December 21, 2013 4:26 pm
Hey look, Jerry won a prize in a box of cereal!
Well, he’s going to be mighty jealous of you PiBoIdMo’ers—because your prizes sure beat a Honey Comb tattoo. (Your prizes are BIG, yeah-yeah-yeah. They’re not SMALL, no-no-no.)
It’s time for the final prizes of PiBoIdMo, the ones offered by our guest bloggers during the month of November. There’s artwork, signed books and critiques galore!
How were the winners selected? I used Random.org to pick a number that corresponded with the order in which you commented on each prize post. Then I checked the winner’s name against the list of registered participants and those who signed the Winner’s Pledge. The name had to appear in both places. If the person commented twice on any of those three posts, they were disqualified. Winners were eligible for one prize only. If a name was selected twice, they were removed and another number was picked by Random.org.
All winners will be emailed within the next few days. If you do not receive an email from me, first check your spam folder, then contact me directly.
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OK, so let’s start with the PRIZES YOU DID NOT KNOW ABOUT! These are prizes offered by people who did not guest blog but felt compelled to contribute to the event. Thank you Tamson, Suzanne and Alayne!
First, editor Tamson Weston offered a picture book critique for manuscripts under 1000 words. The winner is:
SUZY LEOPOLD
Next, illustrator Suzanne del Rizzo offered a signed, personalized copy of her picture book SKINK ON THE BRINK. It goes to:
BRENNA FRIESNER
Finally, Alayne Kay Christian offered a picture book critique. The lucky one is:
DARYL GOTTIER
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Now let’s move on to the prizes offered by PiBoIdMo guest bloggers.
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NUGGET & FANG Prize Pack
JANET HALFMANN
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Hand Screenprinted Cards
AMIE VALORE-CAPLAN
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Original ZOE & ROBOT Drawing
COURTENAY SCHURMAN
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Signed Hardcopies of the Following Books:
SANTA KID
SHERRY WALZ
MISS SMITH AND THE INCREDIBLE STORYBOOK
DONNA J. SHEPHERD
MISS SMITH AND THE HAUNTED LIBRARY
TONYA LIPPERT
MISS SMITH READS AGAIN
SUZANNE KAUFMAN
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Signed Hardcopy of BE IN CHARGE (Five Winners)
SUE PODUSKA
JANET SMART
LISA CONNORS
JENNIFER VOIGT KAPLAN
ALEXA KAUFHOLD
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Elizabeth Rose Stanton’s Prize
Signed Hardcopy of HENNY (when released)
RICK STARKEY
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Signed Hardopy of CHICK-O-SAURUS REX and a personalize illustration by Daniel Jennewein
LINDA HOFKE
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Signed Hardcopy of CORA COOKS PANCIT
JULIE GRASSO
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BABY PENGUINS EVERYWHERE Prize Pack
ANN BIRNIE
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Choice of Picture Book with Audio CD
MELINE SCHEIDEL
Picture Book Critique
VIVIAN KIRKFIELD
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Signed Copy of DRAW CRAZY CREATURES (Two Winners)
DAWN MITCHELL
LAURI MEYERS
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Signed copies of THE QUIRKS and ELVIS AND THE UNDERDOGS
STACY GRAY
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Picture Book Critique
SUE HEAVENRICH
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Signed F&G of RABBIT’S SONG
THIS KID ERIK
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8.5 x 11 Print from her Etsy Shop (Two winners)
CAROLYN ROHRBAUGH
SHIELA FULLER
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ROBOT ZOMBIE FRANKENSTEIN! Prize Pack
GRANT JENKINSON
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KAR-BEN Books Prize Pack
COREY ROSEN SCHWARTZ
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Critique of Kidlit Manuscript – 10 Pages
MELANIE ELLSWORTH
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ARNIE THE DOUGHNUT Prize Pack
MARGARET GREANIAS
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Well, that’s all folks! This officially concludes PiBoIdMo 2013. It’s been a blast! Thank you for your enthusiasm throughout the event, in your comments and your participation in the Facebook group. I could not do it without you—and that’s not cliché, that’s TRUTH.
Please remember to contact me should any of your PiBoIdMo ideas win a contest, an agent or a contract. I love highlighting your success stories!
But for now, write on! Be sure to consider some of these other picture book writing challenges offered throughout the year:
…and, of course, PiBoIdMo 2014! See you next November!
Posted by Tara Lazar
Categories: PiBoIdMo 2013, Picture Books
Tags: PiBoIdMo Prizes, winners
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Congratulations to all the winners!
Thanks again Tara for all your work!
Happy Holidays everyone!
By Kim Pfennigwerth on December 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Congrats to all the winners, well deserved. Thank you Katie for hosting this. Another fabulous year. Merry Christmas and all the best for you and your family in 2014. See ya, there.
By patientdreamer on December 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm
What a lot of work you did for is ! Thank you very much ! And congratulations to the winners !
