Sunday, April 24, 2011

Information about the American Gods audio book contest

When I got the information about the American Gods contest for the voice role in the upcoming audio book the link my friend sent me was just a basic one from Boing Boing http://boingboing.net/2011/04/14/win-a-speaking-role.html but as I've been going through the process of entering my submission I've come across information about it in a number of different areas so I'm compiling a quick list of useful sites.
First we have the main site
http://neilgaiman.bookperk.com/engine/Welcome.aspx?contestid=29933
You can get the general information about the contest for the voice role and the submissions and on the main page it also has a ranking section but it doesn't seem to be updated very frequently.
User Sites MindStain
http://mymindstain.blogspot.com/2011/04/american-gods-audiobook-contest.html
This is a page from one of the entrants in the American Gods contest Naomi Houser that goes by MindStain. She has up a ranking of the entrants in the contest that is updated frequently and seems to be accurate.

I'll keep an eye out for anything else interesting that I come across. If you have a moment please vote for me! http://neilgaiman.bookperk.com/engine/Details.aspx?p=V&c=29933&s=7893616

Neil Gaiman Audio Book Contest

Just the other day I got an interesting little email from one of my friends. It turns out that a company called Book Perks if putting on a contest with Harper Collins where the winner can land a role in the upcoming audio book of American Gods. At first I didn't think much of it because contests can be really tricky but one big thing about this one is that you submit a sample reading and the top 20 entries with the most votes will go on to the next round. I don't have much of a chance but there is still a possibility!
So my entry is up, I did my recording and submitted it before I listened to any of the other entries and on quality alone I think I have a decent chance though there are some other amazing entries that have been posted up. Now the tricky part is how to get the votes. Right now I'm up to 60 votes but I think I'll need around 500 votes to be in the top 20. The contest ends on 05/02/2011 so if you're reading this and it isn't too late do me a huge favor and throw a vote my way. Thanks!

http://neilgaiman.bookperk.com/engine/Details.aspx?p=V&c=29933&s=7893616