More free books for you to win

by Nathan Melcher     Aug 27, 2008

If you like our “Back to School” free book contest, then you’ll love the rest of today’s post…

Philip Weiss*, a.k.a. “King Rat,” has scoured the Internet, found a slew of free book contests, and posted them at his blog, Rat’s Reading. I had no idea there are so many websites giving away books these days, but I’m glad to know now and we’re lucky King Rat is archiving them for us. He mentioned our contest and oh, and he’s running his own book giveaways, too.

Another great place to pick up free books is our oft-mentioned favorite virtual bookshelf, LibraryThing. They get early review copies from publishers and in turn pass them on to their registered users to read and hopefully review on their blogs and Amazon. It’s definitely a luck-of-the-draw situation as 350+ people will request one of the ten or so copies available. That said, I’ve picked up two (yeah, yeah, I need to review them here…) and it’s worth a shot.

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Still time to enter our “Back to School” contest

by Nathan Melcher     Aug 26, 2008

Just a reminder that Scrawlers is running a “Back to School” contest for one lucky winner to receive a hardcover copy of “On Writing” by Stephen King. See this post or the Scrawlers contest page to learn how to enter and get the rules. Don’t miss your chance to win this inspirational memoir with practical advice on creative writing to gear you up for a season of good writing.

The contest ends at 11:59pm CST on August, 28, 2008.

-nm

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Win a free hardcover copy of Stephen King’s “On Writing”

by Nathan Melcher     Aug 21, 2008

We interrupt our infrequent blog posts about why we haven’t been blogging to bring you an official announcement for the “Back to School” Scrawlers Contest.

We’re giving away a hardcover copy of Stephen King’s “On Writing” to one lucky Scrawlers writer. One part memoir and one part meditation on craft, King delivers a well-written and inspirational book aimed at the young writer trying to rise above being a “merely competent” writer to become a good one. Readers will pick up King’s ideas on drafting, audience, generating story ideas, using life experience, and why reading is just as important as writing when improving one’s craft.

Scrawlers co-founder Nathan Melcher reads this book every summer right before the fall semester as an inspirational pep talk (the book literally becomes a “pep talk” when he listens to the audio version).

Using King’s book as encouragement has served him well and we hope to pass on that same possibility to you. This week at Scrawlers, enter for your chance to win “On Writing” by Stephen King.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. 1. Post a new story with the tag “writing” at Scrawlers between August 21, 2008 and 11:59pm CST on August 28, 2008. You may post one eligible story per day for a potential of up to eight contest entries based on your story posts.

2. 2. Post a comment on another writer’s story that meets the above specifications between August 21, 2008 and 11:59pm CST on August 28, 2008. You earn one entry per comment – only one of your comments per story is eligible. The potential for comment-based contest entries depends on how many other writers post stories during the contest.

We’ll announce winners by Monday, September 1, 2008. Good luck and get writing!

Learn more and get contest rules here.

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