Can you believe it? I finally have the opportunity to announce and congratulate all the daily Storystorm winners! And I could not have done it without the assistance of Urania Smith from KidLitNation.com. So please check her out!
Now, it’s time for my favorite GIF!
No, wait. I think this is my fave…
And away we go!
Storystorm 2019 Winners
Day 1: Cathy Breisacher
Winner: Jennifer Phillips
Winner: Elizabeth Saba
Day 3: Tammi Sauer
Winner: Nancy Kotkin
Winner: Jen Bagan
Day 5: Mike Allegra
Winner: Nancy Rimar
Winner: Gretchen Brandenburg McLellan
Day 7: Jen Betton
Winner: Kellie Nissen
Day 9: Nancy Churnin
Winner: Marty Lapointe Malchik
Winner: Kelly Conroy
Day 11: Shutta Crum
Winner: Carlie Cornell
Winner: Aileen Stewart
Day 13: Ashley Franklin
Winner: Becky Hamilton
Winner:Tina Cho
Day 15: Andria W. Rosenbaum
Winner: Janie Reinart
Day 17: Nina Victor Crittenden
Winner: Carole Calladine
Winner: Kim Pfennigwerth
Day 19: Trisha Speed Shaskan and Stephen Shaskan
Winner: Kim Pfennigwerth
Winner: Marsha Elyn Wright
Day 21: Chana Stiefel
Winner: Johnell DeWitt
Day 23: Julie Segal Walters
Winner: Supermario6 (Dayann9)
Day 25: Alli Brydon
Winner: Katie B
Day 27: Juliet Clare Bell
Winner: Heather Stigall
Day 29: Diana Murray
Winner: Jen Fier Jasinksi
Day 30: Linsay Bonilla
Winner: Laurie Bouck
Winner: Katy Tanis
Five Winners from the Posts of Storystorm Past:
(You will receive books, glorious books, from Tundra and other publishers.)
Tanya Konerman
Janet Al Junaidi
Genevieve Petrillo
Natalie Lynn Tanner
Debra K Shumaker
Post-Storystorm: Laurie Keller
Winner: Donna Marie (Writersideup)
Congratulations! You’re all winners! (But sorry, no chicken dinners to give away.)
I will be emailing you over the next week to arrange delivery of your prizes!
And that officially concludes Storystorm 2019. I hope you’re still brainstorming ideas, though! You can always come back here to taralazar.com to read the posts and get a little extra oomph for your imagination.
See you back here for Storystorm 2020!
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March 22, 2019 at 10:39 am
David McMullin
Thank you, Tara for another wonderful year! Congratulations to the winners!
March 22, 2019 at 10:39 am
Penny Parker Klostermann
Congrats to all the winners and a HUGE amount of thanks to you, Tara! You’re the best!
And I would gladly buy you a chicken dinner…if only I lived closer!!!
March 22, 2019 at 10:41 am
Kim Pfennigwerth
Congratulations Everyone! So exciting! Thank you Tara – looking forward to one of Nina’s books.
March 22, 2019 at 10:42 am
Danielle Dufayet
Congrats to all the winners! Thank you, Tara, for all that you do! I wish you a ton more success! xoxo
March 22, 2019 at 10:44 am
mariaordish
Congrats to all the winners! Another great year! Thanks a million, Tara!
March 22, 2019 at 10:47 am
Debra Kempf Shumaker
I won, I won, I won! 🙂
But seriously, keeping my brain open for ideas is really the reason we all do Storystorm, Tara. Thank you again for a wonderful month of posts from so many people in the KidLit community. Their inspiration is so important to me.
March 22, 2019 at 10:53 am
Janet Parkinson Bryce
CONGRATULATIONS!! to all the winners.
This was my first Storystorm, and I enjoyed it so much!! Getting inspiration from so many. Thanks Tara
March 22, 2019 at 10:56 am
donnacangelosi
Congrats to all the winners! Thanks so much, Tara!
March 22, 2019 at 10:57 am
tiffanydickinson
Congratulations, Winners! Thank you, Tara, for offering Storystorm! Happy writing.
March 22, 2019 at 10:58 am
Becky Hamilton
13! Unlucky for some but obvs not me. So happy. This is the second lovely thing to happen to me today. Thank you Tara and Ashley and everyone else.
March 22, 2019 at 11:01 am
Deb Beauchamp
Thank you Tara! I always look forward to Storystorm! It’s a great way to start the year out right.
