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Guardian asks for your Person of the Year 2021

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Campervan69 · 16/12/2021 17:48

twitter.com/guardian/status/1471460852310155267?t=1rvVe1fU_ydXnBK-b5iW7Q&s=19

Lots of nominations for JKRowling. You can vote. Just click through and tell them your choice.

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RoyalCorgi · 27/12/2021 16:37

www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/15/tell-us-who-is-your-2021-person-of-the-year?

"This form has been deactivated and is closed to any further submissions."

I wonder why? I can only assume that they've received enough votes, there's an overwhelming majority in favour of one person, and they're going to announce the winner as JKR on 31 December, with a lengthy feature, several contributions from celebs entitled "Why I love JKR" and a flattering photo shoot.

Only kidding.

Moolia · 19/12/2021 17:33

It will be certainly be interesting. I can imagine some interesting discussions going on at the Guardian!

ErrolTheDragon · 19/12/2021 17:15

@Moolia

Is it a vote though? Surely being the Guardian they'll just completely ignore this and chose someone that THEY approve of and say something vague like the winner was "nominated" by the public.
They may, but usually when there are awards with public nominations they mention the prominent ones in an accompanying piece. If they do anything like that and don't mention JKR, they'll look really bad.
Moolia · 19/12/2021 00:41

Is it a vote though? Surely being the Guardian they'll just completely ignore this and chose someone that THEY approve of and say something vague like the winner was "nominated" by the public.

highame · 18/12/2021 09:57

Love the James Dreyfus Get ready to clutch them pearls, folks…
@jk_rowling for perfectly obvious reasons

Done, hope they print my response Grin

Carriemac · 18/12/2021 09:17

DH, a life long guardian reader and subscriber has done it and says theirs is their last chance to do the right thing before he cancels his subscription

Spottyspotladybird · 17/12/2021 18:13

Done!

refusetobeasheep · 17/12/2021 17:51

Done.

buckeejit · 17/12/2021 17:51

Ah, would be so be so great if she won. Fingers & toes crossed

ArtemesiaK · 17/12/2021 17:48

Done, changed my name minutely, but if LOJ comes after me, I'm ready for him :)

NeedToKnow101 · 17/12/2021 16:38

Done. But it didn't say 'thank you for submitting etc.'

HawthornLantern · 17/12/2021 16:20

Done

EndoplasmicReticulum · 17/12/2021 16:15

Ah, I've done it now. With information that only the Guardian has, so if it gets out in any way then I'll know it was them.

Terfydactyl · 17/12/2021 16:13

@EndoplasmicReticulum

Was going to - then got a bit twitchy about telling them my name, where I live, phone number, email address, what I do for a living...
I actually put on mine "Dox myself, no thank you" Still went through. Would love to be a fly on the wall in those discussions when they try to find a good reason to ignore the lot of us.
heathspeedwell · 17/12/2021 16:06

Done, Rowling should win this every year.

334bu · 17/12/2021 15:57

Done

Puddycatfan · 17/12/2021 14:22

Done!

CaptainCarp · 17/12/2021 14:00

Scrolling through those tweets & theres 1 which posts a definition of Transphobe in response to an above tweet "phobic. I'm not scared"

They come back again with "imagine thinking you are smarter than a dictionary"...
Oh that almost made me sign up to twitter to post a photo of the definition of woman with a tagline of "yeah imagine"!!

TheSonjaMorgan · 17/12/2021 13:37

Done. Interested to see how this pans out.

Underthestairsbears · 17/12/2021 12:09

Done ☑️
JKR ❤️

mynameisnotkate · 17/12/2021 12:05

Done

nothingcomestonothing · 17/12/2021 12:04

Done, hope the Guardian are sweating.

Wheresthebeach · 17/12/2021 11:59

Done. If you're on Twitter or Facebook do share!

SocialConnection · 17/12/2021 11:59

Done, thankyou. I've concealed identity and used my dustbin email address with a description of exactly why she should win that I wish I'd copied before submitting.

APlot · 17/12/2021 11:56

Done (from a lurker)