March, 2008 -- TRI Studio LLC www.tri-studio.com announces the winners of the Out-of-the-Box Promotion Contest for writers, featured in The Fiction Flyer, a free e-zine for writers at www.tri-studio.com/ezine.html.

Judged by promotion guru Carolyn Howard-Johnson, the contest called for largely untested promotion ideas for writers and underscored fun, original and interesting ideas. The use of technology was encouraged. Winners and Honorable Mentions will be highlighted in a new e-book, Out-of-the-Box Promotion for Writers: Contest Winners and Their Ideas, available as a free distribution for writers in April, 2008.

Carolyn Howard-Johnson, www.carolynhoward-johnson.com, award-winning author of bestsellers The Frugal Book Promoter: How To Do What Your Publisher Won’t and The Frugal Editor, selected author Janet Elaine Smith’s novel entry idea, Google Alerts in Your Marketing Plan, as the first place winner. The second place award is a tie between authors Phil Harris and Allyn Evans. Harris submitted an idea for a Video Tour Collage and Evans’ idea for an Amazon Tour Group also captured the fancy of Howard-Johnson. Cash prizes and certificates are awarded to the winners.

The First Runner-Up is author Billie Williams for her idea Watching the Way a Mystery Writer Writes. Honorable Mentions go to authors Mindy Phillips Lawrence, Karina Fabian, Nikki Leigh, Margot Finke, Dorothea Buckingham, and Jessica Kennedy.  

Full details on the promotion ideas and the winning authors will be featured in the e-book.  Out-of-the-Box Promotion for Writers: Contest Winners and Their Ideas, will be posted as a free download at TRI Studio, www.tri-studio.com, Authors’ Coalition, http://authorscoalitionandredenginepress.com/, in The Fiction Flyer, www.tri-studio.com/ezine.html and at http://www.howtodoitfrugally.com.

Writers and authors are invited to feature the e-book on their websites as a resource for writers. Contact Carolyn Howard-Johnson at hojonews.aol.com for details.

Allyn Evans is a speaker, author and consultant currently residing in Oklahoma.

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Support material (logos, pictures, etc. )available on request from Gogolewski or Howard-Johnson.