Announcement: The 2nd Annual (2010) Constant Reader Awards!

**mae** · 02-17-2010 07:49 AM

Heya guys! Last year, The Constant Reader Awards were, as Borat would say, "great success", and it was decided we would hold them on an annual basis. Well, the time you all no doubt have been waiting for so anxiously is at hand!

Aaron, who really was the mastermind behind last year's CRAs (I only came up with the general concept), is inundated with life and so has given the reins over to me. Hopefully, like last time, Jean will be able to lend a hand.

The format will be largely the same. The first polls of Round One will open up March 1st. The first four brackets will go up, and will be open for a week. There will be a total of 12 brackets in the first round, so it will take three weeks. All King books will be graded on a scale of 1-5, inlcuding Under the Dome.

Alongside, we will also begin nomination threads for our various Appended Categories.

**Hannah** · 02-17-2010 07:56 AM

Thank you for taking the reins on this one, pablo!

I'm excited to see if the winners this year will be different from last year.

**turtlex** · 02-17-2010 07:57 AM

Woowhoo! Looking forward to this. I'm sure you'll do great, pablo !!!

( and if I can help at all, don't hesitate to ask )

**Daghain** · 02-17-2010 09:30 AM

Yay! I'm totally looking forward to this!

**SynysterSaint** · 02-17-2010 10:28 AM

Sounds awesome. Thanks, pablo, for getting this started!

**candy** · 02-17-2010 11:04 AM

oh cool, i only came in part way through last year

**Woofer** · 02-17-2010 11:13 AM

**Matt** · 02-18-2010 12:13 PM

I am so glad to see these back. I am going to make sure everyone on SKMB knows we are doing it too.

I'll make sure notices go up like we did last year.

**gsvec** · 02-23-2010 06:07 AM

I know my votes will be a bit different this year than they were last year. I've done a few re-reads and found that I like some better than I used to and some less! Thanks for doing all this, pablo - should be fun!

**Lily-sai** · 02-24-2010 03:29 AM

, pablo! Now I'll be able to participate, too. yay!

**mae** · 03-01-2010 07:08 AM

The first polls will open up a bit later this afternoon, so get your polling hats on, everybody!

**Hannah** · 03-01-2010 07:39 AM

I'm ready!

**mae** · 03-01-2010 08:40 AM

Aaaand we're underway! Go to the Round 1--Ranking sub-forum to vote NOW.

Like last time, polls will be open exactly for one week, after which they'll automatically close, and we'll reveal the Final Average Score (or "FAS") for each book. As per our rules, the two books with the best FAS move onto Round 2.

Have fun, everyone!

**mae** · 03-01-2010 09:24 AM

I'd also like to remind you (and let the newcomers know) that while the bracket winner and runner-up will automatically progress to the second round, after all the voting of the first round is completed the top six "losing" books will also move on, as the so-called wildcards. Quick note on a small change in the roster of our pollable books: I decided to remove Nightmares in the Sky from voting (if you don't know which book I'm talking about that's exactly the reason why), and replace it with Under the Dome, causing a small shift in how books are seeded in brackets as compared with last year's tournament.

Just like last year, the next brackets will go up three days after the previous, to cut down on overall time spent on this tournament, which will take a considerable time to complete as it is (last time we commenced with Round 1 on November 11, 2008 and finished the last of the voting on March 5, 2009: 3 months and 23 days).

**mae** · 03-01-2010 10:32 AM

Now I just need to look over all our data from the first CRAs (available here, if you're curious, especially those that will be participating in this for the first time), and remember how we calculated and tabulated everything. It was pretty thorough

**candy** · 03-01-2010 10:39 AM

thank you for the explanations Pablo, and thank you for doing this again this year
I am now all of a do

**mae** · 03-01-2010 10:45 AM

Sure thing. If anyone's not clear on anything dealing for the Constant Reader Awards, feel free to ask me (or Matt, or Hannah, or Jean...). Also, the 2009 Constant Reader Awards forum is an archive of all the deliberations, polls, and stats from last time. A good thread to look at is 2009: Final Overall Standings, which is a table of all the important data collected during the entire 2009 CRA. Another useful thread is 2009: Overview of the Awards, which is a list of all Constant Reader Awards winners.

Aaron's original How to Vote thread from last time is a good sort of FAQ, in case anyone's totally confused about the whole thing.

**vacant lot** · 03-01-2010 04:47 PM

This project sounds very interesting. Going to spend sometime getting to know the process and then jump in. Thanks for providing all the back info.

**BROWNINGS CHILDE** · 03-01-2010 05:34 PM

woohoo! Been looking forward to this.

**Jean** · 03-02-2010 01:00 AM

**mae** · 03-02-2010 05:31 AM

Yes! Jean's opened up the Appended Categories nomination threads. These Constant Reader Awards are not just about the books themselves, though that's the focus point. We're also deciding on a multitude of other "best" awards (and in some cases "worst"!), just like at the Oscars. So head on over to that sub-forum and check out all the threads! Thank you.

**pathoftheturtle** · 03-02-2010 11:57 AM

Wow. It's been a year already?

K den, cool beans.

**Hannah** · 03-02-2010 11:59 AM

I've got to say that pablo and Jean are really kicking some ass this year on this.

**Jean** · 03-03-2010 01:11 AM

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