Contests.

	Contests
Welcome to my contest page! All the contest and programs listed here will be on-going throughout 2013! :) I also give hints if you can't find an answer to a question or two. ;> Good Luck! REFERRAL PROGRAM! Recommend my book(s) to five friends/relatives/co-workers/strangers and you'll receive a signed copy of your choice from one of my published books (POISON STUDY, MAGIC STUDY, FIRE STUDY, STORM GLASS, SEA GLASS, INSIDE OUT, OUTSIDE IN, TOUCH OF POWER, or SCENT OF MAGIC). Just have your friends/relatives/co-workers/strangers email me at maria@mariavsnyder.com within four months (after four months you'll have to start over). Make sure all five include your name and the fact you mentioned my book(s) in their email. And make sure YOU email me your address so I can send out your special prize! Only one book per winner. Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #1: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of SCENT OF MAGIC. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading SCENT OF MAGIC (see below for Contest #2!) Contest Questions: 1 – What is the "new realm" and name Avry chooses when making her disguise for the acolytes? 2 – Who are Ryne's bodyguards after the assassination attempt? 3 – What does Noak call Kerrick? 4 – What is the nickname Quain receives when he complains about his job and is offered Valorie's? 5 – What is Odd's real name? 6 – What is Avry's new scent after she is brought back to life by the Peace Lily? What was her old one? 7 – What color jumpsuits do the POW's wear? Why? 8 – What are snow ufas called? 9 – What is the new name Odd and his crew are called? 10 – How long does it take for the Death Lilies to regenerate their toxin sacks? 11 – What did Mom call the acolytes? 12 – What does Avry see on Major Granvil's tent? 13 – Who is Noelle's little shadow? 14 – What does Danny find to help Onion? 15 – What is the noose? 16 – Which acolytes attempted to kidnap Avry? 17 – Why will teaching Thea's squads be difficult for Avry? 18 – What does the Peace Lily in Vyg spit up? 19 – What does Liv call Avry? 20 – What is the name of Ursan's squad? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #2: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of TOUCH OF POWER. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading TOUCH OF POWER (see below for Contest #3!) Contest Questions: 1 – What is the name of the little girl Avry heals? 2 – What does Belen call Loren and Quain? 3 – What is Belen's nickname? 4 – What happens if an unmarried woman fails Estrid's purity test? 5 – Besides Prince Ryne and King Zavier, who else occupies one of Tohon's glass coffins? 6 – What is the name of Mom's Inn? 7 – How many scarves can Avry juggle? 8 – What color are Flea's eyes? 9 – How did Kerrick get the scars on his neck? 10 – According to Sepp, what does a Death Lily smell like? 11 – What is Avry's stiletto made of? 12 – What is Kerrick's brother's name? 13 – What realm did Belen and Kerrick meet Quain and Loren? 14 – Who gave Flea his name? 15 – Who was Avry's healer mentor? 16 – Approximately how many people died from the plague? 17 – Where does Avry hear news about her sister? 18 – What is Jael's magical ability? 19 – What are Tohon's special soldiers? 20 – What is the name of the stuff that eats through metal? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #3: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of OUTSIDE IN. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading OUTSIDE IN (see below for Contest #4!) Contest Questions: 1 – What is the name of Trella's new cleaning troll? 2 – Who is Bubba Boom? 3 – What are the names of the Outsiders? 4 – What does Logan give Trella? 5 – How does the Committee keep track of Trella? 6 – What does ISF stand for? 7 – Who is in charge of Maintenance? 8 – Whose appendix bursts? 9 – What is Logan's newest gadget? 10 – What is the nickname for ISF? 11 – What does Trella find at the top of the Expanse? 12 – What do the Outsiders want? 13 – What was the Big Shake? 14 – Who saves Trella from the fire? 15 – Who is Jacy conspiring with? 16 – How many Bubble Monsters are there? 17 – What is the current population of Insiders? 18 – The explosion damaged the power plant and what other critical system? 19 – Near the end, how does Trella and her friends get to the Outsiders? 20 – Is Doctor Lamont really Trella's birth mother? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #4: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of SPY GLASS. