Entry of the Month: August's Entries
Created | Updated Oct 4, 2009
Thank you to everyone voting in the July competition. Apologies for not giving you more time to make your mind up, but we're still catching up after the h2g2 Post summer break. We will have shortened voting periods for the August and September competitions, too, but should be back to normal by the beginning of November.
The Winners
As is customary, we have a new winner to announce:
Entry of the Month, July 2009 is A54557580 - Percy Fawcett and the Lost City of Z.
This Entry, written by Giford, sub-edited by Gnomon and beautifully illustrated by Malabarista is the fascinating story of intrepid explorer Percy Fawcett, whose mysterious disappearance in the Amazon jungle spawned countless rumours, many expeditions to discover the truth, and many well-known literary works, too. Congratulations to everyone involved!
August Competition
These are a few which caught my eye, 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 26 Entries 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
A Cup of Cake - It goes so well with a slice of tea.
Collecting Sea Glass - How Nature turns dumped glassware into a precious thing of beauty.
Crazy Joe Gallo - A true story straight out of The Godfather.
Ditherington Flax Mill - 'The Most Important Building in Shropshire and Arguably the World'.
Shakespeare's Woolly Pipes - How the Bard helped to name this mellifluous-toned instrument.
Sir Bobby Robson – Football Legend - An obituary of the much-loved footballer - Paul Gascoigne's 'second dad'.
The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge - A magnificent structure, which could even outlast humankind.
And Many More .... from the Front Page Archive for August 2009.
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 towards the end of the calendar month in which the competition is published according to 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.
