THE YA SUMMER SCAVENGER HUNT

I’ve got some really cool news to share today.

In June, the Alliance of Young Adult Authors website is sponsoring a massive young adult scavenger hunt. Don’t know what it is? Neither did I at first, but it sounded like fun so I jumped at the chance of joining in. Basically, it’s a big ol’ treasure hunt with a chance to meet some new authors, grab a whole heap of free books along the way, and enter to win a huge epic prize of $500 at the end!

It starts on June 1st, and all you have to do is visit the website of each author below—in order—and make a note of the special word they’ve posted for the hunt. Many of the authors will have posted their own giveaways and special offers, so why not take advantage of those while you’re there. Alternatively, just grab the special word and move on. Then when you’ve collected all the words, go to the main website and enter them to complete the story posted, and that’s it. Told you it was cool, huh?

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.

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