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ABR readers to decide the John Button Readers’ Award
To commemorate the life and work of John Button, an esteemed ABR contributor and board member who died in April 2008, we have created a new annual prize. The John Button Readers’ Award will be presented to the author of the most popular article published in ABR during the previous year, as selected by ABR readers.
The voting system could not be more simple. There are no floating chads or Hare-Clark system of proportional representation at ABR! In keeping with John Button’s democratic spirit and his status as the most popular contributor to ABR (which emerged when we surveyed our readers in 2006), we invite ABR readers (whether subscribers or not) to decide who wins the inaugural John Button Readers’ Award.
We imagine you might have a few questions, so here is more information.
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