Friday, February 18, 2011

A Win/Win Raffle

      As some of you know, I started taking Amazon Gift Card Donations to help four kids get Kindles after their home caught fire and their family lost everything (see post HERE). Many people didn't understand why I would want to get them Kindles instead of clothing, food, or other essentials; my reasoning is simple. I want to give these kids a sense of security in something. They have their family together banding around them, helping with essentials right now, but hearing that they cried because of their lost book collections and not laptops, Christmas gifts, or clothes gave me an idea on how we could band together and help out in a way others wouldn't think of. While we cannot get them back their copies of books, we can give them a way to always take their collections with them. A way they won't have to worry about leaving them behind and this happening again. Knowledge that something of theirs is safe. Members of the publishing industry across all genre have taken an interest in this, as it is something very dear to their hearts as well, and have banded together for prizes to be included in the raffle in an attempt to raise the money and in offering Young Adult PDFs to be adding to the Kindles.Any and all proceeds will be used towards this. Any amount that goes over and above the amount needed to procure the Kindles will be used to fill them with books.Help me not only give them a sense of security in something they own, but to bring back the fantasy in their lives.

Now for the Raffle!
The Raffle will continue through until March 14th.   
Winners will be announced On March 16th.

Entries:
For every $10 worth of Amazon Gift Cards sent to authornicolehicks@gmail.com you will get one entry for the raffle. So if you send a $30 Amazon Card you will get three entries! Are you wondering about the prizes? They are wonderful!

1. I am offering a pre-submission edit- Winner's choice of either an edit for an 80,000 word manuscript or 2 edits for manuscripts up to 45,000 words each

2. Two people will be able to choose any piece of Author Margie Hall's jewelry. Just a couple of examples of  her designs- Winners will be emailed with a listing of all designs.





3. One lucky winner will win a cover designed by Author and Cover Artist Mina Carter example below

4. One lucky winner will get Prince's Courtesan by Mina Carter (winner must be 18 or older as book contains adult content)

5. One lucky winner will win Thrill of the Night by Mina Carter (winner must be 18 or older as book contains adult content)

6. One lucky participant will win a signed copy of DC Juris's Finding Sanctuary (winner must be 18 or older as book contains adult content)

7. One lucky participant will win the first two books in the Hunter series by Stacey Thompson-Geer offered by Wicked Nights (winner must be 18 or older as books contains adult content)

8. One lucky Participant will win the ENTIRE World series by Stacey Thompson-Geer offered by Wicked Nights (winner must be 18 or older as books contains adult content)

9. One lucky person will win FIVE books offered by Ashlynn Monroe offered by Wicked Nights (winner must be 18 or older as books contain adult content)

10. One lucky person will win The Lawn Boy and books 1-4 of the Captivation series by Julie Lynn Hayes offered by Wicked Nights (winner must be 18 or older as books contain adult content)

Prizes may be added to the raffle as the raffle continues. Entrants for the raffle must return to this post and comment leaving their email or emailing me at authornicolehicks@gmail.com so that they can be notified of their winnings.

9 comments:

  1. Oh, wow, what a great idea my dear! And a double oh wow... Margie's jewelry is beautiful!

    I simply must go share this everywhere. I hope it's all going well with the gift card thing you're doing. All my best and many good thoughts to your friends.

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  2. Thank you Amara! We are trying! :)

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  3. Would it be possible to offer up a prize to be included in your raffle? I would be willing to donate a signed print copy of "Finding Sanctuary". It's bdsm so definitely over 18 yrs old.

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  4. DC Yes I can add that to the raffles list of prizes. If you will email me at authornicolehicks@gmail.com so I have a contact email to let you know who won your book and their mailing address when they are notified, I would appreciate it!

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  5. Awesome! I'll drop you a line in a few minutes!A

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  6. Just come from Amazon consider it down wish I had more to send ( hutchslady26@aol.com )

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  7. Wonderful! I have you down Denise!

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  8. I just made a donation, although it's a small one. I included my email address in the comments section of the gift card email.

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  9. Wonderful! Thank you Charity! And I wish you luck in the raffle!

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