Dog Days of Summer Are Over ~ Winners Announced

Thanks once again to everyone for making the First Annual Dog Days of Summer so much fun! I’m already dreaming up things to do for next year. I hope you will all come back for more. Here are the lucky winners of each of my Dog Days of Summer contests:

Photo Contest

Thank you to everyone who voted for each of my nominees in the Dog Days of Summer Photo Contest.  At closing time, the winners are:

Grand Prize: Serena from Savvy Verse & Wit and her beautiful dog Charlee (I guess we should give her husband a little credit, too!)  Congratulations!  Serena, send me an email with your address and the Dog Days of Summer book you would like to claim as your prize.

Second Prize: Jen from Jen’s Book Thoughts and her puppies Hershey and Nestle.  They were in second and third place respectively.  Congratulations!  Since the second place winner already gets the prize for third place, I’m combining them together.  Jen, I’ve already got your address so I’ll be sending you your copy of Marley & Me along with your bookmark!

Third Prize: Tokemise from By Hook or By Book and her dog Lola and her beautiful daughter.  Congratulations!  Tokemise, I’ve got your address, too, so I’ll be sending you another bookmark this month!

Blogger Contest

I had seven bloggers review one of the Dog Days of Summer books with me this week.  I put each of their names in List Randomizer and here are the results:

Grand Prize: Serena from Savvy Verse & Wit!  Congratulations!  In your email, please let me know the online merchant from which you would like to receive your $15 gift card.

Second Prize: Lisa from Lit and Life!  Congratulations!  You won 10 handmade bookmarks to give away on your blog!  Please send me an email and we’ll discuss what you would like, etc…  This is going to be fun!

Third Prize: Lisa from Books on the Brain.  Congratulations!  I don’t think that I have your mailing address, so please send me an email.

Fourth Prize: Since Serena already won a bookmark, I took the fourth person on List Randomizer to win that bookmark.  Congratulations, Valerie from Life is a Patchwork Quilt!  I’ve got your address and you are also going to get another bookmark from me this month.

My Favorite Fictional Dog Contest

On Thursday I wrote a post about my (lack of) experience with dogs and my favorite dog character.  Everyone who commented on that post and shared their favorite dog character was entered in this drawing.  The winner, selected by List Randomizer, receives a Dog Days of Summer bookmark and a copy of The Simpsons: Hit the Road.  The winner of this contest is:

Molly from My Cozy Book Nook!  Congratulations, Molly!

Commenting on Dog Days of Summer Blogger Posts

I held a special contest for those who left comments for my participating bloggers on their Dog Days of Summer reviews.  The winner, selected by List Randomizer, receives a Dog Days of Summer bookmark and a copy of Alex & Me.  The winner of this contest is:

Melody, who left a comment on Serena’s post.  Congratulations, Melody!

Dog Days of Summer Comments Contest

For every comment left on any of my Dog Days of Summer posts, readers earned an entry is a special contest just for my readers.

Grand Prize: Congratulations, Donielle!  You have won my copies of my Dog Days of Summer books and a Dog Days of Summer bookmark!  For those of you who don’t know, Donielle is my sister – and I swear to God this is not nepotism, it’s List Randomizer.

Second Prize: Congratulations, Rhapsody from Rhapsody in Books!  Please send me an email with your mailing address and I will send you your copy of Marley & Me by John Grogan and a Dog Days of Summer bookmark!

Third – Twelfth Prize: Congratulations to the following winners of a Dog Day of Summer bookmark:

Red Headed Book Reader
Jen ~  Devourer of Books
Meghan ~ Medieval Bookworm
Sharon Chance ~ Sharon’s Garden of Book Reviews
Kathy ~ BermudaOnion’s Weblog
Ti ~ Book Chatter and Other Stuff
Hannah ~ Wordlily
Susan ~ Carolina Gal’s Literary Cafe
Amy ~ Amy Reads Good Books
Anna ~ Diary of an Eccentric

Thank you so much to everyone for your support, comments, participation and well wishes! I can’t wait to do this again next year. Until then, the Dog Days are Over (courtesy of my wonderful, supportive husband Danny and Florence & The Machine)