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading SPY GLASS (see below for Contest #5!) Contest Questions: 1 – What are Kade's parents' names? 2 – What is the name of the Inn Opal stays in Fulgor? 3 – What does SMU stand for? 4 – What are the two things that help guards catch criminals? 5 – What does Valek bring when he visit's Opal's house? 6 – Who is Ian? 7 – What did Opal's mother do when Opal arrived only a few days before the wedding? 8 – what does CO stand for? 9 – What is the name of Finn's horse? 10 – What do the Helper Guild members wear to show they're members? 11 – How tall is the waterfall Finn takes Opal to see? 12 – When dressed for the wedding, what is pinned to Kade's lapel? 13 – Who is Tori? 14 – What are Pazia's brothers' names? 15 – How many times did the "murderess," Rhea Jewelrose stab her husband? 16 – What can be put into food to make a person sick to their stomach's? 17 – what shape did the "midnight napkin folder" make for the tables for Mara's wedding? 18 – Who is the warden of Wirral? 19 – what is Quinn's father's name? 20 – What did the symbol's on Opal's switchblade mean? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #5: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of INSIDE OUT. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading INSIDE OUT! (see below for Contest #6!) Contest Questions: 1 – What is Broken Man's real name? 2 – What rank is Karla Trava? 3 – Which system does Riley monitor? 4 – Finish this sentence: "No one recycles..." 5 – What is the name of the man kill-zapped by Karla Trava? 6 – How many children does each Care Mother raise? 7 – What's Trella's birth week? 8 – How old is Riley in weeks? 9 – What is the small cleaning troll's nickname? 10 – What do you turn to get the outside in? 11 – What is Outside? 12 – Where does Broken Man hide? 13 – What does RATSS stand for? 14 – When a scrub is recycled, where are he sent? 15 – Who are the last two Tech Nos? 16 – What is Trella's nickname? 17 – What does Broken Man need in order to access the computer files? 18 – What is Riley's father's name? 19 – What does Pop Cops stand for? 20 – What is the name of Trella's resistance fighters? Extra Credit – What is Riley's brother's name? (a correct answer is not required to win :) Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #6: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of SEA GLASS. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading SEA GLASS! (see below for Contest #7!) Contest Questions: 1 – How many kilns are in Gressa's factory? 2 - What does the Bloodrose family harvest? 3 – What is the name of the owner of the horse farm where Moonlight and Quartz stayed? 4 – What does Mara and Leif announce near the end of the book? 5 – What are the titles of the two books Fisk gives Opal? 6 - What is Pazia's father's name? 7 - What did Ox use to disarm Janco? 8 – What is the name of the inn Opal and Janco stay in Ognap? 9 – What is Janco's nickname for the Magician's Keep? 10 – What is the name of Walsh's brother"? 11 – What do the new Stormdance glassmakers use to make the orbs? 12 – What does Kade want to teach Opal? 13 - What is the name of Helen's mother? 14 - Name one of the two glass statues Skippy buys from Helen. 15 – What does D-I-D stand for? 16 - What are the names of the two guards in Fulgor who become friends with Opal? 17 – What is the name of Professor Dax Greenblade's class? 18 - Who saves Zitora's life? 19 – What is Skippy's real name? 20 – Who does Opal work self-defense techniques with when she trained at the Keep? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #7: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of STORM GLASS. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading STORM GLASS! (see below for Contest #8!) Contest Questions: 1 – What is Blue Eye's real name? 2 - Name the three Stormdance Glassmakers. 3 – Who is the new Weapons Master at the Keep? 4 – What is Zitora's horse's name? 5 – What is the sand recipe for the Stormdancer's glass orbs? 6 - How many kilns does Opal's family own? 7 - What is the Thunder Valley's Captain's name? 8 – How many sisters does Ulrick have? 9 – What does Heli like to collect? 10 – What is the name of the horse Ulrick "borrowed"? 11 – What is the Vasko mine famous for? 12 – Who warns Fisk that Opal and Pazia were followed to his headquarters? 13 - What is the name of the man rescued by Kade and Opal? 14 - What does Opal compare Ulrick to when talking with her father? 15 – What are the Stable Master's special treats called? 16 - Why is Yelena in Fulgor? 