Book Review Contest: Call for Entries

Published: May 7, 2020, 8:38 a.m.

https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/05/05/book-review-contest-call-for-entries/

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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write a book review and send it to me at scott[at]slatestarcodex[dot]com before August 5th 2020.

Interested? Here\u2019s the small print (written in normal-sized print, for your convenience):

Pick a book, then write a review similar to my SSC book reviews (examples). I\u2019m mostly expecting reviews of nonfiction, but I guess you could review fiction if you really wanted and had something interesting to say beyond just \u201chere\u2019s the plot and I thought it was good\u201d.

I\u2019ll choose some number of finalists \u2013 probably around five, but maybe more or less depending on how many I get \u2013 and publish them on the blog, with full attribution, just like with\xa0the adversarial collaborations. Then readers will vote for the best, just like with the adversarial collaborations. First place will get at least $1000, second place $500, third place $250 \u2013 I might increase those numbers later on. Some winners may also get an invitation to pitch me any other pieces they have that they think would make good SSC posts. I may also release non-finalist entries somewhere else so people can read them \u2013 if you strongly object to me making your entry public, let me know.