If you recall, last Thursday I linked to a giveaway contest. Given the extended nature of the challenge (we combined with Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge), I let the contest run through yesterday. The contest is closed, the four winners have been notified so I thought I’d share a little bit about the contest, the process and what I learned.
Mechanically, I used the Crowdsignal survey widget that is available from WordPress (at least with paid plans). It’s not the easiest thing to adapt to a contest, so I ended up transferring the results into Excel. Excel is not my happy place, but it’s familiar territory and it has a random number function that makes choosing a winner from a group of correct answers easy.
Between one question with multiple correct answers, one with no correct answers and question four, which was just an opinion, Excel chose three out of four winners. The other question only had one correct answer.
The three slideshows below illustrate the first three questions from the survey. I expanded the captions to give a bit more information about the answers:
1) Which location does NOT appear in all three books?
Allegheny Essence, as played by the Empress II. Billy worked on this boat in high school, and the FBI visits in the other two books. 
Cathedral of Learning – University of Pittsburgh. Zach visited the computer center here when he was in high school. It was also featured in When Evil Chooses You 
Patsey’s Back Entrance. Zach, Mike and Billy have been going here since they were kids. 
Door to the Sacristy. This is featured in the second and third book, with Cynthia Leman and Pastor Richie,
2) Which location was NEVER visited by an FBI agent in any book?
Cathedral of Learning – University of Pittsburgh. Zach visited the computer center here when he was in high school. It was also featured in When Evil Chooses You 
Amber’s Bar. Agent Slocum met Zach here in The Evil You Choose Allegheny Essence, as played by the Empress II. Billy worked on this boat in high school, and the FBI visits in the other two books. 
Italian Corner Restaurant – Buffalo, New York Agent Slocum had a meeting here in The Evil You Choose 
Inside the Pittsburgh Baseball Club. The FBI had Zach shadow a suspect here but never visited themselves.
3) Zach NEVER stepped into a dream at which location?
Allegheny Essence, as played by the Empress II. Billy worked on this boat in high school, and the FBI visits in the other two books. Door to the Sacristy. This is featured in the second and third book, with Cynthia Leman and Pastor Richie, 
Easy Pieces. Zach visited this bar in person (not in a dream) and observed here several times. 
Sextant Club. Zach visited this library in When Evil Chooses You 
Library in Sextant Club. Zach visited this library in When Evil Chooses You Cathedral of Learning – University of Pittsburgh. Zach visited the computer center here when he was in high school. It was also featured in When Evil Chooses You
While there was no correct answer for the fourth question, the majority chose the
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