Teen Librarian Toolbox
Process
SCROLL DOWN TO READ POSTS
Related Articles on SLJ
Trending on the SLJ Blog Network
Process POSTS
Pyrite: We (sort of) have a winner
RealPrintz voting is a pretty particular thing, and winning has two conditions: “To win, a title must receive five first place votes and must also receive at least five more points than the second place title. If no title meets these criteria on the first ballot, any title receiving no votes is removed from consideration […]
Announcing our Winner and Honor Voting: A two-for-one post!
Comments were made, votes were tallied, numbers were crunched, and we’ve got a winner–no runoff this year; we’re calling it. As always, there’s a ton of really interesting information in the data so we’ll have in-depth analysis in a separate post after the honor voting results are in. For now, let’s talk Pyrite!
Pyrite Vote Commencing!
We’ve revisited our top 11 Pyrite Nominees, and those of you headed to MidWinter are likely already en route (or snowed in, which I hope isn’t too many of you), and all that means (insert drumroll) it’s voting time! The plan: We’ll use the comments for voting, with polls to close Friday at midnight or […]
ADVERTISEMENT
Was It the Timing?
Usually the Pyrite nominations bring all y’all out of the woodwork, because it’s the moment to champion the books you’ve loved this year. So either we launched the 2015 Pyrite at a terrible time, right before the insanity of the holidays, or this year is a really dull year. Which is it?
Pyrite Time, Once Again
Here at Someday, we have a tradition (this is year three) of a Mock Printz which, in a fit of serious humor,* we styled the Pyrite Printz. (Get it? Because Pyrite is like gold but not? Also, alliterative.) As always, we are still (still!) reviewing serious contenders and reading away madly to catch up with […]
What Is This Quality Thing, Anyway?
What is a Printz-worthy book? How do we gauge merit? Is great literature a definable thing? There are so many questions and so few answers, but if we’re going to analyze all these books in light of the Printz award, it’s probably a good idea to think about what it is we’re hoping to see […]
Nickeled and Dimed: The Pyrite Printz Honor Vote
Well, we’ve got our winner, so now we need our honor books. Procedure for honor books is almost, but not quite, the same as procedure for the winner. All nominated titles are eligible, whether of not they received any votes in the voting rounds to determine the winner. You may vote for up to four […]
ADVERTISEMENT
Archives
ADVERTISEMENT