17 – What does Pazia send after Opal, Ulrick and Mara? 18 - How does Opal, Yelena and Leif get to the gypsum crystal cave? 19 – what happened to the leader of the Storm Thieves? 20 – What is Kade's sister's name? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #8: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of FIRE STUDY. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading FIRE STUDY! (see below for Contest #9!) Contest Questions: 1 – Name one of the three paintings in Leif's Keep room. 2 - Who is Chestnut? 3 – What is Chestnut's job for his clan? 4 – What is the name of the Booruby Inn Yelena and her friends stay at? 5 – Who runs the inn named in question #4? 6 - What are the names of Porter's two students? 7 - Which direction did Ferde and Cahil go in the Daviian Plateau? 8 – What is Maren's new rank? 9 – What does Yelena's mother give her for calling the necklace snakes? 10 – What are Opal's parents names? 11 – Why did the Commander send Valek to Sitia? 12 – What is the reward for Yelena's capture in Sitia? 13 - What is Bavol Zaltana's daughter's name? 14 - What does Moon Man do so the group doesn't get lost in the cave? 15 – Who was the very first Story Weaver? 16 - Kiki compares Cahil (aka Peppermint Man) to what? 17 – What is Yelena's cover name when she goes south to rescue the hostages? 18 - Which of Opal's glass animals in the store window would Leif purchase? 19 – How many Warpers are imprisoned in glass? 20 – What is the source of magic? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #9: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of MAGIC STUDY. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading MAGIC STUDY! (see below for Contest #10!) Contest Questions: 1 – What is Nutty’s full name? 2 - What is Kiki’s name for Valek? 3 – Finish this dialogue. “Trouble will get you in chains. Treason will get you____.” 4 – What are the Sandseed Magicians called? 5 – Who are the four Master Magicians? 6 - What mythical creature represents Second Magician? 7 - What is the beggar boy’s name? 8 – Who are Bain Bloodgood’s students? 9 – What is Kiki’s name for Irys? 10 – What is Tula and Opal’s older sister’s name? 11 – What does Yelena give her mother at the Magician’s Keep? 12 – What is Ferde short for? 13 - What is Cahil’s horse’s name? 14 - What color robes are the Sandseed Elders wearing? 15 – What animals did Valek carve for Ari and Janco? 16 - Where does Curare come from? 17 – How many clans are in Sitia? 18 - How does Yelena wear her hair for the New Beginnings feast? 19 – What two colors are in Fern’s famous Illiais print? 20 – What are the names of the five student levels at the Keep? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address). CONTEST #10: Answer the following 20 questions correctly and WIN a Signed Book Plate/Label, and your name will also be entered into a quarterly drawing to win a signed copy of POISON STUDY. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate/label. All answers can be found by reading POISON STUDY! Contest Questions: 1 - Which poison smells like Rosewood? 2 - What is the name of the lake in Military District 5? 3 - Who was the only person to escape from the Commander's dungeon? 4 - Who is Nix really working for? 5 - What does Mogkan tell Yelena about when he had "rescued" her? 6 - What is the name of General Brazell's guard (the one who chases her in the castle)? 7 - What are Rand's guesses about Yelena's fire festival event? 8 - What do the symbols on Yelena's switchblade mean? 9 - What is the real name for Butterfly's Dust? 10 - What are the four tastes that mint will mask? 11 - What is the largest leaf in the Snake Forest? 12 - What happened to Rand's mother? 13 - What weapon does Valek use to save Yelena at the fire festival? 14 - What is General Tesso's daughter's name? 15 - What is Irys's sister's name? 16 - What is the name of the tree that Yelena climbs in the Snake Forest? 17 - What is Ari's full name? 18 - What is the name of Valek's associate, the one who helps Tentil start a new life? 19 - Which leg is Rand's bad one? 20 - There are three General's brandies mentioned. Which Generals and what is his brandy? Please Note: For those who live outside the USA and Canada, all shipping costs are covered for the book plate/label. If you win a book through one of the drawings, I'm more than happy to send you a free book, but due to high shipping costs, you'll need to pay for the postage (approximately $12 US) via PayPal (you don't need an account - just an email address).