Want to win a box of scrumptious chocolates from Sees Candies?  We're talkin' big box of yummy! We're talking a box that we'll spend over $35 on for you! (That's a MONGO box!). Here's your chance to grab that bix box:

We want to hear which Schoolhouse Store products you have used (even if you did not purchase initially from our store) and your opinion of them.

Here's what you need to do for your chance to win: 

- Go to the Schoolhouse Store.
- Find a product that you have used. 
- Scroll to the bottom of the listing.
- Click on the blue bar on the bottom left that says, "reviews."
- Scroll to the bottom again, and you will see a blue bar on the bottom right with the option to "write review".
- Click on that to leave your review. (You must be logged in to the store to leave reviews) 
- Then  leave a comment on Gena's blog with a link to the review you just gave.   

If you have read any of the Lamplighter books, then definitely leave a review for those!  The HSB Literary Club is about to read Ishmael and it would really help bloggers to know what others have thought of this book. 

A winning review should contain the following:

- Whether you liked the product or not.
- What you liked or did not like about the product.
- What age or grade level used the product. 
- How did you use the product? i.e. Did you use it as a game, just used a portion of it, give it as a gift?

Kate Kessler, TOS Magazine's Product Reviews editor (and Senior Editor of our new literary club) will select winning review. Kate loves detail as well as "completedness" - she wants to hear the pros and cons of a product from a homeschooler's perspective; she likes detail. Teens may enter but they must have their parent's name right next to their own so that we know they have permission to enter.

Can you enter more than once? YES! While in the Schoolhouse Store, you might notice 12 products you've used in the past and that you'd like to leave a review about! By doing so, you've just received 12 chances to win that mess of chocolate.

Author of winning review will receive a BIG box of Sees Candies in the mail. Big, rich and chocolaty. Incredibly delicious. Fattening and horrible for diets. But sooo worth it! 2nd place winner will get an approximately 10 pound box (considerably smaller but still a huge treat). Ten pounds of chocolate can EASILY be consumed in one sitting (unless you have children and a spouse hanging around).

Place your reviews in the comments section on Gena's blog by cutting and pasting them from the reviews you leave on the SS site. Kate will select and announce the winner on March 5th. Candies will be sent out that same week. Kate may opt to use the winning reviews on our site or in the magazine with author byline should the authors grant permission. Kate may also be scouting out new product reviewers for the magazine via this contest, so pull out your favorite products (chances are we have them in the store) and start writing! And yes, TOS Magazine is in the store - you can leave reviews for it there as well.

So recap - you go to our Schoolhouse Store first, post your review there, and then cut and paste it on Gena's blog, too, in the comments. That serves as your entry. Winner will be announced on Gena's blog on March 5th, so be watching!

Contest BEGINS today, February 23. Get started!

Special thank you to Kris Price who designed the new Literary Club blog for Jen and Kate. She did an incredible job! If you have not yet joined, please do! It will officially start on March 1.