With this year marking the 10-year anniversary of The Big Lebowski, we here at Geeks of Doom in conjunction with the awesome crew behind the annual Lebowski Fest are giving away an amazing prize package to the 7th Annual Lebowski Fest.

The event takes place in Louisville, KY on July 11th & 12th, and the prizes include weekend passes, event tickets, Lebowski shirts & posters, a signed copy of I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski, as well as a 4 pairs of tickets to the different events during the Lebowski Fest weekend.

The Lebowski Fest features comedian Brian Posehn (Sarah Silverman Program, Comedians Of Comedy, Mr Show) and music by Mike Doughty and Pleaseeasaur among others. You can read more about the Lebowski Fest in the “About” section below.

To make the 10-year celebration even more special (if that’s even possiible) the Food Network’s Ace of Cakes will be delivering a Big Lebowski-themed cake. Yum!

One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive

• Two (2) Weekend Passes for 7th Annual Lebowski Fest in Louisville, KY, on July 11th & 12th with Brian Posehn & Mike Doughty. (Includes admission to Opening Party on 7/11, Garden Party on 7/12, and the already SOLD-OUT Bowling Party on 7/12)
• One (1) Signed copy of I’m a Lebowski, You’re a Lebowski
• One (1) Large Abide Shirt
• One (1) Event Poster by Bill Green

Two (2) First Prize winners will each receive:

• Two (2) Tickets to the Opening Party with comedian Brian Posehn, Pleaseeasaur and a screening of The Big Lebowski. The Opening Party takes place on Friday, July 11th in Louisville, KY.

Two (2) First Prize winners will receive:

• Two (2) Tickets to the Garden Party with music by Mike Doughty, Kentucky Prophet, Everthus The Deadbeats, Broken Spurs & Snow Monster. As well as Lebowski-themed games and what-have-you. The Garden Party takes place on Saturday, July 12th in Louisville, KY.

TO ENTER: Fill out the form below and submit. Please include your choice of first prize event in the Optional Comments section of the form below. Also, be aware that this event takes place in LOUISVILLE, KY, and you will be responsible for your own transportation and any other travel-related expenses.

Entry form is here after the jump.

RULES: One entry per person. All entries must be in by Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 9pm EST. This contest is only open to residents of the United States. No international entries will be accepted. Void where prohibited. Winners will be chosen randomly from valid entries and will be notified by email.

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About

Lebowski Fest is a bowling event celebrating all things relating to the Coen Brothers 1998 film, The Big Lebowski. It can be likened to a Star Trek convention in a very loose sense. The event takes place at a bowling alley and includes unlimited bowling, costume , trivia, farthest traveled, and bowling contests, prizes, and what-have-you. The friend of the Coen Brothers who inspired the main character played by Jeff Bridges, Jeff “The Dude” Dowd has been known to make an appearance and drink some White Russians. The 1st annual occurred in Fall of 2002 in Louisville, Kentucky and the 2nd annual took place in July 2003. We then headed way out west to Las Vegas for Lebowski Fest West in Feb., 2004 which featured an appearance by Jim Hoosier who played Liam (The Jesus’s bowling partner). The 3rd Annual Lebowski Fest in June of 2004 brought over 4000 Achievers and included an outdoor concert with My Morning Jacket. Lebowski Fest New York was held in Aug. 2004. Lebowski Fest hit a milestone in LA when Jeff Bridges showed up with his band and played “The Man in Me!” He was wearing his jellies. Lebowski Fests have also been held in Austin, Texas. For a complete lists of Fests, click here.

Scott and Will (aka the “Founding Dudes”) are buddies and used to vend various events for Scott’s retail store the Mothership Connection (R.I.P.) While vending these weekend long events such as the Initial Records Krazy Fest, they would entertain themselves by rattling off lines from The Big Lebowski. It didn’t matter how many times they said a certain line, it was just as hilarious the 200th time as the first time. One fateful July in 2002, Scott and Will were vending the Derby City Tattoo Expo and were spouting off lines from The Big Lebowski, and the other vendors around them began to join in. This created a sense of bonding and camaraderie never before experienced between complete strangers. It turned what was gearing up to be one sucky weekend into quite a good time. They found the tattoo convention to be pretty stupefying and didn’t quite understand why a convention where the highlight of the weekend was people hanging by the ass piercings would generate such interest. It was in this moment of stupefication that they thought: If they can have a tattoo convention, why can’t we have a Big Lebowski Convention! They began to brainstorm the idea, picked a date, printed some flyers and people flocked from all over to join in the shenanigans. The 1st annual went so well, Scott and Will decided to have a 2nd, and a 3rd….