urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:m_stiefvater An urban fantasy novelist's blog on writing, folklore, and the creative life. Maggie Stiefvater 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:m_stiefvater:132560 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z 2038-01-19T03:14:07Z Okay, it's finally time to tally the results of the big Ballad contest! I have to say that this contest goes down as the only one that I have asked my readers to do something (apparently) illegal: take photos in bookstores. For all of you who were run out of stores by feral employees or couldn't find the book in time, I'm profoundly sorry. <br /><br />For the rest of you who performed illegal acts in the name of sportsmanship and prizes, booyah!! We had over 250 entries, which is a lot of people photographed with Ballad. And we had two (I believe two, let me know if I counted wrong) entries that had over twenty people in a photo, which I said would get a special prize. And then I did a drawing amongst the folks who did entered by the first deadline, and there's a prize for that winner too (they were also all entered in the overall drawing). I numbered every entry and did a random number generator for the top prize first and then down for them.<br /><br />So. Without further ado, here are the winners:<br /><br />Winner of the signed audiobook of shiver is <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_arieleishen' lj:user='arieleishen' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://arieleishen.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://arieleishen.livejournal.com/'><b>arieleishen</b></a></span> .<br /><br />Winner of the stack of books and signed copy of Ballad is<span class='ljuser ljuser-name_tracy_d74' lj:user='tracy_d74' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://tracy-d74.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://tracy-d74.livejournal.com/'><b>tracy_d74</b></a></span> <br /><br />Winner of the swank messenger bag with the signed Maggie books in it is jb n becca. <br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">And finally, winner of the first-chapter critique from all three of the Merry Sisters of Fate is <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_melenka' lj:user='melenka' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://melenka.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://melenka.livejournal.com/'><b>melenka</b></a></span> !</span><br /><br /><br />Now I can hear the groans already, so remember there are three more prizes. First of all, I drew from the folks who made it by the original deadline and got <span class='ljuser ljuser-name_a_hoffman79' lj:user='a_hoffman79' style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='http://a-hoffman79.livejournal.com/profile'><img src='http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif' alt='[info]' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://a-hoffman79.livejournal.com/'><b>a_hoffman79</b></a></span> , who will get a signed copy of either Ballad or the Shiver audiobook (you pick).<br /><br />And then there were two folks, lovethebooknook and Amanda Jirka, who got more than twenty people in a single photo, and I said that would be a special prize . . . so I'll do a 5-page critique for each of you guys. Not quite as good as the first chapter critique by all the Merry Sisters, but a little somethin'! <br /><br />So congrats to everyone who won and thanks to everyone who entered! Winners, <a href="mailto:maggiestiefvater@gmail.com">e-mail</a> me your info! (Also, folks who are waiting on CDs from the last contest, they're going out this week). <br /><br /><br /><a title="blogspot visitor" href="http://www.statcounter.com/blogger/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c.statcounter.com/3881827/0/1603c33f/1/" alt="blogspot visitor" border="0"></a>