Giveaway: Return of the large flat-rate box of Alaska.

MedLetThemSpeakA giveaway from last March, “The large flat-rate box of Alaska,” drew 122 entries. Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, since a lot of people are interested in the Last Frontier and a lot of people like big boxes full of little things.

It’s an odd mix this time around. Then again, Alaska is a pretty odd state.

Among the offerings:

Music: “Icy Grooves,” a CD from local jazz favorite Rick Zelinsky. (He was the guy we were listening to when those people decided to yammer through jazz night.)

Video: “Big Wild Anchorage,” hosted by Mr. Whitekeys (of the late, lamented Fly By Night Club). This particular video is a family-friendly look at Alaska’s largest city, from float planes to glaciers to sled-dog races that begin downtown (where they put snow on the streets).

Bags: A large, reusable shopping bag imprinted with “MTA: Celebrating 60 Years” (that’s the Matanuska Telephone Association, for all you cheechakos), plus another large bag with the logo of “The Vampire Assassins League,” a paranormal romance series (yep, that’s an actual genre) written by Alaska author Jackie Ivie

More Jackie Ivie stuff: A Vampire Assassins League coffee mug and two VAL temporary tattoos, plus a copy of “Knight Everlasting,” a novel from her historical romance series about a stalwart clansman in the Scottish highlands. (Och! What does he wear under the kilt, is what I want to know.)

2013-Fair-Poster.138Pins!: A small, heart-shaped gold pin that contains the word “Alaska” in stylized capital letters. A badge that reproduces the poster from the 2013 Alaska State Fair. And my personal favorite, a Planned Parenthood pin featuring salmon and the words, “Spawn carefully!”

More reading material: A copy of “Real Alaskan” magazine, a parody publication that’s quite funny (although you might not get all the in-jokes if you’re from Outside) plus an issue of the Alaska Railroad’s “Panoramas” magazine (gorgeous photos that make you want to take a train ride).

Pepe’s North of the Border thermometer. This thing is probably a collector’s item due to the recent fire at this iconic restaurant in Barrow, Alaska. But I’ve had it long enough; it’s someone else’s turn.

Miscellaneous ephemera: An Alaska Community Development Corporation retractable measuring tape, a pad of Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union sticky notes, an Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau notepad (with the logo of the famous dancing moose, Seymour of Anchorage), a sticker from the Alaska Mountain Runners (put it on your car window and let everyone think you’re a badass), a container of antibacterial hand wipes with the BP logo, and a piece of chewing gum that looks like a lump of coal (courtesy of Usibelli Coal Mine). About that last one: I’m thinking “Christmas stocking.”

To enter:

If you do any (or all!) of these things, please leave separate, additional comments to get credit for each entry.

The deadline is 7 p.m. PDT Tuesday, Oct. 1. If I don’t hear back from the winners by 7 p.m. PDT Wednesday, Oct. 2,  I’ll pull another name.

Note: Due to the high cost of international shipping, a winner outside the United States will be given a choice of gift cards in lieu of the box and it will go up for grabs again in the future.

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