Hi! Me again, your anonymous Burner friend who wishes to gift you a no-strings-attached ticket to Burning Man.

This is the 3rd year I’ve gifted a ticket in this manner. In 2011, I received over 250 entries. In 2012, that number dwindled to around 75. Each time, the ticket went to a lovely human being.

The process is exactly the same as last year: Here’s the deal. I have an extra ticket to Burning Man, and I want someone wonderful to have it. Yeah, for free. It’s a gift ticket, there’s no monetary value associated with it.

I don’t have a lot of time to volunteer this year, so my intention with this ticket is to give it to someone who will be a kind of proxy- who will interact and participate. Your smiling face will be my gift to Black Rock City this year.

That being said, I will accept NO SOB STORIES about why you don’t have a ticket, or why you feel you need to get out to the desert. I’m looking for someone who has great, fun, whimsical, joyful ideas about how they’re going to make Black Rock City a better place in 2013. Virgin Burner or veteran, I don’t care. I want to hear your passion, your energy, your plans, your positivity.

There are no strings attached to this gift, but there’s a small process in which I’ll choose the person who will receive the ticket. I would highly suggest reading this whole post before emailing me.

PLEASE NOTE: I value following instructions, and have no patience for people who do not do things with care and consideration. If this is important to you, you will take your time and make an effort. I’m not asking for a novel (I’m a busy girl), but full sentences, proper grammar and the like will lead to a more-positive response from me.

Here’s how to submit yourself for consideration (please note I do not accept nominations on someone else’s behalf):

-send an email to oneburningticket@gmail.com with the subject line “Burning Man Gift Ticket Request”. Any other subject lines won’t make it past the filter for consideration (see also: following instructions).

-in the body of the email, tell me some things:

1) Have you been to Burning Man before? If you’ve never been before, tell me about your plans (monetarily and otherwise) to prepare for the playa. It’s a lot of work and $. Have you done your research?

2) Why should I choose you? How are you going to make Black Rock City a better place?

3) What city do you live in?

4) What’s the #1 source of MOOP at Burning Man?

5) Anything else you’d like to mention?

CONSIDERATIONS:

–I will choose a ticket recipient on June 24th at 12pm Pacific time, so be prompt. Any emails received after June 24 at 12pm Pacific time will be disregarded. Recipient of gift ticket will be notified via email.

–You will receive one gift ticket to Burning Man (either by mail, or local pickup if you’re in the SF Bay Area, or at will call) once physical tickets have been sent out by Burning Man, with no expectation that you do anything but come to the event and make it a better place. And, this would be nice but not necessary: come visit me on the playa and give me a hug and tell me how your Burn is going. I am not creepy and I am a girl. I will not grope you.

Have a nice day!