After 10 years we have 10 champions. So, the only logical thing to do is to line them up on a board and have a champions' league!
All 10 champions have been great sports and volunteered to take part.
The book that comes 10th in this contest will be 10th out of the 3,000 books to have entered the SPFBO. So don't feel bad for them. It's an extraordinary accomplishment.
Here they are in the order they won, from The Thief Who Pulled On Trouble's Braids (2015) to By Blood, By Salt (2025).
The judges / judging teams are shown and linked on the orderboard further down the page.
They are free to work to any timescale within the 6 months alloted (June 1st - December 20th), and can review individually or in batches.
There will be no scores!
The only requirement is that as they review each book they must place it on the ordered list they're compiling and say where it fits among the books they have already placed.
The 10 orderings will be combined into an overall ordering and the book at the top of that ordering at the end of the contest will be the champion of champions!
There will be a trophy - possibly trophies - we're working on that.
For more about the contest in general and for info on SPFBO 11 - check the main page.
Ten Years!
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The Current Order!
Initially Chronological
Updated as results come in.
This will be highly volatile - expect change!
Is this the judge line-up for SPFBO 11, as well? I had assumed this would have the same judges as X.
ReplyDeletea) I don't know! b) your assumption of keeping exactly the same judges would be wrong for every one of the last 9 contests...
DeleteHi, thanks for sharing such a cool post! I just learned about your blog and this contest today, so I thought I’d check it out. I’m totally new to this, so if I missed this year’s contest, could you kindly let me know? And if I haven’t missed it, when will the next one be? I’d love to find out. Lastly, thanks for all your hard work!
ReplyDeleteThat "check the main page" link should help you out.
DeleteThank you!
DeleteWow. This event has been going on for 10 years? Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a boon to the community and this Champion's League is exciting to watch. :)
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