It's Our 3rd BIRTHDAY!!!

IT'S BEEN THREE WONDERFUL YEARS!

It's time to party y'all!! We were birthed into the interwebs three years ago today, and we're so overwhelmed with gratefulness that we thought.... you guys deserve some stuff too!

We know a lot of you entered our L.A. Premiere giveaway and came away empty handed, not to mention followed our social networks to get you more entries. We are so appreciative of you guys that we are going to grant you even MORE chances for entries for OUR BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY!! WOOOOOOO!!!!

You can get entries by continuing to follow us, entries by doing absolutely nothing (except giving us your email), and TONS of entries by sending us your Hunger Games creations. We'll even post the best entries on our socials and credit you! It's like...... THE OPPOSITE OF TESSERAE!!!

We'll be announcing our prize packs later on in the day, but rest assured they are ABNOSOME (that's abnormally awesome, guys).

Can you say Catching Fire Merch?! SIGNED POSTERS?! A COMIC - CON MOCKINGJAY PIN?!?!

That's happening.

Stay tuned.....

Giveaway Winners!

Hi guys! In celebration of our two year anniversary, we gave away some sweet Hunger Games stuff to fans in a random drawing.  First off, we want to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who entered and all who filled out that "bonus" entry and left us messages! You guys said some hilarious and endearing things, and we had a great time reading them. Now here's the list of winners:
 

• @picklepodd and @Literarygenius both won Peeta necklaces! So many people put that as their #1 choice for prizes so we decided to replace it with the Gale lanyard.......sorry Gale. ;)
• @gabyrosas won the signed poster!
• JensCakeBalls won the Mockingjay lightbulb!
• @MoMoKelley1 won the magnet set!
• @natalie9nicole won the Katniss lanyard!
• @Amy_Katherine3 won the candle holder!

 Congrats to those who won! We will be sending out prizes this weekend!

WtoD12's 2 Year Birthday Giveaway!!

It's our 2nd birthday! HUZZAH! Two years ago today, we started our Hunger Games journey on Tumblr posting news, opinions, and discussions with other Hunger Games fans. Since then, we have had some CRAZY cool opportunities and our lives have completely changed! Before we get into giveaway details, we look back at our favorite moments in the past year:

Lionsgate visit to see the first full length trailer
Top 7 Hunger Games Memes (A discussion between Courtney & Tiff when Hunger Games memes were new)
The #HungerGames100 Puzzle hunt (our puzzle piece and the meme we made)
Meeting Josh Hutcherson
The Hunger Games MALL TOUR FRENZY!
Exclusive Premiere Photos
Fan Site Shenanigans in LA Times
Fan Site Shenanigans on ABC's Nightline
Tiffany on Celebuzz's 100 days of The Hunger Games
Video Coverage of The Hob Campground for HG Premiere
We get ridiculous for GARY ROSS IS BOSS
Our MOCKINGJAY MOCKUP series!
Fan site special feature screening @ Lionsgate!
Uncovering SECRETS of The Hunger Games BLU-RAY!
Our AWESOMELY HILARIOUS interview with Jack Quaid & Dayo Okeniyi
Why HG fans will appreciate Halloween Horror Nights @ Universal Studios Hollywood

We wanted to do a special giveaway for the occasion, so here is what you could win:

HG Magnet Set

Glass Mockingjay Candle

Mockingjay Lightbulb

Peeta Necklace

Gale Lanyard / Katniss Lanyard

But the coolest prize of all.....

A Hunger Games mini poster signed by the hilarious duo that is Jack Quaid and Dayo Okeniyi! We got this signed at the midnight release party where we had some serious fan site bonding.

So how to enter? Well, just fill out the form below and you'll be entered! The more social websites of ours you follow, the more entries! And of course, may the odds be ever in your favor.

*Contest closed. Stay tuned for winner announcement!

Happy Birthday, Suzanne Collins!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUZANNE COLLINS!!

Suzanne, we hope you have a fantastic day today and we cannot thank you enough for everything you've given us. You have changed our lives forever and because of you we have experienced things we would not have had otherwise. We don't know where we'd be without you! We love you!

Happy Birthday Katniss!

Happy May 8th! May we celebrate this fine day in honor of the future victor and symbol of the rebellion, Katniss Everdeen!

Last night, Fireside Chat hosts Adam Spunberg and Savanna New made us ponder how Katniss would have spent her day of birth, besides of course the oh so happy collecting of tesserae. Um.......woo hoo?

Anyway, I think it's safe to say she would spend the day hunting with Gale since that seems to be where she is happiest. But what about post-Mockingjay Katniss? Twitter-ites discussing the #HGFiresideChat last night came up with some rad ideas such as eat cheese buns all day, which sounds like a pretty sweet birthday to me.

But seriously, let's really take a second to appreciate the appearance of the most inspiring and all around awesomeness that is the newest heroine in town. When I finished reading the books, I had already put Katniss in the ranks with Wonder Woman, Princess Leia, Lara Croft, Buffy, and well,  you get the idea. In such a materialistic society, here is a character whose best skill is survival and supporting her family at age 16. She's a badass without any kind of thought that she is a badass. She can be a little socially awkward just like the rest of us, and despite setting up a million walls to protect herself, still maintains her human ability to love even in the romantic sense. But don't stop there!! I have admired Katniss for one MAJOR thing, I think to be the most important of all in the current young adult trends: Katniss needs no man. Notice how she doesn't end up with either Gale or Peeta until everything is over? That's because there are far more important things than having a boyfriend. Katniss' relationship or "love triangle"(if you would even call it that) is the B storyline in the trilogy, not the A. It takes a backseat until just about the last page in the book. So suck on that, Twilight.*

It is for these reasons today we are saluting the coolest and newest heroine in town, Katniss Everdeen! May she be remembered for generations to come!

What are you fans out there doing to celebrate?!

 #HappyBirthdayKatniss

*Yea, I said it.

Happy Birthday, Liam!

From all of us at Welcome to District 12!

Happy Birthday to Us!

Like my silly graphic?

One year ago, I was tired of not being able to talk to any of my friends about the Hunger Games. I had read the trilogy a month previously thanks to my mother's suggestion and her Kindle, and felt like I was about to burst. I had to talk to someone about it that wasn't my mom (sorry Mom, you know I love you!). Meanwhile, Tiffany (my long time friend and admin) would say things like "I know! It's on my Kindle, let me just get through this Harry Potter reread and then I'll get to it!" every time I poked her about it. I nagged her about it every time I saw her like any other Hunger Games fan would.

So at this point I knew Tiffany would not be long, but too long for me to wait around. I was in danger of bursting at the Seams (see what I did there?) if I didn't get into a Hunger Games discussion with someone. I had recently found the wonder of the display of the human condition and culture that is TUMBLR. So I thought, "What the hell"? F***YeahDistrict12 was born.

Definitely one of the best decisions I've made. Ever since I have started my online Hunger Games journey, it has made me extremely satisfied and happy to connect with so many other people who share this same love of this incredible story. Before I knew it, someone known as the "Gamemakers Anon" was sending me messages about something about "Panem October", and WABAM! next thing I know I'm listening to the BEST PODCAST EVER, The HG Fireside Chat. This of course, led me to practically live on Twitter and chat with other Hunger Games people who I would definitely call my friends. I have come to care and love these people. We collaborate, talk about random things, and support each other's blogs. It's a fantastic community, and am very honored to be a part of it.