Drum roll, please!
(Did I ever mention I’m a huge Muppets fan?)
It’s time to announce our PiBoIdMo 2013 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS!
How were these winners selected? Every participant who signed the PiBoIdMo Winner’s Pledge was assigned a number based upon the order in which they commented. I then used Random.org to generate random numbers. The numbers were checked to their corresponding name, then I ensured that name was on the PiBoIdMo registration post. If the name had been registered, then I double checked to make sure they had not commented on the winner’s pledge multiple times (thus giving them extra chances to win). If all checked out, the winner was verified. (And they all checked out!)
Without further ado, here they are! Please congratulate them!
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KAREN MAE ZOCCOLI
DENICE R. GILB
JAN DEYKIN
MARY ROSE
SYLVIA LIU
SUMMER HINDERER
NOEL CSERMAK
DEBBIE ALVAREZ
KATHY DOHERTY
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I will pair each of you with a PiBoIdMo agent and contact you via email.
You will have one week to contact your agent with your FIVE best ideas. I suggest you flesh them out into a paragraph, like an elevator pitch. Something short and snappy. The agent will then provide feedback on which idea(s) may be the best to pursue as manuscripts. The agent may provide short and sweet feedback like a simple “Go for it!” or more lengthy feedback providing suggestions. I don’t know what’s in store for you–but there’s one thing for certain–their feedback will help you determine what to begin writing!
Thank you all for participating this year! I daresay it was the best year ever!
Remember there are PLENTY more prizes to come—everything you saw during the event plus even a few more! Signed books and critiques and art, OH MY! More to come all this week…
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December 11, 2013 at 11:36 am
jheitman22
Woo hoo to all of you!!! I’ll be watching for your names on a bookstore bookshelf in the not-so-far future!
December 11, 2013 at 11:36 am
Joanne Sher
Sooo cool. Congratulations, you guys!!
December 11, 2013 at 11:37 am
Sophia Mallonée (@SophiaMallonee)
So exciting!! Congratulations to all the awesome winners and good luck!!!
December 11, 2013 at 11:37 am
Colleen Jensen
Conrats to the lucky nine! Still crossing my fingers for a prize!!
December 11, 2013 at 11:38 am
Kerry Aradhya
Congratulations to the winners! And good luck getting your pitches together!
December 11, 2013 at 11:40 am
cherylsec
Wonderful!!! Congratulations to all the winners!!! 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 11:41 am
Beth Stilborn
Congratulations to the winners! It’s such a great opportunity.
December 11, 2013 at 11:42 am
Mary Uhles
congrats ya’ll!
December 11, 2013 at 11:42 am
Elizabeth Rose Stanton
Congratulations, lucky winners!
December 11, 2013 at 11:42 am
nicole snitselaar
Félicitations ! Congratulations !
and a big hug to all the non-winners ! 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 11:42 am
RadSheri
Thanks for all the work you do to make this a wonderful month, Tara. Hoping to win something this year but will understand the odds are big with so many participants. Keep doing this please Tara.
December 11, 2013 at 11:44 am
Lynn A. Davidson
How exciting for you Grand Prize Winners! Congratulations, all nine writers! I wish you success through this amazing opportunity!
December 11, 2013 at 11:45 am
creationsbymit
Congratulations to the Grand Prize winners!!
And really, to *everyone* who lived up to the challenge!! It was truly a great experience – even if I don’t win anything, that is MY prize! 🙂
Michele Katz/Creations By Mit
December 11, 2013 at 11:45 am
Kim Pfennigwerth (@kpfenni)
Such great opportunities! Congratulations to all the winners! Hope it’s the start of great news for each of you!
December 11, 2013 at 11:46 am
writeknit
Congrats to everyone!! I am keeping the list and looking for your books over the next few years 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 11:46 am
Holly Bliss
Congrats ALAYNE KAY CHRISTIAN, DENISE R. GILB, JAN DEYKIN, MARY ROSE, SYLVIA LIU, SUMMER HINDERER, NOEL CSERMAK, DEBBIE ALVAREZ, KATHY DOHERTY!
