Fantasy Nerd Summer Reading Challenge
Welcome, Fantasy Nerds! We have some exciting news for you! We are holding the first Fantasy Nerd’s Summer Reading Challenge! The challenge will run through all of June and July in our Facebook Group.
I’ll go over the basic info here:
Check-ins will go up every Sunday (the first is today) for you to report your weekly progress. On each Monday, we will have a “ceremony” where you will be bestowed a new “title” based on your progress. Everyone in the group will refer to each other by their titles during the challenge! For example, if you reach the rank of Knight, you will be called Sir or Dame.
In addition to getting referred to as a Lord, Duchess, etc. all summer, there will be small prizes! I will be making Facebook banners and profile frames with the different titles that you will get as you rank up. The top 3 most read participants will also get custom stickers with their final title and some other fantasy related stickers!
Anyone who commits to the challenge (comment on the Facebook announcement) will be taken on as a squire. From there you can show your talent and earn a higher rank. In order to be crowned the King or Queen of Stories, you will have to work for it!
Here are the titles and how to earn them:
Squire – Join the challenge
Knight of Stories (Sir/Dame) – 1 book
Lord/Lady of Stories – 2 books
Baron/Baroness of Stories – 3 books
Viscount/Viscountess of Stories – 4 books
Count/Countess of Stories – 5 books
Marquess/Marchioness of Stories – 6 books
Duke/Duchess of Stories – 8 books
Prince/Princess of Stories – 10 books
King/Queen of Stories – 12 books
*I’m not going to be super picky by saying you have to have started the book in June. Just be fair. If you are almost done with a book, don’t count it. However, I know some of us started books before I announced the contest. If you are only a few chapters into your book, feel free to count it once you finish. I just want us to have fun with this!
**Even though we call this a Fantasy Nerd’s challenge, you can count books of any genre.
Remember, you have 2 months to reach these goals. I tried to find a balance that would push us to read more than we normally do, without making the goals so hard that it’s discouraging or feels unattainable. (After the challenge, I will have a poll and possibly adjust the tiers for next time.)
*Bonus Challenge Alert* Want a boost to your progress for the Summer Reading Challenge? If you read this 3-part short story plus the 4 other stories we will be posting on our blog during the duration of the challenge, you can count it as 1 book read for the challenge! The last story will be posted the last week of the challenge, so you will be able to get that last minute boost you might need to earn a new title! To get notified when we post stories, just follow the blog or join our Facebook group. For those of you that read our stories, thank you so much!
If you have questions, comment below or hop on over to the Facebook group. Good luck, and get your nose in a book! What is everyone’s first book for the challenge?
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Thanks so much for reading!
-Clever & WTF
