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Thursday
Mar042010

The FAT FIB Contest Results!

The winners have been chosen! Thanks to everyone for participating in the DOUG-DENNIS and the FAT FIB contest! Darren and I had a great time today reading all your fibs, you fantastic liars, you. 

Before I get to the winners, I want to mention that there were a few funny trends in the lies, which lead me to believe you are all constantly thinking about the follow:

  1. Chuck Norris
  2. JK Rowling
  3. Food

Seriously!

Also, after reading the fibs, Darren and I realized we couldn't stick strictly to our first, second and third place prizes. So we changed it up just a bit. There was actually a tie for the grand-prize, and we also liked a whole lot of them for third place, so we decided to a group of honorable mentions that all get BAH stickers. More winners!

And now, without further ado...

The GRAND PRIZE winners of a signed book and a partial manuscript critique are:

 

  • @DelilahSDawson for: "I don't make snow angels. I make snow narwhals."
  • @mistyprovencher for: "I did not eat the crayons. I just smile rainbows."

 

SECOND PLACE of a limited edition BAH poster and a query letter critique goes to:

 

  • @LiteraryMouse for: "Just below the Earth's crust is a thin layer of chocolate pudding. Geologists don't talk about it because they want to eat it themselves."

 

And a whole batch of HONORABLE MENTIONS who are getting BAH stickers:

 

  • @Donna_Earnhardt for: "I carved the faces on Mount Rushmore...with my toothbrush."
  • @KeimComley for: "My homework ate my dog."
  • @KCBooks for: "I did not eat brownies for breakfast."
  • @YolaRamunno for: "I don't know what I really look like because every mirror I look into shows me someone different."
  • @JaneLebak for: "Actually, Wednesday will be held on Thursday this Friday."

 

If you are one of the winners, please email me at: elana [at] johnsonliterary [dot] com. 

Congrats to everyone! And happy release day, DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB!

Monday
Mar012010

DOUG-DENNIS and the FAT FIB Contest

At long last DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB by Darren Farrell will be released into the wild this week! It's a hilarious, wacky, and whimsical picture book, that introduces you to a compulsive little liar of a sheep named Doug-Dennis. The reviews have been great. Doug-Dennis has been likened to Homer Simpson, and Darren compared to Mo Willems and Jon Scieszka. You can't get much better than either of those! So I just know you'll fall in love with this book and its unlikely hero. So. We're running a brand-new kind of contest 'round these CJLA parts. A Twitter contest!

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