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Book Review Contest Rules 2026

Scott announces the 2026 book review contest with a May 20th deadline, requiring anonymized submissions via Google Form, offering prizes of at least $2,500/$1,000/$500 for the top three winners.

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Feb 20, 2026 651 words 120 likes 87 comments Listen · 4 min Read Read Opened Opened

ACX/Metaculus Prediction Contest 2026

The 2026 ACX/Metaculus prediction contest is now open with a $10,000 prize pool, featuring reader-submitted questions, and Scott announces the winners of the best question submission contest.

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Dec 27, 2025 219 words 60 likes 24 comments Listen · 2 min Read Read Opened Opened

Suggest Questions For Metaculus/ACX Forecasting Contest

Scott asks readers to suggest questions for the 2026 ACX/Metaculus forecasting contest, with prizes for the top ten contributors and AI bots competing this year.

acx
Nov 14, 2025 259 words 49 likes 132 comments Listen · 2 min Read Read Opened Opened

Vote In The 2025 Non-Book Review Contest

Scott opens voting for the 2025 Non-Book Review Contest finalists, listing all thirteen entries and providing a link to the ranked-choice voting form.

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Oct 3, 2025 234 words 59 likes 136 comments Read Read Opened Opened

Choose Nonbook Review Finalists 2025

Scott asks readers to help select finalists for the Non-Book Review Contest by rating entries through a provided form, with voting open until June 20.

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Jun 3, 2025 789 words 72 likes 298 comments Listen · 7 min Read Read Opened Opened

Everything-Except-Book Review Contest 2025

Scott announces a contest for reviews of anything except books, with prizes ranging from $500 to $2,500, due May 12th.

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Feb 28, 2025 587 words 140 likes 132 comments Listen · 4 min Read Read Opened Opened

Choose Book Review Finalists 2024

Scott Alexander seeks help in selecting finalists for the 2024 Book Review Contest by asking readers to rate entries from a pool of 150 reviews.

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May 17, 2024 889 words 48 likes 203 comments Listen · 6 min Read Read Opened Opened

Who Predicted 2022?

Scott Alexander analyzes results from a 2022 prediction contest, discussing top performers and methods for improving forecast accuracy.

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Jan 24, 2023 3,769 words 101 likes 258 comments Listen · 23 min Read Read Opened Opened

Vote In The Book Review Contest!

Scott Alexander opens voting for the book review contest, listing 17 finalists and providing a voting link.

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Jun 18, 2021 259 words 33 likes 120 comments Listen · 3 min Read Read Opened Opened

Book Review Contest Final Rules

Scott Alexander announces the final rules and details for his postponed book review contest, including submission guidelines, prizes, and publication plans.

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Feb 4, 2021 411 words 36 likes 36 comments Listen · 4 min Read Read Opened Opened

2019 Adversarial Collaboration Entries

Scott Alexander presents the eight entries for the 2019 Adversarial Collaboration Contest, explaining the concept and announcing a future reader vote.

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Dec 9, 2019 384 words 0 likes 150 comments Listen · 4 min Read Read Opened Opened

Adversarial Collaboration Update

Scott Alexander announces that the adversarial collaboration contest will proceed, lists the registered teams, and introduces a new rule for proposing topics.

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Jul 31, 2019 217 words 0 likes 73 comments Read Read Opened Opened

This Week: Adversarial Collaboration Entries

Scott Alexander introduces four adversarial collaboration contest entries to be published over the week, with a subsequent reader vote to determine the $1000 prize winner.

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Sep 3, 2018 298 words 0 likes 55 comments Listen · 4 min Read Read Opened Opened

Adversarial Collaboration Contest: Loose Ends And Registration

Scott Alexander provides instructions for participants to connect, register for the adversarial collaboration contest, and mentions potential additional prizes.

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Apr 29, 2018 325 words 0 likes 35 comments Listen · 4 min Read Read Opened Opened
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