It's March Madness time! But rather than Basketball, here in the Writing Center, we're doing a Battle of the Authors!
We started with the following 32 "teams" divided into four reasons: Male Contemporary, Male Classic, Female Contemporary, and Female Classic. Vote can be cast on who is "best" by paper ballot in Kellogg 1103 or by leaving a comment on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/csusmwritingcenter. You are welcome to "abstain" from games/categories.
The first match-ups (and scores) were:
Game #1: Stephen King (15) vs. Nick Hornby (8)
Game #2: Dan Brown (8) vs. Neil Gaiman (12)
Game #3: John Grisham (17) vs. James Patterson (5)
Game #4: Sherman Alexie (18) vs. Gabriel Garcia Marquez (6)
Game #5: JRR Tolkien (22) vs. Louis L'Amour (2)
Game #6: Mark Twain (19) vs. Fydor Dostoevsky (5)
Game #7: Charles Dickens (6) vs. Earnest Hemingway (17)
Game #8: William Faulkner (7) vs. John Steinbeck (17)
Game #9: JK Rowling (21) vs. Jodi Picoult (3)
Game #10: Toni Morrison (21) vs. Sophie Kinsella (2)
Game #11: Barbara Kingsolver (15) vs. Stephenie Meyer (7)
Game #12: Sandra Cisneros (14) vs. Joyce Carol Oates (10)
Game #13: Virginia Woolf (16) vs. Louisa May Alcott (8)
Game #14: Jane Austen (12) vs. Mary Shelley (11)
Game #15: Zora Neale Hurston (12) vs. Kate Chopin (11)
Game #16: Emily Bronte (5) vs. Charlotte Bronte (15)
The "Sweet Sixteen" match-ups are happening right now. You can vote through 12:00 p.m. (noon) tomorrow, Friday March 18.
Game #1: Stephen King vs. Neil Gaiman
Game #2: John Grisham vs. Sherman Alexie
Game #3: JRR Tolkien vs. Mark Twain
Game #4: Earnest Hemingway vs. John Steinbeck
Game #5: JK Rowling vs. Toni Morrison
Game #6: Barbara Kingsolver vs. Sandra Cisneros
Game #7: Virginia Woolf vs. Jane Austen
Game #8: Zora Neale Hurston vs. Charlotte Bronte
Vote for your favorites! The "Elite 8" will be announced tomorrow afternoon, and voting will resume after Spring Break.
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