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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
Yes, I would like clarification on this one. My interpretation was that the nomination should be both about the region and by someone from that region.
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You've got it half right. The nomination should be by someone from that region but can be set in any region.
Here's the guideline in the first post: "Nominations can be set in any region, but they should be written by an author from that region."
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So even though the Mahabharata was of great importance in much of South East Asia, it would count as South Asia because it emanates from India.
By the same token, a book by, say, Somerset Maugham set in SE Asia would not qualify because although he lived there and knew the area, he was not from one of those countries.
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Yes and yes, although I hesitate to bring up that in an earlier vote the majority decided Nabokov qualified as from North America, so your Maugham example as worded might be less certain.
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Sun surfer, is it worth including something about this in the "blurb" so we are all clear?
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It already is!
