2012 Challenge

Objective: The Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012 hopes to help counteract gender bias in literary reviewing by actively promoting the reading and reviewing of a wide range of contemporary Australian women’s writing.

The challenge will continue in 2013 on a new website, supported by a team of book bloggers. The draft website can be viewed here and people can sign up for next year's challenge here.

2012 Challenge period:  January 2012 -  December 2012

Goal: Read and review books written by Australian women writers throughout 2012, the National Year of Reading – hard copies, ebooks and audiobooks, new, borrowed or stumbled upon by book-crossing.

Challenge levels: 

• Stella (read 3 and review at least 2 books)
• Miles (read 6 and review at least 3)*
• Franklin-fantastic (read 10 and review at least 4 books)*

* Should include at least one substantial length review 

Genre challenges: 
Purist: one genre only
Dabbler: more than one genre
Devoted eclectic: as many genres as you can read

1. How to Join. Declare yourself in by adding a comment below.You can see who else has signed up to the challenge here.

2. Enter the link to your review in the "Link your review" Google form below.
You can see your review along with the other reviews written for the challenge here. 

Selected reviews of literary works and classics can be found here. We hope to have a more comprehensive list on the new website in the New Year.

Once you've met your challenge...

3. Finished?
Enter your name in the "Completed Challenge 2012" Google form.You can see who else has completed the challenge here.

Australian Women Writers Challenge on GoodReads: If you don't have a blog but would like to participate and post reviews, you might consider joining the challenge group on GoodReads.

Twitter: Follow @auswomenwriters and post links to your reviews using the #AWW2012 hashtag

Have fun!