April Contests & Hunt Winners

Thank you all for such an amazing Scavenger Hunt!
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I personally got nearly a thousand tweets in the last three days from people trying to win an advanced reading copy of TIGER'S DESTINY. That's some pretty awesome tiger love my friends. Between me and the other 59 authors we received thousands of contest entries. There were over 50,000 page views on the YA Scavenger Hunt webpage and more than 2,000 tweets were sent out from the hunt website in just 72 hours! Between 1300-1400 entries were made for each team contest. Our top entries were from the US; followed by: Canada, UK, Australia, Germany, Philippines, New Zealand, France, Sweden, and India. The top referring sites were: Twitter, Facebook, Colleen's website, & GoodReads and over a hundred people Googled the YA Scavenger Hunt and came to us that way. And now for the important stuff...the winners!

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YA Scavenger Hunt Winners!




YELLOW TEAM WINNING PHRASE

W H O   W I L L   W I N   A   H U G E   P R I Z E?

YELLOW TEAM WINNER

Alan Thompson

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RED TEAM WINNING PHRASE

S C A V E N G E R   H U N T S   A R E   F U N

RED TEAM WINNER

Tierra Gaillard

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BLUE TEAM WINNING PHRASE

Y A   B O O K S   A R E   G R E A T   R E A D S

 

BLUE TEAM WINNER

 

Jay Uppal

 

Congratulations to all of our Scavenger Hunt Winners!

 

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(My personal contests)






Bracelets:


 
 
Haylee Nielson

R (email is rurusemail)

Fabiana Jadao

Mia MacNeill

Stephanie Miller
 








Books:


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 Carla Delgado

Christina Bodden

Haylee Nicholes

Melissa Marie

Tal Rejwan
 










Tiger Prize Pack:


Including the concept art movie poster...
 
 
Sherry 'Tyler' Knack
 










Tiger's Destiny ARC:


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Sheena Voj


(12 people tweeted over 10 times. 4 tweeted over 100 times! That's stamina.)
 
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MARCH CONTEST WINNERS
 
 




WINNER #1:  My Dream Movie Cast




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Christina Anguizola whose dream movie cast names were:
 
Kelsey: Shay Mitchell

Ren: Shahid Kapoor

Kishan: Ranveer Singh

Mr. Kadam: Michael Gambon

Nilima: Genelia D'Souza

Durga: Katrina Kaif

Phet: None listed



 
As a fun little bit, I promised to share the popular vote for our beloved characters!

I was surprised that we had two characters with tied votes.

You got to vote, but I got to pick the pictures.



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Kelsey: Emma Roberts and Emma Watson

Ren: Shahid Kapoor (won by a landslide)

Kishan: Ranveer Singh

Mr. Kadam: Amitabh Bachchan

(who also got a lot of votes to be Phet and if I had remembered Lokesh, I bet he would have gotten votes there too--versatile man!)

Nilima: Aishwayra Rai

Durga: Katrina Kaif and Madhuri Dixit

Phet: Anupam Kher (out of all the winners, this one surprised me the most)


 
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WINNER #2: Goodreads




 
 
K-lee Walker
 
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Winner #3. Design A Nail Polish




 
 
 
Caroline Cheval who said:

One would be blue like the color of Ren's eyes and I would call it Dying Love for Dirhen. Another would be amber like Kishan's eyes and I would be somthing like Kishan's Kiss. Also maybe a peach one for Kelsey because Ren says she smells like peaches, and they could all be tied together with a ribbon that Kelsey likes to put in her hair.

Honorable mention:



I hope you know that we read all the comments! (Ahem, not always in a timely manner...)

My favorite was Ashean's - and yes, with different color of nail polish, it is possible to do a gradient design like this one.

I love it! And maybe I'll have to try it sometime.

Nail polish... I don't wear nail polish a whole lot so this is difficult.

 

I don't know what is possible with nail polish, but I have been thinking of like a war between either blue and gold or black and white with like a pale pink fragmenting between...then again that sounds more like a painting then nail polish.

 

A pale pink that darkens to a deep red maybe almost like black then to like a shade of pink thats is completely different. Maybe call it shades of love, I am not sure. But to me it would kind of symbolize Kelsey's feelings, her first love(Ren), which deepens(also Ren), and is nearly killed but turns into something else(Kishan).

 

I hope that makes some sense at least.

Congratulations, winners!! If I have not contacted you yet, please email me (Suki) at contests@colleenhouck.com.





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APRIL CONTESTS
 
 
CONTEST 1: "Why I Love the Tiger Saga" Vlog




 



What is a vlog? A vlog is a video blog. You tape yourself talking about why you love the Tiger Saga and upload the video somewhere (YouTube is one of the most popular places) and submit that link to me via the Rafflecopter entry down below. Your vlog can be as elaborate or simple as you want. The only rule is that the topic be why you love the Tiger Saga.



Who can enter? Anybody! There is no age or country limit to enter. The only thing I ask is that if you are under 18 years old, your parents or legal guardian know that you are entering contests.



What prize is up for grabs? A gift card to Barnes & Noble. The winner will be chosen randomly. Oh wait, what's that? We're going to have TWO winners!




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CONTEST 2: Oldest & Youngest Fan




 




What is this about? We thought it'd be super fun to see the wide range of ages of Colleen's fans. All you have to do is enter your name and your birth date in the Rafflecopter entry below. I'm going to take a guess though and say that if you are between the ages of 12 and 40, the chances of you winning aren't very high. ;-)



What prize is up for grabs? Each winner will have their choice of a signed copy of Tiger's Curse, Tiger's Quest, or Tiger's Voyage, or an audiobook of the same. The winners will be chosen by being the oldest or youngest.



Contact Suki Lotti at contests@colleenhouck.com for any questions about contests. But, as some people have figured out, I'm quicker at responding to messages/posts on Facebook or even Goodreads!



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ROMANTIC TIMES CONVENTION!
Don't forget to come and see me if you live in the Chicago area. I'll be at the Romantic Times Convention next week. Very excited about the conference because not only will I get to hang out with many of my fans, and catch up with my author buds, but I'm also bringing my mom and three sisters for a girls only vacation. For info on the conference check out my events and news tab on my website or go to the RT Convention website! Here's a picture of me with Michelle Jaffe from last year's convention.



 



Will pick up with Bollywood Boy of the Month a bit later. I just wanted to get contest info out asap. Happy April Fools! That reminds me.



I am going to tell you three things about TIGER'S DESTINY. Two of them are false and one of them is true. YOU decide which is the April Fool's truth.

Comment below and tell me which one you think is the truth. I'll be picking a random (not someone who necessarily got the answer correct) commenter to win a signed bookmark.

 

 
A) They will face zombies.
 
B) Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan will have a problem with  fire ants.



C) The tiger team will be traveling on a bullet train.
 

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Have a happy couple weeks. It's unlikely I'll blog again until after the convention!



Love ya!



Colleen