December 11, 2013 at 11:47 am
Jessie Miller (@pigknit)
Congrats to all of the winners! I’m so excited for all of you 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 11:47 am
MichelleLynn
Congratulations to the winners! In my humble opinion, we are all winners in that we stretched our brains and came up with some fantastic ideas that may make our literary world a better place. See you next year! Until then, I write…
December 11, 2013 at 11:47 am
Tracey M. Cox
Congrats to all the GRAND PRIZE winners. Recognizing some great names on the list!!! Exited for you. :oD
December 11, 2013 at 11:48 am
MichelleLynn
Haha… I should say, “Until then, WE WRITE.”
December 11, 2013 at 11:49 am
Kelly Vavala
Congrats to all the winners!! I’m so excited for all of you and hope your dreams come true!
December 11, 2013 at 11:50 am
Theanna
Congratulations to all the winners. Best of luck to you all! 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 11:50 am
Michelle Heidenrich Barnes
Congratulations to the winners on your early Christmas presents! Hope they bring you what you’ve always wanted. 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 11:52 am
Robyn Campbell
Congrads you guys! YaY for all of you. (I hope Santa brings you guys what you wish for.) *wink*
December 11, 2013 at 11:52 am
Sherry Walz
Congratulations to the grand prize winners! Now I wait in anticipation for results of the other marvelous prizes. Thanks, Tara, for all you have done to make PiBoIdMo 2013 such a special event.
December 11, 2013 at 11:52 am
Donna L Martin
Congrats to all the winners! What an awesome opportunity…
Donna L Martin
December 11, 2013 at 11:53 am
orthodoxmom3
How exciting!!
December 11, 2013 at 11:58 am
julie rowan zoch
Yowza! Yowza! Congrats to all of you lucky dogs!
December 11, 2013 at 11:59 am
Pia Garneau
Congratulations!!! What lucky ducks!
December 11, 2013 at 12:01 pm
Carol Munro
Yay! Congrats to all the winners. I wish you all a great time selecting your five mss to pass on to your agents. May your choices come easy and may they wow your agents. Good luck in this next step!
December 11, 2013 at 12:03 pm
Angie Karcher
Congratulations Winners! What a wonderful gift for your PiBoIdMo efforts!
December 11, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Karen Sipps
Congrats to all the winners! Good luck in your endeavors!
December 11, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Jessica Collins
Congratulations to everyone who won!! Thanks again for putting this together, Tara!! ❤
December 11, 2013 at 12:04 pm
tatjana
thank you very much for a month of support and inspiration. It was my first time, and I really profited from the nudge to get it all down on paper. best regards, Tatjana
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:34:36 +0000 To: tatjanamaiwyss@hotmail.com
December 11, 2013 at 12:06 pm
Juliana Lee
What? I didn’t see my name there. You must have made a mistake Tara. Until, the updated list (with my name on it) is posted, I send out congratulations to all the other winners!
Wishing you all the best and hoping your stories find good homes!
December 11, 2013 at 12:10 pm
Stacy S. Jensen
Congratulations! This was a great PiBoIdMo for me. I appreciate your efforts to organize us (this) Tara!
December 11, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Mary Jo
Congrats all! I’m still holding true to my “winning” track record – I’m consistent! 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Alicia Schwab
Congrats!
December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Maria Johnson
We’re all winners having participated in such a great month
of inspiriation! Thanks TARA!
December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Lori Mozdzierz
Congrats, ladies on this awesome win!!!
Tara, thanks for another inspiring and fun PiBoIdMo!
Look forward to next year’s event 😀
December 11, 2013 at 12:16 pm
Eileen
Congrats to all
December 11, 2013 at 12:17 pm
patientdreamer
Congrats to the winners.
December 11, 2013 at 12:17 pm
Janet Halfmann
Congrats to all the winners! Much success with your writing!
December 11, 2013 at 12:20 pm
LovableLobo
Congrats to the winners! I consider myself a BIG winner just by participating in the challenge. What great fun! Thank you, Tara, for everything! Same time, same place, next year!
December 11, 2013 at 12:26 pm
erin
Congratulations to the winners!
December 11, 2013 at 12:32 pm
Jewel Sample
Congratulations
ALAYNE KAY CHRISTIAN
DENISE R. GILB
JAN DEYKIN
MARY ROSE
SYLVIA LIU
SUMMER HINDERER
NOEL CSERMAK
DEBBIE ALVAREZ
KATHY DOHERTY
Be sure and post about your agent experience…..
