Firstly, I'm a winner. Of several lots in the Brenda Novak auction. Secondly, that means I have fabulous mystery prizes for my latest contest winners.

1. At Access Romance All-A-Blog, the winner is Cathy M.
2. The winner of my Paula Roe, Guest Blogger giveaway is Nina in Ohio.
3. At Diamonds Down Under, Ellen came up trumps.
4. And the winner of my birthday giveaway was Cheryl S.

Congratulations to you all and thanks for playing. Please email me with your address and I will get your prize in the mail.

Labels: contests, winner

Access Romance's month of giveaways is up and running with a chance to win your own holiday cheer every day of December. Today just happens to be a copy of Vows & A Vengeful Groom plus (pink) Tim Tams and a cute phone trinket. Go forth and bookmark!

Labels: Access Romance, contests, giveaway, Tim Tams, Vows and a Vengeful Groom

I'm not entering any books in RWAmerica contests this year. There, I've said it out loud -- now I can't renege! But that decision hasn't stopped me clicking on links to various chapter contests as the announcements appear in my in-box. It's force of habit (yes, I am a recovering contest addict)...and it's curiosity. I'm interested to see which categories each chapter contest includes this year; if they've taken aboard the shortened word count of category/series books, if they've acknowledged the surge in popularity of some sub-genres and the apparent wane in others.

So, while scanning one contest's set of rules/conditions this morning I noticed the link to find readers as contest judges. And I thought of my faithful readers (seeing as I'm not entering, no conflict of interest.) If you think you might be interested in judging a panel of books (usually you choose the genre or category, the number, and you get to keep the books!) then try these couple for starters:

* The Holt Medallion
* National Readers Choice Award

Labels: contests, readers, RWAmerica