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Giveaway for Fountain Pen Day!

Fountain Pen Day 2020 is fast approaching! To celebrate, I’m hosting a giveaway…

The prize? An Esterbrook JR in black, fine nib, plus a LOAD of stickers, badges, bookmarks, and a very special stamp, all provided by the lovely folks at Esterbrook.

Here’s how to enter. Please read the instructions and rules carefully!

  • Subscribe to new posts from this blog, if you haven’t already. You can do that right here:

  • Fill in the poll below! It’s just three questions.
  • Don’t forget to tell me the country you’re in. This giveaway is open to entrants from the UK and EU only.
  • Include a valid email address to contact you if you win. I won’t use your data for any other purposes beyond this giveaway.

I will pick the winner at random from the list of completed poll submissions. I’ll check that all three questions have been answered, that the country selected is in the EU, and that the email address matches one on my list of subscribers. If any of those conditions isn’t met, I will select another entry at random.

I’ll make my selection at 9pm on Saturday 7th November, UK time. I’ll post the winning name here and notify the winner by email. If the winner doesn’t reply within 72 hours, I’ll pick another.

This is my first giveaway and my first attempt at building a form into WordPress — so please forgive any teething problems! Give me a shout in the comments if you have any questions or run into any error messages…

All done? Add a comment telling me you’ve entered, and why not share your ideas with the community too?

Good luck!

51 Comments

  1. Ruben Hesterberg

    I’d love a black sparkle with silver glitter and black ruthenium trim.

    Also, sorry for not being able to narrow down my discoveries any further.

  2. eadbrown

    “The link you followed has expired” came up when I submitted my comments…

    • Anthony

      Hmmm! I’ve had more than a dozen successful entries already — try from a different browser or from your phone to give yourself a different IP address?

      • eadbrown

        Must have been something browser-y. I threw my VPN on and it’s worked this time. Thanks for the opportunity!

  3. Connor Macdonald

    I always love a pen and a giveaway, so here’s the best of both worlds. Good luck to everyone who entered!

  4. angriestlemon

    Also, I read Steel penis first… I fucking hate my mind

  5. Andrew Chorley

    I’ve entered! Sone great suggestions

  6. tigertrufflesaturn20609

    Entered!

  7. Helen

    I’ve entered, though, after my comment about why I don’t own any Esterbrook pens, I am once again hovering with a sparkly one in my basket!

  8. Martin Stewart

    This is the first giveaway I’ve entered, but then this is the only blog I post comments on. I hope it goes well and helps promote the blog.

  9. James

    Thanks for the give away chance.

  10. Gregor McIntyre

    What a cracking prize for someone. Thanks for a chance to enter.

  11. Martin Stewart

    hi Anthony, have I correctly entered or do I need to do it again.

  12. jaxpenz62

    Entered – thank you 😊

  13. Alex Segall

    Looks like a nice little pen – fingers crossed!

  14. Quieter Elephant

    Nice classic look!
    Got the “The link you followed has expired” message – but I did break off for pizza half way through applying…

  15. Tim Hatwell

    Entered – thanks.

  16. Charles

    Thanks for a lovely giveaway. Good luck everyone.

    Great blog – keep it coming.

  17. Kamille

    Weee! So exciting! Hope my entry goes through! Thank you Anthony and Esterbrook!

  18. Nathan Weston

    Thanks so much for the giveaway!

  19. Linda Stempt

    I entered because I am a perennial optimist despite life’s experiences! Thanks, Anthony…

  20. David Coronas

    Hiya. Answered the 3 questions to enter but couldn’t find the little tick box to subscribe to new posts, so registered my email address to subscribe to the blog and receive new post and comment notifications separately after submitting answers. Hope this works for the entry?

    • Anthony

      Yep, that’s exactly what I wanted you to do — bit convoluted but the survey is separate from the subscription so it’s two forms I’m afraid. I’ve now added a subscription button directly in the post — hope it works!

  21. Linda Semple

    Entered!

  22. Lucy

    Entered, or at least I think I have – the site crashed whilst submitting, so I tried again and it crashed again! You may have two entries from me (sorry, not deliberate, system error!), or none. Thank you for the opportunity for everyone to enter. Love reading your posts – I hadn’t subscribed before as I quite like going in and finding 3 or 4 posts to read all at once!!

    • Anthony

      Surname begin with a B? I got one entry! Just checked and the subscription and entry works fine for me on a different machine — but sorry you had problems!

      • Lucy

        Yes! Thank you

  23. Dave

    Entered -Thanks for the opportunity!

  24. Nick

    Entered! Good luck everyone!

  25. shaungglobalgmailcom

    Entered!

  26. gsteer

    And entered, thanks for the competition opportunity Anthony, and making me actually think of pens acquired this year.

  27. David Thomas

    I’ve just entered!

  28. ARM

    Entered!

  29. William

    Hello from Austin, the EU’s newest member… Wait, being told Texas NOT part of EU… Developing. I’m in! Cheers, William

  30. Jean-Francois Dictus

    Entered. Love your Blog.

  31. Tracy A Bergamin

    Love the idea of the giveaway, such beautiful pens! Looking forward to receiving the email blog updates!

  32. Stefanie Berencz

    Entered-thx

  33. awrelven

    Entered. One of the brands I’ve been wanting to try for a while, this would be a great opportunity. Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

  34. Jack

    All entered, fingers crossed.

  35. Kate

    I’ve not tried an Esterbrook but this feels like the ideal chance to change that! Thanks, Anthony. Good to see some manufacturers awake to the opportunities of working with community stalwarts like UKFP too.

  36. Kevin

    It’s good to be able to offer suggestions directly to a company. I have some Esterbrook products which I like but a good opportunity to emphasis my view that companies need to have good quality assurance as buying a pen that doesn’t write well is not acceptable. Sounds like a good collaboration between Esterbrook and UKFP.

  37. Emlyn

    Hi, I’m not seeing a link or anything to fill a poll in, any ideas? Tried on a website my tablet and my phone, even through the WordPress app.

    • Anthony

      If you use the contact page so I have your email address, I can send you a screenshot of what you should be seeing. The poll questions are right there on the page itself.

  38. Emlyn

    Afternoon, some really weird stuff going on, I’ve tried everything and still can’t see a link or poll to enter this competition, I left a comment and then tried another laptop, logged in and still no poll or link and no comment this time, something to do with the season perhaps ?? any help welcomed. Best!!

    • Anthony

      About 180 people have entered and it’s showing when I view the page! I can only suggest trying a different browser or hitting refresh?

      • Emlyn

        Right then, following your reply I clicked the link from the email and all was available, entered and hope to win, thanks for the opportunity and thank you for the reply Anthony appreciated, early congrats to the winner whoever it may be. Diolch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  39. C Dyson

    Thanks for the giveaway competition, this pen looks intriguing and I love that stamp! (one of my other obsessions..)

  40. Nelly

    It just returns an error when I try and enter…

    • Anthony

      That’s because you’ve entered five times already — it’s set up to only allow a single entry from a single device. Your entry has gone through.

    • Anthony

      More than 200 people have successfully entered so I can safely say the problem, if any, was at your end 😂

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