In a study done on the extensive reading motivational factors in the United Arab Emirates, it was found that approximately 83% of the students became intrinsically motivated to read within weeks of the beginning of the competition because they began to see how beneficial extensive reading was for their language acquisition. A competition was designed using both intramural classroom leaderboards and intermural classroom leaderboards to encourage the students to read competitively to gain 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Later, the presenter moved to Indonesia and was tasked with developing an extensive reading program at a national university. The presenter implemented a competition-based extensive reading program in the Indonesian context. This presentation presents and compares the results of a mixed methods study to determine the success of the reading competition in both the Indonesian context and the United Arab Emirates context. Data was collected by survey, focus groups, and teacher interviews.