RULES

Each contest shall run for one month.
Ties may result in a drawing.
Prizes will be whatever we decide.
Prizes may be repeated.
Prizes will be announced at the start of the contest.
Contests will be run only on the web site.
All decisions are final. No complaining is allowed.
There may be two winners for each contest.
Winner # 1 will be the entry which contains the correct answers.
Winner # 2 will the entry which makes us laugh the hardest.
Entries must be sent to the MCW by email.
Correct answers may or may not be posted on our web site.
Extra credit will be awarded to entries answering the questions, if posed.

The contests are based on the new technology of random contractions found in text messaging and Instant Messaging.
All clues relate to well-known Minnesota mystery fiction people, places, things, books etc.
Each letter in each clue is the first letter in a word in the sentence.
The letters are in the correct order.
Answers must be emailed to the Crime Wave email address.
The word CLUE is not part of the clue.

EXAMPLE

Theme: Important Authors

Clue: JLipbMI.
Answer: Jess Lourey is published by Midnight Ink.

THE CONTEST: IMPORTANT MYSTERY AUTHOR/ CONTEST #2

Deadline: midnight, February 29, 2008
Prize: a signed, first edition of William Kent Krueger's THUNDER BAY

Clue: IRiaSa.

Clue: HCwtMBs.

Clue: DLwADBtW.

Clue: ACwtEm.

Clue: DLSwaBmw.

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