2nd Annual March MG Madness Begins! (Giveaway)

Welcome to the 2013 March MG Madness!

This is a month long celebration of all things middle-grade! Last year's March MG Madness was such a fun success and I think this year's is gonna be even awesomer!

I LOVE middle-grade fiction. MG is what I turn to when I just want to escape, laugh, or have a grand adventure. I adore YA, but MG will always have my heart. 

That is why I'm super stoked to celebrate MG with all of you once again. And I have so much great stuff lined up: reviews*, author and character interviews, guest posts, and tons of giveaways! This event will run all March long and there will be something new and middle-gradey almost everyday! There's a whole slew of splendiferious authors (like Tim Federle, Robin Mellom, Sarvenaz Tash, Julie Sternberg, Kevin Emerson, and more!) and publishers (like Abrams, Random House, and Harper Collins) participating.

I want to send out a big THANK YOU to each author and pub who is participating!!!

Below you will find the tentative schedule and month long giveaway of ten MG books! I hope y'all will get into the middle-spirit and read (and even review) some fab MG this month (you can even earn extra points in the giveaway for doing so).

*Since this event is all about promoting and sharing great mglit, I will only be reviewing mg books that I give  4 or more stars to

Tentative Schedule for the March MG Madness: this will be updated daily with links

(these dates/events may change and I will be adding quite a few reviews in throughout the month, and I'm only including events pertaining to the MMGM here)

3/1: Interview and Giveaway with Tim Federle and my review of Better Nate Than Ever

3/2: Review and Giveaway of Dorko the Magnificent 

3/3: Review of Stick Dog

3/5: Interview and Giveaway with Julie Sternberg and my review of Like Bug Juice on a Burger

3/6: Interview and Giveaway with Robin Mellom and review of The Classroom

3/7: Interview and Giveaway with Annie Rachel Cole

3/8: Interview and Giveaway with Elisabeth Dahl and review of Genie Wishes

3/9: Review and Giveaway of Rump

3/11: The Fellowship for Alien Detection Blog Tour: review, video interview, giveaway

3/13: Interview with Dorine White / review & giveaway Army of Frogs

3/14: Character Interview & Giveaway with Ally Malinenko / spotlight & giveaway of Origami Yoda

3/15: Interview and Giveaway with Amy Ignatow and my review of The Popularity Papers

3/16: Spotlight and Giveaway of Undertown

3/18: Character Interview & Giveaway with Robert Gray

3/19: Review and Giveaway with Jenny Lundquist and Plastic Polly

3/21: Interview & Giveaway with Sally Harris / review & giveaway of Awesome Blossom

3/22: Review and Giveaway of The Marble Queen

3/23: Review and Giveaway of Aces Wild

3/24: Review and Giveaway of Paperboy

3/25: Guest Post and Giveaway with Sarvenaz Tash

3/26: Review and Giveaway of NERDS

3/28: Interview and Giveaway with Emma Adams

3/29: Interview and Giveaway with Lisa Greenwald

To kick of this year's March MG Madness, I'm offering one winner a box of ten middle-grade books: (click title to learn more)

Better Nate Than Ever (hardcover)

Like Bug Juice on a Burger (ARC)

My Summer of Pink & Green (ARC

Seven Wonders: The Colossus Rises (ARC)

The Menagerie (ARC)

The Spindlers (ARC)

Deadweather and Sunrise (Chronicles of Egg #1) (ARC)

New Lands (Chronicles of Egg #2) (ARC)

The Great Unexpected (ARC)

Unlucky Charms (ARC)

DETAILS

-US ONLY 

(sorry INT peeps, but there are other giveaways running during this event that are open INT)

-will run from 3/1 - 3/31

-must be 13+

-one main entry per person

-winner will be emailed and must claim prize within 48 hours

-I am NOT responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen prizes in the mail

The only required entry is the Free Entry/Main Entry. All others are optional. You have the chance to earn 25 pts (5 each) for reading and reviewing MG books and 25 pts (5 each) for commenting on 5 MMGM posts.

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2nd Annual March MG Madness: event info and author sign ups

That's right, Cupcakes, I'm dedicating March of 2013 once again to 

middle-grade fiction!

Last year's March MG Madness was an awesome month filled with all things middle-grade: reviews, author interviews and guest posts, and giveaways. And I want to do it again! You can check out this post to see last year's event.

But, in order to create another fantastic month of MG fiction I need some fantabulous authors and books to showcase, promote, and share. Last year's author participants included wonderful authors like Dan Gutman, Marissa Burt, Stephanie Burgis, Joanne Levy, Sarvenaz Tash, and so many more! So, MG authors, this post is for you...

AUTHORS/PUBS: if you're an author of a middle-grade book(s) or a publisher of middle-grade fiction then I'd love to have you participate! All and any MG authors/books are welcome, whether you're a traditionally published author or an indie author, this event is for you all. If you have a middle-grade book(s) that has been released in the last year or will be released in the next year, then you can participate in the following ways:

• Reviews (I'll review your book)
• Author Interviews
• Character Interviews
• Guest Posts
• Book Spotlights
• Giveaways 

(more info about each can be found on the sign up form below)

Sign-ups will be open until 1/31/13 and I'll email anyone who signs up by 1/31/13 (I won't be emailing until later in January, so if you sign up and don't hear from me until then, don't worry I got your info!).

To sign up, simply fill out 

****THIS FORM****

I can't wait for all the MG fun and I want to thank you in advance for signing up!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at wordspelunker@gmail.com and put "March MG Madness" as the subject line :)