October 1st, 2011 7:58 am
…Gloria Dickerson. She was the ONLY qualifying entrant, so I didn’t even have to go to the trouble of doing a random-number generator or even writing down names and drawing from a hat.
Interestingly, the number of spam comments skyrocketed over the period of the contest. I have a plugin that automatically handles most of them, and I can easily spot the spambots that manage to sneak past it. I would rather have no comments at all than have my blog filled with spam, which is one reason you don’t see many comments here. I’m still looking for ways to encourage real people to read and comment on my blog.
While I’m a bit disappointed at the lack of response, Gloria will get a very nice book of music, pictures, and essays about the fateful voyage of the Titanic. And I will try to figure out why there was so little response. I do have some more prizes to give away, and I will announce the next one in a few days.