The American National Book Critics Circle (of which I am a member) will announce the finalists for this year's NBCC Awards on 20 January, and while the board selects the finalists, all NBCC members are invited to submit up to five books in each category -- autobiography, biography, criticism, fiction, nonfiction, and poetry -- and: "if 20% of the voting membership names a title it is automatically added to the shortlist".
So I encourage all NBCC members to vote (you should have received a ballot by e-mail) -- and also to share (on Twitter, via blogs, etc.), before the 15 January voting deadline, the selections they'd like to see on the shortlist, to help inspire/persuade/remind other voters of titles to vote for.
I tried to drum up some interest on Twitter last year with the hashtag #NBCC20pct but that didn't go anywhere -- maybe this year ?
So I encourage all NBCC members to vote (you should have received a ballot by e-mail) -- and also to share (on Twitter, via blogs, etc.), before the 15 January voting deadline, the selections they'd like to see on the shortlist, to help inspire/persuade/remind other voters of titles to vote for.
I tried to drum up some interest on Twitter last year with the hashtag #NBCC20pct but that didn't go anywhere -- maybe this year ?