Who knew that a notebook small enough to fit in your pocket could serve as a canvas for whimsical sketches, creative cutouts, and other unexpected surprises?

Moleskine (pronounced "mol-eh-skin"), makers of the little black leather-bound notebook used by Van Gogh, Matisse, Picasso and Hemingway, has launched an open call for the My Moleskine Exhibit, a collection of personalized Moleskine notebooks which will travel around the world. Some of the work included in the exhibit:

Entries to the open call can be submitted at National Book Store branches until December 15, 2009. The winner, aside from getting a chance to be a part of the permanent roster of notebooks in the My Moleskine exhibit, will receive P25,000 in gift certificates from National Book Store and a round-trip ticket to Shanghai to attend Moleskine's myDetour Shanghai 2010.

The My Moleskine Exhibition will be on display at the National Book Store in Glorietta 5 until November 30, 2009. Additional dates for the exhibit:
October 23, 2009 to January 22, 2010 – National Book Store, Trinoma
October 23, 2009 to January 22, 2010 – Bestsellers, Robinsons Galleria
December 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 – National Book Store, Power Plant Mall