December 11, 2013 at 12:33 pm
viviankirkfield
Congrats to all the grand prize winners! And, although I’m sure many in the comment stream have mentioned this, congrats to all of us who participated – because we are definitely winners as well! Being part of this incredible challenge is the ultimate prize – the gift that never stops giving – as it helped open the creativity USB ports of our brains.
Thanks forever, Tara!
December 11, 2013 at 12:36 pm
cheryllovestoread
Ahhh…we knew you when you were just lowly idea generators. Can’t wait to see your finished books flying off the shelves!
December 11, 2013 at 12:36 pm
Denice R Gilb
Wow!!! Thank you Tara! I’m traveling at the moment but when pulling up my email I can’t tell you how surprised I was to see my name!! Thank you it was a great month and I’m looking forward to working on some of my ideas!!!!
December 11, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Catherine Johnson
Congrats everyone! Fun, fun, fun.
December 11, 2013 at 12:44 pm
elainekielykearns
Yay for all of the winners! Congartulations!! And thanks again, Tara for another great year! 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Sylvia Liu
Wow! I am SO thrilled to be on this list. THANK YOU!
December 11, 2013 at 12:53 pm
mona861
Yay! Yay! Yay! Congratulations to all of you! Tara gave good advice of how to present your ideas. Enjoy this rand opportunity. (I’m jea
December 11, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Sue Poduska
Congratulations!
December 11, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Lori Dubbin
Congratulations and mazel tov to all the winners! PiBoIdMo is the gift that keeps on giving well past November and mid-December! Thanks, Tara, for an amazing PiBoIdMo 2013 that is still going strong with the challenges of rewriting and reediting and the possibilities of more prizes, OH MY!
December 11, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Leslie Colin Tribble
Yay to the winners! And yay to the rest of us for even coming up with one idea or more. What a great, great thing to do. Wishing all the participants a fabulous and fruitful 2014!
December 11, 2013 at 1:05 pm
Andria
Way to go!!
December 11, 2013 at 1:05 pm
Johnell
Congrats. What a great early Christmas present!
December 11, 2013 at 1:21 pm
littledbl
Congrats everyone!!!!!! So exciting! 2014 is yours. 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 1:27 pm
lindaschueler
Congratulations! What an opportunity for you! Let us know how it turns out.
December 11, 2013 at 1:30 pm
Kathy Doherty
Congratulations to the winners and to all of us for being so creative this month. [I’m delighted to say my name is listed as one of the grand prize winners! Yippee!]
December 11, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Cathy Ballou Mealey
Con- gra- tu- la -tions! Woo hoo winners!
December 11, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Pam Jones
Whoot! Congrats to the winners!
December 11, 2013 at 1:39 pm
kpbock
Congrats to the winners!
December 11, 2013 at 1:41 pm
Stephanie Shaw
Congratulations to all! May your ‘PiBoIds’ become awarding winning PiBos!
December 11, 2013 at 1:48 pm
Nancy Churnin
So happy for all the winners! And thank you, again, Tara, for organizing this amazing flow of information and inspiration. Just opening up my PiBoIdMo each day has made me feel like a winner!
December 11, 2013 at 1:52 pm
Donna L. Sadd
Congratulations, all! :0)
December 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Pam Brunskill (@PamBrunskill)
Congratulations, all!
December 11, 2013 at 2:02 pm
Sharon K Mayhew
Congratulations to all the winners! What a great opportunity!
December 11, 2013 at 2:04 pm
Hayley B
Congratulations to all!
December 11, 2013 at 2:08 pm
Pat Haapaniemi
Congratulations to all! I feel like we’re winners being part of this group!
December 11, 2013 at 2:14 pm
Stacy Couch
Congratulations, everybody! To the winners and to all the PiBoIdMo participants who had 30 (or 60, or 5) ideas.
December 11, 2013 at 2:15 pm
Jacqueline Adams
Congrats to the winners! Have fun (and work hard) with those pitches!
December 11, 2013 at 2:16 pm
Nancy Armo
Congratulations to all the winners! It was a great month of ideas and fun advice!
December 11, 2013 at 2:18 pm
Penny Parker Klostermann
Congratulations. Grand Prize Winners!!!
