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Today's Giveaway Starts... NOW!

Everybody stop what you're doing -- it's time for another giveaway! For today's prize, we've gone back to our roots: It's a special Per Annum Prize Pack containing some of our very own 2011 products. This pack will include a mix of our most popular planners, calendars, etc., from the past 30+ years of helping our customers keep themselves organized. Here's what you can win:

• Per Annum City Pocket Diary  (you choose the city AND color)
• 18-City Metropolitan Desk Diary (with black eurohide cover)
• MyBook Adaptable Planner (6" x 8" size)
• NYC Wall Calendar (9" x 8" size)

With this collection, you will be able to keep yourself fully organized at home/office, on the go, on the wall and even creatively! (And if you have been living without a planner or calendar for the past month-plus, then clearly this is a must-have.) This prize pack has a retail value of $90.

      

To enter, simply leave a comment below and tell us which current City Diary color you like the best -- and which color(s) you'd most like to see. As always, for additional entries, you can Like our contest post on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and RT our contest post there. We will choose a random winner on Friday, February 11th at around 2 p.m. EST.

GOOD LUCK!

The Photographer Behind Our 2011 NYC Wall Calendar

We were happy and proud to introduce the 2011 New York City Wall Calendar this year, and we thank all our customers who decided to give it a try! When our production team decided to produce the company's first-ever wall calendar, they didn't have to go far for the featured NYC-themed photography.  At the time, Per Annum's own Lisa Flanagan was in the middle of a just-for-fun Twitter Project 365 that she called “Scenes from My Commute”. Each day she would take a picture of her daily journey between her home in Westchester, NY, and our office in Manhattan and post it on the popular social media site.  Liking what they saw, the team asked if they could feature some of her best shots in the calendar.  A few months later, the 2011 New York City Wall Calendar was published and has been a wonderful success!

If you've been living without a calendar for the past month, are jonesing for some NYC nostalgia, or just want to see what all the fuss is about, you can still get the calendars on our website in 12x12 and 9x8 sizes.

       

For you photographer-types out there, Lisa took the calendar photos exclusively with her iPhone, occasionally manipulating them with some of her favorite apps, including:

• CameraBag
• Hipstamatic
• Cool Fx
• QuadCamera
• Lo-Mob
• PerfectlyClr

About Lisa

Lisa has been with Per Annum since 1998.  In addition to taking many of the product shots for our website, Lisa is an accomplished travel and portrait photographer.  Her photos have been published in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.   Her photography – including many more from her commute – can be seen at www.LisaFlanaganPhotography.com.

Lisa also has a fan page on Facebook and if you're on Twitter, @LisaFlanagan tweets often about all things photography and more.

A Giveaway A Day - Tuesday, 1/25

Okay, gang, the entries have been gathered and a winner has been chosen for yesterday's giveaway! The lucky recipient of the unique, chic, colorful and useful Eccolo Avant Garde Journal is... drumroll, please....

 TERRI L.
New York, NY

Congratulations, Terri! Thank you for being a fan on Facebook (and in real life!), and I hope this journal comes in handy. We will contact you shortly with instructions on how to claim your prize.

Now it's time to reveal today's giveaway! Since the Raika agenda giveaway proved to be quite popular the other day, we've decided to put together a Per Annum Prize Pack containing some of our very own dated products for 2011.  This pack will include:

• Per Annum City Pocket Diary  (you choose the city & color)
• 18-City Metropolitan Desk Diary (with black eurohide cover)
• MyBook Adaptable Planner (6" x 8" size)
• NYC Wall Calendar (9" x 8" size)

With this collection, you can be sure to keep yourself organized at home, on the go, on the wall and even creatively! This prize pack has a retail value of $90.

      

To enter, simply leave a comment below and tell us why you'd like to win this prize pack. As always, for additional entries, you can Like our contest post on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and RT our contest post there. We will choose a random winner tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26th at around 2 p.m. EST.

GOOD LUCK!

2011 Diaries Are Going Fast!

Brad Pitt FlatSpecs Fever may still be in the air here at Per Annum, but this time of year is always a busy one for our crew.  It's prime season for individuals, retail stores and corporations to buy their 2011 Diaries and we are deep in the process of sifting through those orders and shipping them out.  Those of you who pre-ordered your copies as far back as February should have received your copies by now.  But if you haven’t ordered yet... well, now is definitely the time!  In fact, I wouldn’t wait much longer, because they are going fast -- believe it or not, we are already sold out of the following colors:

Manhattan – Purple
Chicago – Teal
San Francisco – Purple and Teal
18-City Metro – Teal
Boston – Purple

Plenty of other great colors are still available, though, so don’t hesitate if you have your heart set on a particular style.

Here’s a handy list of the 2011 Diaries (as well as our all-new City Wall Calendar for NYC), with direct links to our website:

Manhattan Diary
Boston Diary
Chicago Diary
Los Angeles Diary
San Francisco Diary
18-City Metro Diary
NYC City Wall Calendar
Manhattan Daily Plan-It
Metro Desk Diary
InfoPlan Diary
InfoPrint Diary
InfoCord Diary
New Yorker Desk Diary
MyBook Adaptable Planner

Order soon!  2011 will be here before we know it....

A Giveaway A Day – #1

To celebrate the rebirth of The Per Annum Insider, we are happy to announce that we will be holding a giveaway a day for the rest of the week! To kick things off, we have put together a great Per Annum Gift Pack (retail value $100):

 

• 2011 Leather City Diary (you choose the city)
• 2011 Simulated Leather Diary (you select the color)
• 2011 Large MyBook Planner
• 2011 Small MyBook Planner
• 2011 NYC Wall Calendar

If you’re the lucky winner, feel free to enjoy all the items yourself or keep your favorite and split the rest up for a head start on your holiday shopping! (Though if you do require that many diaries for yourself, we salute you!)

To enter this contest, simply leave a comment below and tell us why you want to win.  For additional entries, spread the word (click here for ways to do that).  We will choose a random winner tomorrow, Wednesday, November 3 at 3 p.m. EST., and announce the next giveaway at that time, too!

Be sure to check back every day this week to see what fun things you can win!