March 22, 2019 at 11:05 am
Genevieve Petrillo
Woot! Chicken dinners are overrated and done to death. Thanks, Tara. Congratulations to all the winners.
March 22, 2019 at 11:08 am
Lisa Riddiough
Thank you for everything, Tara! I am flooded with ideas, and it feels great. You are the best!!!
March 22, 2019 at 11:10 am
Stephen S. Martin
Congratulations to All ! Now everyone – Write write write revise revise revise submit submit submit!
March 22, 2019 at 11:19 am
Michele Katz Grieder
Congratulations to the prize winners, and everybody who completed the challenge!! And big thank you to Tara and all of the contributors!
March 22, 2019 at 11:22 am
mona861
Congratulations to all!!!
March 22, 2019 at 11:28 am
Dee Knabb
Fantastic! Kudos to all the prize winners and congrats to everyone who piled up new story ideas! Thank you guests who posted. A huge thanks to Tara for another Storystorm!!!!
March 22, 2019 at 11:39 am
Matt Forrest Esenwine
Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part – and thank you, Tara! One of my ideas has been picked up as a board book, and another one is likely to be picked up as a PB, so thank you for the inspiration!
March 22, 2019 at 11:53 am
Noelle McBride
Congrats to everyone! And thank you again, Tara for all that you do! This is my favorite weather phenomenon of the year!
March 22, 2019 at 11:54 am
Joan Longstaff
Congratulations to everyone! Even though I wasn’t on “the list” I still feel like a winner as I’ve written up three stories from the ideas that came to me during Storystorm! And there’s more to come!
March 22, 2019 at 11:57 am
Christine Pinto
Thanks, Tara for another great year of pushing me to inspiration!
March 22, 2019 at 12:09 pm
Sheri Radovich
Congratulations and Kim Pfenningwerth was extra lucky.
March 22, 2019 at 12:09 pm
seschipper
One of my favorite quotes is “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened” Dr. Seuss
Thank you Tara, for all you do! We are all winners for having this great experience!! Looking forwwrd to Story Storm 2020! 🙂
March 22, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Jolene Ballard Gutiérrez
Congratulations to everyone who won this year, but honestly, we all won! Pushing ourselves and generating new ideas is always good for us. ❤ Guest bloggers, thank you for your inspiring words, and Tara, thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity and for all of the work you do to make this happen for us!!
March 22, 2019 at 12:13 pm
C.L. Murphy
Congrats to the winners! Thank you, Tara, and contributors, for another month of inspiring words!
March 22, 2019 at 12:20 pm
Jenny Boyd
Congratulations, everyone! Enjoy your new books, swag, and goodies!
March 22, 2019 at 12:22 pm
Jenny Boyd
Congratulations, everyone! Enjoy your new books, swag, and goodies.
March 22, 2019 at 12:32 pm
LeeAnn Rizzuti
You have to admit, this event leaves everyone a winner when you think about all the great story ideas that were generated, especially those that will become full-blown books someday. So congratulations, everyone!!!
March 22, 2019 at 12:36 pm
Heather Stigall
Thank you Tara for another fantastic year of StoryStorm, and Juliet Clare Bell for a very generous prize! I never go into this expecting to “win” anything EXCEPT to come out of the month with at least 30 new PB ideas, but the prizes are a wonderful bonus.
March 22, 2019 at 12:42 pm
Nancy Colle
Hooray! A big congrats to one and all!!!
March 22, 2019 at 1:26 pm
Jen Bagan
What a wonderful surprise! Thanks so much for another great StoryStorm, Tara!
March 22, 2019 at 1:36 pm
chardixon47
Congratulations everyone 🙂
March 22, 2019 at 2:16 pm
Krista Harrington
Tara, you’re an inspiration. Thanks for all the work you do for us!
March 22, 2019 at 2:45 pm
Emmie R Werner
CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners……………you got me started this year, so I am a winner toooooo.! THANK YOU!
March 22, 2019 at 3:23 pm
Judy Sobanski
Thank you, Tara! StoryStorm is the greatest! Congratulations to all the winners! 🙂
March 22, 2019 at 3:25 pm
Angie
Thanks for another great year, Tara! Congratulations, winners!!!
March 22, 2019 at 3:33 pm
Kelly Conroy
Very exciting! Thank you, Tara!! What an amazing event you’ve created!
