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Please note that I have modified "1. Group Reads" in the Other Rewards section to reflect basing this reward on Canon points.
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2. Not-a-Novel (10 points): Explore new forms by reading short story collections, non-fiction, plays, and poetry collections.
3. Prize-Worthy (5 to 15 points): Reward yourself for reading award-winning books. If a book has won a Literary award, you will receive 5 style points. If the book has won two awards, you will receive 10 points. If the book has won three or more awards, you will receive 15 points. Awards to an author for lifetime achievement (such as the Nobel prize), edition-specific awards (audio, translation), best of lists, and people's choice awards are not eligible.
4. Canon (10 points): Distinguishing literature from popular fiction is an imperfect science, but we're trying anyway. This challenge, you'll receive 10 extra points when you read a work of literature in the Western canon to complete a task. We'll be using famous uber-critic Harold Bloom's Western Canon as the arbiter...Any work that is listed here will qualify.
5. Jumbo (5 to 25 points): We like big books! Receive extra points for reading books according to the following scale:
500-699 Pages: 5 Points
700-799 Pages: 10 Points
800-899 Pages: 15 Points
900-999 Pages: 20 Points
1000+ Pages: 25 Points
Completion Bonuses:
1. RwS Finish (100 points): Complete all Reading with Style tasks (20 book minimum -- one claimed for task points for each 10 & 20 point task. Using a book for combo points for a task does not qualify as completing that task).
2. Mega Finish (200 points): Complete all Reading with Style tasks and sub-challenge (15-point) tasks. (30 book minimum -- at least one book claimed for task points for each task. Using a book for combo points for a task does not qualify as completing that task and a book may only be claimed for task points once).
A note on young adult books: If you want to claim style points for YA, you can do so--with one catch: You must have read a YA novel (designated YA, Assignment, or Juv by the Brooklyn Public Library) with a Lexile score of at least 800. Not familiar with Lexile? Want to find out if your book has a high enough score...go here.
A note on graphic novels: Graphic novels can be read and claimed for tasks, unless otherwise specified. However, they are not eligible for style points.
Other Rewards*:
1. Group Reads -- the Summer 2015 "group reads" books will be chosen by a combination of moderators, mega-finishers, and members that read at least 5 books and earn the highest percentage of Canon points in the Spring 2015 Challenge.
2. 10-point task creation -- the top three readers for the Spring 2015 Challenge, as determined by overall points, will each get to create a 10-point task for the Summer 2015 Challenge.
3. 20-point task creation -- the "most strategic" reader, the member that, on average, earns the most points per book (with a 5 book minimum) will have the opportunity to create a 20-point task for the Summer 2015 Challenge. In calculating this number, we are taking into account the Task & Style points for the RwS tasks, and the Task, Bonus, and Completion Bonus for the sub-challenge. The RwS Finish & the Mega-finish will not be included in the calculation, so that members who are unable to read more than 20 books in three months have an equal chance at being the "most strategic reader" as our fastest readers.
* Although participants may be eligible for multiple rewards, only one will be granted per challenge.
* Participants that create tasks for three consecutive challenges are ineligible for a task-creation reward on the fourth. Instead, the member will be asked to submit a group read book. Eligibility is reinstated on the following challenge.