All Blog Posts Tagged 'contest' (35)

Goodreads and Giveaways

Maybe I'm the last to know, but I found out that Goodreads will do a giveaway of an author's ARCs for free. I offered some copies of HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER and got a great response. Goodreads lets you choose how many books you'll give away, decide how long the contest will run, and enter the information you want people to read. They choose the winners, send you their mailing addresses, and you mail them the books. It's a pretty painless process, and the first day I was listed I had 176… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on October 23, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Writing contest RAIN STORIES – win cash with your story

Summer is about to end? Autumn is knocking at the door? Take advantage of the unpleasant rainy weather and enter the latest BookRix Short Story Writing Contest for free: Tell your rain story and turn your wordsmith powers into positive cashflow and fame.

Key Facts:

- Write a story that has anything to do with rain, or Mr. Rain, or a dog named Rain, whatever.

- Authors can win up to $1000

- Readers have the chance to win a Amazon voucher

- No entry fee required –… Continue

Added by Nils on September 16, 2009 at 12:02am — No Comments

Winning

I'm not one of those people who wins stuff. I always buy the obligatory tickets for 50-50 drawings, raffles (which in my area are usually for guns, 4-wheelers, or snowmobiles), and three-night stays at a local gambling/drinking/dancing hotspot, which for a couple as boring as we are isn't an enticement. I never win, so it doesn't matter what the prize is.

What I notice about winning is that winning itself is exciting, no matter what the prize. I spoke to an acquaintance yesterday who… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on September 3, 2009 at 10:22pm — 2 Comments

From Zero to Sixty in One ARC

My ARC's for HER HIGHNESS' FIRST MURDER arrived yesterday afternoon, and suddenly life is teeming with things to do.

First, here's what it could mean to you. It's a Tudor mystery focusing on Princess Elizabeth during Henry's last year of life. If you'd like a copy of the ARC, make a comment on this blog ("Hi Peg I want the book" is good enough, or you can actually read something and respond.) One week from today (Friday, September 4) I'll put the names of everyone who has commented… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on August 28, 2009 at 10:33pm — 5 Comments

Enter Cheryl's deadly 'Create a Corpse Contest'

Ever want to kill someone off--fictitiously, of course? Maybe your school bully, ex-boyfriend, co-worker, boss, teacher etc? Now you can! :-)

From now until July 30th, 2009, you can submit a name (first & last) of someone you know (boss, husband, school bully, ex-friend or yourself), or a fictitious name.

I am looking for a male name, suitable for a 50-ish cigar-smoking man.

On August 1st, 2009, I will select one winner from all the entries… Continue

Added by Cheryl Kaye Tardif on June 20, 2009 at 12:49pm — No Comments

FRESH FROZEN, Darden North's third novel, receives additional national recognition.

Today is Mother's Day and my children's mother is enjoying her coffee in bed before we get ready to go to church. I took my own mother out to lunch yesterday, and we had a very nice visit. As sort of an early Father's Day present for me, however, my third novel, FRESH FROZEN, has just received two additional national book awards, and I am thankful: Winner, Best Cover Design and Finalist, Regional Fiction in the 2009 National Indie Excellence Awards.

Added by Darden North, MD on May 11, 2009 at 1:00am — No Comments

Darden North's third novel, Fresh Frozen, is recognized in national writing contest.

Please let me share with you that FRESH FROZEN, my third novel, received Honorable Mention in General Fiction in the 2009 San Francisco Book Awards.

Thank you,

Darden
www.dardennorth.com

Added by Darden North, MD on May 6, 2009 at 11:59pm — No Comments

Win an ARC of TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET

For quite some time now, I’ve been running a contest for subscribers to my email newsletter. Each time another 100 subscribers sign up, I draw a random number from all of the subscribers and award a prize of two books. These are the best contest odds you're going to find anywhere!

In the past, one of those prize books has been an autographed copy of A Real Basket Case and the other has been a book by another mystery author of my choice. For my next draw of a winner, I will replace… Continue

Added by Beth Groundwater on February 18, 2009 at 3:03am — No Comments

"More Deaths Than One" Contest. Win Free Books!

Win an autographed copy of More Deaths Than One by Pat Bertram (her very first autograph!) and your choice of two other titles from Second Wind Publishing .

The premise:

A friend of Pat Bertram’s found an obituary in the paper that could have been for his mother — the woman had the same name, lived in the same general area, was the same age, had the same number of children, and one of the children had approximately the same… Continue

Added by Pat Bertram on February 1, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

Guest Blog #1 Contest Judge

As promised, today's blog is from P.J. Coldren, one of the judges for Malice's writing contest. Here's what she has to say about the process and increasing your chances of moving up.

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I've been asked to guest blog and I thought I'd write about something I've been doing for a long time: I'm a preliminary judge for the (St. Martin's Press) Minotaur Books/Malice Domestic Competition for the Best First Traditional Mystery Novel. I'd like to start off by saying that these are my… Continue

Added by Peg Herring on January 7, 2009 at 9:20pm — 9 Comments

Contest: Murder Mystery Edinner

Welcome to the Murder Mystery E-Dinner!

2nd PRIZE - ecopy of Avenging Angel and mention on the radio show!

1st PRIZE - $20.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com and mention on the

radio show!

How can you enter? It's easy!

1. First, email me at pubd2b at yahoo dot com with Murder Mystery E-

Dinner in the subject line!

2. Then I will begin sending out details for you to try and put the

mystery together!

See? It's easy to… Continue

Added by Kim Smith on January 3, 2009 at 3:34am — No Comments

WHOOPS - LAST MINUTE "PROBABLE CLAWS" CONTEST!!

Sorry, folks, I posted this elsewhere. But I won't draw my winners until SUNDAY (Nov. 30) so if you're interested, email me today!

Probable Claws is coming out this spring! I've got a… Continue

Added by Clea Simon on November 26, 2008 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Halloween Free Books Contest

Jack Kilborn's UK publisher, Headline, kindly sent me a few hardcovers and trade paperbacks of AFRAID, just in time for Halloween. In turn, I want to share these with you, my loyal fans. (I'm Jack Kilborn, for the three of you who didn't know that.)

There will be two contests.

HARDCOVER

To win an AFRAID hardcover (two of them are available) go to my forum at

http://www.jakonrath.com/phpBB3, sign up if you haven't already, and post something in the AFRAID CONTEST… Continue

Added by JA Konrath on October 23, 2008 at 8:35am — No Comments

Newsletter #8

I recently revamped www.JAKonrath.com, and invite you to stop by for a chance to win twenty million dollars! (Void where prohibited, which is where you live.)

It was designed by Jack Passarella at www.authorpromo.com. Besides a new look and easier navigation, JAKonrath.com also sports brand new content:

*New Videos, including the extremely expensive book trailer for my latest Jack Daniels thriller, Fuzzy Navel!

*Lengthy excerpts from all of my novels, including… Continue

Added by JA Konrath on August 16, 2008 at 10:22am — 1 Comment

Short Story Competition Results 2008

We have now come to the end of the judging period for CrimeSpace's inaugural short story competition. From a total of thirty-two entries, the pre-judging team arrived at a shortlist that was passed on to the final panel of judges.

From there, the winning three were chosen by this year's panel, made up of authors Katherine Howell, Stuart MacBride, and Sandra Ruttan, as well as Crimespree Magazine's Jon Jordan.

The… Continue

Added by Daniel Hatadi on April 1, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments