Thursday, July 26, 2012

Christmas in July Wrap-Up

Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who particpated in Christmas in July, from the gloriously talented authors, to the fantastic agents, to the hugely supportive writing community who retweeted this contest like mad. It was a huge success on all fronts. We had a massive number of entries (351!), the contest trended on twitter, there were 39 agent-requests made on 16 of the entries, and the contest resulted in at least two success stories so far: L.L. McKinney's COVETED has been snapped up by an agent, and Linda McLaren's THE SOUND CATCHERS is in the process. Another not-to-be-named entrant has a phone call scheduled with one of the agents this week--very promising!

To those entrants who didn't receive any requests, please don't be too discouraged. Your entry was among the top 30 of 351 fantastic entries. You're awesome. It's just a matter of time before an agent loves you as much as I do.

Some of you may have noticed the glitch on the blog that meant one of the entries didn't appear when you scrolled through the page, but was visible when you clicked on the side tab. Rest assured myself and all ten agents involved were apprised of the situation. No one was overlooked!

If you like pie charts and bar graphs (and let's be serious, who doesn't?) head on over to Ruth's blog to see some nifty contest stats.

Have I covered everything? Yes, I think so.

In summary, it was a huge endeavor and a lot of work, but most definitely worth it. Now, until next year, let me never utter the words 'Christmas in July' again!

Author out.



17 comments:

  1. Congratulations to all the authors who got requests! Fingers crossed for you that you get agented!

    Great job, Michelle and Ruth. It was super fun following the contest.

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  2. Thanks again for such a wonderful opportunity and congratulations to all the writers who received requests! Looking forward to the next contest! :)

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  3. I don't even want to know how many hours you guys spent on this contest, but I know that "thank you" wouldn't even begin to express how grateful I am to have been a part of Christmas in July. You and Ruth are wonderful!

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  4. Thank you both sooo much for the opportunity! And congratulations to everyone who got requests!

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  5. Congrats to everyone :) This was so awesome to be part of

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  6. Thank you, Michelle and Ruth, for all the hard work you two put in. This was so much fun! You both rock. Hard. Congratulations to all the fantastic writers who got requests, too. I'm all a-squee for you! I can't wait to read some of these. (Why do you have to be so slow, Publishing? Why?)

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  7. Thank you so much for running this contest. It was really great! Now off to comment on my favorite entries...

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  8. Thank you so much for putting this on! It really was amazing. :)

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  9. Congratulations to everyone who got requests! And to those who didn't, keep your chin up and keep querying!

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  10. This was really fun contest Michelle. Great job :)

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  11. This was such a fun contest to follow, and I LOVED some of these entries! Thanks so much for hosting it!

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  12. Thanks, everyone!! Ruth and I are so happy everyone seemed to love the contest. Looking forward to the next one!

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  13. thanks for the opportunity, it was fun :)

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  14. Michelle,
    thanks for teaming with Ruth for this contest. It was a blast. I checked in with both blogs frequently and played armchair cheerleader for all the requests.
    Kudos!

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  15. Thank you for hosting such an interesting competition--reading the other entries was the best part. Congratulations the wonderful authors whose work was requested, and good luck to others!

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  16. It was such a great opportunity. Thanks so much for all your time :)

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  17. This was such a wonderful opportunity, thank you so much! I had a blast being a part of this contest and reading all the wonderful entries.

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