By nicole snitselaar on December 21, 2013 at 4:33 pm
Congrats, everyone. 😀
By Jackie Wellington on December 21, 2013 at 4:34 pm
Congratulations to all of the winners and that includes everyone who harvested a new idea through this adventure. Thanks Tara for another successful journey.
By Debbie Mickelson on December 21, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Thank you, Tara. You are very inspiring and a great motivator. I appreciate it!
By miki on December 21, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Congratulations to all the winners! And I’ll join in the huge vote of thanks to you, Tara, for organizing this amazing event, guest bloggers, prizes, and everything you do behind the scenes. Thank you so much. I have a stack of ideas to take in to the new year with me. I wouldn’t have them, if it weren’t for PiBoIdMo. Now — have a great holiday season! You deserve it!
By Beth Stilborn on December 21, 2013 at 4:44 pm
Wow! I never win anything. PiBoIdMo was just wonderful, so this is like icing on the cake. Thanks for all your hard work.
By lmconnors on December 21, 2013 at 4:50 pm
Congrats to all the winners. It was a great month. I learned so much. Thanks!
By Rosi Hollinbeck on December 21, 2013 at 5:02 pm
Thank you, Tara. Congratulations to everyone who won something. Now I look forward to hearing of participants whose ideas turn into wonderful books.
By Lynn A. Davidson on December 21, 2013 at 5:09 pm
Congratulations to all of the winners! Thanks again, Tara. I’m already looking forward to PiBoIdMo 2014.
By Sherry Walz on December 21, 2013 at 5:26 pm
I don’t know what took me so long to realize that I was one of the lucky winners! Thank you, Michael Garland! I’m looking forward to receiving a copy of SANTA KID!
By Sherry Walz on December 22, 2013 at 10:31 pm
Congrats to all the winners! Thank you, Tara, for all your diligence and making the month so much fun. Merry Christmas!
By donnashepherd on December 21, 2013 at 5:41 pm
Many congratulations to all the winners. And thank you, Tara, for creating and sustaining PiBoIdMo. Lots of good will come out of this amazing month. All the best to you!
By Anne Bromley on December 21, 2013 at 5:47 pm
Congratulations everyone…Fabulous prizes. Thank you Tara for all you do..
By Jewel Sample on December 21, 2013 at 5:50 pm
Congrats to all, and here’s hoping your prizes spur you on to publication!
By Jarm Del Boccio on December 21, 2013 at 5:54 pm
Thanks so much, Tara, for another wonderful month, plus! I’m a winner! No, not one of them, but my a notebook full of ideas, doodles, and good advice.
By mona861 on December 21, 2013 at 6:14 pm
Congrats congrats winners!!! Thanks for a fabulous month Tara. 😀
By Meg Miller on December 21, 2013 at 6:21 pm
Tara, you are awesome! Congratulations to all the winners and Congratulations to everyone who completed the challenge! Happy writing next year!
By Juliana Lee on December 21, 2013 at 7:08 pm
What a fabulous PiBoIdMo it was! Yay! And thank you, Tara!!
Congratulations to all the winners!
By Elizabeth Rose Stanton on December 21, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Looking forward to next year!
By orthodoxmom3 on December 21, 2013 at 7:42 pm
Congrats, everyone! Was an amazing month! Looking forward to checking out all the links to other stuff. Thank so VERY much, Tara! You were amazing !!
By Joanne Sher on December 21, 2013 at 8:45 pm
Congrats to all the winners. Many, many, many thanks to you Tara! It has been a fantastic and inspiring PiBoIdMo.
By Penny Parker Klostermann on December 21, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Thank you for the ReviMo shout out! 😀 xo
By Meg Miller on December 21, 2013 at 9:15 pm
Yay! Congrats to the winners!!! 🙂
By elainekielykearns on December 21, 2013 at 9:17 pm
Tara…I wonder if, when you started PiBoIdMo, you could have imaged how it would grow and prosper?
Thank you so much for issuing the challenge, rounding up the incredible guest posters, and providing an amazing month that will DEFINITELY result in many new picture books on the shelves of children all around the world. Yes…you did this…for us…I hope Santa is watching and listening because Tara Lazar deserves something VERY SPECIAL!
Congratulations and Happy New Year to all the participants…it’s lovely to be connected to such a vibrant, generous and inspiring community..
And YAY! I won a critique from Pat Miller! So very excited about that! What an awesome prize.:)
By viviankirkfield on December 21, 2013 at 9:21 pm
Tara,
Where was I suppose to sign the winner’s pledge. This is the second year in a row I could not find it. What have I been doing wrong?I feel like I am not participating correctly or something. Please tell me where the winner’s pledge is located.
