The National Book Critics Circle Awards not only don't rely simply on publisher submissions and suggestions (as do awards such as the Man Booker and the (American) National Book Awards), but make an extra effort to ensure the worthiest titles are considered in the various categories -- as, as they now note again at the organization's Critical Mass weblog, Deadline January 8: NBCC Membership Awards Voting (an apparently recycled post in which not all the relevant dates were updated ...), where they point out that:
Anyway, with the deadline looming, I put out the call once again: any and all suggestions welcome -- share them, and maybe others will also vote for them.
For now, all I've got is my original list, but I'm sure I could be convinced to support (i.e. vote for) other worthy titles if someone makes a good case for them .....
Any book that receives votes from 20% of the NBCC voting membership is automatically included among the finalists that we announce during the week of January 14, 2013 [sic: obviously: 2014].A couple of weeks ago I tried to drum up interest in this by suggesting NBCC members (such as myself) share some titles we'd like to see considered -- perhaps inspiring others to jump on board, making it more likely that some might clear the admittedly rather high 20 per cent hurdle; I even suggested a Twitter hashtag -- #NBCC20pct -- but aside from some retweets the idea didn't seem to get much traction (at an admittedly difficult time of the year) -- I've come across nary a title-suggestion so far .....
Anyway, with the deadline looming, I put out the call once again: any and all suggestions welcome -- share them, and maybe others will also vote for them.
For now, all I've got is my original list, but I'm sure I could be convinced to support (i.e. vote for) other worthy titles if someone makes a good case for them .....