Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, and U.S. publisher of the Harry Potter series, today announced the launch of the J.K. Rowling and the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes on July 30, 2007. One thousand lucky fans will be selected in a sweepstakes and will receive a pair of tickets to an evening with J.K. Rowling at Carnegie Hall on Friday, October 19th at 7 p.m. Rowling will read from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, answer questions about the entire series, and sign copies of her latest book. (Please note that if a winner is under the age of 18, the winner must bring his/her parent or legal guardian as the guest. Additionally, no one under 7 years of age will be admitted to the event.)


Starting July 30th, U.S. fans (ages 7 and older) can enter the sweepstakes* by printing out and completing an entry form available at www.scholastic.com/harrypotter or by printing their name, home address and phone number on a sheet of paper and mailing the entry to:


Scholastic
Attn: J.K. Rowling and the Open Book Tour Sweepstakes
557 Broadway
New York, NY 10012


Entries must be received by August 31, 2007. (Please remember that the rules allow only ONE ENTRY PER PERSON; multiple entries will be disqualified.) One thousand lucky winners will be selected by a random drawing and winners will be notified on or about September 14, 2007. The complete rules are attached and available at www.scholastic.com/harrypotter.


The J.K. Rowling Open Book Tour will include three events to be held for schoolchildren in Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York City, in addition to the event at Carnegie Hall for sweepstakes winners. School districts in the host cities will select which schools and which children will participate. (Please note there are no public tickets available for these school events.)