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JULY 9, 2003 at 5:58 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: HPANA
James Downey, a Harry Potter fan and book conservator, has started has started a world-wide effort to petition the Nobel Prize Committee in favor of their awarding JK Rowling the Nobel Prize for Literature
in 2004:
Has anyone else done as much to re-invigorate reading in the last decade? Has anyone else engaged the imaginations of so many children and adults around the world? Has anyone else so captivated millions with a moral story of good and evil, the pain of growing up parentless, the magic of personal choice? Has anyone else done as much to benefit mankind with literature?
No.
And for these reasons, join us in a world-wide campaign to convince the Nobel Prize Committee to recognize Ms. Rowling with the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2004 for her latest book The Order of the Phoenix. Tell the Committee (politely) that you think she should receive the prize. Tell your friends about this website, spread the word about this effort in chatrooms and discussion groups. We can do this, if we all work together.
A noble cause (pun intended), and rightly deserved in this editor's opinion. Even if you don't like Harry Potter, you can't ignore the fact that more people are reading thanks to JK Rowling.
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Witch
Points: 661
Flitterbloom says:
OH MAN!! GO JKR! EVERYBODY SIGN THAT PETITION!!!
I really she hope she wins!! This is amazing! It's all true, she's done sooooo much to bring reading back into lives, and I mean, look at us all here, on this website. She's bringing people together from all over the world discussing her work!!
WOOOHOOOO GO JKR!!!
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 6:07 PM EST
Student
Points: 294
girliegirl says:
Thats great! she deserves it...she is the only one that can make people read a book (bigger than the bible) in two days!!!!
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 6:20 PM EST
Points: 34
TigiBoot says:
Why not? I'm all for the little guy turning the heavy heads of the Nobel Prize Committee- as Flitterbloom said
GO JKR!!!
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 6:20 PM EST
Points: 3950
CowsOJMilkSoil says:
WOW why didnt we think of this before?? Everyone should sign this! Shes an amazing author and the Harry Potter series have been just so amazing!
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 6:24 PM EST
Minister of Disinformation
(Moderator)
Points: 9709
Geri says:
I'm surprised she hasn't been mentioned before - she hasn't has she. She truly deserves this honor & I sent an email.
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 7:35 PM EST
Marauder
Points: 3956
jade says:
I am definatly going to sign it. She deserves all the praise and accliame she gets. GO JKR
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 7:39 PM EST
Metamorphmagus
Points: 37949
tonks black says:
just send me the petition and i will sign . she deserves to win for making children and adults read. look where she came from, JKR deserves the award.
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 8:24 PM EST
Head
Points: 422
cho_1214 says:
Go JKR!!! that's really cool. She totally deserves it
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 8:24 PM EST
Witch
Points: 975
Lilune says:
If they managed to get even half the people who've read it to sign she'd win! And rightly so, too. I think she really really deserves it!
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 9:03 PM EST
Hufflepuff Princess
Points: 24832
Waddi Wasi says:
I sent an e-mail to the committee nominating JKR-- I'll post it here.
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 10:20 PM EST
Hufflepuff Princess
Points: 24832
Waddi Wasi says:
Here's what I wrote: Prize Committee,
It has come to my attention that someone thinks that J.K. Rowling should be nominated for receieving a Nobel Prize. I agree with this. Ms. Rowling has brought books back into the lives of children and adults. Not only Harry Potter books have invigorated people into reading. Because of Harry Potter, more people are reading books like Lord of the Rings, too. Rowling has brought people from all different backgrounds, all over the world together -- online and offline, because they love to discuss the books. Children's vocabularies are growing bigger everyday because of the descriptive, insightful words she uses in her books.She deserves the Prize even more so than anyone else. She has brought literature back into the world, through her wonderful, captivating books.
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 10:21 PM EST
Witch
Points: 609
Aravis says:
x WaddiWasi x...that was put so eloquently. As soon as I manage to put my sentences together well enough to sound Big and Important to the Nobel Bigwigs (which will be five minutes from now LOL) I am going to give them a piece of my mind (wait...I need what mind I have left...I'm losing it anyway LOL). But in all seriousness, it would be so awesome to have JKR win the prize. Not only has JKR managed to put books back into the hearts- and therefore hands- of children, but she has created a world for adults as well. I mean, what other book(s) have been so loved the world over? As we saw from book parties before the release of OotP, there were kids across the world, in nearly every (if not every) time zone awaiting the next adventure of Harry. What recent literature can compare? As more and more people are realizing...Harry's books aren't even "children's" books anymore; they've become fiction for everyone. Speaking of books, I've just about written one here so I guess I'll sign off. I've got to go petition for JKR!
