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CAVENDISHLICIOUS ALA Giveaway – WINNERS!

3 Jul

OKAY. ALA has long since come and gone. I apologize profusely for having taken so long to announce the winners of the CAVENDISHLICIOUS ALA Giveaway, but omg y’all. When you’re promoting one book (which comes out in a little under TWO MONTHS AHHH) and revising another book and writing another book, and it’s all under contract, and you’re also trying to have a social life (HA!), and also eat and exercise and sleep (HA! HA!) things can get a little crazy.

So, without further ado . . . let’s see the winners!

(Happily, the enthusiasm of one Jon Hamm, official sponsor* of CAVENDISHLICIOUS, has not diminished in the slightest. He is still here, prancing about my blog and singing showtunes.)

THE WINNERS

Prize Pack #1 (pretty pretty CAVENDISH postcard + bug swag + candy + pretty pretty CAVENDISH magnet)

Jaime Rainwater (@TheLostLola), Zantippy Skiphop (@ZantippySkiphop), Lena Marsteller (@LenaMarsteller), Miriam (@MiriamReads), cannefrye (@CAnneFrye), Malvina Beatrice (@Acciomalfoyz), samantha m (@bookreverie), Rachael Allen, Samantha Hawker (@SamHawker3), and Lauren Billings (@Lolozilla)

Prize Pack #1 + Prize Pack #2 (a pack of CAVENDISH stationery + a stylish – and handy! – CAVENDISH tote bag)

Carina (@CarinaOlsen), Heather Hawke (@HeatherHawke), Margie Culver (@Loveofxena), Kai A. (@amaterasureads), and gina sandoval

Prize Pack #1 + Prize Pack #2 + . . . a SIGNED CAVENDISH ARC!

Tim Canny (@tcanny) and Serena Lawless (@serenalawless)

and the Grand Prize, an original piece of Cavendish art by illustrator Sarah Watts, goes to. . .

Vivien (@deadtossedwaves)

Winners, congrats on your prizes! I will be emailing you shortly.

A huge thank you to EVERYONE who participated in this giveaway. I hope you had as much fun with it as I did!

If you didn’t win this time, never fear! There will be more CAVENDISH-related giveaways and blog festivities as the release date of August 28th approaches!

And don’t forget! If you haven’t already, you can check out the first chapter of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls here.

*”Official,” as in, “only in Claire’s head, which is an enchanted place full of unicorns and handsomely-jawed actors.”

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CAVENDISHLICIOUS BEA Giveaway – WINNERS!

19 Jun

BEA has come and gone (and I have finally recovered), so you know what that means . . .

It’s time to announce the winners of my CAVENDISHLICIOUS BEA giveaway!

What? WHAT?! YES, it’s TRUE! And this is so exciting that Jon Hamm has returned, overcome with delight because he, too, has been waiting on pins and needles to hear the winners.

Well then. WELL THEN. I don’t think anything can describe the joy (and panache!) of this moment better than that picture, so:

THE WINNERS

Prize Pack #1 (pretty pretty CAVENDISH postcard + bug swag + candy + pretty pretty CAVENDISH magnet)

Erica (@thebookcellarx), vivien (@deadtossedwaves), Lisa Marie (@lisalueddecke), Jazz, elena (@novelsounds), Enna P. (@ennapenglin), Julianna (@JustJuliHelms), Sara (@thehidingspot), Amy (@amabe421), and Michelle (@chelleyreads)

Prize Pack #1 + Prize Pack #2 (a pack of CAVENDISH stationery + a stylish – and handy! – CAVENDISH tote bag)

Sarah (@drpharmgrl), Deserae McG (@sommertales), Annie Moore (@AnnieMooreBooks), lisa deal, and Cecelia (@celialarsen)

Prize Pack #1 + Prize Pack #2 + . . . a SIGNED CAVENDISH ARC!

Kaye (@gildedspine) and A Man DA (@silvergrl21)

and the E-Reader Grand Prize goes to. . .

