Latest News from Accolade Publishing
Company announcements, new products and competition news & winners
Latest News & Events at Accolade Publishing
Keep up to date with the latest product announcements, competitions and winners!
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Our latest car winner - Mary Putnam!
14th October 2009
Mary, 60 from Maidenhead, was the
winner of not one, but THREE fantastic
prizes in our exclusive giveaway, scooping
a home entertainment system, a dream
holiday PLUS a brand new car!
Mary had been comping for many years
but with little success – however, this all
changed when she received the winning
telephone call!
“I was astounded when Nigel rang me
to tell me of my win. I took a lot of
convincing before I believed him and
that it wasn’t a joke! So we are over
the moon with such a super prize...
our daughters are pretty pleased too!
I am still pinching myself at our
good luck and glad I persevered.
Needless to say I shall carry on.
Th ank you again."
 "Comp Pride 2007 raises £3,237 for the Rainbows Children's Hospice")
Comping event raises
£000’s for local charity!
24th July 2007
In July 2007 Accolade Publishing
ran our first event for the comping community. Over 300 dedicated UK compers attended the day which was held at Pride Park Stadium, home of Derby County Football Club.
Local press, radio and TV all covered the fun-packed day which included games, bingo, a charity raffle and of course plenty of competitions. The raffle raised a staggering £3,237 for the Rainbows Children’s Hospice. We also ran a small survey on the day asking each guest to estimate the total value of all their competition wins... this added up to a cool £9,616,166! Who says comping doesn’t pay??
Valerie Sheehan is our latest £10,000 winner!
26th July 2008
Valerie Sheehan of Bremhill has won a massive £10,000 in a prize draw run by Accolade Publishing. This big win is nothing new for Valerie who is a regular comper and typically enters between 70 and 100 competitions a month. Valerie says, “I tend to enter competitions in local papers and other magazines. I like to win tickets to events I’d never go to otherwise. I’ve won everything from tickets to Crufts to tickets to a Bryan Adams concert.
Valerie’s big cash win came after entering a competition in Prize Draw Winner. “You never know when the next big competition is going to pop up and subscribing to Prize Draw Winner means I don’t miss a trick. It also means that I don’t have to spend a fortune on lots of different magazines and trawl through them for the competitions.”
Dawn Harris won our £5,000 competition in 2008
19th January 2008
Dawn Harris of Truro won a massive £5,000 windfall in a competition run by Competitor’s Companion. After a difficult year battling treatment against cancer, Dawn was convinced her luck has changed in 2008 with her first ever competition win - a massive £5,000.
“I’ve never won a competition before in my life. But whilst I was in hospital, I had hours to kill and picked up a copy of Competitor’s Companion magazine I found on the ward."
“When the publisher phoned me up to tell me I’d won, I didn’t believe him and thought is was a prank being played on me by one of the family! He convinced me in the end that he was genuine though!”
ThePrizeFinder.com
wins Web User award
13th February 2008
ThePrizeFinder.com has won an award in the Web User magazine 2008 annual awards. The authoritative voice within the internet industry has again recognized our competition site to be one of the best.
“The Prize Finder organises competitions by prize as well as closing date, so you can home in on those that offer a particular reward. For a small annual fee you can access the ThePrizeFinderPlus service, which lets you enter postcard competitions quickly and easily by printing the details onto entry forms created by the site and then tracking all your entries online. You can also interact with other competition hounds in the chat room and on the message board, and check out the links to helpful sites.
Verdict: an impressive choice of competitions, offering a range of great prizes, makes this site well worth checking out. Links to lesser-known competitions can help to increase your chances of a win.”
Read the article at Web User Magazine
Dawn Blaynee won a car
in our Competition
12th July 2007
Dawn Blaynee, from Paignton couldn’t believe her ears when she received a telephone call telling her she’d won the top prize, a brand new car in a competition!
Dawn, 30, who is a part-time cleaner, won her brand new, shiny red Citron C1, worth £6,999, in a competition run by Accolade Publishing. The win couldn’t have come at a better time for Dawn, as she was about to give up ‘comping’ altogether, after eight months with no wins. “I’ll certainly keep comping now,” says Dawn, “I can’t believe the first thing I’ve won is such a big prize!”
“My family and friends are amazed by my big win. They all want to start comping now and have been asking me for details of Competitor’s Companion so that they can get started!”