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I want to thank everyone who participated. You all are so talented and kind, I’m so happy that everyone enjoyed themselves. On Jennifer M. Eaton’s blog she summed up my feelings about blogfests and contests. They are wonderful opportunities to get critiques on your work and meet other bloggers. You can read Jennifer’s post here.
And now, I’m happy to turn the bog over to our fantabulous judges at …
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First of all, we really enjoyed reading these entries! It’s amazing to see what could be on the shelves in a few years.
Here’s a list of the stories which successfully hooked Taryn:
Legacy, Ruhe, Cracked, The Last Daughter of Elhamair, The Reluctant Assassin, Awaken, She Knows Death, The Stars Fell Sideways, Alexithymia, Nocturne, A Handful of Scars, The Green Ray of the Sun, Original, Jump Boys, Blindspot, The Lion Within, The Glass Prince, Chick Magnet, School of the Guardians, The Girl with Brown Eyes, Erth Won.
Here’s a list of the stories which successfully hooked Kate:
The Stars Fell Sideways, Cracked, The Last Daughter of Elhamair, Alexithymia, Nocturne, Jump Boys, The Lion Within, The Girl with Brown Eyes, Simon’s Oath, Scratches, Rivers Underneath, Unnatural, The Unhappening of Genesis Lee, Bound, Become, The Swift, Speaking of You, The Other Prince, None so Blind, Graceful Death, I’m Game, The Moongate.
Congratulations to all of you for hooking a teen!
And now to the winners:
Taryn’s Runner-Up: RUHE
Kate’s Runner-Up: THE LION WITHIN
Winner (chosen because we both loved it):
THE GIRL WITH BROWN EYES
The winner receives a $50 credit and the two runners up each receive a $25 credit from Teen Eyes Editorial Services. Winners please email me at brenleedrake(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your prizes.
Stop by the DNA Writers blog to win a copy of Heather McCorkle’s The Secret of Spruce Knoll for Banned Books Week.
22 Comments
Nicole Zoltack · September 26, 2011 at 6:58 am
Congrats to the winners!
Scribbling Scarlet · September 26, 2011 at 7:04 am
That is awesome! I read Tracey Jorgensons, “The girl with brown eyes” first 250 at the last contest and have gone back to her blog a couple of times to read it again because I enjoyed it so much. Well deserved! :o)
ladonna watkins · September 26, 2011 at 8:44 am
Congrats to the winners.
Jenny · September 26, 2011 at 9:44 am
Congrats to the winners, especially to Tracey. Her opening was fantastic! Well deserved.
Tracy N. Jorgensen · September 26, 2011 at 10:21 am
Aww, thanks guys. Such a surprise and so excited about it. Lots of other great entries though!
Gina · September 26, 2011 at 10:24 am
CONGRATS TRACY!!
Tanya Parker Mills · September 26, 2011 at 10:35 am
Congratulations to the winners. This was a very helpful competition!
Bethany Elizabeth · September 26, 2011 at 10:37 am
Congrats to the winners – this is such a great idea! 🙂
RAD - Dot Painter · September 26, 2011 at 10:40 am
Wow! This is so exciting! Thank you so much for this opportunity. There was a lot of great competition out there. 🙂 Rachel
M.S Tucker · September 26, 2011 at 12:51 pm
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!
This was such an awesome competition! I learned a lot! 🙂
Angelica R. Jackson · September 26, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Congrats to the winners, including crit partner Rachel for The Lion Within!
Janet Johnson · September 26, 2011 at 3:02 pm
Congrats to the winners! And yay for hooking one of you! Guess that’s a start. 🙂
And thank you to Brenda and to Kate and Taryn. What a great contest idea!
Kristin Baker Przybyla · September 26, 2011 at 3:10 pm
It just made my Monday that Kate mentioned The Moongate! Congrats to the winners, I’m super excited for you all!
Tracey J · September 26, 2011 at 4:22 pm
Congratulations to the winners.
erica and christy · September 26, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Congrats, winners! Thanks so much Brenda, Kate, Taryn and all the readers who stopped by our blog! I agree that contests are a wonderful way to receive feedback and to meet lots of other wonderful writers! Christy
Shallee · September 26, 2011 at 9:44 pm
Congrats, peeps! And thanks again for this awesome contest. It was so fun to read everyone’s first 250.
Jess · September 26, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Congratulations to the winners! Thanks for such a fun contest!
E. Arroyo · September 27, 2011 at 4:17 am
Congrats everyone! And thank you Brenda and the judges for taking the time to do this. They were all awesome entries.
K.T. Crowley · September 27, 2011 at 10:52 am
Congrats to the winners and a BIG thank you to Brenda, Kate and Taryn for hosting and judging!
This was a great experience and loads of fun! 🙂
Kate Larkindale · September 28, 2011 at 7:59 pm
Congrats winners!
And thanks to the judges for judging!
Donea Lee · October 3, 2011 at 2:32 pm
Woo hoo!! I hooked one of you ~ 🙂 Thanks, Taryn, Kate and Brenda for a great contest. And HUGE congrats to Tracy! I read her entry and it was fantastic!
Mina Burrows · October 5, 2011 at 11:26 am
This was such fun. Although I didn’t get my final in…I sure had fun. Thanks Brenda! And special thanks to the judges. Congrats to the winners!
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