It’s that time of the year again! It’s time for the FOURTH ANNUAL DEBUT AUTHOR CHALLENGE!!
I know I say this every year, but I am extremely excited to be hosting the challenge this year and I think this will be the BEST YEAR YET! For those of you that have participated in the challenge before, there are some changes that might affect you!
I want to thank all my DAC 2012 Helpers! They have been busy working behind the scenes helping me get everything ready! I can’t thank you all enough!!
CHALLENGE OBJECTIVE:
- To read & review a minimum of twelve young adult or middle grade debut novels between the dates of January 1, 2012 – January 31, 2013.*
*The 2013 extension is so that December Debuts can be read and count toward the challenge.
- Any advance reader copies you read from 2012 BEFORE the January 1st start date DO NOT count toward the challenge!
- You can read twelve books in one month, or one book a month. It doesn’t matter as long as you have 12 read by the end of the year!
RULES & GUIDELINES:
- You must have a Blog to post your reviews or be a member of Goodreads. Youtube Book Reviewers count too!
- Your blog/video must be written in English.
- Deadline to join is May 31, 2012.
BOOK GUIDELINES:
- Must be a young adult or middle grade title.
- Must be the author’s YA or MG debut, released in 2012.
- If an author has a previous novel published for adults or children, they can still qualify for the challenge.
- If an author has a previous YA or MG title, they do not qualify for the challenge.
MORE INFORMATION ON THE 2012 DAC, CAN BE FOUND HERE!
Don’t forget to grab a button!!
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No, you need to sign the linky with your url.
I linked my blog in the linky already
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Is this how I sign up? Thank you!
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I’m really excited about this one. Putting together my list now
Thanks for organizing the challenge and for all the lists of titles, you rock!!
Yay! I was pleased at how well I did at this one in 2011, so I’m excited to do it all over again. Actually, a lot of my favourite reads this year were by debut authors!
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The link to grab a button is bad. :C
How do I link my YouTube?
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Taylor if you have a blog, link to that. Otherwise you would link your YouTube channel.
Link to wherever you will posting most of your reviews!
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Yea I’m really excited that we get to do this again!
Hi. This is my first time participating in this. I just had a question, in my blog and review many things, I was wondering how are you going to know which is for the challenge? Do you want me to tag it so it would be easier to find?
I’m so excited!!
This was hands down my favorite challenge of 2011, looking forward to more fun in 2012.
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Looks like fun! I’m definitely in!
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Just found your blog via Presenting Lenore… very excited about this challenge! I’ve just started a book blog and I’ll be bookmarking this post so I can come back to your lists of debut authors.
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Is the button for this challenge gone? Or am I just not finding it?
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Ok, signed up again! Thanks for hosting!!!
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Well, I own a blog byt it’s not in English… I also have a Goodreads account, so can I participate? I’ve already added my link though XD Please reply quickly
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I haven’t picked out the 12 books yet, but I am thinking on it. Will post that in sidebar when I get everything ready on blog. Thanks for the Challenge.
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Hello! Would love to take the challenge, but can’t figure out how to sign up. Am I missing something? HELP!
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Hi
Just signed up – not sure if I’ve actually done it right as there’s a little red cross next to my name! Whoops.
Sorry. Don’t know what I did.
Hopefully all will be good.
Lynn
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I am sorry to bother, my website’s url on my link is wrong and not working, I didn’t want to add another link in case I mess up the numbers – is it possible to fix it?
My link number is 910 and my website is… http://bumblesandfairytales.blogspot.com
Thank you for your help!
margie {thebumblegirl at rocketmail dot com}
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margie, you should be able to edit that… there should be a little red “X” by your link! it’ll let you change your info.
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Website is called Tween and Teen Books. Also have a site for chioldrens books called Kid Lit Reviews at http://kid-lit-reviews.com.
First time for the challenge and cannot wait to get started – actually already have. No wait, he isn’t a debut novelist. Darn! Okay, guess it’s time to find those books. I love reading new writers. I like getting a feel for what publishing houses are interested in.
Good Luck to all.
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