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...you are a winner! Congrats! Please send me your mailing address to me at shadyglade(AT)mail(DOT)com within the next 72 hours to claim your prize.
And for those of you who didn't win, better luck next time. Look for more chances to win coming soon!
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Congrats, and winner has been notified. Thanks for all those who entered!! :)
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The winner of the Out For Blood giveaway is
Melissa V.
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It's time to announce some winners! Before I get to the 12 that most of you are waiting for, I also forgot I have two previous winners who never got announced. So we're going to do those too first.
Winner of October's Comment Contest (Empty ARC) - Mary D (M.A.D)
Winner of The Great ARC Giveaway (Choice of Three Quarters Dead, Blood and Flowers, or Vesper) - Jess (The Cozy Reader)
Congrats to both of you! Please email me your mailing address at shadygladeATmailDOTcom so I can get your prizes in the mail to you.
And now the winners from the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway-A-Day:
Day 1 (Secret Santa by Sabrina James) - Lasha R. Claimed
Day 2 (Dark Devine Nail Polish) - Orchid Claimed
Day 3 (Chicken Soup for the Soul Christmas Treasury) - Elie Claimed
Day 4 (The Incredible Truth About Mothers) - Throuthehaze Claimed
Day 5 (The Tweleve Days of Christmas by Regina Scott) - Suzanne S. Claimed
Day 6 (3 mini flower magnets) - Yan Claimed
Day 7 (Mary Engelbreit Christmas notebook) - Jennifer S. Claimed
Day 8 (2 mini Christmas puzzles) - Rachelle H.
Day 9 (Mini tin of Disney hot chocolate) - Robin K (Intense Whisper) Claimed
Day 10 (The Best Christmas Pagent Ever by Barbara Robinson) - .Ambur. Claimed
Day 11 (The Nutcracker adapted by Janet Shulman) - Jenna Claimed
Day 12 (3001 Things We Love About Christmas book) - Victoria Z. Claimed
Congrats to all of you! If you haven't yet gotten something in your email inbox from me, email me right away and let me know. You only have the next 24 hours to claim your prize, and the picking of prizes for Holiday Let's Make A Deal will be first come, first serve, so make sure you contact me right away. Unclaimed prizes will have new winners picked tomorrow.
Let the fun begin!
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Congrats to Briana (The Book Pixie) she has won a copy of The Twin's Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.
Thanks to everyone who entered, I had a great turnout and I was sad I could only give away one copy!
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Since this prize has not been claimed yet, it's time to choose another winner for a new copy of Star Crossed: Gemini Night. This time the random number generator picked number 26, which means:
...you are a winner! Congrats! Please send me your mailing address to me at shadyglade(AT)mail(DOT)com within the next 72 hours to claim your prize.
And for those of you who didn't win, better luck next time. Look for more chances to win coming soon!
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Oops, I was supposed to announce the winner yesterday. Blog slacker! Real-life October craziness has really distracted us from online October madness, apparently. So much Halloween awesomeness...so little time...
In any case, the (day-late) winner of our Scary Stories giveaway is SimplyK8! Congratulations, and thanks to all entrants!
Remember we'll be accepting entries for the Halloween Kids photo contest until the end of November 1st! We've received some really fantastic and adorable entries already and can't wait to see the rest of what y'all come up with!
Now I'd better get back to slaving over Halloween costumes! Just a few more days!
S.
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By: Kristi Helvig,
on 10/28/2010
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I have the world's best number generator. When we have a huge number of entries we use a random number generator, but this contest was pretty straight forward. Everyone gets one entry, so there was no complicated adding to do (yes, i said addition is complicated). I wrote down a number for each entry, cut them up into squares and put them in a hat, and my three-year-old picked. And the winner is!!!!!!
Jessica E!!!!!
I already have your mailing address, Jessica, so you don't need to do anything. BIG thanks to all who entered! And doubly big thanks to those who spread the word about the giveaway, even though we didn't ask you to. That's always appreciated, and won't be forgotten.
