Read-a-Thon 2011 Results!

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  • August 17, 2011 at 9:43 pm #40330
    Jordan
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    And now the moment you have all been waiting for.

    After much counting and recounting we have counted all your pages and are ready to reveal the winners. Sure, most of you know the top reader of your forum, but don’t forget that this was a tri-forum contest and you must compete with complete strangers as well.

    Here’s how the winners are chosen. First we picked the person who read the most of all the forums put together. Then we picked the top winner from the other two forums. Then we picked the second highest reader from all three. There are six prizes left over that will be awarded to randomly drawn winners at a later date. So if you didn’t win by highest prize count, don’t leave yet! Your turn is coming up.

    So! The grand winner is Fara of Holy Worlds Science Fiction who read an astonishing total of 45,103 pages! Congratulations, Fara! The top winners of the other two forums are Hannah Marie from Holy Worlds Fantasy at 27,266 and OrdinaryDay of Incredibooks at 22,080.

    Second place goes to wolfluvr42 of Incredibooks at 19,976, Elly of Holy Worlds Fantasy at 18,458, and Andi Loyd of Holy Worlds Science fiction at 10,000.

    If you are a winner you will be notified shortly by PM to claim your prize. Once all the winners have been notified we’ll draw members at random for the remaining prizes. And now here’s my favorite part: some trivia for you.

    The forum with the most pages read is Holy Worlds Fantasy, which had 47 participants who read 187,478 pages. Second was Incredibooks with 26 participants who read 143,398 pages. Science Fiction came in third with 3 participants who read 67,657 pages. Grand total number of pages read for the entire contest was 398,533. (Say that number out loud and then high five the person next to you, fictional or otherwise.)

    The average number of pages overall per participant was 5,313, For Fantasy the average was 5,066, for Incredibooks: 5,515, and for Science fiction 7,517, thus proving that HWFantasy only has the highest page count because of the sheer number of participants, and that science fiction writers read 2K more pages on average than fantasy writers and book reviewers.

    Thus ends the official announcement. Remember to stick around for the drawings later on! Thank you so much for participating and making this the best ever Read-a-Thon, and we hope to see you again next year!

    August 18, 2011 at 5:55 am #46346
    DaughterofLight
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    No way!! That is awesome. Congrats to the winners!

    August 18, 2011 at 2:24 pm #46347
    Isaac
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    398,533!!!! Good job everybody!!!! I can’t wait for next year!!!!

    August 18, 2011 at 6:57 pm #46348
    OrdinaryDay
    Member

    YAY!!! congrats! to the other winners! I thought my page count was high then i got on and saw someone had read 45,103 pages! WOW 8O Thank You Incredibooks People! I never usually win any reading programs only those ones where everybody wins but this year i won two! so im perfectly happy!

    August 19, 2011 at 6:11 pm #46349
    FunshineSheppard
    Member

    Aw, bummer! I didn’t pass my personal record of pages from the previous year. Whoa, 398,533 pages total! *perks up* Wow!!!

    Casting my personal sadness aside, congratulations, OrdinaryDay, Fara, and HannahMarie for getting first place in the 2011 Read-a-Thon!

    I can’t wait for 2012! :wink:

    August 19, 2011 at 8:33 pm #46350
    Jordan
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    Funshine, don’t forget that this Read-a-Thon was a month shorter than the previous four, sad though that may be. You might have passed your record if it had been three months instead of two! :-)

    August 19, 2011 at 8:59 pm #46351
    ForeverFan
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    Congratulations to the winners! The statistics are truly astounding! Thank you to everyone who helped run the read a thon, and congrats again to the winners! :)

    August 25, 2011 at 4:16 pm #46352
    Jordan
    Member

    And it’s time! Drum roll please!

    The random prize winners have been randomly selected with a random number generator! CONGRATULATIONS everyone! If you’re a winner, please contact Jordan with your mailing address so we can get your prize sent to you. :-)

    Varon of Holy Worlds Sci-Fi – Starfire

    Arias Myles of Holy Worlds Fantasy – Starfire

    Leandra Falconwing of Holy Worlds Fantasy – Binding of the Blade

    Raven of the Wood of Holy World Fantasy – Thinking Toolbox and Fallacy Detective

    SonshineGirl of Incredibooks – Thinking Toolbox and Fallacy Detective

    Princess Arante Weneve of Holy Worlds Fantasy – Already Compromised

    Wyatt of Incredibooks – Already Compromised

    Sir Emeth Mimetes of Holy Worlds Fantasy – A Star Curiously Singing and Superlative Stream

    A big thank-you to everyone who participated! You helped make this the biggest Read-a-Thon yet! Keep reading!

    August 25, 2011 at 5:25 pm #46353
    DaughterofLight
    Member

    Aaaw I didn’t win, oh well, congrats to the winners!!! It was fun see you next year!!

    August 25, 2011 at 6:23 pm #46354
    Adalin
    Participant

    Congrats to the winners. :lol:

    August 25, 2011 at 8:50 pm #46355
    SonshineGirl
    Member

    Yay!! Thanks so much!! :) And Congrats to all of the winners!

    August 25, 2011 at 9:56 pm #46356
    Jordan
    Member

    One more thing…

    For those of you not on the winner list, you may feel a little let down because you didn’t win anything. Don’t be! You can always download and print our custom Read-a-Thon bookmarks (bottom of the page), and we have another special bookmark offer for you.

    This year we were inundated with donations. We had fourteen prizes, adding up to over 26 individual books. We also received a large number of bookmarks… A vastly large number of bookmarks!

    If you would like to receive some of these bookmarks, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to

    PO Box 748

    Tompkinsville, KY, 42167

    Please make sure it’s a business sized envelope so we can fit longer bookmarks in it. These fold nicely into thirds to fit inside a personal sized one.

    Please note that these are not Read-a-Thon bookmarks; those are only available online. These are bookmarks that were donated with the Read-a-Thon books and promote works by the authors who donated. Share them with your friends and spread the word about these awesome books. (Also take note that if you won a Read-a-Thon book, you have bookmarks already on their way to you with your prize.)

    Thanks again for an awesome summer of reading!

    August 26, 2011 at 6:23 pm #46357
    LauranaLincy
    Member

    Great job everyone! Reading rocks! ~L :wink:

    August 30, 2011 at 1:22 am #46358
    DaughterofLight
    Member

    ooh bookmarks! I will try to remember to send for them!

    October 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm #46360
    Isaac
    Member

    I want Bookmarks!!! I will get bookmarks!!! YEAH!! I love bookmarks!!! Bookmarks are PULCHRITUDIONUS (look it up)!!!!!! o.k. :D

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