Well readers, things have (finally) settled down a bit at home, which means it's time to get the 2012 YA Bloggers Book Battle on the road! As always, I want to start with a brief introduction so that those of you who are new to the battle this year can have some background info. So what is the YA Bloggers Book Battle?
Well, it started as a crazy idea in 2010. The idea took off and before you know it, I was in the midst of organizing an epic book battle. And strangely enough, people liked it. So I brought it back for 2011. And it was even more fun. And now, here we are in year three, and by now, it's just history. :)
The YA Bloggers Book Battle is a bracket-style judging contest. Our 2010 theme featured the best debut work of 2009 (and a little of 2010), while blog readers chose the theme for 2011 to be Best Overlooked Book. This year for 2012 blog readers have chosen the battle theme as Mythology and Fairytale Retellings.
Here's a general idea of how the battles work:
People will have a chance to nominate a book of their choice to take place in the battle. After nominations close, the books will be narrowed down by our lovely Round 1 judges. Books that make the cut will be fit into brackets for Round 2 Judges to read.
Starting in early May, each Round 2 judging panel will read the two books in their bracket and choose a winner. One will move on, one will not. It will all come down to two books in a epic book battle to choose the best!
Tentative Timeline:
To Be Announced
Updates will periodically be posted here, so if you don't follow the blog regularly, you can bookmark this page and periodically check back to see what's new.
Latest News
5/11 - How about a contest? Link to our nomination/judging pages and win a book of your choice! 2 winners, ends 5/16.
5/9 - We have a button! See it here or grab it in the right sidebar.
5/1 - Nominations open
4/29 - Signups for judges and volunteers now open
1 comment:
What a great idea! I love this year's topic too.
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