When you find a good book, you want everyone to read it. There is literally NO ONE who should NOT READ THAT BOOK. Everyone deserves the joy it will bring them. Your boring gym teacher? Deserves the joy. Your evil cousin? Deserves the joy. The boy in third grade who put gum in your hair resulting in two years of awkward chop-job grow-out? Even he deserves the joy.
Sharing the joy of something you love feels good. Sharing the joy of a good book is incomparable. And that’s the joy of I Heart Daily.
For this contest, sponsored by Figment and our friends at I Heart Daily, your challenge is as follows: write a review—of no more than 300 words—of your favorite book published in 2011. Submit your entry by December 16 at 11:59 p.m ET. Then you get to decide the 10 finalists by voting on your favorite entries.
The top 10 most-hearted entries will be read and judged by Melissa Walker, author of Small Town Sinners and four other young-adult novels. (She’s also the co-editor of I Heart Daily with Anne Ichikawa!) The grand-prize winner will receive a Kindle Touch pre-loaded with 5 of Figment’s favorite books of 2011 and 5 of I Heart Daily’s favorite books of 2011.
How to enter:
- Read the full rules here
- Sign up for Figment.com
- Write a review of your favorite book published in 2011, of no more than 300 words, and press “Publish Now”
- In the details tab, tag your story iheartdailybooks
- Wait the 2 hours it sometimes takes to see your piece appear below
I Heart Daily is also giving away hard copies of five of their favorite books to one lucky new subscriber! To enter, sign up for their newsletter using the form below. (Read the official rules here.)
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Click here to read the finalist entries. Click here to see who won!
May we quote the book?
Hi Taylor,
As long as you make it clear that you are quoting the book by citing it. Good luck!
Thanks!
Does it have to have been published in 2011? Is 2010 okay?
Hi Kayleigh,
It has to be a book published in 2011. Good luck!
AAAAARGH!
*pulls hair*
As soon as I’m 18 I’ll leave Oman and head to USA so that I’ll be eligible to enter.
OH. MY. GOD. A KINDLE TOUCH?!?! i am so entering.
when is the voting deadline?
Hi Kinsey,
The voting deadline is 12/23/2011. Good luck!
Are all your contest only for the people in USA?
Hi Cynthia,
Yes, most of our contests are for U.S. citizens/residents only.
I’ve entered. After all, it’s a KINDLE TOUCH!!!
Where do we go to write the review? I am new… Do we go to new pieces?
Thanks…
Hi Eleanor,
You must review a book that has actually been published in 2011 and is available for sale, etc. Figment books are not eligible.
So I had a question. Well two actually. One, how will the voting take place? Two, what’s the link to provide the information I Heart Daily needs in order to quilify?
Hi Mariah,
The “most-hearted” entries will become finalists. All you have to do to qualify is create a story with your Figment account and tag it “iheartdailybooks” in the Details section. If you are still confused, please email me at rebecca@figment.com.
Can we review a book that is part of a series???
Hi Caitlin,
Yes! Absolutely.
does it have to be published in 2011?
Hi Tony,
Yes, it must be published in 2011.
hello
i want to win!!!!!!
i want to win!!!!!!
Can we submit multiple reviews?
Hi Emily,
No, you may only have one entry per contest at a time. Good luck!
hey rebecca i have to remove myself from the iheartdaily contest because i had realized Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins was published in 2009 im sorry:)
Hi Honesty,
Aww, that’s a bummer! All you have to do to leave the contest is untag your entry.
Does the winner get a figment tote as well?
Hi Tom,
No, the winner does not get a Figment tote. But many of the winners of forum games do!
When will the winner be announced?
Hi Megan,
Hopefully, within the next couple weeks!
when will results be out?
Hi Tabitha,
The voting period ends on December 23, and we will hopefully hear back about the winners soon after that. Thank you for your patience!
When does voting end?
JK I see it, on another comment xD
Hey, I added my review yesterday and tagged it “iheartdailybooks” but after searching through each page of the contest, I was still unable to locate it. Did I do something wrong?
Hey Mackenna-
The entry period for the I Heart Daily contest ended December 16, so any stories posted after that point won’t show up among the entries. Let me know if I can help you with anything else!
Best,
Emily
Question: How do you even VOTE? *sighs because i’m being so stupid*
Hey Gabs-
You can vote by hearting a story!
-Emily
I’ve noticed that several of the top voted entries are actually of books that weren’t published in 2011. Will they still be considered because they’re in the top 10 or will they be disqualified because the books they reviewed weren’t published in the correct year?
Hey Julia-
Only reviews of books published in 2011 will be eligible to win.
Best,
Emily
AHHHHH! I’m not going to be entered for the contest! I only have 6 hearts. I should have posted earlier than the deadline. Darn. And i really wanted to win. Anyone wanna swithch? trade? whatever it is that you read each-others entry? I’m sad now.
i just read a review of a comic…is that allowed?
also i read a review of a book on figment.
The entries must be for books published in 2011, so books on Figment wouldn’t qualify.
i have a list of all the non- 2011 books. where can i send them?
Hi Baillie,
I’m not sure what you mean. Please contact rebecca@figment.com with more questions.
oh…its the books that weren’t published in 2011 that have entries
Are the finalists being announced today?
Hi Ami,
They will be announced very soon! Thanks for your patience.
are you allowed to vote for your own entry? because i gave mine a heart, but its not showing up on this page.
Hi Jordan,
Yes, you are allowed to vote once and only once for your entry.