Alexandra (@salseraBeauty)

Winners, congrats on your prizes! Please check your email and send me your complete mailing addresses.

A huge thank you to EVERYONE who participated in this giveaway. I hope you had as much fun with it as I did!

If you didn’t win this time, never fear! I’m holding a SECOND CAVENDISHLICIOUS giveaway in conjunction with ALA this weekend. I’ll be giving away more swag, more ARCs, more BUGS, and a very special grand prize. And when I say “very special,” I mean Jon Hamm would look at said very special grand prize and go like this:

Stay tuned to the blog for more info on Thursday!

And don’t forget! If you haven’t already, you can check out the first chapter of The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls here.

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Calling All Teens! One-Sentence Pitch Contest: WINNERS

20 Sep

Wow.

WOW.

This contest was so much fun, y’all. I loved seeing these fantastic pitches roll in during the past week, and I loved them so much that I couldn’t pick just one winner. No, no.

I picked THREE.

The two runners-up get to pick the prize of their choice — either a query critique or a 1st chapter critique.

Huzzah!

The winner, of course, gets a 6-month mentorship with yours truly, including a query critique, a 1st 50 pages critique, and an open line of communication for questions and chat sessions about publishing, storycraft, and social media!

Double huzzah!

So now, without further ado (since you’re probably all like CLAIRE STOP TALKING WINNERS PRIZES NOW HURRY YES), here are the winners of the Calling All Teens! One-Sentence Pitch Contest in reverse order:

Second runner-up is DESERAE MCGLOTHEN

Title: PLANET WEIRD
Genre: Middle Grade Paranormal/Supernatural
My age: 17
Pitch: Alien Drew Vardaman runs away to Earth after hearing a prophecy about her destiny, but when a parasitic shadow starts possessing the students of Planet Jr. High, Drew has to learn to hone her powers in order to save her friends and change her own future.

Note: I LOVED this concept! I love the fact that the protagonist is an alien because that paves the way for a whole lot of entertaining “fish out of water” scenarios. Also, this pitch has all the necessary information — the main character, the conflict, and what the main character must do to emerge triumphant. Well done!

First runner-up is LYLA

Title: NOCTURNE
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
Age: 17
Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Gabriel Durante has to team up with a fashionista and the Angel of Death in order to kill the demon he’s served for seven years.

Note: This pitch immediately caught my attention with “fashionista” and “demon.” I was also intrigued by the idea of the Angel of Death workin with Gabriel, rather than with the demon he serves. Also, this pitch is short, snappy, conveys all necessary information, and hints at humor within, which I can DEFINITELY appreciate!

And the winner of the Calling All Teens! One-Sentence Pitch Contest is…

Title: The Sins of our Hands
Genre: YA General Fiction
Age: 19
Pitch: Brothers Bram and Luke flee from their home after accidentally killing one of their friends, forcing them to escape to Canada by any means necessary, even going so far as joining a strange traveling circus group under the leadership of the dark hypnotist, Fiore, but when they discover that a madman, bent on revenge, is following close on their trail, their world begins to fall apart, and they soon discover that the situation surrounding the killing of their friend was not as simple as they once thought.

Note: Even though this pitch was really kind of long, the unique concept immediately grabbed me — ESPECIALLY the circus/hypnotist angle — and the complexity of the pitch itself hints at complexity in the book, which is a huge plus. Also, although this hints at the supernatural (what with the creepy circus and all), it also seems like it could lean toward the literary. In short: I’M SOLD. Plus, again, the pitch contains all the necessary information regarding the main conflict. Win all around!

Again, thank you to ALL participants! If you would like my thoughts on your pitch, please email me at clairelegrandbooks [at] gmail [dot] com, and I’ll be happy to give you some feedback. Whatever you do, I encourage you to keep writing up a storm!

Winners, please also email me at the above address so I can give you information about your prizes!

Aaaand a special shoutout to @AuthoressAnon and Maggie at @WriteOnTeens for helping promote this contest!

Happy writing, everyone!

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