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2017 Online Oscar Pool

Although I’m now living in the UK and will certainly not be watching live, I still have my online competition to turn to. That’s right — It’s time for the 4th Annual, James Schannep Oscar competition!

If you beat my predictions for the 2017 Academy Awards, I’ll gift you or a friend an e-copy of a Click Your Poison book. The highest scoring participant also gets a $10 giftcard to Amazon.com.

All you have to do is fill out the form below before showtime on Feb 26th (I’ll post mine online before then too) to qualify.

The complete list of the nominees can be found here.


























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2016 Online Oscar Pool

It’s time for the 3rd Annual, James Schannep Oscar competition!

If you beat my predictions for the 2016 Academy Awards, I’ll gift you or a friend an e-copy of a Click Your Poison book. The highest scoring participant also gets a $10 giftcard to Amazon.com.

All you have to do is fill out the form below before showtime on Feb 28th (I’ll post mine online before then too) to qualify.

The complete list of the nominees can be found here.

If I messed something up, please let me know in the comments.

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87th Academy Awards — My Picks

If you haven’t joined in yet, you have until the first award is announced to submit your online ballot. 

Here are my picks. Winners will be announced early next week. Good luck to everyone!

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Best Picture (3 pts): The Imitation Game
Directing (2 pts): Boyhood
Original Screenplay (2 pts): The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adapted Screenplay (2 pts): The Theory of Everything
Leading Actor (2 pts): Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
Leading Actress (2 pts): Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Supporting Actor (2 pts): J. K. Simmons – Whiplash
Supporting Actress (2 pts): Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Production Design (1 pt): Interstellar
Documentary Feature (1 pt): Last Days in Vietnam
Documentary Short(1 pt): Crisis Hotline – Veterans Press 1
Animated Short(1 pt): Feast
Live Action Short Film (1 pt): Parvaneh
Foreign Language Film (1 pt): Ida – Poland
Animated Feature (1 pt): Big Hero 6
Film Editing (1 pt): Boyhood
Sound Editing (1 pt): Interstellar
Sound Mixing (1 pt): Interstellar
Cinematography (1 pt): Birdman
Visual Effects (1 pt): Interstellar
Costume Design (1 pt): Maleficent
Makeup and Hairstyling (1 pt): Foxcatcher
Original Score (1 pt): The Theory of Everything
Original Song (1 pt): “Everything Is Awesome” from The Lego Movie

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2015 Online Oscar Pool

As is my tradition, I’m hosting a friendly Oscar competition. Friendly in that I don’t get anything if I win, but if you beat my predictions for the 2015 Academy Awards, I’ll gift you or a friend an e-copy of a Click Your Poison book. The highest scoring participant also gets a $10 giftcard to Amazon.com.

All you have to do is fill out the form below before showtime on Feb 22nd (I’ll post mine online before then too) to qualify.

The complete list of the nominees can be found here.

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Oscar Pool 2014

It’s time once again for the SuperBowl of Cinema!

I love movies. If you put a gun to my head and told me to choose between movies and books, I’d probably tell you to just go ahead and shoot me.*

*(NOTE: If I ever get famous enough to have rabid, crazy fans, please do not track me down to try the aforementioned hypothetical.)

If you’re like me, you’ve got your predictions. Come March 2nd, you’ll be around a TV, computer, or projector watching the Tinseltown’s big night.

So why not make it interesting? Standing offer: If you can beat me at predicting this year’s winners, I’ll gift you (or a friend) a free copy of either one of my Click Your Poison ebooks. I’ll post my picks just before the event starts, so please send me your own choices before that to qualify. All you have to do is fill out the form below.

The complete list of the nominees (with trailers!) are here.

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Online Oscar Pool

Every year I have people over and we watch the Oscars. We make good food, others bring dishes potluck style, and  we bet on the outcome of awards. It’s become my SuperBowl. I keep up with movies; not so much with football…

This year, with so many of us living all over the place, and with my network ever expanding online, I’m hosting a separate betting pool on my website. And this is not just for my close friends (I’ll still do that at home)! So come one, come all.

Annnnnnd… since I don’t really know the legality of hosting a betting pool online, it’s more of a contest. Free to play, winner gets a $10 giftcard to Amazon.com. PLUS, as a bonus standing offer, if you can beat me personally, I’ll gift you an ecopy of INFECTED (if you don’t have one already).

All you have to do is fill out the form below before showtime on Feb 24th (I’ll post mine online then too) to qualify.

The complete list of the nominees are here.

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