Hey, how’d you like to be able to name your very own, actual, up-in-the-sky star? Plus: have your star’s totally cool new name launched into space? Plus-extra-plus: win a print or eBook copy of Zenn Scarlett? (That would be the new sci fi adventure that Melissa West, author of GRAVITY and HOVER calls: “Utterly imaginative, Zenn Scarlett is sci-fi at its best. Fantastic world-building. Deep characters. .. I couldn’t put it down!”) Oh yeah. You want this prize package. All of it!
Note: Entry deadline: May 30 (So act NOW!) Name a Star Pkg. valid thru June 5, 2013. Just scroll down, leave a comment telling us all why you’re the perfect Earthling to win this stellar prize assortment and then use the Rafflecopter widget to enter.
Here’s what’s in the lucky winner’s future:
One shiny new print or eBook copy of Zenn Scarlett, from Strange Chemistry Books
Plus:
The Name A Star Live Instant Gift Set* Premium with Virtual Planetarium™
Including:
Your Star’s Name Recorded and registered with Space Services, Inc. You even get to select the constellation your star is in!
Downloadable Star Certificate prominently displaying the star’s name and registration details
Downloadable Star Chart to help locate your star in the night sky
Downloadable Photo Of Your Star and its constellation
Virtual Planetarium™ downloadable Software — your portal to the latest images and video from NASA. Compatible with Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6
Exclusive Launch Certificate — downloadable after your star name and dedication message have been launched into space aboard a real rocket
Lavishly illustrated Astronomy E-book
Want more details on the Name a Star prize? Check it out here.
Contest open internationally. Contest entry deadline: May 30, 2013. Winner announced: May 31,2013.
*Name a Star Live coupon code valid until June 5, 2013. Available as online download only.
What a cool contest! Even more exciting, Zenn Scarlett. I’m a sci-fi nerd AND I studied animal science at college — so many vet memories. This is sounds like the perfect book — I hope I get it.
Wow, what a wonderful thing to win!
Why would I be the perfect Earthling to win?
I’ve always been fascinated by astronomy, ever since I was a little kid. I joined a group of young people when I was younger and every friday night we would come together en look at the sky through telescopes, trying to find the planets and all the other wonders of the universe. We would discuss all things astronomy and build little rockets. I always dreamed of being an astronomer when I was younger. My parents even bought me a telescope as a surprise. I would spend hours outside with that thing, gazing at the sky. I could tell people which “stars” were actually planets and where the major constellations were. It was a passion of mine.
Unfortunately, when I got older I realised there aren’t many job opportunities in that field here in Belgium (let’s say there are none). I had to give it up and study another passion of mine, biochemistry. But astronomy has always had a place in my heart and although I don’t have that much time at the moment I want to, some day, start again, and spend my nights outside with my telescope.
2 years ago I got a tattoo, a star, on my shoulder, to give that forgotten passion a place and have it with me although I can’t really pursue it anymore.
Naming a star would be just … exceptional. A little bit of my dream as a kid coming back to be a part of my adult life.
That, and I’d love to read your book 😀
Long ramble, but there it is ^^ Good luck to everyone participating!
Fantastic prizes – would love to win, thanks 🙂
I am a third grade teacher, and regularly derail my own lessons to get my kids interested in more than the textbook heavy curriculum we are supposed to follow. We recently went on a 20 minute tangent talking about terraforming Mars
Wowza! What a great giveaway! way too generous…thanks so much!!!
I would love to have a star named after me actually. Why you ask? Because it’s the closest I will ever be in space, LOL. How cool would it be to see a star and be like…”Oh that’s Jovon”, LOL.
Zenn Scarlett sounds like and amazing read, too!!! I can’t wait to eat it up!!
Thanks so much for the giveaway!!!
