Contests




FINDING AMERICA'S HERO CONTEST In America's Hero Austin Quinn plays America's Hero, Major Cass Winters IS America's Hero Now is your chance to nominate America's Hero and Help me find Austin Quinn America's Hero is my newest time travel and due out with Champagne Books (www.champagnebooks.com) in March 2009. Austin Quinn is a Hollywood hottie and he has played not only some of the greatest heroes America has seen, he's also played such icons as Achilles and Robin Hood in his movies. Major Cass Winter is a Marine Corps F/A-18 pilot who just wants nothing to do with the Hollywood hunk. Through a freak incident, both are thrown back in time to before the walls of Troy. FINDING AMERICA'S HERO CONTEST is a two part contest with hopefully something for everyone. Part One is your chance to help me find Austin Quinn. His picture will be on, among things, my website, myspace and blog as well as being able to say "I'm the human reality of Austin Quinn from Regan Taylor's book America's Hero". The winner will have his photograph featured on Austin Quinn's page on my website and on his own blog, a $25 Amazon.com gift certificate, $25 Starbucks gift card, a download of a Champagne book of choice, a jigsaw puzzle of an air craft carrier and an autographed copy of America's Hero when it is released in print. Details to nominate Austin Quinn with appropriate links are on my website at www.ReganTaylor.com. Part Two is finding who your American Hero is--is he the young man who shovels snow for the elderly lady next door? The woman who volunteers for the literacy project? A firefighter rushing code 3 to a fire? From July 4, 2008 through August 31, 2008 you will have your chance to nominate this hero by going to Austin's Blog at http://austinquinn-americashero.blogspot.com and entering a comment on who your hero is. The winner will receive a $25 Target gift card, $25 Amazon.com gift certificate and the download of their choice from Champagne Books. Both contests will have nominations open until September 1 (Labor Day) the voting will begin for who epitomizes who a true hero is based on the stories told about this amazing individuals. Voting will run until November 10, 2009 (The Marine Corps Birthday and the day before Veterans' Day). (You will need to leave your email so we can contact the winner.) Live the Romance Photography Contest Now it is your chance to be a cover model! Dorchester Publishing is offering readers the opportunity to create their own costumes based on characters in their favorite Dorchester romances for a chance to win cash prizes and free books. Romance novels have the power to transport us to worlds of fantasy, lands far away, the distant past and the distant future. They capture our imagination and allow us to see, smell, breathe and touch as if we were the character in our favorite book. Dorchester challenges its readers to bring the books to life by "getting into character" and taking some pictures. Participating is easy. Simply choose your favorite character or scene from a Dorchester book, dress up accordingly, snap a photo and send it in to be judged by our Romance experts. You could be Egan MacDonald from HIGHLANDER EVER AFTER fighting in his plaid and paint or Rain Tairen Soul from KING OF SWORD AND SKY, shape-shifting and brandishing your deadly blade. Perhaps you'd like to go shoe shopping and mystery solving like the indomitable Maddie Springer from ALIBI IN HIGH HEELS. If the future is your bag, dash across the Northern Waste as Raina Bowen in DRIVEN. The sky is the limit! A winner will be chosen in each of the following categories: Best Historical, Best Paranormal Most Romantic Most Creative The winners will receive cash prizes and copies of their favorite author's books. HOW TO ENTER: Choose your favorite character, get a costume and snap a photo. Email the photo to cnelson@dorchesterpub.com by September 1, 2008. For more information: http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?ID=2488