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Voting Now Open on Semi-Finalists in Amazon "Beedle the Bard" Contest

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Posted by: Sue
May 05, 2008, 03:51 PM

Last month, we told you of a contest that Amazon.com was holding, where you could win a trip for two to London, England, and read the special handwritten copy of "The Tales of Beedle the Bard" by J.K. Rowling. The contest required written entries, and fans can now read and vote on the 20 semi-finalists for this contest. You can read entries from 13-17 age group, here, and read the selections from the 18- and over group via this link.

Voting is for this round is open now until May 11th. On May 13 Amazon will reveal the final two contestants, where voting will run again for one week until the winner is announced on May 22. As a reminder, the “Beedle the Bard” tales were mentioned Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, with Amazon the winner of the charity auction of one of the seven hand written Beedle books by J.K. Rowling. Until now, only photos of the book and short summaries have been revealed. You can see photos and read the summaries here via Amazon.

Thanks Kiwi!

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35 Comments

tkad

1st to post!? I will be very jealous of the winner!

Posted by tkad on May 05, 2008, 04:07 PM report to moderator
lilpotterfan

Congrats to all of them… its amazing to even think that they will be reading that book. im SO jealous!

Posted by lilpotterfan on May 05, 2008, 04:40 PM report to moderator
lilpotterfan

sorry.. i meant that one of those people will get to go read that book.

Posted by lilpotterfan on May 05, 2008, 04:42 PM report to moderator
MCL

they are mostly from the UK. Im going to be patriotic and vote for the ones from the US.

Posted by MCL on May 05, 2008, 04:42 PM report to moderator
Arina

maybe.. they thought it would be cheaper to send someone from the U.K. rather than the U.S.

I thought the entries didnt have to be in ballad form; i guess i was wrong.

Posted by Arina on May 05, 2008, 04:44 PM report to moderator
rose

Arina : SAME ! i spent hours and hours and hours getting mine to perfection, they nnever made it clear it had to be a poem format. Very gutted as i would of been able to do a decent poem, but instead went for normal writing. They should of made it clearer

Posted by rose on May 05, 2008, 05:13 PM report to moderator
Cromer

I vote for…. ME!!!!

muahahahahaha!!!

OK, I didn’t enter, but I’d still like to do a write-in vote for me. That would be so awesome, to cradle the book in my arms… Yeah, they might have to taser me to get me away.

Oh well, I certainly wish luck to all the semi-finalists. Can you imagine being one of the final two and then losing? Ouch. Mega-ouch.

Posted by Cromer on May 05, 2008, 05:20 PM report to moderator
ObsessedHPFan72

I know I’m a bit biased, but I think my entry was better than a few of the semi-finalists. I didn’t read anywhere that the entries had to be a poem or anything like that. Oh well.

Posted by ObsessedHPFan72 on May 05, 2008, 05:43 PM report to moderator
lionpaws

Good luck to everyone who make it. It didn’t say anywhere it had to be a poem, but they only chose poems, they should have included other formats for variety. I thought mine was pretty good… oh well.

Posted by lionpaws on May 05, 2008, 06:42 PM report to moderator
Ammy

@ Ariana

Actually they made it clear that it didn’t have to be in ballad form, though if they were going to choose ballads for 19 of 20 semi-finalists, they may as well have just made them be ballads (I do find it funny that there were a number of people on the discussion about the contest kicking themselves for having done it in ballad form when it wasn’t required.)

Posted by Ammy on May 05, 2008, 06:44 PM report to moderator
Ammy

I think we should all remember that the Polyjuice Potion worked wonders for the Order in Deathly Hallows, so taking the place of the winner should be easy. :)

Posted by Ammy on May 05, 2008, 06:46 PM report to moderator
Emily

Decent entries overall, but I only voted for people who seem capable of correct punctuation. I have never understood the point of sprinkling commas into a perfectly decent phrase or sentence as if they were some sort of nice decoration. Grammar nazi tip of the day: if you wouldn’t stop to take a breath at that point in the sentence (or poem), do not insert a comma.

Posted by Emily on May 05, 2008, 07:08 PM report to moderator
Lindsay

wow im disappointed…... real bummer. but hey, thats life.

Good Luck to anyone in the contest. make sure you come back and tell us all about it!

Posted by Lindsay on May 05, 2008, 08:49 PM report to moderator
herpo

Some of those poems were incredible!Congratulations to all those who entered the competition and gave it a shot!I didn’t even have the chance to enter,as I live in Greece:(...I am used now to the fact that hardly any competition is open for Greeks(for some unknown reason).It is however very sad not to be given a chance,as everybody else.So congratulations to all those who tried!I am sure you had a very nice experience writing your entry!!And of course there is no need to “be patritotic”and vote for the US citizens,as someone has stated.It will be very unfair to the others and after all this competition should encourage unity through the same Harry Potter experience,not separation according to counrty!

Posted by herpo on May 05, 2008, 09:44 PM report to moderator
marms

how come I didnt get the RHYMING memo????? UGH!

Posted by marms on May 06, 2008, 01:31 AM report to moderator
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