2014 Fundraiser Grand Prize (King Inscribed Book) and Rules Announcement

The 2014 Fundraiser benefiting The Haven Foundation kicked off January 1st and will run through May 19, 2014.
Last year we raised $12,066! Our goal this year is $12,500.

We are streamlining this year’s event to make it easier to manage and hopefully increase the donation total.
Several book dealers have already committed to donating things that will either be used as giveaways, or auctioned off-we are hoping for more once this official announcement is posted.

100% of the net proceeds from all cash, check, Paypal gift donations and Ebay auctions will be forwarded to The Haven Foundation. (Ebay ad insertion, commission and shipping fees are the only expenses that will be paid from the Gross proceeds).

Every person who donates $10 or more, or donates an item used for auction or giveaway will receive one entry into our giveaway*. Items for the giveaway have yet to be finalized, but rest assured they will be really exciting and cool! Please use the donation "widget" that is atop each forum page.

Stephen King has kindly agreed to personalize one of his books to our Grand Prize Winner!**

Personal Paypal donations must be noted as a “Gift” so that Paypal does not take a commission.
The Paypal address is Zoidsmith@aol.com.

Checks must be made out to Jerome Smith (Please don’t make them out to The Haven Foundation as I will have to forward them and they won’t count towards our fund-raising total) and mailed to:

The Haven Foundation Fundraiser
C/O Jerome Smith
PM me for address

Last years Grand Prize winner received an inscribed Gift Edition of IT:

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* Small print here:
Drawing Clarification

** Actual title to be determined by TheDarkTower.org

Very cool.....

Rage! :)

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Rage! :)

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No Chance. King would not promote that book.

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Rage! :)

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No Chance. King would not promote that book.

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A member on here got King to inscribe her copy of Rage a few weeks ago.

Very cool. I'm guessing a Doctor Sleep or The Shining gift edition.

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Very cool. I'm guessing a Doctor Sleep or The Shining gift edition.

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Those are distinct possibilities.

Sorry to have accidentally locked thread.

Great to see that, Stevie came through!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Now let's hit that donate button!!!!

That is really cool of him to do that. Does he ever go on the site here? How did he know to help out the cause by doing that for a member who wins the grand price?

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That is really cool of him to do that. Does he ever go on the site here? How did he know to help out the cause by doing that for a member who wins the grand price?

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Because, Jerome is...

TMIDITW!!!!!!!

Spoiler:

The Most Interesting Director in the World

Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

John

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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That's a very good idea. Don't quote me, but in the past I believe he has allowed us to choose the book and inscription (more or less). So, if you win it you may be able to call it. Jerome, would have better info in that regard though.

This is awesome news. I hope this is a great year for the fundraiser and wish everyone luck on the drawing.

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This is awesome news. I hope this is a great year for the fundraiser and wish everyone luck on the drawing.

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You're very kind and generous, but fuck it I would like to win it for once!!! I've been doing this for many years and haven't won "squat"!!!! I for one hope that will change this year!! LOL Okay, "rant" concluded!! LOL J/K

Good luck to ALL the wonderful contributors!!!

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I have to get all my "LOL's" outta my system before 2/1/14 or I am in for a BIG payday!! LOL LOL LOL

Nah ah! My turn this year! lol

I honestly just hope the book stays in the DT.org family...

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as long as it's not Ari, James, Bill, George, or anyone else besides me.

I'm pulling for us girls. Mix it up a bit :smile_002:

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I agree. However, he usually takes like forever to finally sign the damn thing and forward it on. I know he is a busy guy just saying that intentionally delaying the signature may cause additional delays in receiving it back. Taking longer may be okay with most folks IDK just saying is all (I'm bored :biggrin:).

Thinking about it a bit, wouldn't it be really cool of him to sign a proof of "Revival" and deliver pre-release? Probably will not happen, but it's fun to speculate.

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I don't believe there are 1,500 inscribed Gift Editions of Doctor Sleep out there. Same goes with an inscribed Gift edition of The Shining.
However, an inscribed dated Mr. Mercedes would be tres cool; especially if dated before or close to 6/3/2014.

