Congrats to our Brigaders - #winners & #finalists

It's been a good show for Brigade members in contests this year. So with huge thanks to Lea Kirk who compiled the details, here's a comprehensive lists of our latest winners and finalists. To the winners, congrats! To the finalists, congrats and good luck in the finals!


The Maggie

*Janet Halpin Finalist in Paranormal

The Molly

* Kathrine Matzen Finalist in Para/TT/Futuristic

Pages From the Heart

* Colleen Myers Finalist in Published Paranormal

* Lea Kirk Finalist, 2 entries in Unpublished Paranormal

LERA's Rebecca Contest

* Pippa Jay & Lea Kirk Finalists Paranormal/Speculative/Urban Fantasy Romance (announced 9/1)

LoneStar

* Rosalie Redd, Finalist Paranormal. Results not up yet. (announced 9/2)

Indiana Golden Opportunity

* Janet Halpin Finalist in YA. Results not up yet. (announced 9/3)

PRISM (ended)

* Anna Hackett co-Winner with Cheryl Brooks in Futuristic

* Nina Croft 3rd place Futuristic

* Misa Buckley Winner in Novella

On the Far Side (ended)

* Janet Halpin won first in Romantic Elements, and first in TT/Steampunk with Paranormal Elements.

* Lea Kirk 2nd place Romantic Elements

* Evelyn Berry 3rd place in Hard SF/SF/Futuristic

* Rosalie Redd 2nd place in Dark/Light/General Paranormal. (aliens on Earth.)

Starry Nights Winners Announcement

So the Starry Nights blog hop is over, and I hope you all had fun. Firstly a huge, huge thank you to all the participants, especially to those who donated to the grand prizes - how awesome were they?! I hope you all had fun and found it a worthwhile event. Also a big thank you to everyone who visited and entered the rafflecopter - I hope you found some new books for your TBR pile with all the awesome snippets on offer. But now, the important part. Our grand prize winners were...*drum roll*...

1st - Meri Bee

2nd Sierra McBride

3rd Alan Saxon, Melissa Weeks, Blair Smyth

Huge congrats to the winners, and we hope you enjoy your prizes.

We'll be back to do it all again next year!

The SFR Brigade's 2nd Midsummer Blog Hop - Winners!

The SFR Brigade's 2nd Midsummer blog hop is over! First, a huge, huge thank you to all the Brigaders who took part in hosting, and especially to those who donated to the prize fund - this event couldn't have happened without you. And a big thank you to all the visitors who stopped by, left comments, entered the rafflecopter and shared the news.

So, to the winners. *drum roll*

First prize of a $150 gift card and a 30+ ebook bundle - Debra Guyette 

Second prize of a $50 gift card - Lucinda Copeland  

The four third prize winners of a $25 gift card - Jbst, Ashley Tucker Ashfa Anwer and Corrine Alexander ­

Congrats to the winners!  

Individual prizes offered will be announced on the blogs responsible for offering them. Thank you for making the blog hop such a wonderful event. See you next year!

RWA FFP 2010 On The Far Side

The contest results for the RWA FFP Chapter On the Far Side contest are now up...and if you look closely, we have 2 Brigaders who've placed in the HSF/SF/F section!

Hard SF/SF/F: Danielle Rose Poiesz, Editor, Penguin
1st: Jennifer Hart - "Stellar Timing"
2nd: Elizabeth Struble - "StarWay to Paradise"
3rd: Laurie Green - "The Outer Planets"

Well done, Jennifer & Laurie!!!

To see the full results, use this link.

We Have a Buffy Winner!!!!

This came in too late to make that latest Hailing on All Frequency list, but I wanted to get the word out asap. 

Donna S. Frelick WON the TARA Contest Paranormal category with her SFR manuscript, Unchained Memory!!!

*Presents Donna with a shiny new Buffy Award*

Congratulations many times over on an impressive win, Donna!  Woohoo!

FORBIDDEN LOVE Book Launch Party Winners Announced!

As promised here are the Forbidden Love Book Launch Party winners!! I delayed the announcement because of our wonderful Publishers Showcase that took place all last week. 

So here we go now!

Those who left a comment were eligible for download copies of Forbidden Love, a surprise giveaway from my Star Trek collection, and the bonus book by Orson Scott Card, How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy.

The randomly drawn winners are:

1. Arlene Webb

2. Melisse Aires

3. laughingwolf 

Please email me to see what prize you’ve won and to claim it!

kayemanro(@)yahoo(.)com

I had such a great time at my launch party here on the Brigade! Thanks to everyone who stopped by and commented. Remember the Forbidden Love Blog Tour is still in progress. Anyone who comments on any of my tour stops will be in the running for prizes.

Visit my Website for the Blog Tour list and my Blog for everyday updates on the tour and Forbidden Love news.

Kaye

And the Winners Are...

Randomizer Says:
Job Status:
Research Randomizer Results

1 Set of 3 Unique Numbers Per Set
Range: From 1 to 37 -- Unsorted
Set #1:
37, 32, 12

And what does THAT mean?

To be fair to all parties, we let Randomizer pick the winners from the 37 comments on Linnea Sinclair's interview.  Here are the winners of Linnea Sinclair's books (or if you're at a foreign address you'll get a PDF version). If you already own the book, you can also choose an item from the Intergalactic Bar & Grille store.

In alphabetical and numberical order:

GAMES OF COMMAND goes to comment 12
[who was Linnea Sinclair, so the next commenter was] Kaye Manro

REBELS AND LOVERS goes to comment 32 - Liana Brooks

SHADES OF DARK goes to comment 37 - s7anna

Congrats all, and thanks for tuning in for the interview.  Please email me with your address asap so I can coordinate getting your prizes to you with Linnea Sinclair.

Send to: Lgreen2162 [at] AOL [dot] com (in the usual email format).

Thanks again to Linnea for sharing her insights and offering all these fabulous prizes!