It’s here, it’s here – The Great YA Bake Sale of 2010!
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Get your napkins and cups of coffee and glasses of milk ready, because the sweetest contest of the year has begun! The whole thing started when I realized that YA authors seem to have one big thing in common – an obsession with sweets and baking.
That gave me an idea. I started calling (well – okay, emailing) around and ended up with more than a dozen kind, sugar-loving authors on board to bring you one amazing contest.
Here’s the deal:
To enter, simply leave a thoughtful comment on an author’s Bake Sale blog post, or tweet about the contest with the hashtag #YABakeSale10. Voila! You’re entered.
When you enter, you become eligible to win any one of the Personal Prize Packs (i.e. a comment on Saundra Mitchell’s blog may net you the Cyn Balog prize pack. You’re entering the whole contest, not just that particular author’s part of it.) You also become eligible to win the humongonormous Grand Prize Basket.
What’s in the Grand Prize Basket?
Each author has hand-written two copies of a favorite sweet-treat recipe. One copy has gone into a beautiful recipe book that is part of the Grand Prize Basket. In addition to the (hand-written! Did I mention that?) recipe collection, the Grand Prize winner will receive:
A signed copy of Cyn Balog’s SLEEPLESS
Bookmarks for KAT, INCORRIGIBLE by Stephanie Burgis
A glass Cinderella slipper and THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY bookmark from Kay Cassidy
A signed copy of GIVE UP THE GHOST by Megan Crewe
Signed bookmarks for THE CRESCENT and HALF MOON, pencils, and a crescent moon and crystal-studded star necklace from Jordan Deen
A signed copy of 13 TO LIFE, a chap book of the prologue and first chapter of SECRETS AND SHADOWS from Shannon Delaney
A signed copy of THE BODY FINDER, a THE BODY FINDER tote bag, sticker and bookmarks from Kimberley Derting
An EVERLASTING-themed notebook, bookmark and pin from Angela Frazier
A signed copy of CLAIRE DE LUNE, signed stickers and a silver, moon-themed bookmark from Christine Johnson
A signed copy of SHADOWED SUMMER, matching chocolate candies, Twilight-themed heart candies, bookmarks and THE VESPERTINE dance card from Saundra Mitchell
A signed copy of THE PACE, by Shelena Shorts, along with bookmarks and THE PACE pencils
A signed hard-cover of SHADE and a Keeley Brothers pin from Jeri-Smith Ready
A signed copy of PERSONAL DEMONS, a PERSONAL DEMONS tank top, temporary tattoos, and bookmarks from Lisa Desrochers
. . . AND MORE!!! All for ONE LUCKY WINNER!
But that’s not all!
Each author has one other handwritten recipe that will be part of each author’s own Personal Prize Pack.
The prize packs include:
Cyn Balog – Signed copy of SLEEPLESS and a handwritten recipe for Coconut Bread.
Stephanie Burgis – UK paperback copy of A MOST IMPROPER MAGICK and a hand written recipe for Apple Muffins
Kay Cassidy – Hand-written recipe, Cinderella glass slipper and a THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY bookmark
Megan Crewe – Hand-written recipe and signed copy of GIVE UP THE GHOST
Shannon Delaney – Hand-written recipe and signed copy of 13 TO LIFE
Jordan Deen – Basket with Pampered Chef baking gear, copy of the cookbook WHAT’S UP, CUPCAKE? and a recipe for Orange Pineapple Cake
Kimberley Derting – Signed copy of The Body Finder, stickers, a totebag, bookmarks and a recipe for Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
Lisa Desrochers – A copy of PERSONAL DEMONS, a PERSONAL DEMONS tank top, temporary tattoos, bookmarks and a recipe for Sunday Coffee Cupcakes
Angie Frazier – A signed hard-cover copy of EVERLASTING, bookmark, and a recipe for Butter Rum Cupcakes with Coconut Buttercream Frosting
Judith Graves – Copy of UNDER MY SKIN, a character card, and a recipe for Dead Lady Fingers
Christine Johnson – A signed hard-cover copy of CLAIRE DE LUNE, stickers, a silver moon-themed bookmark and a recipe for Chocolate-Chip Butterscotch Blondies
Saundra Mitchell – Recipe and giveaways
Jennifer Murgia – ANGEL STAR swag, Octogram earrings, and a hand-written recipe
Shelena Shorts – Signed copy of THE BROKEN LAKE and bookmarks and a hand-written recipe
Jeri Smith-Ready – SHADE UK paperback edition and a recipe for Scottish Oat Scones
Get ready, get set . . . . enter away! Good luck, everyone.
Fine print: The contest entries must be posted by midnight eastern time on September 20th. This contest is open to the U.S., U.K. and Canada. Questions? Leave them in the comments or email me – christine(at)christinejohnsonbooks.com
What an incredible creative, brilliant, and fun idea. Thanks for hosting this and for organizing it. I am also impressed by the authors who are participating. I knew I loved them for more than just their great books.
Such an amazing idea! I bet everything is yummy.
