Announcing the winner of MOCKINGJAY!

We had a lot of great entires in our MOCKINGJAY giveaway this past week.

Honorable mentions go to Andy Porter with his hybrid creation, the PeetaGale.

"I was thinking of a PeetaGale. This is obviously a meld of the two love interests from the books. The powers of the hybrid are the ability to love like Peeta, and the ability to be loved like Gale. This is the perfect solution to Katniss' predicament."

I don't care who you are, that's just hilarious.

Also to Callie and Jen Hen, whose creations were super cute:

"What about a winged fox, called a Boxwing? (bird...fox...box) it would be airodynamic and light like a bird, and smart and furry like a fox, so it could evade predators and be insulated against cold wind...also, it would make a good predator." ~ Callie

"How about a porcuphant. Imagine a smaller sized elephant (large dog sized) with quills. Though super cute, they aren't very cuddly. The quills make catching them for circus' a little difficult." ~ Jen Hen


But I think we can all agree on the winner, whose muttation creation was well thought out and rang true to THE HUNGER GAMES tradition:

Congrats mary-j-59!!

Your wirewolf mutt was awesome!

"The wirewolf. In the 21st century, distressed by humankind's enduring hatred and fear of wolves, the brilliant geneticist Victoria Frankenstein collaborated with the biologist Nate Kipling to fit a small pack of Alaskan wolves with voiceboxes that would translate their howls to human speech. The pack survived, in spite of this interference, because non-engineered wolves were clearly impressed with the beauty of the wirewolves' howls. Gradually, the subspecies mingled with unaltered wolves and spread eastward. Today, the beautiful nightly howls, in full operatic voice and four- part harmony, can be heard as far east as Michigan, with rumors of wild wirewolves in New York and New England. It should be noted, though, that, even though they may howl in human words, these are still wild animals and should not be treated as pets. If you are fortunate enough to come across a wirewolf, give it space and observe it quietly.

This last point leads to what the wirewolf may symbolize. How one sees this beautiful animal depends on what one brings to the encounter. Some people see the wirewolf as an unfortunate reminder of humankind's desire to control nature and tame the untameable. Others see the beast as a pointer to the difference between artistic expression and rationality, while still others point it out as a clear example of altruism and the hope for true inter-species communication."

Please email me at mandy [at] yabookscentral [dot] com with your full name and mailing address, and I'll have a copy of MOCKINGJAY sent out right away.

Thanks, everyone, for playing!