Always remember to follow directions. Unfortunately, if you didn't comment AND fill out the form, you weren't entered into the contest. Very sorry, but rules are rules!
Thanks again!
Happy Thursday!
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Sorry for the delay in winner announcing. I thought I scheduled this for last week but I guess it never went through (darn you Blogger!)
The winner of a copy of Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens is:
Jessica T.
Congrats, and winner has been notified. Thanks for all those who entered!! :)
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By: Kathy Temean,
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About six weeks ago I had a contest for a first page inspired from a prompt ( __ Always wanted to ___, but ___ never expected ___). I was very impressed with the entries that came in and will be e-mailing each of you with my thoughts, but someone had to win and the two anonymous editors came up with their choice – Betsy Devany’s young adult first page, Searching For Big Meanie.
There definitely is a skill to writing a first page. You have to hook the reader with your first sentence, introduce the problem and characters, and end the page with something that will cause the reader to turn the page. Here is the winning entry:
Searching for Big Meanie by Betsy Devany
I always wanted to escape from Big Meanie, but I never expected that he’d leave first. Just plain disappear. In broad daylight, my chicken of a daddy sprinted out the front door and down the sidewalk, tripping on a crack. Mama’s heirloom silver clinking inside the flannel pillow case to warn of his escape.
Five neighbors witnessed. Two waved. Missy Goodrich yelled “Good Riddance” and Miss Lila spit on the ground. Tobin (who filled me in on the details later) held his right pointer high in the air. The day before, I’d shown him how to flip the bird.
Being that he was only five, I guess he needed more practice.
As for me, if I hadn’t been assisting Bigelow steal a case of Hershey bars, I’d have snatched that bag of silver, bopped Big Meanie over the head with it, and watched him fall to the ground. With a foot stomped on his big ole belly, I’d make him swear to never come back.
I hadn’t thought about my future.
Without Big Meanie I had no one. Mama was ten feet under the ground, so it didn’t take long for an ole black Plymouth to pull up in front of our house. Right in the middle of my supper: two Hershey bars.
Now I used to like Missy Goodrich, especially her oatmeal cookies with cranberries. (Even though, she didn’t cook them nearly enough.) And I thought Miss Lila had my back. But walking towards that ole Plymouth with a suitcase full of my dirty laundry, I knew the truth.
Those women had sold me out.
The car door slammed and off we went: me and some woman from D. C. F., trailed by a cop car. Miss Lila and Missy Goodrich held hands, waving. Like it was a parade or something.
I gave them my best glare, and then lifted my middle finger to thank them for what they’d done. “Tobin!” I shouted. “This is the way you do it.”
More prompts coming shortly to help you keep writing.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
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I counted all the comments (except for mine) and we have 42 comments! So using a random generator we got a winner! Number: 26
Congratulations to Judy!! :o)
Now I didn't want you all to leave empty handed so the above illustration, Baby Hugs, is a little gift for you to copy and use on your cell if you'd like. I specially made it for the iphone dimensions so you can use it as a wallpaper.
Thank you ALL so much for being a part of the celebration and for all your comments. This wouldn't have been the same without you!
And remember if you get a copy of ABC, Baby Me! let me know and I can email you this dedication card with a handwritten note from me, so all you have to do is print and insert it in the book. :o)
I leave you with some beautiful words from Susan B. Katz where she explains how she was inspired to write ABC, Baby Me!:
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Today's the day! The winner of the Baby's 1st Boo trick-or-treating bag giveaway is...
The greatly esteemed D.M. Cunningham of Literary Asylum! Congratulations!
Thanks to all entrants! Remember you still have a chance at another of these adorable bags as part of the prize for our Halloween photo contest, so get the picture albums out and start thinking about your entry!
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The winner is of Susan Hawk's Agent Pitch Contest is...
