HTMLGIANT Tournament of Bookshit single elimination

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HTMLGIANT Tournament of Bookshit single elimination


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Jake's HTML Prediction Jake57
Super long live reader, “everybody has a story”, ‘Curating’ a reading series, nationwide invite to local event
86 12 10 8 8 16 32 22 / 63

A
1
100
Magical Realism
2
0
Living in Brooklyn
 
 
  100  
  0  
B
3
0
Facebook word counts
4
100
Alcoholism
  
  0  
  100  
C
5
0
Really long bios
6
100
Super long live reader
 
 
  0  
  100  
D
7
0
Flarf
8
100
AWP
  
  0  
  100  
E
9
0
“Livetweeting”
10
100
[yourauthorname].com
 
 
  0  
  100  
F
11
100
Working at Best Buy
12
0
Undergrad lit 101 adjunct
  
  100  
  0  
G
13
100
Editor-in-Chief online
14
0
Book Pic Facebook posts
 
 
  100  
  0  
H
15
0
‘is the author of’
16
100
bowties
  
  0  
  100  
I
17
100
“everybody has a story”
18
0
“show don’t tell”
 
 
  100  
  0  
J
19
0
‘is available for interviews’
20
100
following 1000s on twitter
  
  0  
  100  
K
21
100
Literary marriage
22
0
Child of famous author’s novel
 
 
  100  
  0  
L
23
100
NaNoWriMo
24
0
“What’s your novel about?”
  
  100  
  0  
M
25
0
shittily designed web journal
26
100
facebook updates on what u ate
 
 
  0  
  100  
N
27
100
Gordon Lish
28
0
Foot fetish
  
  100  
  0  
O
29
100
Emailing writing to strangers
30
0
Readings w/ tons of readers
 
 
  100  
  0  
P
31
0
Hating on Franzen
32
100
Hating on Safran Foer
  
  0  
  100  
Q
33
0
Stories that ‘just have to be told’
34
100
Celeb fiction
 
 
  0  
  100  
R
35
100
Hating on NYer & subbing to NYer
36
0
Dream sequence w/ talking animal
  
  100  
  0  
S
37
100
'short-short' referring to whiskey consumption
38
0
Pandering for Amazon reviews
 
 
  100  
  0  
T
39
100
‘Curating’ a reading series
40
0
Crossing out yr name to sign book
  
  100  
  0  
U
41
0
Chapbook blurbs
42
100
Facebook political activism
 
 
  0  
  100  
V
43
100
Lit blogging at 35
44
0
Tweeting at 45
  
  100  
  0  
W
45
100
Calling anything u write an MS
46
0
Author photos
 
 
  100  
  0  
X
47
100
Constant Gmail chat visibility
48
0
Long audience questions
  
  100  
  0  
Y
49
100
‘____ is dead’
50
0
nationwide invite to local event
 
 
  100  
  0  
Z
51
100
horny professor on campus
52
0
Horny bro poet on Facebook
  
  100  
  0  
AA
53
100
Trolling for typing errors on blogs
54
0
Constant facebook photo shift
 
 
  100  
  0  
AB
55
100
Sewage Treatment Technologies
56
0
The Pulitzer Prize
  
  100  
  0  
AC
57
100
Discussion of Gender in publishing
58
0
Discussion of Race in publishing
 
 
  100  
  0  
AD
59
0
The Georgia Review
60
100
Dinner at Chili’s
  
  0  
  100  
AE
61
0
Middle aged white male sex scene
62
100
Self published sci fi 4 part epic
 
 
  0  
  100  
AF
63
100
‘Lyric essays’
64
0
Constant reports of students/grading
  
  100  
  0  
 
AG
1
0
Magical Realism
4
100
Alcoholism
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
  
 
AH
6
100
Super long live reader
8
0
AWP
 
  100  
  0  
 
AI
10
0
[yourauthorname].com
11
100
Working at Best Buy
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
  
 
AJ
13
100
Editor-in-Chief online
16
0
bowties
 
  100  
  0  
 
AK
17
100
“everybody has a story”
20
0
following 1000s on twitter
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
  
 
AL
21
100
Literary marriage
23
0
NaNoWriMo
 
  100  
  0  
 
AM
26
100
facebook updates on what u ate
27
0
Gordon Lish
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
  
 
AN
29
0
Emailing writing to strangers
32
100
Hating on Safran Foer
 
  0  
  100  
 
AO
34
100
Celeb fiction
35
0
Hating on NYer & subbing to NYer
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
  
 
AP
37
100
'short-short' referring to whiskey consumption
39
0
‘Curating’ a reading series
 
  100  
  0  
 
AQ
42
100
Facebook political activism
43
0
Lit blogging at 35
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
  
 
AR
45
100
Calling anything u write an MS
47
0
Constant Gmail chat visibility
 
  100  
  0  
 
AS
49
0
‘____ is dead’
51
100
horny professor on campus
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
  
 
AT
53
0
Trolling for typing errors on blogs
55
100
Sewage Treatment Technologies
 
  0  
  100  
 
AU
57
0
Discussion of Gender in publishing
60
100
Dinner at Chili’s
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
  
 
AV
62
100
Self published sci fi 4 part epic
63
0
‘Lyric essays’
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
AW
4
100
Alcoholism
6
0
Super long live reader
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
AX
11
0
Working at Best Buy
13
100
Editor-in-Chief online
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
AY
17
100
“everybody has a story”
21
0
Literary marriage
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
AZ
26
100
facebook updates on what u ate
32
0
Hating on Safran Foer
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
BA
34
100
Celeb fiction
37
0
'short-short' referring to whiskey consumption
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
BB
42
0
Facebook political activism
45
100
Calling anything u write an MS
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
BC
51
0
horny professor on campus
55
100
Sewage Treatment Technologies
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
BD
60
0
Dinner at Chili’s
62
100
Self published sci fi 4 part epic
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BE
4
100
Alcoholism
13
0
Editor-in-Chief online
 
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BF
17
100
“everybody has a story”
26
0
facebook updates on what u ate
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BG
34
0
Celeb fiction
45
100
Calling anything u write an MS
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BH
55
100
Sewage Treatment Technologies
62
0
Self published sci fi 4 part epic
 
  100  
  0  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BI
4
0
Alcoholism
17
100
“everybody has a story”
 
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BJ
45
0
Calling anything u write an MS
55
100
Sewage Treatment Technologies
 
  0  
  100  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BK
17
100
“everybody has a story”
55
0
Sewage Treatment Technologies
 
  100  
  0  
Predicted Winner: “everybody has a story”   Option-yes-padded