Plagiarism for Dummies

This looks interesting. This site is holding a contest inspired by the Kaavya Viswanathan plagiarism controversy:

Inspired by recent events, we wondered not “why does anyone plagiarize,” but “why aren’t more people better at plagiarizing?” And so we are launching a contest to see if there is a “writer” out there who can create a coherent and original piece of fiction completely made from the works of others.

(Which is about as coherent and original as modern fiction can get, right?)

The winner “will have his or her story published on The Morning News, and will also receive a TMN T-shirt and mug to remind them of this, the moment ethics in writing died.” You’ve got to enter by May 12, so get to work.

via Miss Snark