Hello!*
I rediscovered sweepstakes last month (on TikTok, where else) and have since dived deep. This is not the first time — I went through a phase back in the day when you literally had to mail entries in from the back of mom magazines — but this is the first time I’ve won something. Wow! What a rush. ($250 at White House Black Market; I chose this dress because if you’re ever going to “buy” something extremely impractical it should be when you got free money).
Anyway, I scour the internet and social media during breaks from writing my book because it is like the furthest thing from writing a book. (One about suicide, no less!!!) (Also Reading Habits turns out to be not far enough, but I will be back for an end of year post. I think it’s extremely fun while helping me “scratch the shopping itch” without spending money, as the always astute Katie Heaney pointed out. Every time I enter my email I think, Wow, how will I even make the TIME for all of these vacations?
Now I’m sharing my finds with you!! I feel like I should say I haven’t necessarily entered all of these (imagine having room and need for a kayak — what a dream!) but amid a sea of scammy and boring contests, these seemed most fun. This is the longest intro you’ll get. It will be random and low lift and whatever. I hope you win millions, or at least some very cool new things.
OH one more thing — this has the potential to obliterate your inbox. If you use gmail, I suggest entering with a modified address. (Fun fact: youraddress+anything@gmail will send to your address!) I do myemail+sweeps@gmail, for example, and then filter accordingly.
*Are you impressed with how quickly I turned this around; can you tell I’m a wee bit manic because of the book? It’s fine.
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$10,000 from Ryan Seacrest & Netflix; unlimited entries but unclear when it ends (I think 11/18?)
$5000; daily entries through 11/30
$100,000; multiple entries through 12/31
$25,000; daily entries through 1/23
Dave Ramsey (lol) gives away $500 weekly; daily entries seemingly indefinitely
TRIPS
Flight $$ and 8 days on an Inca trail tour; multiple entries through 11/19
$6K toward a trip to Rio de Janeiro; single entry through 11/19 (but only… from sunset to sunrise)
“Plant-based [??] paradise vacation” in Mexico’s Riviera Maya; unlimited entries through 11/23
3 nights in Los Cabos; unlimited entries through 12/2
$10,000 spa retreat (or maybe just cash?? unclear); daily entries through 12/31
$10,000 “ultimate vacation” (again, possibly just cash); daily entries through 12/31
4 nights in Italy; single entry; ends 2/1
EXPERIENCES
$200 at Tommy Bahama NYC (🤙🏻); unlimited entries until TOMORROW!
2 tickets to Mariah Carey’s Christmas show (IYKYK); daily entries through 12/9
THINGS
Six full size holiday candles from Noa Lux; unlimited Instagram entries through TOMORROW!
KitchenAid stand mixer; multiple entries through 11/18
Nintendo Switch; unlimited entries through 11/21
Bidet; unlimited entries through 11/24
Moog grandmother; single entry; ends 12/1
Kayak & accessories; single entry; ends 12/9
Cricut; unlimited entries through 12/19
Signed Steph Curry jersey; unlimited entries through 12/24
Spotify Premium for a year; multiple entries through 6/1
Coinweek (lol) gives away a different collectible coin (lol) every week
MISC.
Meredith pubs have a bunch of giveaways you can enter once daily, and then smaller ones that change daily. They have a lot that are a certain amount “to renovate your bathroom!” or w/e and I haven’t been able to figure out if they… have a way to enforce how you spend it?
Hallmark Channel is giving a way a bunch of different stuff through December — cash, trips, items — for playing games on their site and the matching game (presented by Chex™) is genuinely so much fun. Like sometimes I play more than necessary.
There is a Publishing Clearing House app. Download at your own risk. They have silly little games for entries into daily giveaways plus bigger cash prizes…? It’s extremely vague and a time suck and I deleted it but!! You never know!!!
I am looking forward to the satisfaction of donating $500 of Dave Ramsey's money to Planned Parenthood.