Entry of the Month
Created | Updated Jan 12, 2009
Thank you all for voting in last month's competition. ...
I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year, and return refreshed to select another h2g2 Entry of the Month!
The Winners
As is customary, we have a new winner to announce:
Entry of the Month, November 2008 is How To Guide A Blind Person.
This collaborative entry, written by 2legs and minichessemouse and sub-edited by Malabarista is full of practical advice on how to help the visually impaired. It's illustrated with a photograph of the BBC's correspondent Peter White, whose cheerful voice has been on the radio for as long as I can remember. The BBC has a mission statement: 'Inform, Educate and Entertain', and I believe this fine entry works on all those levels.
Congratulations to everyone involved!
December Competition
These are a few which caught my eye this month, and which hopefully illustrate the variety of entries in this month's competition. It's not the full list, of course - there are a total of 42 entries (how appropriate!) which you can vote for, and the last item in this list links to the Front Page Archive, where you will find all the others. As always, please look through the entries and cast a vote for your favourite. Not only that, but please ask your h2g2 friends to take part, too.
Icy's Suggestions
Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) - 'A wonderful account of a remarkable woman' - in the words of one reader.
Mathematical Knots - Will this be 'tied' for Entry of the Month? (geddit?)
Der Hauptmann von Koepenick - An incredible tale of a Prussian fraudster.
Yellow - the Sunshine Colour - Great collaborative entry, beautifully illustrated by Cheeky Monkey.
First World War Memorials - A studious account of how and why we have a memorial in every town.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Part One - A comprehensive biography of the great man, in four parts.
Ancient Mayan Cultures - A beautifully-written record of this great civilisation.
And Many More .... from the Front Page Archive for December 2008.
Can I Vote?
Of course you can! Entry of The Month is all about popular opinion. So whether you're an old-hand in Peer Review or you just signed up yesterday, you are more than welcome to post your vote to the forum below.
IMPORTANT: Please post only once to the voting forum. Votes can then be quickly counted without having to double-check. Please do not try to vote anywhere else. Voting for your own Entry is politely discouraged. This system is reliant on your goodwill and honesty.
But I don't like any of your suggestions!
That's fine. My list is just a few which caught my eye. If you've seen something you prefer, please vote for that Entry instead. It would help if you could include an A-Number by way of a link.
All an Entry needs to qualify is to have been put on the Front Page for the first time in the last month. Please check the date on the Entry you are nominating. It happens that old Entries are sometimes put back on the Front Page for a 'second spell' – you can identify these on the Front Page Archive as they have a little ® beside them. The Entry Of The Month must be first published in the month in question.
The competition will be closed at a judicious point between the end of the calendar month in which the competition is published and the following Post deadline, when voting activity has been quiet for a period of time. Either Icy North or the Post Team will announce closure by posting to the voting thread. The votes will be tallied and any ties will be resolved by the Post Team. The Post Team's decision on any matter relating to the competition will be final.
