Today, I'm thrilled to announce the winners of my "I Survived my Website Re-design Contest". The entrant list was drawn from several sources as follows:
Members of the site (5 entries each)
Any website member who referred someone else (2 entries each)
Anyone who joined the website between September 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2011 (5 entries each)
People who commented on the site between September 1st, 2011 and December 31st, 2011 ( 1 entry per comment & limited to 12 entries per month for any one commenter)
Anyone who wrote a review for one of my books, told me about the review, and posted the review on one of Amazon, B&N, or Goodreads (10 entries per review)
And the winners are:
1st Susan Falker – An Amazon Kindle plus my entire backlist
2nd Deb Pelletier – A $50.00 Gift Card
3rd Ashley Lutx – Printed, autographed copies of my Mediterranean Mambo Series:
Manacled in Monaco/ Notorious in Nice/Carnal in Cannes
Below is the exact text of the listing on Random.org:
Step 7: Drawing Completed
The winners of your drawing are…
1st relklaf@aol.com
2nd r.d1@myfairpoint.net
3rd silvermage2000@yahoo.com
Congratulations on the drawing! It was completed on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 at 21:16:30 UTC .The winners were drawn from a list of 1,381 entrants using true randomness, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs. You will find the permanent record of the drawing here:
http://www.random.org/draws/details/?draw=8802
Since this drawing is entrant-accessible, you must be logged into your account to view the full record. Anyone else (e.g., your entrants) can query the drawing to see if a particular entrant identifier was included and whether it won or not. You can post the above URL on your web site to make this easier for them.
If anyone has any questions whatsoever please e-mail me right away at jianne@jiannecarlo.com.
Congratulations to Susan, Deb, & Ashley!
I’ve sent out e-mails to all the winners with detailed instructions as to how to claim their prize (s).
I want to thank everyone who participated in the contest. Please check the contest page in February for the announcement of a new and fun game of chance.
Have a great day!
Cheers,
Jianne