jenny han ([info]jennyhan) wrote,
@ 2009-04-10 18:53:00
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SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY CONTEST!

* SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY CONTEST *
Hola!  I am running a contest for a signed Summer I Turned Pretty advanced reader's copy.  The book doesn't come out until May 5th, but this lucky winner will get a sneak peak ARC!  Ooh la la!  The lucky winner will also receive a mix tape USB, courtesy of moi, chock full of the music that inspired the book.  A book soundtrack if you will.  It looks a lot like this:
  
So here is the contest.  It is twofold.  

1.  In the comments section or via email, tell me your favorite thing(s) about summer-- by way of HAIKU!  For those who don't know, a haiku is a poem made up of three lines, of five, seven, and five syllables.  

2.  Spread the word about the contest on your own blog or tell a friend or something, and tell me all about your efforts when you submit your entry.  

for example: 

PART 1:

 bathing suit tan lines
 i do not mind them at all
 in fact i like them

PART 2:
I mentioned this contest on my blog ___!  (insert blog name here)


See how easy that was?  And it took all of two minutes.  You can do it too!  

You have until April 20th.  You can email me your summer haiku at jenny at jennyhanwrites dot com.  Or, leave it here in the comments.  I will publish the lucky winner's poem on this blog, or I won't, if maybe you are shy and don't want me to.  

Good luck, dear readers!  

xoxo



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[info]lizie_muffy
2009-04-11 02:40 am UTC (link)
bare feet and flip flops
laying in the grass at night
that is what i like

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[info]lelah
2009-04-11 03:06 am UTC (link)
warm sun on my face
inch my big toe in water
don't push me, you jerk!

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[info]jennyhan
2009-04-11 03:41 am UTC (link)
don't forget part 2!
ps. nice haikus!

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[info]lelah
2009-04-11 03:51 am UTC (link)
Done and done!

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[info]allegore.wordpress.com
2009-04-12 02:58 am UTC (link)
What a great contest!

Here is my haiku...

Hazy blazing sun
A drip runs fast down my spine
and my iced tea glass

and I'm off to blurb your contest at www.allegore.wordpress.com

Thanks!
Andy

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[info]lelah
2009-04-11 04:02 am UTC (link)
Oh, duh, I posted a public entry about the promo on my LJ. And I am so telling my sister, she and I are way into YA.

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Here from Longstockings
(Anonymous)
2009-04-11 11:36 am UTC (link)
My name is Alex and I am here from Longstockings. My blog is http://brainyandbeautiful.blogspot.com
My haiku:
Sun on bare shoulders
Bare feet in lush green grass
How I love summer

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Re: Here from Longstockings
(Anonymous)
2009-04-11 11:38 am UTC (link)
Alex from brainy and beautiful again. Oops! Second line only had 6 syllables. I fixed it

Sun on bare shoulders
Lush green grass tickles bare feet
How I love summer

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Here from Longstockings
(Anonymous)
2009-04-11 11:52 am UTC (link)
Alex of Brainy and Beautiful, again.
I mentioned the contest on my blog:
http://brainyandbeautiful.blogspot.com/2009/04/summer-i-turned-pretty.html

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[info]modealapie.blogspot.com
2009-04-11 02:15 pm UTC (link)
long bike rides with friends
bugs a-glow in clear glass jars
slurping otter pops

Great contest! I mentioned it on my blog, here: http://modealapie.blogspot.com/2009/04/summer-i-turned-pretty-contest.html

Andrea
modealapie at gmail dotcom

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[info]biblauragraphy.wordpress.com
2009-04-11 03:05 pm UTC (link)
After a hot day
I reach into the freezer.
Cold popsicle - Yum.

I just told a couple of the teens here at my library. They love your title!

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[info]serenehours.blogspot.com
2009-04-11 03:54 pm UTC (link)
Please enter me. I'd love to read this book ^^

The time to get lazy
And have fun nicking my niece's icepops
That is what summer's about.

I linked this contest on my sidebar here: http://serenehours.blogspot.com

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[info]serenehours.blogspot.com
2009-04-11 04:00 pm UTC (link)
I just realized that my haiku didn't follow the rules : (

I fixed it, here:

Time to get lazy
And sneaking my niece's icepops
That's what it's about.

-Thao.

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[info]rimasbookjournal.wordpress.com
2009-04-11 04:01 pm UTC (link)
time out in warm sun
laying around with a book
doing what i love

yeah! it's slightly cheesy.
but i am not that great at writing poetry.(:

I posted about the contest.
Here's the link:

http://rimasbookjournal.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/contest-alert-2/

-Rima

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[info]tvwizard
2009-04-11 05:12 pm UTC (link)
Friends and laughter come
I wish it was warmer, though
I live in Oregon

I just texted my friend Liz (W

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[info]tvwizard
2009-04-11 05:15 pm UTC (link)
Whoops! I pressed eneter on accident!

What I meant to say was:

I just texted my friend Liz (who is just as excited as me to see this book come out) that you were giving away a copy on your livejournal. She is uber excited!

Jenna
jennapomme(at)yahoo(dot)com

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[info]jennyhan
2009-04-11 05:16 pm UTC (link)
jenna, i love SKINS! and the last line of your haiku made me lol.

