Chances are that if you live anywhere in the U.S. , except perhaps Florida or Hawaii, you are ready for winter to end. I know I am. We're all home today -again - but this time it's not snow, it's ice.
Winter has effectively gone WILD! If Winter had a shirt it would indeed be lifted amidst hollers and hoots and whistles. I can't wait for Spring to come, all chaste and proper, and tell Winter to "Pull your shirt down and act like a lady!"
That groundhog said Spring will be early. We'll see.
In the meantime, to add a bit of fun to our winter doldrums, I thought an easy contest might be just the thing to lift our spirits.
Here's the deal:
It starts right now (Why the heck not? I was going to wait till mid February but we're desperate. Right? We need some sunny stuff now!).
To Enter - leave a comment telling me you've helped spread the word about the contest somewhere: your blog, Twitter, Facebook, your roof. I don't care. You can do all of those things if you're feeling uber saucy. Up to you. Just tell someone else. Some way.
And that's it.
The Winner - chosen randomly - by the program The Hat - on Valentine's Day in my dedicated effort to spread the love.
The Prizes - First Runner Up will win a custom made Apocalypsies tote bag filled with seven YA novels (pictures to follow in another post). And drum roll please...the Grand Prize is a First Chapter critique by my agent-extraordinaire Sarah LaPolla!!!
*If you are randomly chosen from The Hat and you are already agented, no worries, you will automatically win the tote bag o'books. See, I told you this was easy.
**Contest Ends midnight EST February 13th.
Thanks for joining in the fun.
107 comments:
Awesome Kate and Sarah--I'll tweet this for you too!
How neat!!!! I love contests such as these!!! Living in Houston I don't experience snow anymore however being from Iowa I know what snow is and this Friday we're getting some!!! It's gonna be crazy!!!
Love the idea of this contest and I'm one of those who will hop around the blog shouting it out! Tweeting, and sidebarring baby!!!
PS when does this end?
I'm in. I will tweet today, blog about tomorrow and put in my sidebar.
This winter is brutal. Ugh.
Great contest. Thanks!
Christina: Thanks, friend.
Jen: Awesome & it ends midnight EST on Feb 13th. I'll go and put that in the post : )
Christine: Yay (for you entering, NOT for winter - boo for winter).
Cool contest!! I'll enter. I'll tweet about this!!
Great contest. I'd be happy with either prizes and I'm off to tweet!
laurapauling@yahoo.com
Wahoo, great contest! I tweeted about it just now (I actually re-tweeted Sarah's contest post) and my twitter handle is: ctrichmond. Can't wait to see who wins! (Of course, I'm hoping it's me!)
Tweeted! Awesome contest, thank you!
Great contest :-) I sent it to Tweetdom. Our winter storm fizzled -- yeah! But still a gray day in Central PA. (I's a poet and didn't even knowed it.) I
I wore a sandwich board out on the streets of SoHo to promote this!
Okay, just kidding. But I did tweet about it!
Awesome contest! I'll be tweeting about it on twitter and adding it to my blog! Thanks
iamwriting (at) oh(dot)rr(dot)com
I'm in. Tweeting now and sidebarring on my blog. Thanks for the opportunity!
Oh fantastic!!! Can always use a good crit. I'm tweeting right now.
Nice to meet you! Thanks for a great opportunity! :)
Not only is this contest easy, it can also be life-changing!
I tweeted and shared on Facebook.
Thanks for the opportunity. :)
I do like snow, but it sucks when it stops you from doing anything.
Great contest. I've tweeted already and I just mentioned it in my blog post today. Fingers crossed Mr. Hat picks me. LOL.
Awesome contest! Just RT'd Sarah's tweet :0)
Great contest! Thank you!! I'm off to tweet about it!
YAY! That is an easy contest! Thanks! I will TWEET the news. :)
Just retweeted Sarah's post. Totally feel your pain with the winter blues. We were supposed to get a foot of snow yesterday. Instead we got mostly sleet and a few inches of snow. The weathermen really had to backtrack on that one!
Great contest! :D
I retweeted your tweet about the contest!
Awesome! I'll tweet this right now. Love this idea for a contest!
@emilycsims
Facebooked you! Thanks for the opportunity.
Great contest! I tweeted it!
This is beyond awesome! You rock for doing such a cool contest. I'm tweeting about it now...
OMG this contest is made of awesome! Thanks so much for the opportunity! No snow here (yet) but my heart goes out to everyone stuck in the snowapocolypse. Thanks for the opportunity to win, I am tweeting the contest.
