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In the early days of Bookninja, I started a one-year-only “tradition” where I gave out Golden Shuriken Awards for Ridiculous Behaviour. It’s been quite a few years since I’ve done it, but was wondering if people wanted to see it return. It’s a kind of anti-award, for literary/media people/organizations who/that did damaging, silly, stupid, unethical, or just plain bizarre things during the preceding year. If you’ve got a suggestion for who should be nominated and why, . Here’s the 2004 edition for reference. If you can mimic this form and send me your award title and winner, I’ll give it some consideration and see if we can’t build an entertaining list. As you can see, some of the entries are double-tongued and ironic, while others are pretty cutting. See what you can come up with. [NOTE: Your award should relate to a news story that we covered here in the last year and not just be a chance to promote yourself or attack your enemies. Contributions will remain anonymous unless otherwise requested.]
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December 16th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
That sounds pretty cool. I look forward to it.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
“It’s a kind of anti-award, for literary/media people/organizations who/that did damaging, silly, stupid, unethical, or just plain bizarre things…”
Isn’t there just one, big nominee here? (hint: starts with G and ends with G…)
December 16th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
George doesn’t end with a “g.”
The final e is silent, but still.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Surely we can find examples of literary pooch-screwing beyond the obvious GG story. Not that we would have to, in order to complete a full list of anti-heroes, but we could.
December 19th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
I think these awards would work better (as satire and creative criticism) if there was a “carrot” as well as a “stick” list.