Our World or Others: A Faroween Scavenger Hunt Is Closed Now!
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Hello there, well-read traveler!
You are just in time for Our World or Others: A Faroween Scavenger Hunt! The next ten days will be full of fun and games as well as lots of opportunities to discover new stories, expand your reading horizons, win fun prizes ranging from paperbacks to gift cards, and indulge in our great love of fantasy romance, urban fantasy romance, and paranormal romance.
What’s The Main Game?
You see before you two paths. You’ve heard that these are troubling times in this spooky season. And there are always people in dire need of your particular skills.
Which path do you choose?
Each path has its own quest (and special heroes and heroines in need of your aid). You get points for each prize pool for each quest you complete.
How Do You Play?
Each quest is a scavenger hunt and has its own page. The big quests are the Our World Path and the Other Worlds Path. There are three prize packs in both.
You will get the form on the page and then find stories that fit the trope requests.
Important: you do not have to read the books to fill out the lists. You do not have to read any of the books before October 29
You’ll even find some opportunities for bonus points if you post about your discoveries on social media too.
To complete the Quest, you can only use stories that are included in this event. (Don’t worry. We’ve included them all.)
You can only use a story for one element on the list in each quest. There are two options for each of the main quests. You can complete both options and both tracks to maximize your chances of winning. Just remember not to duplicate your answers.
As part of the point is to read new stories and celebrate ones you’ve already read, we’ve got a fun little tweak. If you know or discover that a listed story fits one of the items on your quest (even if the listing doesn’t include it), you can put it on the list.
So, for instance, if you’re looking for a fairy tale retelling and there’s a story on the list that you know is a Beauty and the Beast, you can list that story as fulfilling that requirement even if it isn’t listed on the tropes. You can also read the book’s blurb.
And once you’re done, you turn it in on the appropriate quest page. Then you will be eligible to receive your rewards.
Rewards You Say?
Everyone who turns in one of the Quest Forms will get access to the Treasure Room, which is a series of digital prizes. (There are some stories and items that are exclusive to one path or the other, so it is to your advantage to complete both Paths.)
Of course, you can complete all versions of the Our World Path and Other Worlds Path as well as the bonus quests. But you can only win one of the prize packs. If you win more than one through random draw, we will ask you if you have a preference.
The Prize Packs themselves each contain a variety of items, based on which path you choose. But each of the main winners for the physical prizes need to be in the US, UK, or Canada for shipping unless otherwise noted. The Our World Path and Other Worlds Path will each have a:
- First Place Prize Pack
- winner’s choice of sweet or salty treat
- winner’s choice of tea/dry packaged beverage
- $25 Amazon or online bookstore retailer gift card
- Second Place Prize Pack
- $15 Amazon or online book retailer gift card
- winner’s choice of sweet or salty treat
- winner’s choice of tea/dry packaged beverage
- Third Place Prize Pack
- $10 Amazon or online book retailer gift card
- winner’s choice of sweet or salty treat
- winner’s choice of tea/dry packaged beverage
Our World or Others will run from October 19 – October 29. You will have until 11:59 PM EST on October 30 to turn in the Scavenger Hunt Forms. Then the winners of the prizes will be chosen by random draw.
You don’t have to race to complete these.
If you still have questions, check out the FAQ here.
Now Choose!
Bonus Quests –
Of course, we don’t just have the main quests.
We’re also going to have some smaller quests that will pop up throughout the course of the weekend. These quests are shorter but some may be a little more challenging. Some are also related to specific themes for this particular Faroween. They can be completed in any order. You do not have to do any of them if you don’t want to.
