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To cel­e­brate the release of Advance Read­ing Copies of Soul Enchi­lada, I’m hold­ing con­tests to give away ARCs. The Candy Heart Con­test is the first of three.

I got the idea for the first con­test from some­thing one of the char­ac­ters in Soul Enchi­lada (SoulEnchilada.com) reads off of a warped for­tune cookie: “If you love some­thing, set it free before you have to pay child support.”

Here’s the candy heart I cre­ated with the phrase:

Now, let’s see what you can create!

To enter:

1. Cre­ate your own candy heart at http://www.cryptogram.com/hearts/ . Your heart can say any­thing you’d like. You are not lim­ited to phrases from the ARC (since you haven’t read it).

2. Copy and paste this entire post–as well as the image of your candy heart–on your blog, Face­book, MySpace, web­site, etc.

3. Once you’ve com­pleted #3, email me at david­macin­nis­gill AT gmail.com with the link to your post. Voila! You’re entered in the giveaway.

4. The con­test will be judged by three teen read­ers based on the cri­te­ria of orig­i­nal­ity, design, and mes­sage. The con­test closes July 31st.

5. The prize is a per­son­al­ized, signed ARC and a spe­cial gift, TDB by the judges. The win­ner will be con­tacted via email. Her/his name and win­ning entry candy heart will be posted on my lj blog, as well as my home site DavidMacinnisGill.com.

Good Luck!