Bathroom Readers’ Institute Challenge Readers To Solve The “WORLD’S HARDEST CROSSWORD PUZZLE” For A Chance T0 Win $5,000
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San Diego, CA March 17 2004--Bathroom Readers’ Institute plans to bowl over readers’ minds and imaginations once again with the announcement of “The World’s Hardest Crossword Puzzle” Challenge! The national contest is in support of the latest installment in the phenomenally popular Bathroom Reader series, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #2, and recently launched on March 12, 2004, at the 27th Annual American Crossword Tournament in Stamford, Connecticut, produced by New York Times Crossword Puzzle Editor Will Shortz.

The Bathroom Readers’ Institute invites readers to defy all reason and sanity to complete the hardest crossword puzzle ever conceived for a chance to win $5,000. Participants must first complete an entry puzzle, found inside Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #2 or on the Bathroom Reader’s website www.bathroomreader.com, and mail it to the Bathroom Readers’ Institute headquarters (see address below). Upon successful completion of the first puzzle, entrants will be sent “The World’s Hardest Crossword Puzzle,” which entrants are asked to complete, if they dare, and send back to headquarters.

All entrants who successfully complete the “World’s Hardest Crossword Puzzle” will receive an Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader T-shirt, and one grand prize winner chosen by random drawing from all successful entrants will win $5,000! The Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Entry Puzzle submissions must be postmarked by July 1, 2004, and “The World’s Hardest Crossword Puzzle” entries must be postmarked by September 1, 2004. The Grand Prize winner will be drawn on November 1, 2004. No purchase is necessary to enter this mind-boggling challenge. For official contest rules, please visit www.bathroomreader.com.

“The Bathroom Readers’ Institute is proud to announce our national “World’s Hardest Crossword Puzzle” Challenge. This contest challenges, recognizes and honors the amazing intellect that all readers possess,” said Gordon “Uncle John” Javna, editor of the Bathroom Reader series. “We are eager to see how many readers rise to this extreme challenge and succeed, and are excited to present one of the genius winners with a hefty award.”

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #2 is a mind-expanding collection of all sorts of puzzles that include word searches, crosswords, criss-crosses, anagrams, cryptograms, and brain teasers, combined with cryptolists, trivia quizzes, palindromes, and more – guaranteed to entertain puzzlers for hours on end. The book is organized by topic, degree of difficulty, and length to ensure that every Bathroom Reader has loads of fun. Published in direct response to the overwhelming number of puzzle fanatics and Bathroom Reader fans asking for yet another Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book to pass their time, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Puzzle Book #2 will be available wherever books are sold beginning in April 2004, at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $12.95.

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series is one of the longest-running, most popular humor collections in the publishing industry. With more than 5 million copies in print, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series taps into a vast resource of hidden readers – the 66 percent who admit to reading in the bathroom. That’s why Uncle John’s Bathroom Readers have been a must-order for book and gift stores worldwide for more than a decade. For more information about the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series visit www.bathroomreader.com.

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