Katniss or Arya? Okoye or Storm? Who do YOU think is the most Kick-Ass Heroine in fiction? Help us crown the 2023 Kick-Ass Heroine champion by taking part in Booth Library's March Book Madness bracket competition!
March Book Madness is similar
to NCAA March Madness except that Kick-Ass Heroines will be competing instead
of basketball teams. Our library staff has chosen the Top 16 match-ups
featuring heroines from various literary genres.
Here’s how to play: Beginning
March 1, see the Top 16 bracket in a special display on the library’s main
floor. Grab a bracket and choose the winners of each pairing, then add your
name and email address and drop it in the box before 11:59 p.m. on Sunday,
March 19.
Round 1 of online voting will
take place from March 20-26 as the Top 16 heroines are narrowed down to the
eight, then to four (online voting March 27-April 2), and then the championship
match-up (April 3-4). The final round of voting on April 5-6 will declare the
2023 Kick-Ass Heroine Champion! Everyone is encouraged to vote in each round!
Stop by the March Book
Madness display often to see the updated bracket after each round of voting,
and watch the library website and Booth Library social media (Instagram,
Facebook and Twitter) for information on how to vote online.
Brackets with the most
accurate predictions will be entered into a raffle for a copy of the book
featuring our Kick-Ass Heroine champion!
For more information on March
Book Madness, contact Kirstin Duffin at kduffin@eiu.edu, or call 217-581-7550.
2142 Old Main
Eastern Illinois University
600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-7400
Fax: 217-581-8444
jdreinhart@eiu.edu