Brenda Drake Writes . . . under the influence of coffee: So did you hook a teen? ... We have results!

Monday, September 26, 2011

So did you hook a teen? ... We have results!

We're hooked!

I want to thank everyone who participated. You all are so talented and kind, I'm so happy that everyone enjoyed themselves. On Jennifer M. Eaton's blog she summed up my feelings about blogfests and contests. They are wonderful opportunities to get critiques on your work and meet other bloggers. You can read Jennifer's post here.

And now, I'm happy to turn the bog over to our fantabulous judges at ...

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First of all, we really enjoyed reading these entries! It’s amazing to see what could be on the shelves in a few years.

Here’s a list of the stories which successfully hooked Taryn:

Legacy, Ruhe, Cracked, The Last Daughter of Elhamair, The Reluctant Assassin, Awaken, She Knows Death, The Stars Fell Sideways, Alexithymia, Nocturne, A Handful of Scars, The Green Ray of the Sun, Original, Jump Boys, Blindspot, The Lion Within, The Glass Prince, Chick Magnet, School of the Guardians, The Girl with Brown Eyes, Erth Won.

Here’s a list of the stories which successfully hooked Kate:

The Stars Fell Sideways, Cracked, The Last Daughter of Elhamair, Alexithymia, Nocturne, Jump Boys, The Lion Within, The Girl with Brown Eyes, Simon's Oath, Scratches, Rivers Underneath, Unnatural, The Unhappening of Genesis Lee, Bound, Become, The Swift, Speaking of You, The Other Prince, None so Blind, Graceful Death, I'm Game, The Moongate.

Congratulations to all of you for hooking a teen!

And now to the winners:

Taryn’s Runner-Up: RUHE

Kate’s Runner-Up: THE LION WITHIN

Winner (chosen because we both loved it):

THE GIRL WITH BROWN EYES

The winner receives a $50 credit and the two runners up each receive a $25 credit from Teen Eyes Editorial Services. Winners please email me at brenleedrake(at)gmail(dot)com to claim your prizes.

Stop by the DNA Writers blog to win a copy of Heather McCorkle's The Secret of Spruce Knoll for Banned Books Week.

22 comments:

Nicole Zoltack said...: Congrats to the winners!; September 26, 2011 7:58 AM
Scribbling Scarlet said...: That is awesome! I read Tracey Jorgensons, "The girl with brown eyes" first 250 at the last contest and have gone back to her blog a couple of times to read it again because I enjoyed it so much. Well deserved! :o); September 26, 2011 8:04 AM
ladonna watkins said...: Congrats to the winners.; September 26, 2011 9:44 AM
Jenny said...: Congrats to the winners, especially to Tracey. Her opening was fantastic! Well deserved.; September 26, 2011 10:44 AM
Tracy N. Jorgensen said...: Aww, thanks guys. Such a surprise and so excited about it. Lots of other great entries though!; September 26, 2011 11:21 AM
Gina said...: CONGRATS TRACY!!; September 26, 2011 11:24 AM
Tanya Parker Mills said...: Congratulations to the winners. This was a very helpful competition!; September 26, 2011 11:35 AM
Bethany Elizabeth said...: Congrats to the winners - this is such a great idea! :); September 26, 2011 11:37 AM
RAD - Dot Painter said...: Wow! This is so exciting! Thank you so much for this opportunity. There was a lot of great competition out there. :) Rachel; September 26, 2011 11:40 AM
M.S Tucker said...: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!!!

This was such an awesome competition! I learned a lot! :); September 26, 2011 1:51 PM
Angelica R. Jackson said...: Congrats to the winners, including crit partner Rachel for The Lion Within!; September 26, 2011 2:17 PM
Janet Johnson said...: Congrats to the winners! And yay for hooking one of you! Guess that's a start. :)

And thank you to Brenda and to Kate and Taryn. What a great contest idea!; September 26, 2011 4:02 PM
Kristin Baker Przybyla said...: It just made my Monday that Kate mentioned The Moongate! Congrats to the winners, I'm super excited for you all!; September 26, 2011 4:10 PM
Tracey J said...: Congratulations to the winners.; September 26, 2011 5:22 PM
erica and christy said...: Congrats, winners! Thanks so much Brenda, Kate, Taryn and all the readers who stopped by our blog! I agree that contests are a wonderful way to receive feedback and to meet lots of other wonderful writers! Christy; September 26, 2011 7:21 PM
Shallee said...: Congrats, peeps! And thanks again for this awesome contest. It was so fun to read everyone's first 250.; September 26, 2011 10:44 PM
Jess said...: Congratulations to the winners! Thanks for such a fun contest!; September 27, 2011 12:31 AM
E. Arroyo said...: Congrats everyone! And thank you Brenda and the judges for taking the time to do this. They were all awesome entries.; September 27, 2011 5:17 AM
K.T. Crowley said...: Congrats to the winners and a BIG thank you to Brenda, Kate and Taryn for hosting and judging!

This was a great experience and loads of fun! :); September 27, 2011 11:52 AM
Kate Larkindale said...: Congrats winners!

And thanks to the judges for judging!; September 28, 2011 8:59 PM
Donea Lee said...: Woo hoo!! I hooked one of you ~ :) Thanks, Taryn, Kate and Brenda for a great contest. And HUGE congrats to Tracy! I read her entry and it was fantastic!; October 3, 2011 3:32 PM
Mina Burrows said...: This was such fun. Although I didn't get my final in...I sure had fun. Thanks Brenda! And special thanks to the judges. Congrats to the winners!; October 5, 2011 12:26 PM