October Contest Info

 

 

Hello everybody! My name is Suki. I manage contests and prizes for Colleen. I know so many of you have been able to meet Colleen throughout her book tour. She has stayed so busy so we decided that I would get the contest information posted. Below I announce the winners from our September contest. You can also find the information for our two October contests.

September Winners!!










We gave you a paragraph from Tiger's Destiny and you wrote the next part.



Original paragraph:

When I crawled into the tent to join Ren and Kishan, they abruptly stopped talking.

"Keeping secrets, huh?" I teased. "I don't want to know anyway. I only wanted to tell you that the trees are all asleep. I think it's just a light's out kind of thing."

Most Surprising: Dallas H (This reads so much like Colleen!!)

They looked at me, confusion on their faces. I nodded.

"Yeah, you know the trees that are right outside the tent door that were throwing apples at us just minutes ago? Kind of like a creepy version of Wizard of Oz. Except instead of a lion and a scarecrow, I have a two tigers." I giggled, my head feeling lighter the more I spoke. But for some reason, I couldn't stop talking. I kept going on and on about the strangest things; books I'd read, movies I'd seen, anything that had anything to do with trees, it spilled out of my mouth.

Kishan's and Rebn's expressions went from confusion to worry, both coming to the realization that something was seriously wrong with me. I'd become hysterical by that point. I talked so much that I couldn't breathe. Kishan and Ren finally realized this fact and quickly scrambled over to me, just in time for the world around me to go black.

Most Funny: Laika V.

"I'll tell you anything you want to know my priya" smiled Ren reassuringly. I always knew I could trust that smile, and I never doubted him for a second that he would tell me the truth no matter what.

"Speaking about the truth," Kishan speaks abruptly before I could even respond. "Why don't you tell us that story about the time you were held in captivity at the zoo, Kelsey tells me this one's an interesting one."

Ren looked at me in surprise, then snapped out of it once he realized that Kishan was looking at hime with a mocking grin on his face. I remembered the time Ren told me he was in captivity while the zoo keepers kept trying to make him breed with a female. He looked at me for a brief second before I hid under my covers to hide my giggles as I drifted to sleep with soft Indian arguing in the background.

Randomly chosen: Jillian O.

Kishan changed into his normal jet black tiger self and fell asleep in a spot near where I was going to sleep. Ren abruptly stood up and walked outside, I followed.

"What do you want Kells?" His voice sounded harsh.

"I came to see if you were okay. Are you?"

"What does it look like Kelsey?" His words were harsh. "I have tried so hard to just leave you and him alone, but you just keep on opening my world back up to you."

"Look Superman I chose Kishan and I plan on honoring that!" I said that a little too loud.

"I love you Kelsey." He moved closer.

"No. No you don't. You just think you do." I tried to back up, but hit my back on a nearby tree.

"Let me show you." He kissed me. At first it was a slow tingling moving up my spine, and soon it was full of his passion and I gave him all he had just given me in return. His hands moved up and down my back, and I played with the hair at the nape of his neck.

"I told you I love you." He said.

Softly I whispered, "I love you too, Ren."

I looked up and his cobalt eyes shone with joy, and he kissed me again. He pulled away when we both heard a rustling from inside the tent. Kishan had emerged, in his human form, a tear was running down his cheek. He changed back into his tiger form and ran off into the nearby forest.

OCTOBER CONTESTS
Contest 1: Tiger's Destiny Trailer


You might have seen that we're running a very special and very big deal contest right now. We are giving fans an opportunity to create a book trailer for Tiger's Destiny. We are extending this out another month since most people didn't read the book until last month when it was published.

THE RULES


1) Your book trailer has to be one minute in length or less.

2) There can't be any copyrighted material used. This means that any music or images that you use cannot be covered under copyright protection.



Submit your videos by the end of October!!



Colleen will choose the top five book trailers and upload them to YouTube. Voting will be open for the month of November--you vote by liking your favorite book trailer on YouTube.

THE REWARD




In Colleen's own words:

The winner of the TIGER'S DESTINY book trailer contest will not only receive an Ultimate Tiger Fan Prize Pack which includes the collector's edition boxed set, the exclusive edition of Tiger's Voyage, a giant stuffed white tiger to cuddle with, a concept art movie poster for Tiger's Curse The Movie, and all the audiobooks, BUT I will also fly to the winner's hometown, do a book event at their local bookstore or school, and take that person and a friend or family member out to a fancy restaurant where I will answer any and every question they want to ask.



NOTE: Before you ask, international fans may participate in the contest but be aware that the prize, though still fabulous, might not be exactly the same. 

HOW TO SUBMIT

FIRST STEP--COMPRESS YOUR TRAILER: You might want to compress your video before you submit it. For help, go to Vimeo Help for instructions on how to do that.

SECOND STEP--UPLOAD YOUR TRAILER:  Go to tigerscurse.wetransfer.com to upload your video. Include your full name and best contact info in the message section.

Contest 2: Favorite Vacation Destination






Answer me this: If you could go anywhere on a vacation, where would you go and what would you do? I dream of being able to visit other countries but right now I would settle for taking our 3-day vacation to Kentucky to celebrate our 5-year wedding anniversary that happened 5 months ago. :) Enter via the Rafflecopter and tell us where you would go!

Any questions can come to me at contests@colleenhouck.com. Good luck! Colleen will be back soon with an awesome update on how her Tiger's Destiny book tour went.