Last week's question: Bob Dylan has so far refused to acknowledge winning the Nobel Prize in literature, leading one member of the Swedish Academy to blast the singer-songwriter as "impolite and arrogant." If Dylan were to write a song about his apparent indifference to awards and prizes, what title should he give the track?
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THE WINNER: "Blowin' Off the Win"
Simeon Cohen, New York City
SECOND PLACE: "Lay-low Lady Lay-low"
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
THIRD PLACE: "Lit Ain't Me, Babe"
Greg Taylor, Mobile, Ala.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Don't Think Twice, It's a Slight"
Rich Creason, New Cumberland, Pa.
"Tangled Up 'n Mute"
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.
"Idiot Win"
Michael A. Hirst, Davis, Calif.
"Positively Forfeit"
Ginny King Supple, Los Angeles
"Shelter from the Norm"
Emily Aborn, Temple, N.H.
"I Want You (To Leave Me Alone)"
Penny Cummings, Marysville, Ohio
"Not Bringing It All Back Home"
Joe Valetti, San Leandro, Calif.
"Make You Feel My Snub"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"It Ain't for Me, Babe"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.
"I'm Gonna Make You Lonesome When I Don't Show"
Gino Massafra, Atlanta
"I Don't Want You"
Doug Johnston, Eerie, Pa.
"Deprecation Row"
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
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