Lynsey(AT)narrativelyspeaking(dot)com
Tweeted! Great first prize up for grabs! Thanks :)
What a fantastic contest!! sign me up - I just retweeted it here: http://twitter.com/#!/MarcyKate/status/32846470847660032
Excellent contest. And I too am SICK of winter! Bring on Spring. I'll be spreading the contest word on twitter @Tina_Moss :)
Tweeted! @ASwimmerWrites
SO many contests going on right now!
My winter blues are already turning a light shade. Thanks for the contest.
BTW, I tweeted it here http://twitter.com/#!/aliciacald
and FBed it here
http://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=1259348938
Hey I did a post! This is an awesome contest, also I am loving this snow, I cannot get enough of these days off, I don't even care that we wont be graduating until August, sleeping in is so worth it!
Oh also, I DID get a facebook, I know what happened? So I couldn't find you but you may be able to find me, so just search around and friend me if you want!
Youpi! (That's the French version of 'yippee'. I happen to think it sounds more sophisticated.) I'm tweeting!
http://twitter.com/#!/YahongChi/status/32857326142623744
Everyone: LOVING the excitement and enthusiasm. Keep it coming. And thanks for being such great word-spreaders.
I'm tweeting this like a little bird!
Now, if you could just send some of your snow to California, we would appreciate it...Thanks for the contest, Kate. Great idea.
I RT'd you about the contest (@dreawrites). Thanks for the fun opportunity!
This is such a great contest. Thank you for hosting it! I have linked to this in my blog's sidebar and will tweet about it. :)
emyblogs [at] gmail [dot] com
Wow, what a great prize! I just tweeted about it. Crossing all my fingers that I win!
This is an awesome contest. I just added this onto my blog sidebar.
The Punxutawney Phil predicted an early winter, but Mother Nature is protesting today. The wind is blowing too hard for the birds to be out right now so I tweeted this for them (@justJoanS). ;-)
Thanks for such a great contest!
I've spread the word--spreading away! It's on my blog. http://www.whimsywritingandreading.weebly.com
My tweets don't get enough attention, so I spread the word.
This is exactly what I needed after the day I had at work...thanks for the contest :)
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/KeeKeeHockaday/status/32921551779135488
Now, I shall wait with my fingers crossed.
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/Shelley_Watters/status/32930581910130688
Awesome contest! Thanks for having it!!
I tweeted it.
Now to go back to digging out of this stuff. My mailbox has been consumed by the snow. :-(
I will spread the word in tomorrow's post! I can't wait :)
Thanks! I'm spreading the word! http://twitter.com/#!/DurangoWriter
OOOO, how fun! Spreading the good cheer!
I announced it over the intercom at one of those old-fashioned Arbys that still has the microphones coming out of the countertops.
Oh, and I facebooked it.
I tweeted (@JamiGold) - thanks for the great contest!
contact at jamigold dot com
What a fun and easy idea! Am tweeting about it (@gabilessa)!
My contact: gabrielalessacarvalho at gmail dot com
Oops forgot to say that I tweeted @canalewriter. Thanks for the contest!
Just came over from Christine Danek's blog. Thanks for putting some warmth in this awful winter. With each storm, there are less spots to park.
I've just become a follower. I'm putting this on my blog sidebar and posting it on Facebook.
Hi. I came over also from Christine Danek. What a great giveaway! But I'm also happy to meet you. I'm now a follower. I also posted your contest on my blog sidebar and tweeted it.
Ann Best, Author
Hi,
I hopped over from Christine Danek's blog. I'll TWEET and put in my sidebar.
Thanks for a fabulous prize. We're under two feet of snow. I NEED SPRING..
Michael
Everyone: Hi to all of the new followers - thanks for that! And thank you for helping spread the word. Nice job.
fun contest! And yes, sooo ready for spring! My kids had two snow days this week. I'm so ready for some heat! I facebooked about the contest and will go tweet as well :D
I've been ready for spring for about a month now! Great contest, Kate! I added it to my sidebar at My Brain on Books. And I retweeted you! (I'm @booksnbrains).
Awesome prizes too!
Thanks for the amazing contest! I talked about it on my blog today.
Great contest! I tweeted about it!
Wow! That WAS easy... and fun!!! I tweeted!
Okay, very cool idea! Tweeting now!
Tweedle dee tweedle dum. That was easy as a banned cliche. Thanks. Now, let's hope my twittle followers actually follow me.
