December Giveaway

Posted by on Dec 11, 2010 | 56 comments

It’s the 11th of the month, and we all know what that means, right? We’re all late on our holiday shopping. (Or maybe that’s just me.) In less depressing news, it also means that it’s time for our December contest! Since last month’s contest was limited to newsletter recipients, the winner of the huge Class of 2k10 prize pack was announced in the December newsletter. You ARE signed up for it, right? If not, go here and sign up via the form.

This month, we’re making it super-easy—all you need to do is leave a comment on this post to win. You can also get extra entries by coming back to comment on any of our Wednesday posts in December. We want to make your post-holiday letdown a little less letdowny, so we’re giving away a $25 Amazon gift card so you can buy the books that Santa missed. That’s right! Just leave your comments by January 4th and you’re automatically entered into the drawing. The winner will be announced here on January 11th.

While we’re talking (or more accurately, I’m babbling and you’re politely bearing with me), I’d like to give you an idea of what to expect from our monthly giveaways next year. Starting on January 11th, we’ll be running a monthly Pick 3 contest. Our goal is simple: we want to provide activities that require little to no prep time, that get readers engaged with books, and that are cheap. (Hey, I’m being honest here.) So we’ve put together three activities that meet those criteria. Readers can make title mashups, design book covers, or take fun photos of their hands on 2k11 books. We hope these activities will be useful on those days when you realize you’ve got a book club/class activity/blog post to plan, and there’s nothing up your sleeve. Or those days when you’re just plain bored and avoiding the things on your to-do list! Not that I have experience with that…

Of course there will be prizes. We’ll be giving out advanced copies of our books marked up with special notes from the author with lots of inside info that NO ONE ELSE WILL HAVE. (I want one of these so bad.) We’ll also be giving out finished copies, virtual or in person author visits, lots of other fun stuff. These drawings will be random, so there’s no need to worry that your junior high artwork will be judged against a bunch of high schoolers and grownups. But we will be giving away big prizes at the end of the year to the entries that made us laugh, cry, gasp, or some combination thereof.

And if you need a little extra incentive to get people to participate, we’ll send you a little swag pack so that your readers can score a signed bookmark or postcard for their efforts. Email us at info@classof2k11.com to get one…until we run out, that is. So make sure to contact us early!

Suffice to say, we are super excited about this project, and we can’t wait to see what you come up with. Do you have questions? Drop us a note or ask in the comments.

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56 Comments

  1. Melodye | December 11, 2010 at 10:55 am

    Such generous swag. Thank you. No offense to anyone else who enters, but I’m ho ho hoping that I’ll win! :)

  2. Deb Marshall | December 11, 2010 at 11:14 am

    I LOVE your ideas for contests in 2011. Hoping to start up a book club teens at our library in the new year, what great fun this will be to do at meetings!

    Thanks!

    Deb

  3. Carol | December 11, 2010 at 11:25 am

    These contests are such an amazing idea! I can’t wait to get my hands on copies of the new books in the new year!

    Carol

  4. Laura Crupi | December 11, 2010 at 11:26 am

    Thanks so much for these awesome contests~!!

  5. Kari (Flamingo1325) | December 11, 2010 at 12:47 pm

    Woot! Thanks for the giveaway. :D

  6. Alessandra | December 11, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    Yaaaay! Thanks for this :D

  7. Miss_Tammy | December 11, 2010 at 2:15 pm

    I’m so excited about all the great books coming out this year by Class of 2k11 authors!

  8. Gaby | December 11, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    Great ideas :D Hope I can’t participate in most of them.

  9. Audrey | December 11, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    ooh, so excied for the upcoming contests, those ideas sound liks so much fun!! :)

  10. Ashley S | December 11, 2010 at 2:22 pm

    Oh, fun! Thanks for the contest. :)

  11. Aylee | December 11, 2010 at 2:24 pm

    Fun! Thanks.

  12. Janice | December 11, 2010 at 2:34 pm

    I love this website.

  13. Lauren M | December 11, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Thanks for the giveaway! I like the idea of having to put in a little effort to win. :)

  14. Carol | December 11, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    Love the idea of the contests and hope I can score some swag for the blog.

  15. Ruthie | December 11, 2010 at 3:10 pm

    This whole thing really rocks. I always go out of my way each year to try some debut novels. Fun stuff!

  16. Julie Brazeal, A Tale of Many Reviews | December 11, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    Wonderful giveaway! Thanks!

  17. Susan (Bloggin' 'bout Books) | December 11, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    Sooo fun! I can’t wait for all these great books to come out. Have a wonderful Christmas!

  18. Britney Wyatt | December 11, 2010 at 4:57 pm

    I love contests. Thanks for the chance!

  19. Michelle M | December 11, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    Wow this is awesome! Congrats to all the 2K11 authors – can’t wait to read them all.

  20. Hayley V | December 11, 2010 at 6:06 pm

    Great contests! You guys must be getting excited…2011 is almost here!!

  21. Erica | December 11, 2010 at 6:08 pm

    I can’t believe 2011 is almost here – I can’t wait!