Slippers of Pearl by Danyelle
(MG fantasy)
After his uncle—who has a bad habit of dying—is fatally poisoned, Faryn’s family packs him off to the King’s Seat to learn magic and find his place as his uncle’s heir. What he discovers instead is a knack for making magical shoes, that turning a girl into a goose is a bad way to make friends—and dying her bright blue only aggravates matters, sinister apples that enchant all the maidens at court, and a royal edict to undo the apples’ magic if he wants to keep his head.
Danyelle - congrads! Please email meat [email protected] for instructions on your critique with Susan.
Honorable mentions are:
- The Tweed Coat Mystery by theartgirl
- Wistful by Jenn
- Not Your Average Fairy Tale by Chantele Sedgwick
- Lock 19 by Bree
- Futureless by Sandy Shin
Don't forget, Josh Adams from Adams Literary will be here next month so keep working on your pitches :)
Have a great weekend!
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Here’s Sarah choice for winner and some honorable mentions (there were so many good ones!)
Winner: High Hopes by Lisa (contemporary YA)
You win a critique of a query letter and your first chapter!
Lisa - congrads and email me at [email protected] for instructions
HIGH HOPES is a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey,” but instead of going to Bath, eighteen-year-old Katie Moreland takes a trip to Florida for Spring Break week. There, she meets Hal Tilney, who quickly wins her over with his charm and wit, and who also happens to live in one of the most haunted houses in America – the home where the events of “The Amityville Horror” took place. When Katie is invited to visit for the weekend, her horror-obsessed brain goes into overdrive and she imagines ghosts and ghouls around every corner. Hal tries to explain to her that all the sinister stories about the house are just rumors, but Katie is convinced that the Amityville home is hiding a dark secret. Katie tries to find the source of her supernatural suspicions, but doesn’t know she also runs the risk of something truly scary – losing the guy she loves.
Honorable Mentions
- Flight by Allison Morris (literary fiction/magical realism)
- Unraveled by Susan Bradley (YA mystery)
- Mercy by Jess (YA magical realism)
- The Last One by Chersti Nieveen (YA dystopia)
- Waiting for April by Jaime Loren (paranormal romance)
- The Ghost Writer by MarcyKate (YA ghost story)
Next week, Sarah may post some critiques of these pitches so stay tuned.
I'm unplugging this week and heading out of town to be on faculty for SCBWI Carolina conference in Charlotte. I'll be back next Monday with a whole slew of fun new posts!
Have a great week! :)
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Well, here we are. It's the final results of the final round of the 2010 YA Bloggers Debut Book Battle. And although I kind of dropped the ball on this one because of my busy summer schedule, I've heard back from our last pair of judges and it's time to announce a winner!
Bracket 24:
The Season
Judged by Kate from The Neverending Shelf and from Star from Star Shadow Blog
This bracket was probably one of the hardest to judge from the whole battle. Here two completely undefeated books came up to battle it out to find out who would be determined number one. So which book did our judges choose? Here's what Judge Star had to say about the winner:
"Wonderfully written engaging characters that I fell in love with after getting to know each and every one, This story was captivating and emotional and kept me interested from beginning to end, from hating people to falling in love with them."
Want to know the final winner? Scroll down to find out!
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One more scroll should do it...
And the winner is... Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver!And that's it folks! I hope you had as much fun with this as I did. There'll be a wrap up post in the next few days just in case you missed anything.
Congrats to the winner!
By: Kathy Temean,
on 9/2/2010
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This was a lot harder than I thought, but after you see them lined up in the right order, it looks like it should have been easy. No one got Tamra Tuller, Kate Sullivan, Mary Kole or Kelly Smith right. Most only got one right and our winner, CONNIE COLON, only got four. Congratulations! Connie. See below for the matches:
Thanks to everyone who played. Hope you had fun trying to win.
David Caruba’s sister, Cathy Rose is a vet in Knoxville, TN and has entered the Pepsi’s Refresh Program to win a grant to allow her to open a feline clinic for cats with HIV and other incurable diseases. I know many of you are animal lovers who might be willing to help her help a lot of animals. Here is the link http://www.refresheverything.com/fivfelv2 I think you can vote each day.