Thanks, Tara!
December 11, 2013 at 2:33 pm
Marty McCormick
Congrats to the lucky 9. Consolation prizes to the rest of us! We all won by hanging in there all month & revving up our idea lists.
December 11, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Kaye Baillie
What an excited bunch they must be. Well done everyone and all the very best. Well done, Tara.
December 11, 2013 at 2:41 pm
Linda E.H.
Congrats to the lucky grand prize winners. I hope you all pitch an idea that peaks the agents interest.
December 11, 2013 at 3:06 pm
kirsticall
Yay!!! Congrats everyone!
December 11, 2013 at 3:30 pm
Stella Jane Stauffer
Congratulations to the lucky winning writers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TARA: Can we all revel in how the critiques went from these very lucky winners? I would be thrilled to know how it all went. I am so happy for them. You gave these winners, and the rest of us, a wonderful opportunity. Thank you from all of us.
December 11, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Genevieve Petrillo
Congratulations, you lucky monkeys!! Good luck.
December 11, 2013 at 3:55 pm
Julie Grasso
Hurrah for the winners but I have to say we are all winners. Thanks Tara for a life changing event.
December 11, 2013 at 3:57 pm
miki
How exciting for you guys! Looking forward to hearing about your progress and success!
December 11, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Janny J Johnson
Tara where is the thing we all get to sign saying that we did indeed come up with 30 ideas? I want to feel “official!”
December 11, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Tara Lazar
Janny, that’s the PiBoIdMo Winner’s Pledge post (https://taralazar.com/2013/12/01/piboidmo-winners-pledge/) and the comments on it are closed, I’m sorry. It closed December 3rd. But you can still feel official, I’ll just wave my wand…THERE!
December 11, 2013 at 4:26 pm
Gloria Amescua
Congrats to the winners!
December 11, 2013 at 4:52 pm
sherryhudson8
Congrats to all of the winners and good luck with your stories. I think everyone who participated in any way are winners and I thank Tara for this wonderful experience and opportunity.
December 11, 2013 at 4:52 pm
tinamcho
Congratulations!
December 11, 2013 at 5:03 pm
DianeKHower
Congratulations everyone who made it and especially for the lucky dogs who had their names drawn for the Grand prize!
December 11, 2013 at 5:48 pm
jandeykin
Wow, really? I am so thrilled to be on the list I can’t believe it, in a week when I’ve had 2 rejections and was getting a bit Bah Humbug, this is the best news ever. Thank you so much. Congratulations to all on the lucky list and everyone who participated: its time to turn those jottings into something amazing! Tara you are my hero (and thanks for Animal too).
December 11, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Cindy Schumerth
To the lucky winners….congrats!!!
December 11, 2013 at 6:02 pm
Wendy Greenley
Good luck to the grand prize winners! This is quite the holiday gift.
December 11, 2013 at 6:03 pm
Priya Gopal
Congrats, you are so lucky !
December 11, 2013 at 6:10 pm
agsawan
Congratulations! (Going to write a picture book about the green-eyed monster now, but seriously congrats!)
December 11, 2013 at 6:11 pm
Jarm Del Boccio
How exciting! I hope you all benefit greatly from the critiques. Congrats!
December 11, 2013 at 6:36 pm
cantsing1
Congrats to all! Wish I could join you ; )
December 11, 2013 at 6:39 pm
Gail Kamer
Best wishes to all. A wonderful gift!!!
December 11, 2013 at 6:45 pm
Alayne Kay Christian
Wow! What a pleasant surprise. Thank you Tara! Congratulations to all the other winners. Thanks to you all for the good wishes and congratulations.
December 11, 2013 at 7:12 pm
Summer Hinderer
Congratulations to everyone who participated and won. I can’t believe I won! I am still in shock! I’m a fairly new writer. I have been dealing with health issues that have prevented me from writing so PiBoIdMo was a step to get back in the game.
December 11, 2013 at 7:40 pm
Amy Cohas
Congratulations to all the winners, and especially to my dear friend Debbie Alvarez!
December 11, 2013 at 7:44 pm
Gaye Kick
Congratulations!
December 11, 2013 at 8:02 pm
Janie Reinart
Doing a Happy Dance for the grand prize winners! Cha, cha, cha!
