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Well, so far, I'm zero for 2 on my voting. Sigh.
Well, so far, I'm zero for 2 on my voting. Sigh.
Sept 19, 2025 -- Week 38
Friendly reminder that September is our month of voting for 2026 prompts! The TOP TWO picks for each week will be named finalists and entered into the final running for the 2026 challenge.
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1. Week one voting period:
Monday, September 1, 2025 until Sunday, September 7, 2025
Prompt: Related to the word…
(The results in descending order: 1st — Whimsical, 2nd — Nemesis, 3rd — Serendipity, 4th — Perspicacious, 5th — Odyssey, 6th — Anthophile, 7th — Stellar, 8th — Sesquipedalian, 9th — Maleficent, 10th — Quixotic)
2. Week two voting period:
Monday, September 8, 2025 until Sunday, September 14, 2025
Prompt: In the ______ of the Dewey Decimal System
(The results in descending order: 1st — 800s (Literature), 2nd — 700s (Arts and Recreation), 3rd — 300s (Social Sciences), 4th — 500s (Science), 5th — 100s (Philosophy and Psychology), 6th — 200s (Religion), 7th — 400s (Language), 8th — 600s (Technology), 9th — 000s (Computer science, general works))
3. Week three voting period:
Monday, September 15, 2025 until Sunday, September 21, 2025
Prompt: Set …
(The results in descending order: 1st — Set in a castle, 2nd — Set on an island, 3rd — Set in a small town, 4th — Set in outer space, 5th — Set on a farm, 6th — Set in a hotel, 7th — Set on a boat, 8th — Set in the desert, 9th — Set in the office, 10th — Set in a park.)
4. Week four voting period:
Monday, September 22, 2025 until Sunday, September 28, 2025
Prompt: A vote from the vault!
(The final results for this poll were: 1st — A book you can read in a day, 2nd — Includes a map, 3rd — By an Indigenous author, 4th — By an author used in an earlier category, 5th — A series that’s not finished yet, 6th — A memoir on someone you admire, 7th — A title with the same word twice, 8th — An alternate history novel, 9th — Sherlock Holmes inspired, 10th — A time loop)