Talk tomorrow,
Kathy
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By: Shelli,
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There were so many awesome queries it was hard for Mary Kole to narrow it down to one. WE have 2 winners and a few Honorable mentions. Mary Kole gave some feedback on each one in blue. (wasn't that sweet!)
There were many entries that went over 140 characters some even up to 200 characters!
To both winners - email me so I can put you in touch with Mary on your query critique!
If there is nugget you take away from this - whether chosen or not - it is this: I cannot stress how important it is to FOLLOW THE RULES when querying agents. Sometimes it can be the difference between a rejection or a request! They go through hundreds of queries a week and have to look for ways to say no. DON'T GIVE THEM A REASON to reject you just because you are going to fast or don't pay attention to the details/instructions!
WINNER 1: Blogger Wendy
Title: Burying Elsie
Genre: Contemporary YA
As Elsie dives into drugs, sex & even hardcore shows, goody-goody Shawna must decide if helping her BFF is worth risking all she believes.
Mary said: "I love the character conflict implied by this query and the high stakes. The title tells me that it might not work out for the best, but I’m really curious to see how the downward spiral plays out."
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WINNER 2
Title: From The Other Side
Genre: YA Paranormal
Misfit Verity is murdered by the boy she loves and awakens with strange powers, uncontrollable rages, and an unquenchable desire for revenge
Mary said: "This query kicks ass. It has punch and voice, which is really hard to do in 140 characters. This sounds like something I might really like."
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Honorable Mentions!
Blogger Amanda J.
Title: The Sandman's Apprentice
Genre: MG paranormal
To save her kidnapped bro
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Winners of the 1000 Follower Giveaway
Thank you all so much for following and visiting!
Winners, please email me at [email protected] with your address. It must be a US address.
Grand Prize + query critique - Sherri Peterson
Firelight (ARC 9/10)
Red Moon Rising (ARC 11/10)
Revolution (ARC 10/10)
Body Finder (HB)
The Enemy (ARC 5/10)
Faithful Follower#1 - Deb Salisbury
Wings (ARC)
Wake (PB)
13th Reality HB
Meanicures (ARC/10/10)
Faithful Follower #2 - Tere Kirkland
Revolution (ARC 10/10)
Candymakers (ARC 10/10)
Dangerous Neighbors (ARC 8/10)
Daughters Break The Rules (ARC 11/10)
Blogger Buddy - Jamie Burch
The Replacements (ARC 9/10)
Virals (ARC 11/10)
Girl Parts (ARC 8/10)
Jane (ARC 10/10)
Lovable Lurkers - Anna
Candymakers (ARC 10/10)
Songs for Teenage Nomad (ARC 9/10)
Death of Silas Winterbottom (ARC 9/10)
Who Killed Wesley Payne (ARC/2/11)
Lovable Lurker #2 - Okapi
The INvisible Order (ARC 9/10)
The Exciled Queen (ARC 9/10)
Adios Nirvanos (ARC 10/10)
The Witch's Kitchen (ARC 10/10)
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You may (or may not) recall our Creepy Canada Day contest. I said I was going to post the winner last week - and then I forgot. Just call me a blog slacker!
But I'm doing it now! No need to throw tomatoes or rotten fruit of any kind (you can throw cookies, though, if you want. I don't mind).
In any case, the winner is edmonton jb from MoM of BoYs with ToYs! Congratulations!
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By: Shelli,
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The winner of the lot of boy's books is.....Erika Lynn!
The winner of Personal Demons (one of Suzie's clients books) is Throuthehaze!
please email your address to [email protected]
Agent Pitch Winners
Couple notes:
- Thanks to everyone who entered!
- I did check every entry for instructions and character count.
- To those who were over 140 characters or did not include all the information requested, I sent your entries to Suzie (highlighted in red) and let her make the decision to judge since it was her contest.
- There are a few who did not win but Suzie wants to see your manuscripts. Mention this contest when you query her.