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 10:43 PM EST
Hufflepuff Princess
Points: 24832
Waddi Wasi says:
Aravis- Thank you ;) I tried to think of myself as one of the committee people.. that always helps. I don't think anyone here really has much of a mind left, lol. I know I don't! JayKay deserves the prize. She has taken years to write perfect pieces of fiction.. and will probably take many more. She works herself to death, and is very much underappreciated.
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 11:04 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 342
Precious says:
Wow she totally deserves it.
Posted Jul 9, 2003 at 11:27 PM EST
Prefect
Points: 390
OliverPavo says:
She will get, I mean she has to. I can only read her with out losing interest. J.K. books are the best!! I mean it!!
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 2:01 AM EST
Auror
Points: 2374
TrueBluePotterFan says:
I'm on board. She deserves it.
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 7:01 AM EST
Witch
Points: 661
Flitterbloom says:
Did anyone get a reply after sending in an e-mail? Aravis, KarenEikoo, x WaddiWasi x, Geri? After I sent in an e-mail I got a huge long reply saying that I can't vote for her, but I can convince the people who do vote for her too.. that was a confusing e-mail, but did anyone else get a reply??
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 9:58 AM EST
Muggle
Points: 60
Storm Mage says:
Good for JKR and Harry Potter. I wonder if the Nobel Committe has an e-mail address.
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 10:37 AM EST
Witch
Points: 609
Aravis says:
Yeah, I got that e-mail too. I guess it turns out we're not Big and Important enough...we happen to be Small and Insignificant. BUT...if someone finds out how we can get our pleas (...blackmail...whatever it takes...lol j/k!) heard by the Bigwigs Who Vote, please post. Even the Small and Insignificant can make their voices heard if there are enough of them!
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 11:16 AM EST
Wizard
Points: 502
Padfoot05 says:
I think they should do it i'm going to sign that right away man i hope she win the prize.
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 11:58 AM EST
Head Girl
Points: 479
eclektic says:
jus out of curiosity, has any other children's author received the nobel prize?
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 1:28 PM EST
Hufflepuff Princess
Points: 24832
Waddi Wasi says:
WaddiWasi is here to save the day :) J/K! Ok, I am going to e-mail the webmaster and ask them how we can get in contact with anyone to do with the organization. In the meantime, I might spam them to give them a piece of my mind! I got an e-mail too, and I am pretty hacked off. Just because we're not Big and Important doesn't mean we're Small and Insignificant! I feel like letting the centaurs getting ahold of them ;)
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 3:27 PM EST
Hufflepuff Princess
Points: 24832
Waddi Wasi says:
Eclektic- No, I looked at the list of prizewinners for Lterature and the only name I recognized was Ernest Hemmingway, I forgot the other one I knew of. Children's literature (even though HP isn't necesserily that anymore) deserves to be considered.
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 3:28 PM EST
Points: 22
Sevasa says:
When I was teaching, her books got even stubborn readers to start reading and got childrens imaginations going.
Since her books have touched so many children and adults and boosted the imagination and literary skills of those who read them I think she should be nominated.
Go J.K. Rowling!
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 7:09 PM EST
Hufflepuff Princess
Points: 24832
Waddi Wasi says:
Jatamansi- I thought your letter was a lot better than mine. If you do know people who could get in contact with the committee, maybe you could ask them to do so?
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 7:48 PM EST
Healer for all Occasions
Points: 3570
Madam Malkin says:
Wow. This is a great idea. JKR is truly an excellent writer, and wouldn't it be great if she was honored in such a way? Can you imagine how many people all around the world would support this decision? Wow. I tell you, I hope that committee considers JKR. She deserves some real credit for the fantastic stories that she wrote. Sure, they may be a bit different from what other winners have written, but wouldn't that be exactly the point? A little variety? And besides that, JKR has gotten people to read in a way that people haven't in a long time. Before HP, when was the last time people would willingly stand in line for literally hours to buy the lastest book? JKR got people around the world, people of literally all ages, in a technology driven world, to sit down and read. Not only that, but she has inspired other people, because of her success and excellence, to write. And maybe some day soon a new author will come along with some new best selling book, and say that JK Rowling was their inspiration to write. JKR is awesome, and needs some credit. Not that she doesn't have it - I mean, millions and millions of fans could count as getting credit. But the Nobel Prize in Literature could be the next step.
Posted Jul 10, 2003 at 9:14 PM EST
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