A Garden of Verse: Contest Winners!

May I just say again how much I loved these contest entries? Forget Augustus, the Pink Carnation should have put all of you on the payroll. In fact, I loved them so much that, as Queen of this site, I arrived at an arbitrary decision: everyone who entered deserves a prize. Unfortunately, I don’t have…

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On Contest Etiquette

It seems a bit late to change the rules for this contest, but, in the future, we’ll be adhering to a strict “if you vote, you must vote for three items” rule. The reason for this? To try to make sure that those who vote look at all the entries and give everyone a fair…

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Contest #2: The Poems!

Huge thanks to everyone who rushed to Augustus’ assistance in crafting a verse or two! Gentle reader, you have a veritable garden of verse awaiting you, ranging from odes to limericks to haiku (in Japanese! sadly, I couldn’t get the kanji into the post, so we have it in translation). As you can imagine, Augustus…

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Garden Intrigue Contest #2: Poetry!

Tragedy! In the midst of his latest ode, Augustus Whittlesby has broken his quill. For some strange reason, no one appears willing to lend him another. Will you help a pen-less poet? Your task, should you choose to accept it, is this: write a few lines of verse for Augustus. Your verses can be on…

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Another Winner!

Since our judge-winner, Donna, has access to an ARC by other means, she has very generously offered to put her ARC back into the pot (so to speak). Thanks to Donna’s kindness, I’ll be drawing another winner from the list of judges at some point tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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And the winner is….

Thanks so much to everyone who contributed her talent and ingenuity to the Garden Intrigue Pink for Pink Project! Often, in these contests, I’ve noticed that a clear winner emerges early on. In this case, the voting was all over the map– which, I think, speaks to the excellence of all the designs contributed. There…

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Intrigue by Design: the Contest Entries!

The entries are in! I am blown away by all the creativity and talent exhibited here. There is quite a range of Garden Intrigue products from which to choose, from flip flips to iPhone covers to multi-purpose designs for use on a wide range of items. Thanks so much to everyone who entered! Here’s the…

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GARDEN INTRIGUE Contest

Only two more days to submit your entries to win an advance copy of The Garden Intrigue! You can find the rules here.

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Garden Intrigue: ARC Contest

Thanks so much to everyone for all the Garden Intrigue contest ideas! I only wish I had more ARCs to give away, now that I have so many creative ways to do it. We will quite definitely be having a second contest in which there will be poetry involved. (Given Augustus, how could there not…

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