Posts Tagged ‘Twitter’

Haiku Winners

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Well, after a week-and-a-half-long process, we have the winners for the Wordstock Haiku Twitter Contest. That’s right, the ten best Haikus have garnered votes and they can claim their tickets. Now, before we get into the list of winners and the winning Haikus, I’d like to take a minute to let the winners know what to do to claim their Free Day Admission Tickets.

If your Twitter handle and Haiku are listed below, please contact me, Spencer, your social media chatter bug with your Full Name and Email Address at Spencer@wordstockfestival.com.  I will put you on the Admission List and when you arrive at the Oregon Convention Center to attend the wondrous event we like to call Wordstock simply proceed to the Wordstock Booth outside of the main hall and give them your full name. They will stamp your hand and you are off to the races. Or at least the books…

Winners!:

1st – @amybaskin – “Coffee or a brew/ A book and a red chair, too./ Portland in autumn. (Winnings: Two One-Day Tickets)

2nd – @MBHern – “Put your stock in words./ An investment sure to pay./ It’s Wordstock weekend!” (Two One-Day Tickets)

3rd -@mightytoycannon – “Bookapalooza./ A bibliophile’s wet dream./ Wordstock, I Love You.” (One One-Day Ticket)

4th – @trishamead – “The lush feel of pulp/ The crackle of prose on paper/ The scent of wordstock.” (One One-Day Ticket)

5th – @caraholman – “Twas the week before/ Wordstock, excitement ran high/ All those books waiting.” (One One-Day Ticket)

6th – @sarahgilbert – “sunflowers graying/ tomatoes give last red shout/ tidings of wordstock.” (One One-Day Ticket)

7th – @dijeratic – “There’s words aplenty/ and more than words after that/ Wordstock will find you.” (One One-Day Ticket)

8th – @sarahgilbert – “Read through the weather/ in rain or @portlandfog/ wordstock warms my brain.” (One One-Day Ticket – Yes you won twice!)

9th – @Aprovecho – “Expand Open Mind/ Literary Omnivores/ Cross-Polination.” (One One-Day Ticket)

10th – @Tortoogal – “ ‘Frog ‘n’ her throat’ hangs/ Green-Towel Frog ‘round my neck:/ ‘Figures of Speech” ball” (One One-Day Ticket)

Congratulations! – Winners please email me with your full name and email address at Spencer@wordstockfestival.com

Win Free Tickets to Wordstock: Twitter-Haiku Contest

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

That’s right, we’re giving away 12 Free One-Day Tickets to the Wordstock Book Festival. All you have to do is write a Haiku. It’s that simple.

Starting Monday Morning (9/28) at 8am and running until Friday (10/2) at Midnight, if you Twitter a Haiku about Wordstock, Wordstock Authors, or any one of our partner events you will be entered into the contest.

Every Haiku should follow the normal guidelines. One line of 5 syllables, One line of 7 syllables, followed by another line of 5 syllables. Each line should be seperated by a “/” mark just to be safe, since Twitter usually squishes entries. Plus you need to add the following at the end: “#WSHaiku” and “@wordstockfest” It should all fit in 140 Characters.

Example Tweet:

Wordstockfest: “Wordstock is Awesome/ You know that you want to go/ Join us October #WSHaiku @wordstockfest”

You can write as many as you like. And as long as you format them like the above example, we’ll find them and include them in the contest.

But that’s not all. Saturday 10/3 – Wordstock will read all the entries and post the 20 finalists on our Facebook Page. Then the voting begins. The top two vote getters will get a pair of tickets each while the next 8 runners up will get one ticket each.

1st and 2nd place: 2 Tickets

3rd-10th – 1 Ticket

So get those typing fingers warmed up and start posting Wordstock Haikus tomorrow morning at 8am.

May the best Haiku win! Or the best ten!