It’s all over! I’m going to list the contest results and winners here. Incidentally, these were the most popular items, and how many people entered to win:

• Book lamps (1363)
• Book pillows (1358)
• Antique typewriter (1623)
• Tea pot (1476)

So if you’re looking for good gifts for writers, those are safe bets. I added in some links below in case you want to buy your own (except for the typewriter, you can find those on ebay or craigslist).

If you didn’t win anything, some friends of mine just put together a big package of publishing related books and courses (two of my books are in there). It’s all free, click here to see it.

Edgar Poe Lunchbox

Winner:

Maria Stanica

Buy your own:

USB Gloves

Winners:

Cast Iron Tea Pot

Winner:

Christina Mercer

Buy your own:

Book Lamps

Winners:

Morgyn Star

Monica Molina

Buy your own:

Gifts for Editors

Winners

Charlotte Rowan

Becky Doughty

Buy your own:

There are links to the individual stuff on this page.

150 CreativeLive voucher

The Antique Typewriter

Winner: Stacy Claflin

Jill Nojack

Since this is a digital product and it’s easy for me to give away, I drew some “backup” winners for most prizes and added them here – so if you won this and didn’t enter, that’s how it happened. I thought it was better to win something than to be a runnerup with no prize…

Jaime Munn

Kathryn Sandford

Print Book Cover Design ($829)

Author Platform Makeover

Winner: Dusty Pilot

Runnerups: (I’ll do a platform review video and suggest things to improve).

H. A. Titus

Devyn Dawson

Ebook Cover

Nicole Cappelleri

Wizard Hat

Winners:

Katy Walker

Tarah Valin

Kelsie LeFlore

The Castle Giveaway

The winner of the castle giveaway was Kristina Horner. This was her 10th year doing Nanowrimo. I’m excited to rent a castle next November and do some fun and awesome things while we write our 50K.

I’d like to thank everybody who shared the castle contest but didn’t win; I wish you could all come.

I’ll be emailing all the runnerups to give them my book marketing course for free.

Happy holidays!
Derek

PS) As I mentioned, there’s a big package of free books and courses for you here. If you’re writing a book, and worried about publishing and marketing, those guides will dramatically shorten the learning curve.

The 3 secrets to book marketing, and a haunted castle tour.

Totally free. Get it here.

Derek Murphy

I’m a philosophy dropout with a PhD in Literature. I covet a cabin full of cats, where I can write fantasy novels to pay for my cake addiction. Sometimes I live in castles.