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Summer
(Anonymous)
2009-04-11 07:51 pm UTC (link)
burnt skin bubbles dry
peal off in long see through sheets
like glue hands of yore

http://alilsumpinsumpin.blogspot.com/

Thanks!

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[info]lucidconspiracy.blogspot.com
2009-04-12 12:53 am UTC (link)
Part 1:
The timeless feeling
is so surreal and abstract
like we don't exist.

Part 2:
I mentioned this on my blog, Lucid Conspiracy, on the sidebar :) Under the contests heading. lucidconspiracy[dot]blogspot[dot]com

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[info]xxthedarkness
2009-04-12 01:37 am UTC (link)
Part One:
sleeping in later
not having to go to school
this is what i like

Part Two:
Posted about it in the sidebar at my blog!
http://whatbrireads.blogspot.com

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summer haiku
[info]area17.blogspot.com
2009-04-12 09:28 am UTC (link)
visiting again
the glue remains of a heart
now three summers old

Good luck on your competition, excellent urban haiku, very Machi Tawara.

Alan

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Haiku for you
(Anonymous)
2009-04-12 05:40 pm UTC (link)
Open book in hand
The warm sun on my sholders
Loving Jenny’s book

Sand between my toes
Sun setting over the lake
Waves rolling to shore

sorry I didn't know which one to enter!

Part two: I told my two friends that forward email nonstop so the word would likely get around.

Hannah G. from Chicago

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In Which I Enter the Contest
(Anonymous)
2009-04-13 03:37 am UTC (link)
The sand, lava hot.
Sandals, why did I leave you
Back on my beach towel?

and the link...
http://aftonsblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/contest-about-summer-and-book.html

Thanks,
Afton

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[info]sameyers
2009-04-13 12:58 pm UTC (link)
As the warm sun shines
Eyes close and muscles weaken
Melting energy


I mentioned this contest on my blog Susan's Thoughts and Ramblings.

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Haiku
[info]desirousofeverything.blogspot.com
2009-04-13 04:00 pm UTC (link)
Boots, I banish you
To the back of my closet!
Hello, flip flop love.

More haikus and talk about this contest at my blog http://desirousofeverything.blogspot.com/

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[info]silviapi
2009-04-14 01:23 pm UTC (link)
Let's see if this is correct:

Running trough the camps,
Dancing with the breeze and sun
and the birds’ nice chants

I posted about this in my sidebar --> www.silviapisyabooks.blogspot.com


silvia_pi(at)hotmail.es

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(Anonymous)
2009-04-15 11:08 pm UTC (link)
This is a fun contest!

The romance novel
Perfect for summer sunshine
Lazy days to read.

I will post your link on my blog

http://westorientbooksblog.blogspot.com/

Cheers!

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[info]lisa_schroeder
2009-04-16 01:49 am UTC (link)
I blogged about it here:

http://lisa-schroeder.livejournal.com/268956.html

And here is my haiku:

The farmers market -
Strawberries and blueberries,
Flavors of summer.

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[info]heatherkb
2009-04-16 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Fun Contest!
Here's my haiku

My toes can be free
In bright sandals and flip-flops
Pedicures are near!

I bloggged about it here: http://heatherkb.livejournal.com

Thanks!

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Summer Back Home
[info]sunjun
2009-04-18 06:15 am UTC (link)
Sticky humid nights,
cool Carolina breezes
washed down with sweet tea


Does Facebook count...?
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=3112381

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Good Bye in June
(Anonymous)
2009-04-18 04:24 pm UTC (link)
Good Bye in June

Watching the sunrise
on the sea's east horizon
before I fly home.

-Janet Tang
St. Louis, MO

This haiku is about my last day in Miami, Florida after living there for 2 years. Thanks!

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(Anonymous)
2009-04-19 08:38 pm UTC (link)
1. cherry popsicles
and reading in the sunshine
till i fall asleep

2. blogged about it at perpetualives.blogspot.com.

crossing my fingers for luck! yippee!

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Contest Entry!
(Anonymous)
2009-04-20 08:22 pm UTC (link)
Hello! My name is Grace,and this is my summer haiku entry:

a song on my lips
adventure in my pocket
my feet for dancing

email: graceaparker@bellsouth.net

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haiku entry
(Anonymous)
2009-04-21 03:23 am UTC (link)
Hi, Jenny. I just read SHUG a couple of weeks ago and really liked it. Looking forward to your new book. Here's my haiku:

all day at the beach
at night hot, red skin slathered
in sweet, cool lotion.


I posted about the contest on my blog, www.okiebookwoman.blogspot.com.

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Your clock is off
(Anonymous)
2009-04-21 03:49 am UTC (link)
Hey, your computer clock must be off somehow. I posted my haiku on April 20th, not the 21st, at about 10:15 central time. Please consider my haiku, too. I'd love to win!

www.okiebookwoman.blogspot.com

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[info]book-splot.blogspot.com
2009-04-21 04:55 pm UTC (link)
Love puppy splashes,
Strawberries and popsicles
And books read poolside

And unlike that last person, mine is on the 21st :( I had a brain skip or something (or the rain brought my migraine back & made me dumb) but I totally wrote this yesterday and had every intention of submitting it then, so .. . D:

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