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Sylvan Sweepstakes

Embark on a Seattle wide scavenger hunt inspired by Frannie James's novel, The Sylvan Hotel, a captivating tribute to the city's iconic 1990s. Dust off your photo albums, queue up Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Madonna, and strap on your rollerblades for a glorious cruise back through 90's Seattle.

How to enter

Buy The Sylvan Hotel, by Frannie James (10 entries per purchase)*

Buy it

Patronize a business featured in The Sylvan Hotel (5 entries per visit)*

List of participating businesses

Go on a Sylvan Hotel event (5 entries per event)

Register for events

Comment with your memories of places featured in The Sylvan Hotel for Views from The Sylvan Hotel map (1 entries per submission)

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Share your 90s photos of the places featured in The Sylvan Hotel for Views from The Sylvan Hotel map (2 entries per submission)

Submit 90s photos

Take a photo of one of the Sylvan landmark posters, which you can find at 50 of the locations on Views from The Sylvan Hotel map (1 entry per submission)*

Submit your poster sightings

*email the receipt/ticket/photo to maggie@hintonpublishing.com

Prizes

Entries must be received between October 13 - December 17, drawing and announcements will happen December 18.

Tremonte's Italian American, mixed dozen box (1 winner)

Eighth Generation Blanket (1 winner)

All of Hinton’s Community ebooks printed as zines (5 winners)

A tea kit (Hinton mug, Goebel Goods honey, Foggy Tea Shop tea) (5 winners)