So so cool! Kudos to you and Sarah LaPolla...I tweeted for ya, and I'm adding it to my sidebar!
http://twitter.com/jmanni32/status/33604448521555969
jmanni32@yahoo.com
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/NicoleZoltack/status/33637849555271680
Awesome, awesome contest!
Thank you for having this contest! I tweeted about it here: http://twitter.com/mehlane/status/33640316334510080
I tweeted. And I'll let all the good people in my crit groups know too!
Such a great contest - thank you for hosting this ^_^ I had to tweet about it and will have it up on my blog soon too :-D
Very cool! I'll blog about it Monday.
Tweeting now! @AlisonKemper
Thank you so much for doing this contest! :)
What a fun contest! I'm tweeting (actually retweeting) about it right now!
#writeawaydeb
Just so you know...I have never had 73 comments on this blog! So cool!
Great!!!
I will tweet and Facebook this post.
:)
cool! i'll put this on my blog :)
-AA
http://iknowtheressunshinebeyondthatrain.blogspot.com/
I just tweeted about it here:
http://twitter.com/#!/EngagingHistory
And I should be able to get up to my roof to spread the word from there, too, because the snow banks are just about 10 feet tall.
Thanks for the contest!
What a cool contest. We need this right now. Snow is depressing.
I wrote a blog post about your contest.
http://bit.ly/fUHMEI
Thanks
Just tweeted! Thanks for the FUN and (best of all) EASY contest. (Oh, just realized you actually called it an "EASY and Fun" contest...well-named!)
Pick me! Pick me! I'm posting your link on my blog right...now.
Hi, I just discovered this site through Carrie Keeps Typing. What a great contest. I just tweeted it from my twitter site (@4thWishVaradan) which also goes to my facebook and blog.
What a great contest! It's not winter here in Australia, but between floods and cyclones, we'll take the cheering up too!
Tweeted here: http://twitter.com/#!/AmieKaufman/status/34213354671312896 and I'll be blogging about the contest at http://www.amiekaufman.com on Friday 11/2.
Spreading the word is working, I came here via Katharine Owens at The Insect Collector!
Love the contest. Tweet, tweet.
Awesome contest. I tweeted about it @WriterSLBynum.
Great contest! I'll tweet this.
Great contest! Count me in! Now I'm off to tweet it...
Jessica
Awesome contest!!!! I'll be tweeting about it and posting it on my blog!
Hate to rub it in, but it's 70 degrees here in so cal. Tweeting this awesome contest!
Thanks! I've tweeted about it here:
http://twitter.com/#!/dmarie84/status/35008102734499841
What a wonderful way to beat those winter blues!
Found this on twitter and shared on twitter too, awesome contest idea! (@misshwrites)
I posted the contest link to my blogspot. Nice bit of excitement for a cold winter :)
I'll tweet it now! Awesome contest. Only question is do I have to write YA to enter??
Told a friend on AIM!
(Oops! Somehow used the wrong account before. Will try to delete it in a minute!
But told a friend on AIM!
Terri: No, Sarah will critique adult fiction as well.
Awesome contest. It'll be on my blog tomorrow (Wednesday). :D
wow this is a SA-WEET contest! And super generous of your agent, Sarah! I <3 generous people :)
i'll twitter and FB the contest!
best of luck to everyone!
I don't have time to enter but I will say two things:
How did I miss this?
And,
Best of luck to all who enter!
Wow, great contest!
I'm in - I'll twitter and blog about it too!
Thanks for this! :)
I put a notice on my online writing group, the Write-Brained Network: www.writebrainednetwork.ning.com
This is an awesome contest! I'm a ski bum so I can't claim to hate winter, but prizes make everything better.
I seriously need to get better connected, though...I don't tweet, facebook, or blog. What is wrong with me?? :)
Does e-mailing about the contest count?
Awesome contest! This is what I love so much about the blogging community and the YA community in particular--everyone is so willing to pay it forward. Thanks so much, not just for this contest but for sharing your story to publication too!
Wonderful opportunity! Thanks! I tweeted at
http://twitter.com/writerWyoming/status/36116541397278720
Thanks for a fun contest! I tweeted the contest for you today from @ShelliHowells.
Lovin the break from a sick hubby and 3 foster pups! Consider us entered with referees on @stacymantle and @PetsWeekly (which will head into face booking on both as well)!
I tweeted about the contest! @Jesilea
What a great idea! We need something to kick the winter blues. :)
RJ: Yep, emailing works!
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