March 22, 2019 at 4:20 pm
Alice Fulgione
Congratulations to all winners! Thank you, Tara, for Storystorm!
March 22, 2019 at 4:54 pm
Linda Mitchell
Really loved Storystorm this year. Thank you for your dedication and hard work.
March 22, 2019 at 4:59 pm
mirka
Thats so amazing! Congrats to all the winners. Tara, thank you from the bottom of my heart for storystorm.
March 22, 2019 at 5:15 pm
ptnozell
We are all winners with StoryStorm, thanks to all of your amazing work on this terrific month of idea generation, Tara. Congratulations to all of those who won additional prizes!
March 22, 2019 at 5:49 pm
Rebecca Guzinski
Congratulations everyone! Thank you Tara for making this rewarding
for all involved in the creative process!
March 22, 2019 at 6:10 pm
Nancy Riley
Thank you for all the fun and great ideas! We are all winners because of your hard work! Congratulations to all the winners!
March 22, 2019 at 6:21 pm
Bronte
Thank you, Tara, for your time and energy and for all the inspiration. Very grateful for you!
March 22, 2019 at 7:07 pm
Kellie
Thank you so much Tara. Storystorm was honestly one of the best things I have ever done (and I’m SO in for next year!!). Winning a prize was an unexpected bonus. YAY!!!
March 22, 2019 at 7:17 pm
Carole Calladine
Thank you so much for StoryStorm, Tara. I’m working on three new ideas currently as a result. Winning a prize just adds sparkle to a winning month for all of us.
March 22, 2019 at 7:26 pm
tinamcho
Thank you, Tara, for another year of Story Storm! Congrats all!
March 22, 2019 at 9:10 pm
writersideup
Congrats to ALL the winners! And I can’t believe I’m one lol I got to the end of the 30 days and didn’t know there was more! lol THANK you, Tara and Laurie 😀 I ❤ ❤ ❤ POTATO PANTS!
March 23, 2019 at 3:11 am
Diane Tulloch
Congrats to the winners. Thanks Tara.
March 23, 2019 at 5:43 am
saputnam
Congratulations to all the winners! Tara, thank you for all the work that you did in making Storystorm another amazing year! I will definitely be back in 2020!!
March 23, 2019 at 9:23 am
William Ferguson
Thank you so much, Tara! You keep my mind in working mode! Congratulations to all the winners of swag, although I feel as if I’ve won a gift beyond measure. I get to see new stories, ideas and mentor texts. I am given new ways to think about writing. You are amazing. Thank you. Nancy Ferguson ( on google William Ferguson because I don’t know how to change it!)
March 23, 2019 at 10:39 am
Laurie Bouck
Oh I’m so excited! Thank you so much, Tara, for another great year! And congrats to all the other winners.
March 23, 2019 at 1:14 pm
Chelle Martin
Congratulations to all of the winners. It was fun. Thanks, Tara.
March 23, 2019 at 4:11 pm
Le Anne Brown
It was the best StoryStorm ever! 🙂
March 23, 2019 at 9:34 pm
Natalie Lynn Tanner
TARA!!!!: OH, I AM SO EXCITED!!! THANK YOU, TUNDRA, AND ALL THE OTHER PUBLISHERS!!! WHAT A THRILL!!! IT FEELS LIKE CHRISTMAS AND MY B-DAY ALL ROLLED UP INTO ONE GLORIOUS SURPRISE!!! THANK YOU!!!
March 24, 2019 at 1:29 pm
Cathy Ogren
Congrats to all the winners! And a special THANK YOU to you, Tara! You are amazing!
March 25, 2019 at 12:07 pm
Darcee Freier
Tara, thank you so much for your work! Storystorm gives me inspiration and ideas that keep me writing all year!
Congratulations to all you winners!
March 30, 2019 at 12:23 pm
jeanjames926
Tara thanks for all you do! Congratulations to all the winners!
March 31, 2019 at 10:41 am
authoraileenstewart
Thanks so much Tara. I ended up with two first drafts already and I can’t wait for my prize 💖
April 10, 2019 at 4:46 am
Maria Marshall
Congrats to everyone! Nice to see so many friends on the list.
April 17, 2019 at 8:48 pm
Jen Bagan
Hi Tara! I’m so thrilled to have won the challenge on Tammi Sauer’s day! I’m just following up because I haven’t heard anything and want to make sure I didn’t miss an email. Not trying to bug you – just excited for some inspiration! 🙂 Thanks so much! Jen Bagan
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