Secret Story Contest Awards

hahahaha... ha... ha... Yeah, anyway, I'm still laughing about Jessie Bender. (she's seriously way too much fun to write) Anyway, so Lena picked the blog design for her award. Sarah Elizabeth? Please tell me as soon as possible whether you'd like to be featured or have a personalized interview.

Being featured:
I would do a link to all of the blogs that you're apart of, write a little something about you, maybe a favorite post of yours that I've read, and you'd get a little award saying "I was featured on Rubberboot Girl".

Personalized interview:
I would come up with questions and things that pertain right to you, instead of like something that you would just fill out. (believe me, this is seriously fun. I got to do one with Maddie.... yeah, anyway... ;))

Please get back to me as soon as possible!! Thanks!! :)

Jessie Bender Contest--the winners!!

Thanks to everybody who entered the contest as to what on earth happened to Jessie Bender during her very, very long stay away. I love all your stories and they're super super awesome!!! :) They make Jessie Bender proud, I assure you. (She's still away for another day....)

By the way, in Jessie's next letter is where first place will be featured as one of the main characters, where second place will get a minor character, and where third place will get to be mentioned.

Whatever place you get, please come and talk to me about what you want your person's name to be and what you want to look like and so on. I will probably tell you if you just moved there or something, so you can kind of choose that, too. Now...... on with the contest!!

(You'll all probably end up being school friends of Jessie's. Just saying.)

And who DID win the contest??

The winner of the Jessie Bender Story Contest--the What Happened to Jessie Bender? Story Contest--is........

*drum rolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll*

*ahem*

......Piano Bookworm!!!

Congrats!! 

Here is her award:

PB? You can pull this off!! :)

Her award-winning story is below:

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Dear Readers,

I know I have been missing. It was unavoidable. And I don't have a clue about Noah.

It all started this way: It was the day Noah and my parents were gone, both sets. I decided I was going to take a bike ride in the park just before I had supper. So I was merrily riding along, and then I see this car following me. And that was a bit creepy, so I headed back toward my home.

Then they started chasing me. I was pedaling frantically, but the car caught up to me, and a man and a woman, both dreessed in black, got out and grabbed my bike so I couldn't ride any further.

"What do you want?" I asked them.

The man smiled weirdly. "We want you to come with us, Miss Jessie Bender."

I started untangling myself from my bike. "No way, Mr Creepy Person!"

The woman laughed. "Don't worry Jessie. Just come with us, and you'll be fine."

I stood up straight. "Oh, yeah? Well, what if I don't want to go with you?"

The woman pressed her lips together and looked at me. "Then we will be compelled to use force to get you to come."

So I tried to start running, but I didn't get farther than a step or two before the man grabbed me and put me in the car. And it was weird, because it was like a police car. It didn't have handles or anything on the back seat doors on the inside. So there I was, stuck in the car while these two people took me somewhere.

It seemed like we went a long way before anything happened. Then we pulled over at a rest stop and the woman came and sat in the back seat with me.

"Jessie," she said, "this is not what it seems."

I raised my eybrows. "It's not a kidnapping?"

"No" she shook her head. "We have authority."

I nodded my head skeptically. "Authority to take a girl off her bike and take her somewhere against her will?"

The woman smiled. "I'll have you know, Jessie, we are recruiters for the Junior CIA."

"No way you are."

The woman breathed exasperatedly. "Do you have to be so stubborn?" She took a badge out of her pocket. "See?"

I stared at it. It looked authentic. "Oh." It was all I could think of to say.

And then we went a lot of other places and I met a whole bunch of people, but I can't tell you it. Because it is classified information. I can't even tell you what they asked me, (but I bet you'll guess) and what I answered. So if I go missing again, don't worry. Or do worry, but you won't know which to do, because I won't be able to tell you. This stinks. I can't tell you anything interesting that happened to me during this month.

Love,
Jessie

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Wasn't that awesome?!

OK, second place goes to......

.....Poem Girl!!!

Congrats!!

Here is your award:

You can take this off!! :)

And third place???

Madeline!!

Awesome job!! :)

Here is your award:

Great job!! Thank you SO MUCH for everybody that entered!!! :) Don't forget to talk to me about your Jessie-related awards!!!! :)

Poem Girl's awards =)

Poem Girl? Congrats on getting first in the designing competition!! Here are your rewards:

More about the contest... [read on if you like awards]

Yes, more about the contest!! I'm glad you're paying attention to titles. =P

OK, so if you enter the contest below we have some awards for you!! :)

(After I judge your work, of course.)

(And after, of course, you get your normal awards. =D)

I have three awards, and the person who gets first place gets to choose first, second gets to choose second, and then the third person gets whatever's left.

