Reading & Blogging for Darfur Prizes!
The post we’ve all been waiting for! The biggest giveaway that I have ever done! For a while there I didn’t know if I could top the Stephenie Meyer giveaway, but this one takes the cake! But you all deserve this one, you all worked so hard for it!
First, if you haven’t visited the Reading & Blogging for Darfur wrap-up please do. It’s got numbers and stats galore and a round-up of great reviews.
Who can register (I will ship internationally):
- To be eligible you must have during this past month either read a book about Darfur, watched a documentary about Darfur, posted about the campaign on your blog, or put the button in your blog sidebar.
- The grand prize - one person is going home with ALL the books!! Yes, ALL of them! At least $800 worth of prizes! To be eligible for this grand prize you must either sponsor me at a penny per page, .50 cents a post, or both. You can see all of the details here. Even if your new around here and haven’t been involved this month, don’t hesitate to join in with this one!
The Prizes
- Signed copy of The Debs by Susan McBride sponsored by Susan McBride
- Signed copy of Rules by Cynthia Lord sponsored by Cynthia Lord
- Ex-library copy of When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka sponsored by Maw Books
- This is What I Did by Ann Dee Ellis sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The First Hurt, Stories by Rachel Sherman sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Signed copy of Madapple sponsored by Christina Meldrum
- The Leper Compound by Paula Nangle sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Darfur Diaries, Stories of Survival sponsored by Nation Books
- Tears of the Desert, A Memoir of Survivial in Darfur by Halima Bashir & Damien Lewis sponsored by Random House
- Two copies of No, No, Yes, Yes by Leslie Patricelli sponsored by Leslie Patricelli
- Signed copy of The 13th Reality, The Journal of Curious Letters by James Dashner sponsored by James Dashner
- Signed copy of Far World, Water Keep by J. Scott Savage sponsored by J. Scott Savage
- Feather Man by Rhyll McMaster sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- The Spirit of the Place by Samuel Shem sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Monique and the Mango Rains by Kris Holloway sponsored by Literary Ventures Fund
- Of Beetles & Angels, A Boy’s Remarkable Journey From a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Sweethearts by Sara Zarr sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Story of a Girl sponsored by Sara Zarr sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Mr. Popper’s Penquins by Richard & Florence Atwater sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Say You’re One of Them by Uwem Akpan sponsored Hatchette Book Group
- Audio version of Long Walk to Freedom: Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Theft by N.S. Koenings sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Blue Taxi by N.S. Koenings sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Book of Calamities: Five Questions about Suffereing and Its Meaning by Peter Trachtenberg sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer sponsored by Hatchette Book Group
- The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan sponsored by Maw Books
- The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds sponsored by Maw Books
- Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella sponsored by Maw Books
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts sponsored by Maw Books
- The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith sponsored by Maw Books
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini sponsored by Maw Books
- Vinegar Hill by A Manette Ansay sponsored by Maw Books
- The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard sponsored by Maw Books
- Tis by Frank McCourt sponsored by Maw Books
- A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines sponsored by Maw Books
- Two copies of The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards sponsored by Maw Books
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon sponsored by Maw Books
- Empire Falls by Richard Russo sponsored by Maw Books
- Cane River by Lalita Tademy sponsored by Maw Books
- The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck sponsored by Maw Books
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Nifenegger sponsored by Maw Books
- The Measure of a Man by Sydney Poiter sponsored by Maw Books
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker sponsored by Maw Books
- Rapunzel’s Revenge poster signed by Shannon & Dean Hale, Nathan Hale (not included in grand prize) sponsored by Shannon & Dean Hale and Nathan Hal
- The 13th Reality T-Shirt, Youth size Large (not included in grand prize) sponsored by Maw Books
- One year membership to Rich Women Sisterhood ($360 value, not included in the grand prize) sponsored by Rich Women Sisterhood
Thank you to the many wonderful authors and publishing companies who have generously donated their books including Susan McBride, Cynthia Lord, Christina Meldrum, Leslie Patricelli, James Dashner, J. Scott Savage, Hatchette Book Group, Literary Ventures Fund, Nation Books, Random House, and Rich Women Sisterhood. Your generosity is awesome!
Register Now
Please fill out the form below with your name, address, email, website (if you have one) and check off the book selections that you would like to win. You can select as many or few as you would like. I will only use your information to select the winners and mail you the prizes. Only select the grand prize if you commit to make your monetary donation (still make your other selections as well, I will draw the grand prize winner first, so you can still win the other prizes).
Deadline to enter is Monday, October 13th midnight MDT. I’ll announce the winners on Wednesday, October 14th.Good luck!
Thanks for offering such terrific prizes, Natasha!
on October 6th, 2008 at 7:37 amWhat great prizes. I will sponsor you in some capacity, but how do I send it…the post is lost in my email somewhere. UGH!
on October 6th, 2008 at 8:11 amSo. Amazing.
on October 6th, 2008 at 8:21 amCan everybody see check boxes beyond The Time Travelers Wife? I have 14 people registered and nobody checked any of the last six books. Just making sure it really works.
Serena - This post will give you all of the details:
http://blog.mawbooks.com/2008/10/06/final-update-reading-blogging-for-darfur/
on October 6th, 2008 at 8:24 amThanks for all you’ve done this past month!
on October 6th, 2008 at 9:12 amI can see the entire list. I’m rather embarrassed to say I can’t remember if I committed to sponsor you by pages or posts. I’m trying to find my previous comment here and figure it out. Maybe I’ll just donate both ways! You are so fantastic.
on October 6th, 2008 at 9:35 amYes, I can see the last six. The last one is a one year membership to Rich Women Sisterhood.
Also, I wanted you to know that I am posting about this on my sidebar.
on October 6th, 2008 at 9:37 amJoy - Thanks! I also realized that I built my report wrong, once I set it up to actually view those fields, it worked.
The last button should be the grand prize. Hannah couldn’t see it either in Firefox (I can see it in both my Firefox and IE). She said it was there in Safari. People have registered for it, so I know it’s working for most. If you don’t see the grand prize button, this form is also available at: http://mawbooks.wufoo.com/forms/entry-form/
Thanks all!
on October 6th, 2008 at 10:32 amI used your alternate form as I couldn’t see the grand prize button. I’ve blogged about the contest at A Novel Challenge blog and I’m donating $85.05 to a charity for Darfur. Thanks for hosting this!
on October 6th, 2008 at 10:47 amI should have said, I blogged about the event on A Novel Challenge blog AND about this contest (and still not to late to contribute) on my blog here.
on October 6th, 2008 at 10:56 amI can’t see the grand prize box, but I went to the other form, and it works fine there.
on October 6th, 2008 at 11:52 amOooooooh look at all the selections! I want to rank mine! Kidding. All of these prizes are amazing and it couldn’t have happened without you, Natasha.
I think you are right, you’ve topped your Stephenie Meyers giveaway.
on October 6th, 2008 at 12:30 pmThanks again for hosting this awesome event Natasha. I still have a couple of Darfur books checked out from my library and am hoping to get to them in the next couple of weeks.
on October 6th, 2008 at 12:38 pmYay!! Thanks so much for this great event and all the giveaways that are included with it. Later tonight I plan to spend some time looking through all the different organizations to donate my $85.05 to. (I may just bump it up to 100!)
on October 6th, 2008 at 3:13 pmthis is amazing… seriously. you did SUCH a great job.
this is such a great thing to do! You are such an inspiring person! As I said in a precious post I will be donating for 50 cents per post and will be trying to donate more later on. You have done a great thing to help people and make it fun and exciting too!!
on October 6th, 2008 at 4:50 pm