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By Matthew Odam | Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 05:45 PM

What do a student at St. Edward’s University, a guitar-playing singer-songwriter, a screenwriter, a substitute teacher, a 5-year-old boy, and a stay-at-home mom have in common?

They are all contributing to a new project called Austin Makes a Book. Inspired by the efforts of a group in New York City, Phenix and Phenix Literary Publicists are wrangling locals of all stripes to create a book composed by 100 Austinites.

The “crowd-funded” book will include visual, poetic and narrative art, including, but not limited to, drawings, stories and photos from your friends and neighbors that will serve as something of a literary time capsule for our inspiring and inspired city.

In a hyper-literate city crawling with members and would-be members of the creative class, Austin seems a perfect breeding ground for such a project.

The publishers are accepting the first 100 applicants. As a crowd-funded endeavor, each submission costs $30 to assist in paying for the publishing. Any leftover funds will be donated to Room to Read, an organization that works with local communities to support education and literacy around the world in an effort to end poverty.

Submissions can come only from Austin-area residents (the burbs are included) and must be able to fit on a 7”x7” page. To find out more about the project and submit your own work, visit AustinMakesaBook.com. Once the book is published, Phenix will host a party to celebrate the eccentric collaboration.

Image from AustinMakesaBook.com

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