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I don't believe there are 1,500 inscribed Gift Editions of Doctor Sleep out there. Same goes with an inscribed Gift edition of The Shining.
However, an inscribed dated Mr. Mercedes would be tres cool; especially if dated before or close to 6/3/2014.

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Agreed. The cooler the better!!

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I don't believe there are 1,500 inscribed Gift Editions of Doctor Sleep out there. Same goes with an inscribed Gift edition of The Shining.
However, an inscribed dated Mr. Mercedes would be tres cool; especially if dated before or close to 6/3/2014.

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I of course meant the U.S. trade edition of Doctor Sleep when I referred to the 1,500 signed copies.

If I had to rank my choices for the Grand Prize, they would be as follows (assuming recent releases were the only option):

1. Signed/Inscribed copy of the U.S trade 1st edition of Mr. Mercedes dated the day of release.
2. Signed/Inscribed copy of the SubPress GE of The Shining.
3. Signed/Inscribed copy of the CD GE of Doctor Sleep.
4. Signed/Inscribed copy of the GE of Joyland.
5. Signed/Inscribed copy of the CD slipcased edition of The Dark Man.
6. Signed/Inscribed copy of the U.S. trade 1st edition of Doctor Sleep (ranked last due to the large quantity that exist out there).

Ultimately, I know I have no sway over what the prize is, but it is fun to speculate and discuss.

I know it was done last year, but I'd love an inscribed IT GE....

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

John

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I don't believe there are 1,500 inscribed Gift Editions of Doctor Sleep out there. Same goes with an inscribed Gift edition of The Shining.
However, an inscribed dated Mr. Mercedes would be tres cool; especially if dated before or close to 6/3/2014.

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I of course meant the U.S. trade edition of Doctor Sleep when I referred to the 1,500 signed copies.

If I had to rank my choices for the Grand Prize, they would be as follows (assuming recent releases were the only option):

1. Signed/Inscribed copy of the U.S trade 1st edition of Mr. Mercedes dated the day of release.
2. Signed/Inscribed copy of the SubPress GE of The Shining.
3. Signed/Inscribed copy of the CD GE of Doctor Sleep.
4. Signed/Inscribed copy of the GE of Joyland.
5. Signed/Inscribed copy of the CD slipcased edition of The Dark Man.
6. Signed/Inscribed copy of the U.S. trade 1st edition of Doctor Sleep (ranked last due to the large quantity that exist out there).

Ultimately, I know I have no sway over what the prize is, but it is fun to speculate and discuss.

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As mentioned before, I am pretty sure that you can call your own edition. That's the way it normally works.

For the record, I am winning this year. No doubt!! Just thought I'd throw that out there in case you were wondering!!! :wtf:

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

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Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I agree. However, he usually takes like forever to finally sign the damn thing and forward it on. I know he is a busy guy just saying that intentionally delaying the signature may cause additional delays in receiving it back. Taking longer may be okay with most folks IDK just saying is all (I'm bored :biggrin:). I THINK BILL NEEDS A CHILL PILL

Thinking about it a bit, wouldn't it be really cool of him to sign a proof of "Revival" and deliver pre-release? Probably will not happen, but it's fun to speculate.

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NOT A BAD ALTERNATIVE

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Since King's said he's not doing any signings for Mr. Mercedes, I'd like to see a signed trade edition of that one!

John

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I think this is an excellent idea for the reason John has listed.

Since there are probably over 1,500 signed copies of Doctor Sleep floating around out there, I would hope that is not the choice.

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I don't believe there are 1,500 inscribed Gift Editions of Doctor Sleep out there. Same goes with an inscribed Gift edition of The Shining.
However, an inscribed dated Mr. Mercedes would be tres cool; especially if dated before or close to 6/3/2014.

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I of course meant the U.S. trade edition of Doctor Sleep when I referred to the 1,500 signed copies.

