david j. garcia

…going to be announced later in the post.

Don’t you just hate when they do that? Me too. But here I am doing that. So let’s get to it.

In case you missed it, I’m giving away a brand-new 2009 AP Stylebook to someone who commented on my blog in June.

Selecting the winners:

In the month of June, there were a total of 35 qualifying comments by 13 different people (and roughly 12,984 comments by seven spammers*, but we don’t count those). Since those comments are weighted (your first comment counts for more entries than your fifth, but they all increase your chances), the winner was decided by a random number 1-120.

Picking the “best” comment, however, was far harder. I’m not kidding when I tell you I could have felt good about awarding that to any of you (or several of you). So–because I’m the “sole and final judge”–I chose to do a second, unweighted drawing among the people who didn’t win the first AP Stylebook. That’s right: I’m giving away two brand-new 2009 AP Stylebooks!

A couple last reminders:

1. I’m not stopping! Keeping coming back (or just subscribe), because I’ll have lots more new content.
2. I’m looking for work. If you know of anything, please leave a comment, contact me directly, or send along my resume. You can also become a fan of “Helping David get a job“ on Facebook.

And now, without any further ado, the winners are:

• Gail Nelson
• Betty Jenkins

Congratulations, Gail and Betty! You have my brother Jacob to thank, who originally won, but opted to pass his prize on to another winner. I’ll be reaching out to Gail and Betty for shipping addresses, and they’ll receive their prizes shipped directly from Amazon.com. If you didn’t win, sorry–better luck to you in my next contest.

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you all for participating! I hope you stay around and continue to leave amazing comments!

* I completely made those numbers up.

(AP Stylebook image used for illustration only)