announced.

In order to find the best fan photos and illustrations of Swift for use in the book, Simon & Schuster would like to hear from fans who are serious photographers and have personally taken a large number of high-resolution photographs of Swift (photos taken on phones are not high-quality enough to meet book production standards) over the entirety of her career, as well as fans who have created unique illustrations or other works of art in homage to the artist. If that is you, please write to images@swiftfanbook.comand tell us about your photo library or your artwork. The publisher will select hundreds of illustrations to appear in the book and pay a fee, credit the copyright holder in the book, and provide a free copy of the book to each copyright holder whose work is included.

"I've loved Taylor Swift's work from the first song she released in 2006," says Jofie Ferrari-Adler, the Senior Editor at Simon & Schuster who is overseeing the project. "Like many of my favorite artists, she is first and foremost an extraordinary writer, and I can't wait until she decides to publish her own books. But until that day arrives, I hope that other Swifties around the country will want to get involved and help us make this book a worthy celebration of her first ten years. Think of this project as a very elaborate mash note."

The book will be published on October 24, 2016, the ten-year anniversary of the release of Swift's first record, Taylor Swift. The book is available for preorder atwww.SwiftFanBook.com. More details and contest rules are available at www.SwiftFanBook.com.

Long live.

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