These were so hard to judge because so many of them were so good! The secret to an amazing pitch is balancing specifics with just enough interest to have readers going - wait, what happens next?!?!?! And what separates the good pitches from the greats? Same thing that separates good manuscripts from great ones - VOICE.
Prizes
Third Place - a query critique
Second Place - a query critique + 5 pages
First Place - query critique + 10 pages
- send query and winning pages for critique first or they can just send everything (but mention you are a winner of my contest and that you get a critique)
The three manuscripts she wants to see - send Suzie the ms straight away, but include the query in the body of the email and mention the contest.
Winners:
Great Pitch (but too long):- CL with GIRL WITH A TAIL
- Jamie with EVER
- Mim with THE SHADOW OF MOONLIGHT
- Danyelle with SLIPPERS OF PEARL
- Morgan Dempsey with RUNNER
- writerhailey with DIARY (um, I want to see this ms!)
Jared Larson with I'M HERE TO SAVE YOUR DAY
Third Place: Win QUERY CRITIQUE
Jemi Fraser with STEAMED UP (I would love love love to see this ms when it's ready :)
Second Place: Win QUERY CRITIQUE + 5 pages
L.J. Boldyrev with GREYSKIN (I would love love love to see this ms when it's ready :)
Winner! query critique + 10 pages to first place
Candyland with 9:59 REWIND
(I must read this! Really, I might die if I don't know what happens after rewind!)
Candyland - email me for instructions on how to submit your query to Suzie.
"At 9:58, Thursday Night Scum singer, C.J. Greyson is shot on stage by the man that killer her father, but at 9:59, she presses rewind."
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By: Heather Davis,
on 7/11/2010
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Thanks to everyone who commented to win a signed copy of my book, The Clearing, this week!
I'm so happy everyone has something to celebrate and touched by the intensity and diversity of all those things that are happening in your lives! Wow - big beginnings and endings..!
Ok.... so the random winner this time around is:
lostinbelieving
I'll be in touch soon, lost, to get your mailing deets. Off to finish revisions on the new book. Hope you're all enjoying the summer!
hugs,
Heather
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The winner of the Body finder book and swag never contacted me!
So I drew another name....
Suzette Saxton - you won!!!!
If you don't mind - sloppy seconds :) then email me to claim your prize at [email protected]
Roundup coming later today!
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The winner of my SteamPotVille book giveaway is Jenimal. Jenimal, I will forward your information to the publisher and they will ship the book directly to you. Thank you to everyone who entered!
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By: Shelli,
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Thanks for sharing your stories!
They were hilarious....
The winner of their very own Glass Slipper is
MPAX
Congrads email me at [email protected] and I will get you in touch with Kay!
What makes a Winner?
I was on a kidlitchat the other night and something someone said really struck a chord with me.
The topic was - "what makes a book a winner?"
People were saying voice, plot, hook, characters, setting etc.
Then someone chimed in with, "You have a winner, when you get an offer."
If we were in a room, the room would have gone silent. At least 10 seconds went by where not one comment came through the chat. As if tweetdeck had crashed....again!
Now, my initial reaction was "you got that right!" I mean, if an agent doesn't offer representation or if an editor doesn't buy a book - than obviously the book is not a winner, right? That's how most of us feel right? Am I alone?
But then, surprisingly, an editor chimed in first and said, "So if an editor doesn't buy your book, then you don't think your books a winner anymore?"
I don't know why but that comment made me sit up in bed. (yes I am a lazy chatter! I lay down and chat while watching tv.)
I thought about it more. All night in fact.
I started thinking about a book I put down a year ago. A book close to my heart. A book I love. A book that I really thought was a winner.
I put that book aside to focus on my tween angel story because I felt it was more marketable.
Now that the book is off my plate, I've been contemplating what book to focus on next. I went through my idea document and picked a couple. Started a couple. And for some reason, during this time, I didn't really think about the book I love. That book was somehow and for some reason - still on the back burner. Why was I not focusing on Grace? After all, I had several agent offers of rep on Grace. Grace was developed - flaws and all. Grace had evolved so much. Grace got me my agent.