Good?

Good.

OK, and what are the awards?

1. A header, designed by me.

2. Button and signature, designed by me.

3. Any saying of your choice designed by me to put on the side of your blog.

Sound good?

Let's get everything amped up!!! =D

Britt, ~The Keller Girls~, Jenna (Condon), McKenna (Brooks), and Emelie Claire, please read!! :)

I got tagged by Jenny!! :) Thanks so much!! You go!!

You have to post 11 things about yourself,
You have to answer the questions I'll be giving you here↓
You have to try to nominate 5 people,
And lastly, You have to make up 11 questions for the people you nominate to answer, and you can't pick me!

 

 

11 things about me:

 

1) I'm freezing right now. :P

2) Because our dog got skunked.

3) And got into the house.

4) So we're airing it out.

5) And come on it's November.

6) So I'm freezing!!! :P

7) (even though I'm sitting around in a sweatshirt...)

8) And I'm listening to Hans Zimmer soundtracks.

9) Because they're awesome.

10) And I love them.

11) And here's the link, so you can listen to them, too. =D

 

 

Now for Jenny's questions for me to answer:

 

1) Composition or spiral notebooks?

Either!! :)

2) Peeta or Gale? {Yes, I had to ask that.}

I don't read or watch Hunger Games. (and the only reason I knew it was Hunger Games is because of Peeta... :P)

3) Apple or pumpkin pie?

Oooh... you're killing me, Jenny!! I love both. :)

4) Dark chocolate or milk chocolate?

Milk Chocolate, though I still love dark. :)

5) Soda or flavored water?

Soda.

6) Winter or Fall?

Fall.

7) Contacts or Glasses?

Probably glasses.

8) Mystery or Horror books?

Mystery.

9) Necklaces or Bracelets?

Necklaces.

10) Ballet or Tap Dance?

I don't do either, but if I had to, ballet.

11) Orchestra or Chorus?

Chorus!!!! :)

My questions for you:

1) Listening2music or makingthemusic?

2) Documentary movies or painfully slow historical movies?

3) Romney or Obama?

4) Falling down the huge stairs on your first day of school or bumping into your worst enemy on the first day of school?

5) When reciting a poem... would you rather stutter horribly the whole time, or mess up the wrong word at the end so that it's exactly the opposite of what you meant to say?

6) Be laughed at or confronted for laughing at someone?

7) Get the lead part in a play and then trip over your costume and fall on your costar or get the minorist role of all and do perfectly (mostly because you're barely even in one scene)?

8) Journals or diaries?

9) Would you rather be burned at the stake for something you believe in or die peacefully in your sleep?

10) Have your best friend move away and totally forget about you or have your best friend slowly make best friends with another girl/boy and remember you?

11) Listen to really sad music while doing math or listen to really peppy music while doing science? (most specifically dissecting something)

I'm really exited to see your answers!! :)

And now my five awardees:

Britt@Encouragement for Everyday Struggles

~The Keller Girls~@Three Girls and Their Hobbies

Jenna@A Beautiful Heart

McKenna@McKenna's Purple Sky

Emelie Claire@Emelie Claire

Congrats!! :)

~Storyteller

Contest!

Hello!!!

So now guess what's caught up to cool pictures? Contests and quizzes!!!!  Yay!!!!!! =D So, guess what's going to happen? Instead of a Jessie Bender letter at right this moment (I'll probably write one later), I'm going to be doing a contest. Yes, a contest. If I start this contest, there'll be a contest going on on all of my blogs!!!!! Well, except The Story Club, but that's different..... ;) And by the way--check that blog out!! The Story Club has lots of awesome authors!! I believe that Willow just posted her awesome story there..... (and click on the link for an awesome blog!!!)

OK, so what's the contest? 

You get to do just what Connie did in my story!! OK, OK, not exactly. What you're going to do is describe a beautiful place that's close to your heart, just as Connie described Grandma Beacon's place in her report. The two people with the most promising descriptions will be put up against each other in a poll for you to decide who gets the awesome award that I have yet to create!!!!

To enter: just put your story in the comments of this post. As long as it fits in the comments, then it's short enough. (note: please no like 300 page stories, please!!) The judging will be done all by Storyteller. If you have won by popular vote of the people on this blog, you may, and only then, drag off your award that I will soon post.

Bye!!!

~Storyteller

For any questions please comment.

Charming, Friendly, Funny, and Spunky

Note: if you get one of the following awards, drag only YOUR award off.
Note: You will only have one award to award other people by.
Note: only award one person, and award the person who you thinks fits most with the description.
Note: you do not have to answer the questions if you feel they are going into your privacy zone and you don't want to reveal that thing about yourself.

