We Have Winners!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated in our contest last week, even with all the hiccups!

This morning, I assembled all the entries from various social media outlets and ran a random number generator to choose all the winners. I'm still waiting on shipping addresses for some of the physical prizes and as soon as our book, Go West, His Momma Said, is ready, I'll contact those winners for current e-mail addresses. (Or feel free to send me your e-mail address now if your name is on the list.)

Congratulations to:

Annie Keys, winner of the Purple Water Lily

Winner of the coffee, Twitter account @InDianesKitchen

Winner of Peggy Cunningham's devotional, Shape Your Soul, and my book, My Prayer Journal, Twitter account @Norma_Gail

Winner of the children's book bundle, Rachel Hartsfield

Winners of Kindle versions of Go West, His Momma Said:

@vbenchley, @SJB6991, @Spider_Gina, @TomvCS345, @twoshotgirl, @brittbratpics, @Darraghman1, Julie Arduini, Daisy Buckner, Tammy Doherty, LoRee Perry, Kathleen Smith

Thank you!!

My art is available for purchase at:

www.Tracy-Ruckman.pixels.com

or

www.fineartamerica.com/profiles/tracy-ruckman

Books are available for purchase on Amazon:

Tracy Ruckman Author Page

Peggy Cunningham Author Page

Estelle Herndon Author Page

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