Winner: Congratulations to reader Ana Luisa Santiago of Luquillo, Puerto Rico, who was chosen at random as our winning entry! Thank you to all those who entered the contest by completing a Reader Survey. We appreciate your feedback.

Acclaimed horror writer Bentley Little helped launch Dark Scribe Magazine back in October of 2007 with the magazine's very first author interview. So what better way to celebrate DSM's first anniversary than by going back to where it all began with a once-in-a-lifetime giveaway?

Here's your chance to win a signed hardcover book club edition of Bentley Little's latest terror tome, The Academy. To sweeten the pot, we (gingerly) twisted our favorite dark scribe's arm and got him to sign a color 8x10 Academy publicity shot. (The author photo was an exclusive signing just for us that the candid scribe says was a one-time deal.)

As fans of Bentley Little know the author never tours, never does public book signings - and he's told us that he's never signed an author photo before. The winner of this contest will win both the rare signed hardcover book and one of only two signed Bentley Little photos in existence (the author's exact words!). And the other photo, you ask? Hey, we're not stupid - we asked him to sign one for us, too!

To enter, you must be a registered DSM reader. After registering, simply log-in and complete our new Reader Survey. We will select one winning survey at random. Only one reader survey per email address will be accepted.

This contest has now ended.