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Xmas contest - win a song

Sufjan Stevens, singer-songwriter par excellence, is hosting a special christmas songwriting competition through his label, Asthmatic Kitty Records.
The contest goes pretty much as anyone'd expect: write the best xmas song, enter it for the competition, be selected as winner, pick up your price. But from here, things get unusual. As part of the contest, you'll have to hand over the rights for your song (no, that's not the unusual part - patience, please), but to make it even, the first prize is full custody over the rights of an original Sufjan Stevens song. Yes, you (if you win) get to decide exactly what you want to do with the song that Sufjan donates as first prize. To quote:
You can hoard it for yourself, sell it to a major soft drink corporation, use it in your daughter's first Christmas video, or share it for free on your website. No one except Sufjan and you will hear his song, unless you decide otherwise. You get the song and all legal rights to it. We get the same rights to your song.
That's a pretty special prize, if you ask me. You can read more about the contest over at the labels site: The Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange!