Once a week we pull one subscriber and hand-build them a personal shortlist: the Nashville here-then-gone windows -- the pop-up, the last-weekend show, the dish that is about to vanish -- about to close on them, this week. Not a template. A human sits down and makes it for the winner. There is exactly one, every week, and subscribing is your entry.
The winner does not get a gift card. They get a concierge shortlist: a human reads what is closing across the city this week and hand-picks the handful worth chasing for that one reader. It costs us nothing to make a second one, which is exactly why there is only ever one winner -- the prize is our attention, and attention does not scale.
Every week we freeze the entrant list, draw a single winner, and publish the draw so anyone can check it. No "trust us." The mechanism is fixed and public (see below), the winner is named, and the shortlist goes out. Then the next week's draw opens.
There is no ticket, no purchase, no form beyond your email. Subscribing to the free weekly list is your entry -- and it stays your entry, every week, for as long as you are subscribed. That is the whole trick: the thing you would want anyway (the list) is the thing that enters you (the draw).
At the weekly cutoff we take a snapshot of everyone entered and publish a fingerprint of that exact list (a one-way hash) -- so the list cannot be changed after the fact. The winning number then comes from a public random beacon nobody controls (a published, timestamped source), combined with that fingerprint. Same inputs, same winner, every time -- so you can re-run the math yourself and confirm we did not pick a friend. One entrant, one slot; the odds are simply one over the number of subscribers in the draw.
Each week's draw, exactly as recorded. The winner is shown redacted; everything else is what you need to re-run the math above and confirm it -- the frozen entry count, the one-way list fingerprint of the entrant snapshot, and the public beacon (drand) round and randomness that picked the winner. Each row also carries its own ledger hash and the hash of the row before it, so the record is tamper-evident.
Re-run it yourself: hash the published entrant snapshot and confirm it equals the list fingerprint, fetch the drand round above from any public relay, then recompute the winner index. Same inputs, same winner, every time.
Enter this week's draw.
Drop your email and you are in the raffle -- and on the free weekly list either way. This list does not ping you: no alerts, no notifications, just the Thursday heads-up in your inbox. Win, and your personal shortlist arrives as a one-off note, hand-built for you.
One entry per subscriber. Unsubscribe anytime -- but that takes you out of the draw. We never share your email. No purchase necessary; subscribing is free.
Sponsor. Fleeting, operated by Horace Forests LLC (the "Sponsor").
No purchase necessary. A purchase will not improve your odds. Subscribing to the free Fleeting - Nashville weekly list is the only way to enter, and it is free.
Who can enter. Open to subscribers who are 18 or older at the time of entry and are legal residents of the United States. You must have a confirmed, active subscription to the free weekly list; an unconfirmed or unsubscribed email is not in the draw.
How to enter. Subscribe to the weekly list. One entry per subscriber per weekly draw, for as long as you stay subscribed. No ticket, no payment, no extra form.
Who cannot win. Fleeting staff, operators, and their immediate families are not eligible to win.
The draw. Once a week we freeze the entrant list at the weekly cutoff, publish a one-way fingerprint (hash) of that exact list, and draw one winner using a public random beacon nobody controls, combined with that fingerprint -- so anyone can re-run the math and check it. One entrant, one slot; the odds are one over the number of subscribers in the draw.
If you win. The winner is notified by email at the address on file and must reply within 7 days to claim. If the winner does not reply within 7 days to claim, an alternate winner is drawn by the same method.
The prize. One hand-built, personal "what is closing for you this week" shortlist, delivered privately by email. One winner per week. The prize has no cash value, is non-transferable, and no substitution is offered.
Privacy. We never share or sell your email. Entering adds you to the free weekly list, which you can leave at any time -- leaving also takes you out of the draw.
Void where prohibited. This promotion is run by the Sponsor and is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by any email or social platform.
Fleeting is the weekly list of Nashville's time-limited food, drink and events -- the things that are here. then gone. See what that looks like on the conditions board and the insider map.