The draw has been made for the November Shanville Monthly competition, and I've emailed all the winners to inform them directly. There were 317 entries in total, so with 16 prizes up for grabs, the odds of winning were about 1 in 20 -- much higher than in some of the competitions I've run, but it still means there are going to be lots of disappointed Shansters today. Never mind -- I'm sure I'll be running another competition fairly early in 2021, so stay tuned to the Shanville Monthly for updates: https://www.darrenshan.com/news/shanville-monthly

Unusually, although fans entered from loads of different countries, all the winners this time, with the exception of one in Australia, came from Ireland, the UK and the USA. The random luck of the draw, or the cunning workings of DesTiny?!? Only time will tell... :-)

Anyway, the 16 winners, in the order drawn, were:

Tam Neill, England.
Cassandra Wilson, USA.
Lydia Aizlewood, England.
Margaret Curtin, Ireland.
James Lidgey-Hutt, England.
Tyler Whelan, England.
Talia Bugden, England.
Thomas Paxton, USA.
Carly Coughran, Australia.
Maxime Moone, Ireland.
Emma Martin, Ireland.
Chrsitopher Robertson, Scotland.
Kenneth Chruscinski, USA.
Alejandro Ibarra, USA.
Tyler Rouse, USA.
Elijah Fleming, Ireland.

If you weren't one of the lucky 16, and haven't yet read the first Volume of my new Archibald Lox series, it's on sale as an ebook, paperback or hardback. (It's also one sale as three shorter ebooks and paperbacks, but I'd recommend the Volume over those.) Find out more about it here: https://www.darrenshan.com/news/shanville-monthly