Congratulations on finishing the third annual National Picture Book Writing Week from May 1-7, 2011!!!! I’m so excited we were able to make it through together. I’M ALSO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF OUR ANNUAL PRIZE DRAWING!!!!

As for moi, I did not write 7 picture books in 7 days, however, given my work schedule and all these blogs! LOL! No surprise there. I ended up writing six very rough first drafts. Okay, when I think about it, make that 5 1/2 drafts. LOL! But again, the whole purpose of NaPiBoWriWee was simply to encourage ALL OF US to write every single day, come rain or shine. I hope you have learned a lot from this process and that you now have some great first drafts that you can really dig into for the rest of the year.

For those of you who have registered to comment on this NaPiBoWriWee blog (link: https://paulayoo.com/napi)… please note that starting next week, I’ll be switching BACK to my other blog – the main Paula Yoo blog. The link on my homepage says “BLOG” or you can go here: https://paulayoo.com/blog

My regular blog will be where I post daily blogs on writing, TV, books, and my cat and foodie adventures, plus other random fun stuff. So you will have to re-register at that blog in order to post comments. I hope you’ll join me there for the rest of the year. I will continue to post an occasional blog at this NaPiBoWriWee link with any NaPiBoWriWee updates, so you can always check back here too. But please note that most of my active blogging for the rest of the year until NaPiBoWriWee 2012 will be at the regular BLOG link.

As for souvenirs, we have T-shirts and coffee mugs, plus a 2011 Notebook, at our store here: http://cafepress.com/napibowriwee

So now, let’s get down to the real nitty gritty… WHO WON??!!!!

(Keep reading after the jump to find out who the winners are for this year’s prize giveaway random drawing contest!)

2011 NAPIBOWRIWEE PRIZE DRAWING CONTEST WINNERS

Below is a list of the prizes offered at the 2011 National Picture Book Writing Week. I will email the winners individually to arrange for the snail mail delivery of these prizes. I’d like to thank our guest authors again for volunteering their precious time and energy to answer my Q&A blogs and to help out with our contest prizes! I also wish I could give a prize to Every. Single. One. Of. You! But sadly, the prizes are limited and the drawing was done RANDOMLY from a baseball hat. 🙂 So congrats to the winners!

The prizes include some items from our gift store (http://cafepress.com/napibowriwee) and autographed copies of my two books plus books of Erin Eitter Kono, Ken Min, Katie Davis, Hope Vestergaard, Don Tate, Carolyn Crimi, Dan Santat, Janie Bynum, Lisa Wheeler, and Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. Tara Lazar’s book does not come out yet, so she’s offered a free manuscript critique as a prize. And I have an extra prize – a signed copy of veteran author Ann Whitford Paul’s book on picture book writing!

Without further ado, here are our winners! Congratulations!!!! Stay tuned for an email from me with details on the prize delivery. And thank you again to EVERYONE for participating in this year’s NaPiBoWriWee. Please continue to visit my website’s blogs for updates and other fun stuff at https://paulayoo.com/blog.

Happy Writing! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! 🙂

THE WINNERS!!!!!

— Winner of an autographed copy of my first picture book, IRA Notable Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story (Lee & Low 2005)

JO HART

— Winner of an autographed copy of my second picture book, Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story (Lee & Low 2009)

TIA SVARDAHL

— Winner of the 2011 NaPiBoWriWee Notebook from our store (http://cafepress.com/napibowriwee)

LYNN MARIE PISANO

— Winner of a NaPiBoWriWee T-shirt  from  our store (http://cafepress.com/napibowriwee)

MARCY PUSEY

— Winner of  a NaPiBoWriWee coffe mug from our store (http://cafepress.com/napibowriwee)

SARAH ENID

— Winner of an autographed copy of Erin Eitter Kono’s Hula Lullaby (Little, Brown 2005)

MISSY LIBAN

— Winner of an autographed copy of Ken Min’s illustrated picture book HOT, HOT ROTI FOR DADA-JI (written by F. Zia, Lee & Low 2011)

YVONNE BLAKE

— Winner of an autographed copy of Katie and Jerry Davis’ LITTLE CHICKEN’S BIG DAY (Margaret K. McElderry, 2011)

RITA RIEBEL MITCHELL

— Winner of a free manuscript critique from author Tara Lazar

PATRICIA MOORE

— Winner of an autographed copy of Hope Vestergaard’s POTTY ANIMALS: WHAT TO KNOW WHEN YOU’VE GOTTA GO! (illustrated by Valeria Petrone, Sterling 2010)

JENNIFER KAAP

— Winner of an autographed copy of Don Tate’s illustrated picture book SHE LOVED BASEBALL: THE EFFA MANLEY STORY (written by Audrey Vernick, Colins 2010)

NICOLE ZOLTACK

— Winner of an autographed copy of Carolyn Crimi’s DEAR TABBY (illustrated by David Roberts, HarperCollins 2011)

REBECCA RUSSELL

— Winner of an autographed copy of Dan Santat’s SIDEKICKS (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2011)

LIZ JONES

— Winner of an autographed copy of Janie Bynum’s KIKI’S BLANKIE (Sterling 2009)

LAURIEL YOUNG

— Winner of an autographed copy of Lisa Wheeler’s SPINSTER GOOSE: TWISTED RHYMES FOR NAUGHTY CHILDREN (illustrated by Sophie Blackall, Antheneum 2011)

ELLEN PRIDMORE

— Winner of an autographed copy of Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen’s CHICKS RUN WILD (illustrated by Ward Jenkins, Simon & Schuster 2011)

SHEELA CHARI

— Winner of the EXTRA PRIZE: An autographed copy of veteran picture book author Ann Whitford Paul’s Writing Picture Books: A Hands-On Guide from Story Creation to Publication (Writer’s Digest Books 2009)

CARLA MAE JANSEN

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING IN 2011’S NAPIBOWRIWEE!

I will post probably one last 2011 NaPiBoWriWee wrap up blog later, and then I’ll be back to blogging at my regular blog here: https://paulayoo.com/blog so please register to comment on that blog and join me there! I’ll post occasional updates or news at this NaPi blog throughout the year, but I’ll mostly be back at my other blog for now. Thanks again and HAPPY WRITING! WRITE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! 🙂