  22. Adriana | December 11, 2010 at 6:30 pm

    2011 is going to be amazing for debuts! My list of books I want to read is soooo long… Can’t wait! Thank you for the contests. :D

  23. Christi | December 11, 2010 at 6:38 pm

    Great contest! Looking forward to the 2011 debuts!!

  24. Badass Bookie | December 11, 2010 at 8:06 pm

    Just updated my photo editing software so bring on the cover remakes! You bet I will be reading every one of your debuts! I will be that girl who waits ouside border 4am in the morning on release date! ( yer you know THAT girl – the weird one) haha Merry Christmas and have a happy holidays! Rest up for 2011!

    Lisa

  25. Brodie | December 11, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    I have to agree with everyone above – such great ideas for contests! I always love to see the creativity people have when entering.

    So excited for 2011. The number of incredible YA books coming out is amazing – my bookshelf is quaking with excitement!

    Thanks for the great giveaway!

  26. Lucy | December 12, 2010 at 12:36 am

    The contests sound really fun! Looking forward to reading all the awesome books coming out in 2011.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  27. Jenica Distor | December 12, 2010 at 3:43 am

    All of these contest sound great. I’m looking forward to them. ^-^

  28. Rachael Harrie | December 12, 2010 at 5:11 am

    Love the prizes, hope I win :)

    Rach

  29. Angie | December 12, 2010 at 12:12 pm

    I would love to win the contest! And I hope to get a chance to review some of these great books coming up!!!

    -Angie

  30. Logan | December 12, 2010 at 5:03 pm

    Awesome prizes, awesome contest, awesome authors!

  31. Shannon O'Donnell | December 12, 2010 at 6:23 pm

    You guys and your contests all rawk!!! :-)

  32. Sara B. Larson | December 12, 2010 at 8:33 pm

    Great ideas! Thanks for the awesome contest. :)

  33. Melvyn | December 13, 2010 at 1:53 am

    Count me in!

  34. sena | December 13, 2010 at 6:44 am

    Oh, thank you so much!! :)

  35. gae polisner | December 13, 2010 at 7:39 am

    Ok, first of all, thank you ALL for commenting and for all the enthusiasm. Did we mention you rock?!

    Second of all, the avatars are killing me. Seriously, i bet half of you don’t look exactly like that. ;)

    I hope you all win! *secretly crosses fingers for prizes to multiply*

    (we need you, so keep visiting and tell two friends. xo gae)

  36. Romy | December 13, 2010 at 8:15 am

    You guys have the most amazing giveaways and it seems they are only going to get better *squeals in excitement* (I love the idea about taking photos of our hands on 2k11 books, absolutely fabulous), bring on 2011 I say!

    Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Holidays, 2011 seems likes it going be a great year bring on the reading I say!

    Romy :)

  37. Cari | December 13, 2010 at 9:48 am

    I’m excited!

  38. Faith Hough | December 13, 2010 at 9:59 am

    I can’t wait for 2011 to roll around! Best of luck to all of you!

  39. carmen | December 13, 2010 at 6:57 pm

    Exciting stuff! You’re kicking off 2011 right! Can’t wait :)

  40. Angela Z | December 13, 2010 at 9:09 pm

    Awesome!!!!! So excited to read all of the Class of 2K11′s books.

  41. VioletCrush | December 14, 2010 at 2:35 am

    awesome contest. Please enter me.

  42. Nancy | December 14, 2010 at 8:12 am

    Great contest! I can’t think of anything better than giving away books.

  43. Amanda | December 14, 2010 at 9:57 am

    What an awesome giveaway! So exciting!

  44. Sharon | December 14, 2010 at 4:14 pm

    I’m in! Sounds like a great giveaway. :)

  45. lulilut | December 14, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    Thanks for the awesome contests!

  46. Llehn | December 15, 2010 at 3:32 am

    Happy Christmas everyone :D

  47. ShootingStarsMag | December 15, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    fun stuff. people can actually bid on marked up copies of books here: http://www.leaveamarkauctions.com I mention it because all the money goes to charity and that’s always great!

  48. Asher Knight | December 15, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    Wow, this is so exciting!
    I just found out about this place and already there are some neat giveaways! *crosses fingers*

    Anyway, I need to explore…*rubs hands together*

  49. Amber M | December 16, 2010 at 11:18 am

    Seriously great idea. There are so many wonderful book coming out from this class that I cannot wait to get my hands on. Thanks so much for this contest. I know that if I win it will be going to one or two pre-orders for this class!

  50. Julie C | December 16, 2010 at 4:11 pm

    Thanks for the contest! I can’t wait to read your debuts. My TBR pile keeps growing…and growing…I agree with Amber. If I win the gift certificate will be toward some debut pre-orders!

  51. Brooke | December 16, 2010 at 6:44 pm

    Thanks so much! I can’t wait for 2011 and all these great books!

  52. Samita | December 18, 2010 at 3:50 am

    Thanks for doing this! :)

  53. Nicole Zoltack | December 18, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    Awesome! Can’t wait for 2011.

  54. Mariah | December 24, 2010 at 11:00 pm

    Cool idea, and a good way to get the word out about your books! Thanks for the contest!

  55. Nikki | December 27, 2010 at 4:35 pm

    Thanks for being so generous with the contests! I’m thinking up all sorts of ideas for the new year.

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