Contests

Welcome to my contest page! All the contest and programs listed here are still on-going - and will be throughout 2008! :) 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 the Study books (Poison, Magic or Fire). Just have your friends/relatives/co-workers/strangers email me at maria@mariavsnyder.com. 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!

CONTEST #1: Answer the following 20 questions correctly (with names spelled right!) and WIN a Signed Book Plate, and your name will also be entered into a monthly 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. All answers can be found by reading Fire Study! (see below for Contest #2!)

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?

CONTEST #2: Answer the following 20 questions correctly (with names spelled right!) and WIN a Signed Book Plate, and your name will also be entered into a monthly 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. All answers can be found by reading Magic Study! (see below for Contest #1!)

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?
  
  CONTEST #3: Answer the following 20 questions correctly (with names spelled right!) and WIN a Signed Book Plate, and your name will also be entered into a monthly drawing to win a rare, signed advance reading copy of Poison Study. Just e-mail me the answers and your mailing address, and I will send you the book plate. 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?