Feb 28, 2010

Solution Sunday: Contest Prizes Revealed; Kelly, Robert, and Mariah

- REVEAL DAY -
(I had a contest way back. Forgot? Me too. Kinda.)

You may remember three weeks ago I had a contest. Yup, I did. The prize was a cover designed by moi (that's 'me' in French. Oh, you knew that, you just gave me that look because moi is pretentious to use? What'd you expect, I have a 1:2 scale photo of myself as my banner). Well, I have finally completed the covers, two weeks late. Well, I took on a bit too much in February. Without further ado, here are the covers! Please click on them to get a larger and clearly view.

Also, check out the winner's blogs! Just click their name below their cover. They may have been randomly picked out of a hat, but they happen to be some of my favorite blogs to visit each and every day.

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Winner: Kelly Polark
WiP submitted: Rock'n'Roll Princesses Wear Black

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WiP submitted: Romeo, Romeo


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Winner: Mariah Irvin
WiP submitted: Jane's Air

One-sentence summary: When Jane Hawkes, 17, runs away from her abusive family, she ends up running towards the dangers and deadly secrets the Wild West holds.


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Please check in tomorrow as I kickoff my March is Classic event. I am only reading classics for the whole month and will post the final tentative list tomorrow.

My heart goes out to Chile.


11:00 EDIT: Also, John and Hank Green, the VlogBrothers, have asked us, the community, for support. Please oblige.

17 comments:

  1. Looking forward to seeing your list. I love so many classics myself. Especially Jane Eyre.

    Congrats to the winners too.

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  2. Jenny - Thanks for the support. Feel free to make suggestions once I publish the list. Or if you have GoodReads, you may suggest via their feature.

    Anita - I'm jealous of you, so we have one big circle of jealousy here. *Group hug!*

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  3. Woo hoo! Amazing! They all look awesome, Jonathan! Thanks for the time and effort you put into these! I love mine, thank you!!

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  4. Kelly - Many thanks! Also, you gave me something so fun to work with.

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  5. Yay! I love it Jon! Seeing Strickland General Store makes me giggle. Thanks for your hard work! I'm going to feature this in a post tomorrow.

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  6. Mariah - Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun, omg, the horse and girl took forever, but they were fun!

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  7. I LOVE me a good classic! Favs: Great Expectations, Villette, Rebecca, Anna Karenina, A Tale of Two Cities,and on a younger note, Whinnie the Pooh, Peter Pan, and The Wind in the Willows. (How old do they have to be, to be deemed *classic*? 'Cause i am not great on technicalities!)
    Also, I love the covers! especially the girl and the horse one.

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  8. Michelle - Thanks for the comment. I think the term classic can be comprised of many diverse things. I chose titles that have been well-known for many years, but some books, like THE GIVER, haven't been around for that long and I consider it a classic must-read. I do think the term classic is evolving with the current influx of YA and MG lit. We'll see what happens.

    Also, Wind in the Willows is on my list for March.

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  9. Jon--these are amazing! It's clear that you put lots of time and energy into producing these. Now that the physical manifestations are out in the world, let's hope that actual book jackets follow for these writers!

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