The Young Adult Summer Scavenger Hunt Announcement - over $1000 in books and prizes!

The YA Summer Scavenger Hunt

I'm so glad to be a part of the AAYAA Summer Scavenger Hunt. This is an amazing opportunity for everyone involved, and one lucky winner will get a $500 grand prize. I'll also be giving away some books, so stay tuned for my Scavenger Hunt post, coming up at the end of May.

Want to know more about this? Well, in June, the Alliance of Young Adult Authors is sponsoring a massive young adult scavenger hunt. This is a chance to meet some new authors, grab a bunch of free books, and sign up to win a whole bunch of epic prizes! The hunt will take place June 1st to June 7th.

In addition to the $500 grand prize, each author will be giving away lots of free books and cool stuff (for my part, I’ll probably have a set of dystopian books and possibly a huge vampire hunter’s kit).
When the scavenger hunt begins (June 1st) all you have to do is visit each site below in order and write down the special word to reconstruct the story. You can enter any of the giveaways or offers on anybody’s site, or just grab the special word and move on. I’ll add a link soon where you can enter for the grand prize when you have the full story.

RULES

Each author will be given a special keyword, which will be bolded and all caps like this: BUTTERFLIES.
All you have to do is visit all the author’s sites in this order, write down the special keywords to discover the short story, then enter the giveaway with the completed short story HERE (link will be posted soon).
There will be one main giveaway for the main prize, but most of the participating authors will also have smaller giveaways for free books, amazon credit and author swag, so make sure you read their post carefully to see what else they’re offering while you’re on their site for the keyword.

TREASURE MAP (list of participating authors)

1. THE MAP (PARTICIPATING AUTHORS)

   1. Cindy Ray Hale
   2. Katherine Bogle
   3. Melle Amade
   4. David Kudler
   5. A.M. Yates
   6. Alethea Kontis
   7. Stevie Rae Causey
   8. Katlyn Duncan
   9. Debbie Manber Kupfer
   10. Meredith Rose
   11. N.M. Howell
   12. Lara Ann  
   13. K.M. Robinson
   14. J.A. Culican
   15. Heather Karn
   16. Rob L. Slater
   17. Dylan Keefer
   18. Sarah K. Wilson  
   19. L.J. Higgins
   20. Gina Marie Long 
   21. Em Kazmierski
   22. Travis Hall
   23. Heather Young-Nichols
   24. Anna Santos
   25. J.L. Weil  
   26. Jo Schneider 
   27. Rebecca Fernfield
   28. Kristin D. Van Risseghem
   29. Martine Lewis 
   30. Tara Benham
   31. Stacy Claflin
   32. Beth Hammond
   33. Erica Cope
   34. Nicole Zoltack
   35. Char Webster
   36. Sabrina Ramoth
   37. T.J. Muir
   38. Raquel Lyon
   39. Beth Rodgers
   40. S.L. Beaumont
   41. Eva Pohler
   42. Melanie McFarlane
   43. Cheryllynn Dyess
   44. Audrey Rich
   45. Amanda Zieba
   46. Sandie Will
   47. Elle Scott
   48. Angie Grigaliunas
   49. Ashley Maker 
   50. Mandy Peterson
   51. Audrey Grey
   52. Elisa Dane  
   53. Amy McNulty
   54. Melinda Cordell
   55. Monica Leonelle
   56. Claire Luana
   57. Frost Kay
   58. Preeti C. Sharma
   59. Bentz Deyo 
   60. April Wood
   61. Lena Mae Hill
   62. Angel Leya
   63. Wendi Wilson
   64. Wendy Knight
   65. Chogan Swan
   66. Tamara Hart Heiner
   67. Norma Hinkens
   68. Patti Larsen
   69. Megan Crewe  
   70. Jamie Thornton
   71. Jessie Renée
   72. T.A. Maclagan  
   73. Lydia Sherrer
   74. Phyllis Moore
   75. P.D. Workman
   76. J.A. Armitage
   77. K.N. Lee
   78. Angela Fristoe
   79. Rhonda Sermon
   80. G.K. DeRosa 
   81. Erin Richards
   82. Ali Winters
   83. Larissa C. Hardesty
   84. Kristine Tate
   85. Debra Kristi
   86. Bella Rose 
   87. Cortney Pearson
   88. Jeff Kohanek
   89. Kristal Shaff
   90. Rachel Morgan  
   91. Emma Right
   92. C.L. Cannon
   93. Joanne Macgregor
   94. Lindsey Loucks
   95. Farah Cook
   96. Erin Hayes
   97. Jesikah Sundin
   98. Dorothy Dreyer
   99. Danielle Annett
   100. C.J. Ethington
   101. L.C. Hibbett 
   102. Madeline Dyer
   103. Katie John
   104. Nicole Schubert  
   105. Rachel Medhurst 
   106. Tee G Ayer  
   107. May Freighter 
   108. Heather Dyer
   109. Jen Minkman  
   110. J.L. Gillham
   111. Karen Tomlinson
   112. Kate Haye
   113. Megan Linski
   114. Martina Billings
   115. Jo Ho
   116. EE Isherwood
   117. Inna Hardison
   118. Rachel Bateman
   119. Sally Henson  
   120. J.L. Hendricks 
   121. A.L. Knorr  
   122. T.M. Franklin  
   123. Raven Oak
   124. felisha Antonette
   125. Jake Devlin
   126. S.F. Benson
   127. Laurie Treacy
   128. Emily Martha Sorensen 
   129. Leia Stone
   130. T. Rae Mitchell
   131. J. Keller Ford
   132. Kat Stiles
   133. Jessica Hawke
   134. Elyse Reyes
   135. Sophie Davis
   136. Bianca Scardoni
   137. Jenetta Penner
   138. David R. Bernstein
   139. Olivia Wildenstein
   140. Derek Murphy

 For rules, updates or trouble-shooting, make sure to check out this main post which will stay updated.

TIMELINE

Authors will post the rules and the full list of participating authors sometime in June, and have their post up and visible on their site/blog, with their keyword, by June 1st. Readers just need to go through the list, find the words, and use the story to enter for the grand prize.

Good luck, everyone! And happy reading!