Sue
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>________________________________ > From: Writing for Kids (While Raising Them) >To: morris.suem@att.net >Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 4:27 PM >Subject: [New post] Final PiBoIdMo 2013 Prize Winners! > > > > WordPress.com >Tara Lazar posted: “Hey look, Jerry won a prize in a box of cereal! Well, he’s going to be mighty jealous of you PiBoIdMo’ers—because your prizes sure beat a Honey Comb tattoo. It’s time for the final prizes of PiBoIdMo, the ones offered by our guest bloggers dur” >
By KidLitReviews on December 21, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Sue, the Winner’s Pledge is posted on the blog like every other post in PiBoIdMo–new posts always appear at the top of the blog and for older posts you must scroll down. Every year the Winner’s Pledge is posted on December 1st and it remains open for a few days. Here it is: https://taralazar.com/2013/12/01/piboidmo-winners-pledge/
By Tara Lazar on December 21, 2013 at 10:59 pm
Thanks, Tara, for another wonderful PiBoIdMo! Congrats to all the winners! Oh yeah, that includes me. Thanks for the prize! I won Elizabeth Rose Stanton’s prize! A signed copy of Henny! Thanks, Elizabeth! Sorry for all the exclamation marks, but I am excited. (I resisted there.)
By Rick Starkey on December 21, 2013 at 9:52 pm
Congrats everyone. Feels kind of sad, like PiBoIdMo has come to an official close. Looking forward to next year already!
By Yvonne Mes on December 21, 2013 at 11:22 pm
Thank you, Tara! Wishing you a happy and healthy New Year! Blessings to All – Elizabeth McBride
By Elizabeth McBride on December 21, 2013 at 11:50 pm
Lots of prizes. Lots of winners. Congratulations everyone! Even if I didn’t win a prize, I still feel like a winner because of my 30 ideas! Thanks, Tara for another great year. May your 2014 be filled with inspiration and success!
By Romelle Broas on December 22, 2013 at 12:15 am
Thanks!
By Sue Poduska on December 22, 2013 at 7:25 am
Oh wow! and yippee! I am getting ready to fly off for a couple weeks to help my mom recover (from surgeries) and wasn’t even gonna turn on the computer this morning. Glad I did because I am one of the lucky prize winners… a PB critique from Maria Gianferrari. Thank you Maria! & Thank you Tara for making this possible.
I was already a winner, having come away from the month with a notebook chock-full of potential stories.
Congratulations to everyone else who has a notebook full of ideas… and to those who won something more tangible. Onward to 2014 and (raising coffee cup) see you all next year.
By sueheaven on December 22, 2013 at 9:25 am
Congratulations to the winners and thanks so much Tara. Happy Holidays! :0)
By Catherine Johnson on December 22, 2013 at 9:57 am
woot woot I am going to draw THE craziest creatures and I simply cannot wait!! Thank you Tara and Steve!
By Lauri Meyers on December 22, 2013 at 10:17 am
PiBoIdMo 2013 was a great experience for a newbie like me. Thanks again, Tara, for your planning and care. Congrats to all winners – prize or not, 30 or not! Looking forward to 2014: revising stories, nurturing ideas, and PiBoIdMo 2014.
By Lori Dubbin on December 22, 2013 at 11:08 am
Thank you Tara for such a wonderful, inspiring month. Congratulations to all the winners. I’m so excited to have won Laurie Keller’s prize. I can’t wait to read ARNIE THE DOUGHNUT.
By Margaret Greanias on December 22, 2013 at 3:37 pm
Thanks so much Tara for your tireless and selfless efforts and to all the contributors, awesome effort.
By Julie Grasso on December 22, 2013 at 4:01 pm
Love the new banner!
By Dawnyelle on December 22, 2013 at 4:12 pm
Thanks again Tara! This challenge has been awesome!!
By Jill Siegel on December 22, 2013 at 4:38 pm
Hi Tara,
Congratulations on having your blog named one of the Top Ten Blogs for Writers for 2013. This is indeed an honor since according to Mary Jaksch, the chief editor at Write to one, the sponsor of the contest, over 1,100 writers nominated their favorite blogs.
By Barbara McDowell Whitt on December 22, 2013 at 6:09 pm
Amazement, appreciation and feelings gratitude have I for the opportunity to participate in the 5th Annual PiBoIdMo. Sending a gigantic hug for you Tara.
By Prairie Garden Girl on December 22, 2013 at 10:45 pm
Congrats to all the lucky winners 🙂 How exciting!
By writersideup on December 22, 2013 at 11:15 pm
Thanks, Tara, and all the people who donated prizes. It’s exciting to win a critique from Kami!
By Melanie Ellsworth on December 23, 2013 at 7:20 am
YAY! I won! WOO!!! Thank you!!!
By thiskidreviewsbooks on December 23, 2013 at 7:22 am
Congratulations to all! Thanks again, Tara, for all you’ve done!
By Pat Haapaniemi on December 23, 2013 at 8:40 am
Many thanks to all the participants who make this a community to covet and the event a highlight of my year. Thanks again, Tara, for this most spectacular Christmas gift, my notebook of ideas. Best to you and your writing ventures in the new year.
By Joanne Roberts on December 23, 2013 at 9:11 am
Congrats to those lucky winners! Thanks again, Tara, for all of your hard work!
By LovableLobo on December 23, 2013 at 1:42 pm
Congrats to all you winners! It sure was fun!!
By Tracy Molitors on December 27, 2013 at 5:37 pm