Hmm, perfect earthling? I don’t know about that, but I WOULD really like to win this prize packege. (:
Last year, my school went through a lot of rough stuff. One of my friends committed suicide (although one of online friends was sweet enough to already have a star named after her, which I’m so grateful for), and another girl in our class died of pancreatic cancer. My grandmother also passed away from pancreatic cancer, so I would like to name the star after the girl in our class, to help commit her to memory and let her friends and family have something to hold onto. I know it greatly comforts me to be able to look into the sky and know there’s a star up there somewhere that reminds me of my other friend, and I’d like this girl’s friends to have that same comfort. (:
Because I have always been such a big fan of the night sky – the moon, the stars. Ever since childhood, I have spent so many nights under the sky just gazing up at all that awesomeness. Frankly, I tried learning all that constellations but not my thing (so that makes it even better since if I name it, I won’t forget it). This is a bit embarassing but I somehow have always been in love with the moon and call it my beloved. I share things and talk with it up there as if it’s a real life beloved. So having a star named by me will bring me one step closer to my beloved. 🙂 Does this sound insane? Umm..sorry but that’s the truth.
Melissa West says that about Zen Scarlett? I want that book!
When I was 6, I knew I wanted to be an astronaut. As a third grader, I competed in all the Science Olympiad categories that had anything to do with space. I absolutely LOVE anything sci-fi (especially Doctor Who and Across the Universe…and Battlestar Galactica…and Star Wars…I should probably stop before I run out of characters, but you get the idea!) and hope to go to space one day. I would absolutely LOVE to win Zenn Scarlet and the Name-Your-Own-Star gift pack. If I win, I think I’m going to name the star after my grandma– she always believed in me and I would like to honor her memory as I keep trying to achieve my dreams.
I’ve always had a fascination with the sky. Finding constellations is always an amazing feat!! I remember a few years ago when we were able to see Mars in the night sky. A gorgeous RED star. Absolutely beautiful. I’m so glad I was able to witness it!!
I could list all the reasons I feel I should win, but really, anyone would be lucky to win such an amazing giveaway. Normally I would be extremely happy with just a book, but to have a star named after me? That’s intense. It would be great to leave a legacy like that behind. Something to show kids and grandkids, “look that’s MY star.” Whoever ends up winning, I hope they appreciate that they aren’t just getting a book but also a piece of the universe as well! Amazing!
As a sci-fi writer, I’ve already created worlds and named things in them, so it would be cool to name a real star as well.
I am a homeschooling mom and it would be so fun to name this star with my kids! This is a very creative giveaway – I’ve never seen anything like it!!
Wow, amazing giveaway!! Hope I win.
I’ve always been fascinated about stars, constellations and the night sky. It’s like another world out there…. *goes all dreamy* It’s magical out there!
I have always been interested in Sci-fi novels and have had my eye on Zenn Scarlett for a while. When I was younger I remember looking at the stars and trying to give them names or find particular constellations – to be able to do that for real with my very own would be a truly incredible experience.
To win it in conjunction with such an amazing prize would definitely make it the most memorable book I will ever read!
Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity and best wishes for future novels 🙂
Wow! Thanks for this opportunity. I just started reading sci-fi books. I’ve really grown to like them alot!
My son, would LOVE to name a star, he wants to be an astronaut when he grows up. I’m hoping it happens for him! This would be really neat, for him to point to the sky and say, that star is named after me and I’m going to visit it one day!!
Good Luck everyone!!
And thank you!
I wouldn’t name the star “Leo”, even though it would be poetic, because ultimately we are star stuff. It seems too simple a thing to decide to name a star and give it an Earthling name. Stars are too complex for that: they might be little more than added bill in the comic matter, but from here on Earth, they’re something more. Little pinpricks of perfect light breaking up the enveloping blanket of dark, velvet night.
I’d name the star after something different; an aspiration, a hopeful concept, something that I’ll be able to look up at and be reminded that although it seems small and might seem hard to find, it will always be there.
I think I would be a good pick for a winner because whenever I have doubts about the world I live in,and humans in general, I look up at the stars and find strength in them. The idea that I could actually name one would be an honour I do not have words for 🙂