December 11, 2013 at 8:47 pm
Dawn Young
Congratulations winners. Hoping this opportunity brings even more your way 🙂
December 11, 2013 at 8:49 pm
alicia minor
Congratulations. I wish you all success,, meaning more picture books in the bookshelves. To us who didn’t get selected, there’s always the month of November every year and hopefully, we’ll make it the next time.
December 11, 2013 at 9:05 pm
writersideup
Congrats to everyone! What a wonderful thing you do, Tara 😀 😀 😀
December 11, 2013 at 9:24 pm
Dani Duck
Congrats everyone! I’m kind of glad I didn’t win. I don’t think I could take advantage of winning fully. I hope good things come of these wins!
December 11, 2013 at 9:55 pm
RaChelle Lisiecki
Nine lucky and deserving individuals! Congrats and may the force be with you.
December 11, 2013 at 10:33 pm
Kathryn Ault Noble
Congrats to everyone! Well done. And I see one of my FB friends on the list, Sylvia!
December 11, 2013 at 10:38 pm
Yvonne Mes
Congrats to all Grand Prize winners! Am so glad to see two of my friends made it on the list!
December 11, 2013 at 10:41 pm
Danny Kyzer
Congratulations!!
December 11, 2013 at 10:42 pm
Danny Kyzer
Huge Animal and Fozzie Bear fan, by the way!!
December 11, 2013 at 11:01 pm
Rosi Hollinbeck
Congrats to all! It was a great month.
December 11, 2013 at 11:40 pm
Karen Mae Zoccoli
Congratulations to all the winners and good luck with your projects! I enjoyed being part of this event, as I am a first time participant. I am especially glad to have all these new ideas to work with, too 😉 It’s been a lot of fun!
December 12, 2013 at 12:26 am
Debbie Mickelson
Congrats to the lucky winners. Fun times ahead for each of you.
December 12, 2013 at 3:45 am
Kristine Gunnell
Congratulations everybodu
December 12, 2013 at 4:01 am
cecilia clark
CONGRATUALTIONS
ALAYNE KAY CHRISTIAN, DENICE R. GILB, JAN DEYKIN, MARY ROSE,
SYLVIA LIU, SUMMER HINDERER, NOEL CSERMAK, DEBBIE ALVAREZ and KATHY DOHERTY
have a wonderful time with your prize editors 🙂
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December 12, 2013 at 5:33 am
artistadonna
congrats everyone 🙂
December 12, 2013 at 9:35 am
Joanne Roberts
Congratulations to everyone! Time to get those fingers flying. We can’t wait to hear your success stories!!
December 12, 2013 at 9:44 am
lindamartinandersen
Congratulations to all the winners!
December 12, 2013 at 10:32 am
Lana
Congrats to all!
December 12, 2013 at 12:33 pm
Rene Aube
Congratulations to the winners! Praying for great success for you and all PiBoIdMo participants as we develop our ideas!
December 12, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Tracy Molitors
Congrats to all the winners! Get those elevator pitches polished!!
December 12, 2013 at 4:50 pm
Lauri Meyers
Congrats big winners! I thought with my book of 35 ideas so I had already won the biggest prize 🙂 Woot, woot!
December 12, 2013 at 5:39 pm
Andrea
Congratulations! I’m sure you’ll great some great feedback!
December 12, 2013 at 7:38 pm
Brenda Harris
Congrats to the winners. I wish you much success. 🙂
December 12, 2013 at 11:17 pm
Julene Kinser
Congratulations to all the grand prize winners. Best of success with writing your pitches.
December 13, 2013 at 8:52 am
Doreen E. Lepore
Congrats winners!
December 13, 2013 at 4:31 pm
thiskidreviewsbooks
Congrats! The Muppets rock! I mean it. Dr. Teeth and his friends rock. Literally. And Miss Piggy chops. And Gonzo doesn’t die (that is the most surprising). 😀
December 13, 2013 at 5:45 pm
Quinn Cole
Congratulations and happy holidays!
December 13, 2013 at 8:33 pm
Deirdre Englehart
Congratulations everyone ands thank you Tara!
December 14, 2013 at 5:34 pm
Dana Atnip
Congrats to all of the winners! I also feel that all participants were winners! Thank you, Tara, for all that you do! 🙂