Yes. I have, yet again, created more blog awards!! But what is different about these awards? I shall award four people--four people only--and they shall each get a different, all-their-own award. And what are these awards, their rules, and their meanings? Look below!

Charming. The Charming Person is a person whose charm is evident in everywhere they go—in their blog posts, their replies, and their comments. They are always gracious and thinking of others.

Charming person rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and leave a link to all of their blogs.

2. What about yourself do you think is charming?

3. What is your favorite thing about the person who gave you the award?

4. Nominate 1 person for this award. No tag backs. I.E=one person gives this to, say, somebody named Sally. Sally cannot retag the person, but the person who Sally gives the award to and reaward the person who gave it to Sally.

5. Make up five questions for your people to answer. 

M y questions:

1) What is your favorite activity?

2) What do you think of when you think of yourself?

3) What is your favorite season?

4) How old do you think I am?

5) In what kind of a house do you think I live?

Friendly. The Friendly Person is always out there, have a general feeling of happiness about them wherever they add things in. They like to make sure that everybody they follow gets to have comments from them, and tries to include everyone.

Friendly person rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and leave a link to all of their blogs.

2. What do you think is friendly about yourself?

3. What do you think of the person who gave you this award?

4. Nominate 1 person. Charming tag-back rule applys.

5. Make up five questions for the next person to answer.

My questions:

1) Where is your favorite place?

2) What is your favorite food?

3) What is your favorite thing to do on blogger?

4) Why did you get a blog?

5) What do you think I look like? (hair, eyes, etc.)

Funny. The Funny Person is always making witty comments and saying things that make others laugh. They are there to make sure that everybody else is having a good time in general.

Funny person rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and leave links to all of their blogs.

2. What about yourself do you think is funny?

3. What do you think of the person who gave you this award?

4. Nominate 1 person. Rules apply.

5. Make up five questions for the next person to answer.

My questions:

1) What is your favorite flower?

2) What is your favorite breakfast item?

3) What is/was your favorite subject in school?

4) What is/was your favorite age?

5) If you could go back in time, what time period would you go back to?

Spunky. The Spunky Person is always out there, going out into new, unknown blogs, and leaving comments wherever they go. They are bold and courageous and love meeting new people.

Spunky person rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and leave links to all of their blogs.

2. What about yourself do you think is spunky?

3. What do you think of the person who gave you this award?

4. Nominate 1 person. Retag rules apply. (as this continues on, just copy and paste the rules from the Charming Person)

5. Make up five questions for the next person to answer.

My questions:

1) If you could have a super-hero ability, what would it be?

2) If you could go into a magical world, what world would you go into?

3) If you could do something great or live normally, what would you choose?

4) What is your favorite personality type?

5) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

And now the question comes down to this--who are you?? OK, here are who I award for this award............

Charming--Piano Bookworm

Friendly--Jess

Funny--Madeline May

Spunky--Otter Days

If you do not display your award on your blog after the next two days, your award will be given to someone else. :( 

Bye!!

~Storyteller

Flexible Blog Award--by me

Yes, yet another award. ;) The rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award and leave link(s) to their blog(s).

2. What do you like best about your own blog?

3. What do you like best about the person who gave this award's blog(s)?

4. Who's the most active person on your blog?

5. What's your favorite blog?

6. What's your favorite design (swirls, lines, etc.)?

7. What do you think is the most flexible thing about your blog?

8. Award five people this award.

Yay!! OK, here we go:

In The Words of Willow, by Willow
Piano's Stories, by Piano Bookworm
Forever BFFs, by Jess and AGMarket;)
Totally Me!, by Madeline
Otter Days, by Otter Days

Bye!!!

Wow.... Award!!!

I found out I just got awarded by Piano Bookworm! And by my own award! Thanks so much Piano! So here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who gave the award (unless you're seriously bummed that you got the award) and leave a link.

Thanks, Piano!
2. Why did you get a blog?

Because I wanted to post my stories.
3. What is your favorite animal?

Probably a cat.
4. What inspired your blog template?

Other peoples' blogs, and I had some suggestions...... =D
5. What is/are your favorite color(s)? 

Purple and yellow.
6. What is your favorite thing about your blog?

My header.
7. What's your favorite blog?

Hmm..... favorite blog? That's pretty hard.... I like lots...... ;)
8. Award five people this award.

Wow. Five more people? I'm blessed!! OK, here goes!!

*My Collection of Stories*, by Jess
In The Words of Willow, by Willow,
Katie In The Spotlight, by Madeline (B.)
Artsy Peacock, by Jenny
Chatty Kathy, by Kathyrn

That's all!!