The annual Tournament of Books, a home grown literary award organized by The Morning News, opens for business today. An esteemed panel of judges will pick their favorite using a bracket resulting in a "Battle Royale of Literary Excellence." At the end a champion emerges, and the author is awarded a live chicken as a prize.
This year our friends at Coudal Partners are upping the ante by allowing people to bet on the winner, for a good cause of course. Bets cost $10, with all wagers going to First Book "a nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books." At the end of the tourney ten people who have chosen the winning book will win a mysterious huge prize package. That chance alone is worth the $10 bet!
But wait - there's more! To top it off, Core77 (and a bunch of other good folks) are participating as matching sponsors, kicking in even more money at the end. The math is complex, but the bottom line is that each $10 wager has the power to buy 36 new books for underprivileged kids. So take a few moments and get your bets in. You'll be a winner no matter what the outcome.
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