Had I given up on it? Had I given up on a winner?
This morning, as I was doing the dishes, I started to cry. (yes I am emotional that way. And it wasn't over the crusted overnight dishes.) Over the crusted spaghetti and old oatmeal, 'it hit me.
Over the last year, I've lost my way a little.
You see once you get an agent, you no longer write for yourself. And I can imagine that only gets harder and harder as you move through the process. Get an editor, deal with marketing, sell to stores. Now your agent needs to love the book as much as you. You are a team. Their reputation is on the line as well as your career. When an agent takes you on - they are stamping their name on you professionally. I don't care what anyone says, your agent must like your work
Somewhere along the way, I started writing for my agent, for editors, for submission, for everyone
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By: Alyssa F.,
on 5/11/2010
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Time to announce more Round 1 winners. And there are three (that's right, three!) to announce today. So let's get started, shall we?
Bracket 6:
Ash
Judged by Rachel from Jacob's Beloved and The Book Vixen.
This was an interesting match up with a unique retold fairytale in one corner, and a light historical romance in the other. While Ash showed a really strong lead in the beginning of our Goodreads group poll, at the close it was ahead by a much smaller margin, with 60% of the vote. So what did the judges have to say?
Judge Rachel made this comment:
While it's not likely I would have picked this particular book off the shelf if it were not for this competition, I have read similar works...for adults, and I have plans to read more of this genre in the future. I did enjoy this book...And Judge Book Vixen adds:
"I have to admit, before reading either of these two books I seriously thought I would have picked [the other] as the winner. In fact, I wouldn't have picked up [the winner] to read had it not been for the Book Battle. That just goes to show you that you can't judge a book by its cover or its blurb!"
So who eventually won out? The winner is... The Season
by Sarah MacLean!Ooh, we have a bit of an upset. Just goes to show you can't always trust those poll numbers. :) Make sure you check out both judging posts (Rachel tackles the discussion of Ash, while The Book Vixen tackles The Season) to see the breakdown of for each book. And so the slight underdog moves on to Round 2, where it will battle for it's next position as part of Bracket 15.
Bracket 7:
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By: Alyssa F.,
on 5/10/2010
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Yeah, so I had these two contests a loooong time ago, but as I'm shuffling things around for my move next week, I noticed these prizes sitting here unclaimed. So here we go.
The three winners of The Dark Divine Nail Polish are:
Robin K
Ann Diana Dinh
Lindsay's Photographys
Robin K
Ann Diana Dinh
Lindsay's Photographys
And the winner of the ARC of The Reluctant Heiress is:
Lisa R
Lisa R
Winners, please email me your addresses at shadyglade(AT)mail(DOT)com within the next 72 hours. That way I can ship your packages before I leave for the summer!
And speaking of comment contests...
You may have noticed I didn't do a comment contest for May or April. With my move to Florida for the summer and my time being spent on the book battle, I haven't been on top of those things like I normally am. But as soon as I come back, the contests will resume! In the meantime I'll try to do better about weekly contest roundups, since I've been neglecting those lately too...
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Mary D
Whee!!! Congrats to all the winners, and <3 THANK YOU <3 so much, Alyssa!!!!! I cannot wait to get to read Empty :D
Congrats to the winners! What a fun giveaway contest. :)
SO many great prizes! Congratulations to the winners!Fangs, Wands and Fairy Dust
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Woohoo! Thanks!
I'm picking Vespers! I'll email you in one minute!
Congrats to all!! What a fun giveaway! I'm so bummed I wasn't around to join in this year but I won a great book in last year's contest. In fact we've been reading it - Christmastime by Sandra Boynton. It's now a favorite of ours too! Happy holidays!
Yippee, this is so exciting. Let's Make A Deal!
Congrats to all the winners!
I really enjoyed the contest. It was fun trying to figure out what book the small picture belonged to. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family!