Happy Thanksgiveaway 2016!

Here at Goulet Pens, we just love November! Not only is it the month in which the world celebrates Fountain Pen Day and Thanksgiving here in the US, it's the month our company was founded in and the month we celebrate Thanksgiveaway.

What's Thanksgiveaway? It's our version of Thanksgiving, where we show how thankful we are for you. Without our incredible customers, we couldn't do what we love each and every day. We're expressing our gratitude by hosting a seriously epic giveaway!

This year we're doing things a bit differently. Instead of one grand prize gift, we're giving away seven incredible fountain pens, one for each year we've been in business. Some are high ticket items, some are past limited editions that are no longer available, while others are just all-around company favorites. In addition to all that greatness, there will be four runner-up prize pens. That's 11 chances to win a fantastic fountain pen!

1. Pelikan M400 Tortoiseshell-Brown Special Edition Set

With a total value of almost $1000, you'll win not one, but three amazing Pelikan M400 Tortoiseshell-Brown pens. This pen features a body with gorgeous brown stripes with subtle orange highlights. You'll receive a fountain pen with a medium nib, a rollerball, and a ballpoint in an incredible matching set.

2. Visconti Homo Sapiens Dark Age

Dark and mysterious, the Visconti Homo Sapiens Dark Age fountain pen is impressive in its subtle details. With a black palladium nib and matching black clip, it flies under the radar while style wowing you with its body entirely made of basaltic lava all sourced from Italy. The winner of this prize will receive a full-sized fountain pen with a fine nib.

3. Montegrappa Fortuna Copper Mule

This a pen you can drink to! Beautiful polished copper was used to create the Montegrappa Fortuna Copper Mule fountain pen. Packaged with a gorgeous copper mug, this steel-nibbed pen will have you writing up a storm. This prize pen comes with a medium nib.

4. Pilot Vanishing Point Twilight

The 2015 Limited Edition Pilot Vanishing Point Twilight dazzled the fountain pen community with its unique ombre body. We sold out of this beauty in record time, but managed to hold on to this one for this very purpose. It's brand new, never been used, and ready to make one lucky fountain pen fan's dreams come true. It comes with a medium nib.

5. Lamy 2000 Makrolon

A fountain pen classic, the Lamy 2000 Makrolon is beloved by the fountain pen community for its sleek style and smooth-writing 14kt gold nib. The winner of this beauty will receive a Lamy 2000 with a fine nib.

6. Edison Nouveau Premiere Water Lily

Our Spring 2015 Edison Nouveau Premiere in Water Lily was one of our most popular seasonal editions, ever. Affectionately dubbed the "Unicorn Barf" pen, it was only offered for a limited time. You can not find this pen new anywhere, but you could win it in this year's Thanskgiveaway. It will come with a fine steel nib.

7. Conklin Nighthawk

A Goulet exclusive, the Conklin Nighthawk flies under the radar with its black body and nib. Made in Italy out of carbon fiber, this pen is incredibly lightweight. It's outfitted with a black Goulet steel nib so you are guaranteed a smooth-writing experience. The winner will receive a fine nib.

Runner-up prizes: 4 Monteverde Invincia Full Blue Anodized fountain pen with a bottle of Montegrappa Blue ink and Copper Mug

A Goulet exclusive, the Monteverde Invincia Full Blue Anodized fountain pen features an entirely aluminum body of gorgeous sky blue, with black trim and a black fine steel nib. We've paired it with a bottle of Montegrappa Blue ink and a gorgeous Montegrappa Copper Mug.

Ready to enter?

Simply use your fountain pen and ink to mail us your handwritten submission, including your full name and email address, telling us what you're thankful for. You can write a simple letter giving thanks for what is great in your life or use this as your chance to get creative! You could send us a poem, your best art, or hand lettering. Just be sure to use your favorite fountain pens and ink!

We'll be selecting eleven winners chosen at random from all entries submitted. The winners will be assigned their respective prize in the order they are selected and notified via social media and email. Runner-up winners will be sent the package set of the Monteverde Full Blue Anodized fountain pen, bottled ink, and mug. We'll announce all winners on our blog and contact each winner directly in early December.

Ready? Mail your contest entry to us here:

The Goulet Pen Company
ATTN: Thanksgiveaway
10201 Maple Leaf Court
Ashland, VA 23005 USA

Entries that do not include a full name and email will be void. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at social@gouletpens.com and we'll be glad to help.

So that's it! If you want to see some fantastic examples of letters we've received in the past, check out our Sharing Thanksgiveaway or Sharing Thanksgiveaway Part II blogs from last year. We're so excited to be able to offer such an incredible selection of fountain pens to win as prizes, and thank you to our vendors who kindly supplied some of these prizes.

Have a happy Thanksgiveway!

Write on,
The Goulet Pen Company Team

Here are the fine print rules for Thanksgiveaway:
All entries for the ThanksGiveaway contest must be received by November 23, 2016 at 11:59pm EST. By participating in the ThanksGiveaway contest, you are giving us permission to share your name and images of your mailed-in submission on social media (your address and email will not be shared). Entries will not be returned to you and will become the property of The Goulet Pen Company, LLC. Please limit one entry per person. Winners will be contacted via email and will have 3 days to respond, at which point a new winner will be randomly chosen. To see our official contest rules, click here. No purchase is required to participate. Odds of winning will depend on the number of entries received, estimated to be 1/100.