Bleaker House Twitter Story Sweepstakes

 
Trying to write your first novel but life keeps getting in the way? Writing can be bleak sometimes. Start with an easier prompt: submit your #bleaker Twitter story—a story contained within the 140 characters of a tweet, including the hashtag #bleaker—and you’ll be entered to win the ultimate writer’s prize pack: a copy of BLEAKER HOUSE, books on writing fiction and memoir from Graywolf Press’s ART OF series, and a writer’s journaling set from russell + hazel. Sweepstakes runs from Tuesday, March 14th to Friday, March 17th.

Entrants must tweet a story that fits into one tweet and that contains the hashtag #bleaker. The winner will be chosen randomly and will be contacted via Twitter direct message. By entering, I agree to Penguin Random House’s terms of use and privacy policy.

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ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstakes is open to residents of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, who are 18 years of age or older at time of entry. All federal, state, and local regulations apply. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED. Employees of Sponsor its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, and agencies, and their immediate family members and persons living in their household are not eligible to enter the Sweepstakes.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER TO WIN. Enter between 12:00 am (ET) March 14th, 2017 and 11:59 pm (ET) March 17th, 2017. One entry per person. Open to legal US residents who are 18 and older. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

PRIZE:

One (1) Winner will receive:

1 BLEAKER HOUSE by Nell Stevens

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $25.95)

1 THE ART OF SUBTEXT: BEYOND PLOT by Charles Baxter

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)

1 THE ART OF TIME IN MEMOIR: THEN, AGAIN by Sven Birkerts

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)

1 THE ART OF TIME IN FICTION: AS LONG AS IT TAKES by Joan Silber

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)

1 THE ART OF INTIMACY: THE SPACE BETWEEN by Stacey D’Erasmo

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)

1 THE ART OF HISTORY: UNLOCKING THE PAST IN FICTION & NONFICTION by Christopher Bram

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)

1 THE ART OF PERSPECTIVE: WHO TELLS THE STORY by Christopher Castellani

(Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)

1 Notebook (Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)
1 Notebook (Prize Approximate Retail Value: $14.00)
1 Notebook (Prize Approximate Retail Value: $12.00)
1 Pen (Prize Approximate Retail Value: $24.00)

No transfer or cash or other substitution of all or part of a prize is permitted, except by Sponsor, which reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to substitute the prize or prize component with another of comparable or greater value. Any and all taxes on the prize will be the responsibility of the winners. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any delays, damage in the delivery of the prize, and/or loss of any prize in connection with delivery of the prize via mail. In the event that there is an insufficient number of eligible entries, Sponsor reserves the right not to award the prizes.

WINNER SELECTION: One (1) winner will be selected in a random drawing on or about March 17, 2017 from all eligible entries received by the entry deadline. The odds of winning depend on how many eligible entries have been received. Winners will be notified via Twitter direct message and must respond to message within ten (10) days of receipt. Winners may also be required to complete, execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release. Noncompliance with these conditions may result in forfeiture of the Prize, and Sponsor reserves the right to select alternate winners (in random drawing from other eligible entries received before the deadline) in such circumstance. If winner notification of the Prize is returned as undeliverable, Sponsor may, at its discretion, select an alternate winner.

PRIVACY POLICY: All information submitted in connection with entry to this Sweepstakes shall be governed by Sponsor’s privacy policy (at http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/privacy/). By entering this Sweepstakes, you acknowledge that you have read and agree to this privacy policy.

DISCLAIMERS: By competing in this Sweepstakes and/or accepting the prize, entrants agree that Sponsor, and its respective parent companies, assigns, subsidiaries and affiliates, and advertising, promotion and fulfillment agencies and all of their respective employees, officers and directors will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by entrants for any liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind to person and property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse, or use of the prizes, or participation in this Sweepstakes. By accepting a prize, each Winner consents to the use of his/her name for publicity and promotional purposes on behalf of Sponsor with no additional compensation or further permission (except where prohibited by law).

 

Any dispute arising from this Sweepstakes will be determined according to the laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of law principles, and by entering the entrants consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in New York County and agree that such courts have exclusive jurisdiction over all such disputes.

WINNERS LIST: For a list of the winner, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope by September 17, 2017 to Sarah Engelmann, Penguin Random House, Attn: BLEAKER HOUSE Sweepstakes, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

SPONSOR: Penguin Random House LLC, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

 

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