Again, this all happened on the spur of the moment with NO PLANNING. I cannot emphasize the NO PLANNING part of the NO PLANNING enough.
We raised . . . are you ready?
$14,202
Which is, WEIRDLY, exactly $1000 less than last time. We did not tweak the number to make it do this! That is just how it turned out.
When you combine that with the $15,202 we made less than two weeks ago, we’ve made $29,404 for Shelterbox! That’s JUST OVER 29 shelters. That means housing and survival materials for up to 290 people. And when you see the news coming out of Japan today, you know how much everything will be needed.
Now, to the winners! I couldn’t tweet all of them because that would have been over SIXTY straight tweets, and even I won’t do that. So I listed them here. Are you ready? ARE YOU?
Here’s how this works. Please read carefully, as there are a LOT of prizes coming from a LOT of different people and places.
IF YOU WON, contact the author (or OTHER PERSON) listed. Send a tweet or email with your full mailing information (full name and address) and say “I won [say what the prize is]! Here is my info!”
The ARC of Adrenaline by @JeffAbbott goes to . . . @robinreads
The signed copy of Split by @SwatiAvasthi goes to . . . @graceful_reject
The signed copy of Tithe by @hollyblack goes to . . . @hazhaz101
The signed pack of White Cat/Red Glove by @hollyblack goes to . . . @gryvon
The signed copy of Small Persons with Wings by @EllenBooraem goes to . . . @StickyNoteStory
The signed Mortal Instruments box set by @cassieclare goes to . . . @Irisheyz77
The signed copies of The Ship of Lost Souls and The Lost Souls of Island X by @rkdelaney go to . . . @Jodi_Kendall
The ARC of Forgiven and the signed copy of Faithful by @janetsfox go to . . . @ShowMeTheShiny
The signed ARC of Tuesdays at the Castle by @JessDayGeorge goes to . . . @sarahhollowell
The signed copies of Rapunzel’s Revenge and Calamity Jack by @haleshannon go to . . . @bartsbooks
The signed copy of Clarity by @Kim_Harrington goes to . . . @puffkrispy
The ARC of The Shattering by @kehealey goes to . . . @nerdgoddess
The signed copy of Teen Genreflecting 3 by @genrelibrarian goes to . . . @PiscesMuse
The signed copy of Fallout and the signed cover of Perfect by @EllenHopkinsYA go to . . . @ohwoops
The signed copy of Rhymes with Cupid and ARC of Mission (Un)popular by @Anna_Humphrey go to . . . @Faffrika
The copy of The Deathday Letter by @ShaunieDarko goes to . . . @laurielyoung
The signed copy of Claire De Lune by @cjohnsonbooks goes to . . . @katebakes
The signed copy of The Ghost & the Goth and the ARC of Queen of the Dead by @StaceyKade go to . . . @selfwinding
The signed copy of XVI by @juliaakarr goes to . . . @mariahirvin
The signed copies of Lessons from a Dead Girl and Jumping Off Swings by @JoKnowles go to . . . @marcusw89
The signed copy of E. Lockhart’s Real Live Boyfriends (donated by @literaticat) goes to . . . @Kimpopo*
The ARC of Ashes by Ilsa J. Bick (donated by @literaticat) goes to . . . @FiammettaRey*
The ARC of The Last Little Blue Envelope by ME (donated by @literaticat) goes to . . . @Marjorie73*
The signed copy of The Anti-Prom by @abbymcdonald goes to . . . @dampscribbler
The signed copies of Cycler and Re(Cycler) and the ARC of Scored @LaurenMcWoof go to . . . @Houckadoodledoo
The signed copy of Sugar and Ice by @KateMessner goes to . . .@kimmiepoppins
The signed copies of Shadow and Taking Off by @jennymosswrites go to . . . @kaleidescoped
The signed ARC of Sweetly and the signed copy of Sisters Red by @JacksonPearce go to . . . @shessomickey
The signed copy of Anna and the French Kiss by @NaturallySteph goes to . . . @strueckn
The signed copy of The Dark and Hollow Places by @carrieryan goes to . . . @ellievlogs
The ARC of Small Town Sinners by @melissacwalker goes to . . .@clderwee
The signed copy of the Skinned trilogy by @robinwasserman goes to . . . @So_Meow
The signed copy of Paranormalcy and the signed ARC of Supernaturally by @kierstenwhite go to . . . @reallyginny
The signed copy of Pink and the ARC of a new book by @twitofalili go to . . . @lilychick
The signed copy of The Freak Observer by @BlytheWoolston goes to . . . @ _rosie_lane
The FIVE winners of signed first editions of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (donated by HarperCollins) are: @fmwt, @veeberry, @hmz1505, @tiffing, and @marrije. THESE five winners should
email me, and I will send your information off to HarperCollins.
The winner of MY ONLY CURRENT COPY of The Name of the Star is . . . @madeleinejuliet! You should also email me!
The winner of ANOTHER copy of The Name of the Star (one owned by my agent Daphne Unfeasible) goes to . . . The @Tr3vin. Please contact @DaphneUn for that!
I need to give HUGE thanks to @katelinnea who SLAVED for both of these, and who woke up at 5:30 this morning to work on spreadsheets, and never quit even when I messed up her spreadsheets.
And thank you to EVERYONE, all of you, everyone who donated money, or prizes, or spread the word. This is what happens when people just get together and DO THINGS that are GOOD.
I have nothing to add to that. *falls over*
* Those marked with a star should contact @literaticat, as the copies are coming from her. Her name is Jennifer Laughran.
Posted: Sunday, March 13th, 2011 @ 11:26 am
Categories: flamethrowers, life lessons, real things, things that are awesome, to the max.
Tags: shelterbox.
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March 13th, 2011 at 11:35 am
Thanks for all of the hard work!!
March 13th, 2011 at 11:36 am
OH. MY. STARS. !!!!! This is fabulous!! I am so proud of the YA book community, you, and you’re twitter followers! And I’d like to echo the thanks to @katelinnea who sounds absolutely amazing
Also, I won a book signed by NEIL GAIMAN!!! I can’t even process the awesomeness of that.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:40 am
This is the second copy of Small Persons With Wings that I’ve won!
This book and I were MADE for each other 
Thanks for organizing all of this Maureen
I’m glad we could help so many people out.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:50 am
This is great news.
Thank you @katelinnea! I saw her on twitter, and it’s amazing how she was on top of everything.
March 13th, 2011 at 11:51 am
Thanks so much to you, and @Katelinnea, and to all the authors & others who donated gifts.
And I’m so happy to have won the ‘last little blue envelope’ ARC!
March 13th, 2011 at 12:12 pm
I didn’t win again…
Oh well, it was still a TON of money raised for a great cause.
Keep being awesome, everyone involved!
March 13th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
Haha, that was an intense post. Have a nice sleep there on the ground, Maureen. *pats*
March 13th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
My curiosity is piqued by “even when I messed up her spreadsheets.” How, exactly?
And again, thank you Maureen and @Katelinnea for generally increasing the level of awesome in the world
March 13th, 2011 at 2:18 pm
OMG,I hardly ever win anything. This is wonderful. Plus I love supported a good cause!
March 13th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
Thanks for putting this together again Maureen, this is such a fantastic use of your considerable twitter prowess.
March 15th, 2011 at 5:15 am
Yay! Congrats to all the winners! $14k is SO AWESOME. *shakes head in awe* Proud to be part of a community like this.
Thanks, Maureen, for bringing out the best in everyone
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March 23rd, 2011 at 1:44 pm
Just saw what you were doing here and wanted to say I’m so impressed! Thanks for showing that when people band together, we can do amazing things.
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