Winners of YA & MG Book Packs!

Thanks to everyone who entered this contest! September is almost over, but I still have a lot of books to giveaway. I'm debating if I should give them away into October or save them for special holidays/event giveaways. Also, I apologize for not getting the L.A. Summer review up before the contest ended. You can read it here

Onto the winners (courtesy of random.org).....

1. Paradox

2. jpetroroy

Congrats guys! You have 48 hours to respond to my email with your book choices and mailing address.

The next giveaway is going to have lots of winners and be in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month! It will be announced tomorrow, so be sure to check back and enter :)

By the way I received an email from author Jo Ann Hernandez telling me about a writing contest about poc. I'm re-posting the email here.

Introducing the 1st Annual
MyAfricanDiaspora.com
SHORT STORY COMPETITION

In our ongoing effort to promote positive images that reflect people of African descent, the website that connects that African Diaspora is pleased to announce our first annual Short Story contest.
We're looking for fiction that is unique, stories with characters we'll remember, plots that leave us thinking. The contest is open to anyone, any race, any country, any continent. The only caveat? The main character must be of African descent. For more info go here

Rules

1. The contest runs from October 1 – December 31, 2009, winner announced February 1, 2010
2. Entries must be 1500 words or less
3. The entry fee is $10 (via paypal or money order payable to DreamDeep LLC.) Address:

   DreamDeep LLC
   9360 W. Flamingo Rd.
   #110-117
   Las Vegas, NV 89147

4. Main character must be of African descent
5. Story must be previously unpublished
6. Submit entries to info@myafricandiaspora.com, with the words “Short Story Contest: (input name of your short story)” in the subject line. Ex. Short Story Contest: My Story. Copy & Paste into the body of the email. No attachments.
7. Be sure to include your contact information and word count with submissions
8. here will be one overall winner and one winner from each of the following genres: Literary, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Mystery, Romance (we prefer stories without gratuitous sex or violence)

Prizes

1. First Place: $500 Genre Winners: $25 Borders Gift Card
2. Each winner will have their story and a feature article published on myafricandiaspora.com
3. The winners and top three entries in each genre will have their short stories published in a short story collection at the end of the year