This is so awesome!
Awesome contest!
I love this idea! May give me some great baking ideas too
Those prizes are amazing!! Thanks for having this.
Aewsome idea! I’ll be looking forward to the posts
I stink at baking… but i like eating sweets and love reading books. =]
What a haul!! But, Come on. No puppy biscuits?
Brilliant idea! What’s better than sitting down to read with some warm baked goodness and a cold glass of milk? I can’t wait to hear more on this!
This is such an adorable idea! Don’t get me wrong, I love the books, but those recipes sound so good! I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. I will definitely post this on my blog to share with others!
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I love this contest, it’s so creative. All this talk about baking is making me crave some sweets..
What a very interesting idea and such a great bunch of authors also!
This is an amazing giveaway! So many fabulous prizes. Please enter me!
Christine – what a fun, awesome idea for a contest…books, swag and Yummies, it’s all just too much!!!
http://twitter.com/roguetribute i tweeted thanks so much for this delicious contest they all sound fantastic a book hot chocolate and recipes from my favourite authours great way to spend the winter too it’s so adorable this is the creme de la creme one of most awesome contests i ever seen amazing authors, great recipes, great giveaways!!
This is an amazing and mouth-watering contest! I had to stop my drooling enough to type this comment.
And what’s so funny is that yes, YA authors and baking sweets is all too common. I’m working on a YA right now and baking is my most favorite thing to do!
this is an amazing contest! I love to bake but I am not very good at it, I can handle brownies and thats about it
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Really cool contest. Thanks!! You can never go wrong with sweets!!
Also tweeted – http://twitter.com/DonnaS1/statuses/23191757779
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What a neat contest! My wife collects recipe books – she would love this. If I won it I would give it to her for her birthday on the 22!
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What a great contest & terrific prizes!
Wow oh my gosh this seems fun and amazing and wow!
sign me up please
and thank you for posting this ^__^ sounds amazing!
Amazing contest! I love baking and reading. Such a perfect match!
This is so awesome! I love to bake and the recipes must be cool! Baking and reading sounds fab!
Not only is this giveaway idea awesome but the prizes totally rock! Way to go on coming up with this!
~Briana
I am WAY excited about this.
YAY Great idea. I can be a total sweets person when I am reading or writing.
Thanks for the fun contest.
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This is so exciting! I’m in the middle of reading Claire de Lune right now and loving it! And I love sweets… so this contest just made my day.
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I like the creativity of this contest!
wow every thing sound so good.
Teri
I was overwhelmed by the prizes, wow. And sweets? My number one weakness! I tend to devour them especially when I’m reading books. Books + Sweets = LIFE!
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Very original contest.
What a fantastic contest! I’m a baker at heart (I dare you to find a better chocolate chip cookie recipe) and books are my life. I read. I write. The day job is just for cash, the rest is passion.
SO excited!
I tweeted the contest.
http://twitter.com/LisaMBasso/statuses/23214669468
Oh how fun! A great YA Bake Sale – I couldn’t have thought of a better idea myself. And that it’s associated with such great prizes – even awesomer!
Yay! im getting hungry just looking at those pink frosted cup cakes! And so many prizes! THe cupcakes were just the icing on the cake! Ha get it… icing on the cake. Those strawberries look delicious! This is an great idea for the authors and the readers who love to sit down with scrumptious sweets while they read their favorite book!
This is such a brilliant idea! I’m salivating just imagining all the yummy treats. I’m sure this contest will be a hit.
This is the most brilliant contest idea ever. Baked goods go SO well with books! (Man, now I feel the urge to make some cupcakes.)
Wow!!! Those pictures are making me really hungry. What a fantastic prize pack!!! I’m so jealous if I don’t win.
If I win.. then I’ll be trying out those recipes NOM. You guys are so clever!
Such a fun contest! All the recipes sound delicious. The cupcake pic is making my mouth water
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This is a great Idea. Someone is a genius to come up with this. I will definetly tell me friends about it. I love baking too, maybe i should bake something..or not!! But I love this idea, i could eat them forever!
#Amazing contest!
This is a FANTASTIC contest! combines two of my favorite things–baking & reading YA! Thanks to everyone who helped make this contest!
most brilliant contest ever!??! seriously
Awesome contest! You guys are so amazing!
I tweeted about it here
I should have had my dinner BEFORE I read this post, OMG everything looks so good (well, I wouldn’t eat the books, I promise!!! but I do love to bake!) Awesome idea!
you guys are the best!! what a fantastic giveaway!
Not only are the books great, but I want that that cookbook! seriously, yummy!
This is an awesome contest!!!
Two of my favorite things together. Books and Baking, I would die a happy girl.
Thank you for this awesome opportunity
This has to be the sweetest (in more ways that one!) idea that I’ve heard in a long time! Fantastic giveaway!
This is such a wonderful idea! Who doesn’t love sweet stuff? I want that cookbook! It is making me hungry, right before I have to go to the grocery store! Please enter me. Thanks so much! You YA ladies are awesome!