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sun surfer · 06-23-2017, 08:34 PM

It is time to choose the categories that the MR Literary Club will use during our July 2017-June 2018 cycle!

Nominations will be open for six days. Each lit club member may nominate one category. The category should be one of the following:

-From among our previous categories (listed below)
-A specific as-yet-unused region or time period (also listed below, and explained below)
-A new or altered category, so long as it is approved and is simple and literary with just a title and no special rules to follow

To nominate a category, simply post your nomination.

All approved nominations will become categories for our next cycle with no need for a vote or support from others.

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The upcoming year will be special because it’s the last year we will use Region and Time Period in their current forms. We are taking a break from Rotating months until the following year after the current rotating cycle is complete; since we have three more months of Rotating to go that leaves us with nine months of other categories this year. After these nominations are over, we will fill any remaining months with Region and Time Period.

We have two as-yet-unused time periods left and seven unused regions. The last month of each of these two categories in the upcoming year will be a ‘Finale’ with no usual starter vote and will instead have eligible every remaining option available to nominate books from. We may get through both time periods but we will almost certainly have a mixed Region Finale.

Even though any extra months will be filled with Region and Time Period, you may still choose to use your nomination to nominate Region or Time Period if you’d like to ensure one more month of either before they’re completed. As well, if you’d like to ensure a specific region or time period gets its own month (and isn’t included in a ‘mixed’ Finale month) you may choose to use your nomination to nominate a specific as-yet-unused region or time period listed below. If a specific region or time period is thus nominated, when that month comes along we won’t have a starter vote since the winning option will have already been chosen.

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You may nominate a category that’s already been nominated if you’d like to see it more than once during the next year. This includes not only Region and Time Period but all regular categories. The only exception is that specific regions and time periods can’t be nominated more than once (for example, ‘Region’ can be nominated more than once but ‘Region- Japan’ can only be nominated once).

You may change your nomination at any time before nominations are over, so there isn’t a need to wait and see what others nominate first. This means that even after you nominate a category, once you see how other nominations are shaping up you may decide to nominate a different category and that is fine. You can change your nomination as many times as you like, but please do it by posting a new post rather than editing an existing one. When nominations are over I will use the last eligible posted nomination of each member.

Since these nominations are going straight to categories for next year, only those who have participated in the club at least semi-regularly recently-ish are eligible to nominate. If anyone is uncertain you can ask us here or PM me but if you’ve volunteered for a rotating month in the last year or so, or if you’ve discussed a few books with us in the last half year or so, or if you’re one of our longstanding members returning, then you’re fine to go.

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For reference, eligible previous categories and unused regions and time periods are listed below. Rotating and Lottery, the only two other categories we’ve ever used, are ineligible to be nominated and aren’t listed. Journey around the World requires a list of every country we’ve read a book from and anyone wanting to nominate it will need to also provide a list of said countries with the nomination.

Eligible Previous Categories
Biographies & Memoirs
Contemporary
Highly Challenging
Journey around the World
Non-Fiction
Obscure
Open
Plays
Poetry
Region
Short
Time Period

Eligible Specific Regions and Time Periods
Region- Ireland & The U.K.
Region- Japan
Region- The Korean Peninsula, Mongolia & China
Region- South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc.)
Region- The South Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, etc.)
Region- Southeast Europe (Greece, Italy, Turkey, etc.)
Region- Sub Saharn Africa (South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, etc.)
Time Period- 1501-1800
Time Period- 1941-1960

Any questions, feel free to ask.

So, what categories will we be reading from in the next year? The floor is now open!

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Nominations closed. Final results-

Time Period
Biographies & Memoirs
Non-Fiction
Youth Fiction
Open

06-23-2017, 08:34 PM	#1
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	The MR Literary Club 2017-2018 Categories Nominations It is time to choose the categories that the MR Literary Club will use during our July 2017-June 2018 cycle! Nominations will be open for six days. Each lit club member may nominate one category. The category should be one of the following: -From among our previous categories (listed below) -A specific as-yet-unused region or time period (also listed below, and explained below) -A new or altered category, so long as it is approved and is simple and literary with just a title and no special rules to follow To nominate a category, simply post your nomination. All approved nominations will become categories for our next cycle with no need for a vote or support from others. * The upcoming year will be special because it’s the last year we will use Region and Time Period in their current forms. We are taking a break from Rotating months until the following year after the current rotating cycle is complete; since we have three more months of Rotating to go that leaves us with nine months of other categories this year. After these nominations are over, we will fill any remaining months with Region and Time Period. We have two as-yet-unused time periods left and seven unused regions. The last month of each of these two categories in the upcoming year will be a ‘Finale’ with no usual starter vote and will instead have eligible every remaining option available to nominate books from. We may get through both time periods but we will almost certainly have a mixed Region Finale. Even though any extra months will be filled with Region and Time Period, you may still choose to use your nomination to nominate Region or Time Period if you’d like to ensure one more month of either before they’re completed. As well, if you’d like to ensure a specific region or time period gets its own month (and isn’t included in a ‘mixed’ Finale month) you may choose to use your nomination to nominate a specific as-yet-unused region or time period listed below. If a specific region or time period is thus nominated, when that month comes along we won’t have a starter vote since the winning option will have already been chosen. * You may nominate a category that’s already been nominated if you’d like to see it more than once during the next year. This includes not only Region and Time Period but all regular categories. The only exception is that specific regions and time periods can’t be nominated more than once (for example, ‘Region’ can be nominated more than once but ‘Region- Japan’ can only be nominated once). You may change your nomination at any time before nominations are over, so there isn’t a need to wait and see what others nominate first. This means that even after you nominate a category, once you see how other nominations are shaping up you may decide to nominate a different category and that is fine. You can change your nomination as many times as you like, but please do it by posting a new post rather than editing an existing one. When nominations are over I will use the last eligible posted nomination of each member. Since these nominations are going straight to categories for next year, only those who have participated in the club at least semi-regularly recently-ish are eligible to nominate. If anyone is uncertain you can ask us here or PM me but if you’ve volunteered for a rotating month in the last year or so, or if you’ve discussed a few books with us in the last half year or so, or if you’re one of our longstanding members returning, then you’re fine to go. * For reference, eligible previous categories and unused regions and time periods are listed below. Rotating and Lottery, the only two other categories we’ve ever used, are ineligible to be nominated and aren’t listed. Journey around the World requires a list of every country we’ve read a book from and anyone wanting to nominate it will need to also provide a list of said countries with the nomination. Eligible Previous Categories Biographies & Memoirs Contemporary Highly Challenging Journey around the World Non-Fiction Obscure Open Plays Poetry Region Short Time Period Eligible Specific Regions and Time Periods Region- Ireland & The U.K. Region- Japan Region- The Korean Peninsula, Mongolia & China Region- South Asia (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, etc.) Region- The South Pacific (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, etc.) Region- Southeast Europe (Greece, Italy, Turkey, etc.) Region- Sub Saharn Africa (South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, etc.) Time Period- 1501-1800 Time Period- 1941-1960 Any questions, feel free to ask. So, what categories will we be reading from in the next year? The floor is now open! * Nominations closed. Final results- Time Period Biographies & Memoirs Non-Fiction Youth Fiction Open Last edited by sun surfer; 06-29-2017 at 11:32 PM.