 A. Click on the icon for the category you wish to enter.
B. Read the list of questions posed by the authors.
C. Download the answer sheet provided on the category page for the contest.
D. Follow the link to each author's website or blog.
E. Explore the website or blog until you find the answer. This may require reading excerpts or watching book videos.
F. Click on the “E-MAIL” button to send an email to that author. Copy the answer into the body of the email.
6. Entries will be accepted by e-mail to each individual author, (can be obtained by clicking on the “E-Mail” button on the contest page) from 12:00 midnight on Sept. 21, 2009 to 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 28, 2009, Eastern (US) Standard Time.
7. All entry e-mails MUST contain the following:
A. Subject line should contain the category being entered:
All Ages, Mainstream, or Explicit (Contestants may enter one, two, or all three categories, but each must be in a separate email.)
B. Contestant's legal name.
C. Contestant's e-mail.
D. Mailing address.
E. The answer to that author’s question.
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8. Author Prizes: Each participating author is contributing an individual prize, as listed on the contest page. A winner for each individual prize will be drawn from among those contestants answering that author's question correctly.
9. Grand Prize: For each individual author’s drawing entered, contestants will receive one entry into the grand prize drawing. The grand prize will be a gift card for $100.00 to the on-line bookseller of winner’s choice.
10. Notification: Winners of individual prizes will be notified, by the individual authors, by email, no later than October 5, 2009. Winner of the grand prize will be notified by the contest coordinator, by email, no later than October 10, 2009.
11. Privacy Notice:
A. Names and addresses are provided for the distribution of prizes only. The name and address of the winner of each author prize will be provided to that author, and then deleted after the prize has been sent. All other names and addresses will be viewed only by the contest coordinator and will be immediately deleted after winners have been notified. No solicitation or harvesting of names or addresses will be permitted.
B. Many authors do have email loops or newsletters for distributing information to readers. If contestants wish to be added to these mailing lists, a separate page with links to each author's email has been provided at:
12. Questions: For questions or rules clarifications, please contact the contest coordinator at iwofa.contest@live.com. Please put QUESTION in the subject line. If you are having difficulty accessing an author's site, please also let the coordinator know.
13. Content Warning: Books in the Mainstream and Explicit categories contain material not suited for younger readers.
14. Reading E-Book Prizes: On each category page, there is a table with download buttons for Adobe, Mobi, and Microsoft Reader. These are free programs to allow readers to open and read electronic books. There is also an explanation of how to transfer your free downloads to the Kindle electronic reader.
15. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
  
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