Book Reviewer/Bloggers Contest

As you know this is the 10th anniversary of my debut novel SUGAR and to commemorate the auspicous occassion I rallied to sell 10K copies of SUGAR by January 9th. I won't know if I achieved my goal until I receive my next royalty statement - but I'm confident that I did.

While the campaign has come to an end, I will be celebrating the 10th anniversary all year long and so will continue to get SUGAR into as many hands, hearts and minds that I can.

As you also know I am an advocate of diversity in reading and have sqwaked endlessly about the marginilization of works written by African-American writers, so it does my heart good when I come across book reviewer blogs by non-African-American book enthusiasts reading works by writers of color.

It made my day when I stumbled across Gerber Daisy Diaries Blogspot and her review of Sugar...

""In my quest to find the alternative to The Help I’m trying to immerse myself in African-American authors, whose points of view lend more authenticity and credibility to the stories of African-American characters. I hit gold with Bernice L. McFadden’s, Sugar."

Read the full review here.

So in honor of Black History Month, Sugar's 10th Anniversary and Non-African-American Book Reviewers reading works by people of Color - I will be giving away (2) copies of SUGAR to Book Review Bloggers who are NOT of African descent..

To Enter:

• – If you’d like to enter you must have your OWN blog and be a Blogger Follower with Google Friend Connect (Make sure your Blogger ID/Name goes to your Blogger profile page and that your setting is on Public instead of Anonymous.) In the comments section, state “I AM A FOLLOWER.” And please leave your email address. You must NOT be of African Descent and MUST have at least 25 Followers of your blog.

***EACH EXTRA ENTRY MUST HAVE A SEPARATE COMMENT***


+1 – Post about this giveaway on your blog and leave the URL in the comment section.

+1 – Post about this giveaway on Twitter and leave the URL in the comment section.

• – You must be 18 years or older (Under 18, get your parents to enter.)

• – US & Canada residents only.

• – Winners will be posted here on Monday Feb 15th, 2010. If you don’t want to miss the announcement post, be a subscriber to the blog. Not sure how? Look in the right sidebar under Subscribe.

• – Unclaimed books will be given away in a future drawing.

• – Make sure your entry ID is distinguishable by others who post. Remember, you might not be the only John or Jane commenting below.


Comments that aren’t an entry will be deleted. Participants who do not meet ALL of the requirements will be deleted...

Bernice L. McFadden