If I had to rank my choices for the Grand Prize, they would be as follows (assuming recent releases were the only option):

1. Signed/Inscribed copy of the U.S trade 1st edition of Mr. Mercedes dated the day of release.
2. Signed/Inscribed copy of the SubPress GE of The Shining.
3. Signed/Inscribed copy of the CD GE of Doctor Sleep.
4. Signed/Inscribed copy of the GE of Joyland.
5. Signed/Inscribed copy of the CD slipcased edition of The Dark Man.
6. Signed/Inscribed copy of the U.S. trade 1st edition of Doctor Sleep (ranked last due to the large quantity that exist out there).

Ultimately, I know I have no sway over what the prize is, but it is fun to speculate and discuss.

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As mentioned before, I am pretty sure that you can call your own edition. That's the way it normally works.

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The winner does not "call" their edition. We announce what the book will be, and King inscribes it at his will, and how he likes.
Once we had a book lost. That is why we will not have the winner submit their (treasured personal copy) book.
As for tippy4's suggestion on Mr. Mercedes, I think it's a great idea, but we deal with what King wants to do. Asking him to date a MM on or before street date is risky.
Since the book will be personalized, the incredible part is just that.
Without commiting to it, I suppose the winner could choose from a list of 3 books, but even then; be prepared for Mr. King's oddities.
Last year he almost verbatim wrote the inscription for cit74 (Chad). The year before he did not inscribe it exactly as requested.

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For the record, I am winning this year. No doubt!! Just thought I'd throw that out there in case you were wondering!!! :wtf:

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I was under the impression that the contest was for minions only, sorry Bill. Keep up the good work though!

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For the record, I am winning this year. No doubt!! Just thought I'd throw that out there in case you were wondering!!! :wtf:

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I was under the impression that the contest was for minions only, sorry Bill. Keep up the good work though!

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I know Dan is joking here, but just so we are all clear, the competition is open to anyone who has made either a contribution of $10 or more to the Haven Fund or has contributed an item that can be auctioned/sold. Each $10 contributed or $10 made for auction equals a single entry into the draw. (up to I believe a max of 10 entries).

So for anyone who is yet to donate, or wishes to donate more, this is the mother-load! you could stand a chance of winning a signed (possibly personalized) book. This is as good as it gets folks! Contribute now!

Way cool!

Isn't the max of ten entries intended for the drawings of all items/prizes other than the Grand Prize - and you get one and only one entry in the hat for the Grand Prize?

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Isn't the max of ten entries intended for the drawings of all items/prizes other than the Grand Prize - and you get one and only one entry in the hat for the Grand Prize?

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No. You get a max of ten entries and those entries count for the Grand Prize, and for the other prizes.

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No. You get a max of ten entries and those entries count for the Grand Prize, and for the other prizes.

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Which is why it is well worth entering some or all of the side competitions we have going here. Winning the Anagrams II competition for instance will net you FOUR entries into winning the Grand Prize!

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Which is why it is well worth entering some or all of the side competitions we have going here. Winning the Anagrams II competition for instance will net you FOUR entries into winning the Grand Prize!

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Easy now! That's the only game I'm still winning. :tongue:

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Which is why it is well worth entering some or all of the side competitions we have going here. Winning the Anagrams II competition for instance will net you FOUR entries into winning the Grand Prize!

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Easy now! That's the only game I'm still winning. :tongue:

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So get the last ones! First one to answer all correctly is guaranteed the 4 entries!

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For the record, I am winning this year. No doubt!! Just thought I'd throw that out there in case you were wondering!!! :wtf:

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I was under the impression that the contest was for minions only, sorry Bill. Keep up the good work though!

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Isn't there a little "Minion" in us all? :huglove:

As of now we have ~100 unique individuals eligible for the GP Drawing, and ~<400total entries.
Not bad odds for a personalized King book.

RF, if its something you can easily extract and post, would you be able to share whose in and how many entries? Of course if its something that should be kept private, no problem.

It's confidential. Some don't mind if the info is public, others want it confidential. Once the deadline approaches, I usually get private inquiries and assure people of their entries.