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Jon Swift award time

by DougJ|  December 22, 20161:44 pm| 10 Comments

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Sorry to bigfoot Betty Cracker but I wanted to put this put this up there, from Batocchio, before I forgot:

After a long, crazy year it’s time once again to continue a tradition started by Jon Swift/Al Weisel, the “Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves.” Jon/Al left behind some wonderful satire, but was also a nice guy and a strong supporter of small blogs. (Here’s Jon/Al’s 2007 and 2008 editions. Our revivals from 2010 through 2015 can be found here.)

If you’d like to participate, just reply to this e-mail or write to me (Batocchio9 AT yahoo DOT com) with your best post of the year before 12/25:

Blog Name
Title of Post
Link
Author of Post
Brief Description/Pitch of the Post (1–2 sentences)

(If it’s not a reply, adding “best post” in the subject line would also help.)

To modify Jon Swift’s 2008 solicitation:

I would be very honored if you would participate and send me a link to what you think was your best post of [2016], along with a short description of it. Please make the hard choice and send me only one link. I would like to post it before the end of the year, so if you could get it to me before Christmas, I would really appreciate it.

One submission per blog, please, otherwise things can get messy. Group bloggers can pick a piece among themselves, but are also welcome to submit their work via their individual blogs, if they have them.

As usual, I’m aiming to find the right balance between “inclusive” and “manageable.” If you know a few excellent blogs (preferably on the smaller side) that you suspect might not be on my radar, feel free to send me their website address (and contact info, if you have it).

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10Comments

  1. 1.

    WereBear

    December 22, 2016 at 1:48 pm

    I have already submitted mine and am very pleased to be part of this lovely tradition.

  2. 2.

    Gussie

    December 22, 2016 at 1:58 pm

    Not a blog post, but if anyone’s looking for anti-Turmp satire, I highly recommend this: http://amzn.to/2hBmtSd

    It’s a book of rewritten fairytales, based on Trump’s election.

  3. 3.

    PaulWartenberg2016

    December 22, 2016 at 2:14 pm

    I’m gonna edit an early blog with post-election update to show what I predicted was right or off-target.

    so far, I’m right about how bad the Congressional Republicans are…

  4. 4.

    Elizabelle

    December 22, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    @Gussie: author blurb

    N.T.O. Zamboni is an old-fashioned American, with an antiquated dislike of sexual assault, financial scams, and petulant racist fearmongers—not to mention of coordinating with foreign intelligence services to undermine the integrity of an American election. What a lightweight loser. Sad!

  5. 5.

    James E Powell

    December 22, 2016 at 2:44 pm

    Trying to find something “best” about this year is going to be tough for me. It’s like going through the wreckage after a fire. Everything’s burnt, broken, water-damaged, then “Hey look, the Cavs won the championship!” Then you notice your pre-CBS Stratocaster in six pieces.

    It’s going to take a long time.

  6. 6.

    liberal

    December 22, 2016 at 3:11 pm

    @Gussie: there’s only one fairytale: Cthulhu Awakes.

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    Mustang Bobby

    December 22, 2016 at 3:14 pm

    I’m submitting mine tonight. I think this is a great tradition, and Al’s goal of promoting smaller, less-noticed blogs (ahem) was noble and encouraging.

  8. 8.

    Wag

    December 22, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    It isn’t funny or satirical in any way, and it’s a huge series of posts over the course of several months of the election season, but I would nominate James Fallows at the Atlantic for his Time Capsule series about Trump.

  9. 9.

    Gussie

    December 22, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    @liberal: That one’s in there! Well, not really. But there’s a version of the Frog Prince I like. Let’s just say that frog doesn’t turn human …

  10. 10.

    Batocchio

    December 22, 2016 at 5:59 pm

    Thanks for posting this, Doug! BJ commentariat, please feel free to post your favorite post by you in this thread (I’ll check back) or to e-mail me. Thanks again!

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