I find it hard to imagine how Mark Twain scholarship/appreciation has gotten to 2016 without there being such a set of awards in place already, but if not, here are some more ideas. Setting aside all the challenging and inevitably expensive practicalities such as who will judge and decide the winners; where will the inevitably necessary funding will come from; the possibility of collaborative sponsorship of several institutions, organizations, or agencies; and all that boring procedural stuff, the following additional awards seem potentially helpful:
Best graduate thesis or dissertation relating to Mark Twain
Best film documentary
Best fictional portrayal: article/book/other print or perhaps even digital media
Best fictional portrayal: film
Best juvenile book
Sounds like a fun idea for most of us, and a lot of work for a sainted few.
Paul Schullery
> On Dec 29, 2016, at 12:49 PM, Walker, Lloyd <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> How about this:
> Best recent tracking down of the actual source for a spurious Twain quote?
> Or this:
> Best made-up "quote" that Twain did NOT say, so far as we know?
> Dan Walker
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> Subject: Annual Mark Twain Awards
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> Is there such a thing yet as a "Mark Twain Awards" for people involved in M=
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> ark Twain research and Twain-centric books? That is, a tipping of the colle=
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> ctive cap to individuals who have furthered Mark Twain studies, and have wr=
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> itten or edited Mark Twain-centric books?
> If not, I suggest the following annual awards:
> Lifetime Achievement #1 (for a living individual)
> Lifetime Achievement #2 (posthumous)
> Best New Biography (published in the current year)
> Best Old Biography (published prior to the current year, and not previously=
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> a winner)
> Best New Book (other than bio, published in the current year)
> Best New Article (published in the current year)
> Best Old Book (other than bio; published prior to the current year, and not=
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> previously a winner)
> Best Old Article (published prior to the current year, and not previously a=
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> winner)
> Should more categories be included? What is a better word than "Old"? That =
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> firefly should be replaced with fire - or, better yet, lightning.
> Where to go from here?" is another question, but maybe this can get a discu=
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> ssion going/some wheels turning.=3DC2=3DA0- B. Clay Shannon
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