readathons
Prolonged book sessions
Readathons are events where participants read for extended periods, often to raise money for charity or promote literacy.
Schools commonly organize readathons as fundraisers, with students collecting pledges based on books or pages completed: The library's readathon raised five thousand dollars.
The format echoes walkathons and other endurance-based charity events.
Bound written works
- genresCategories of creative work
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- pagesBound paper sheets
- chaptersMain divisions of text
authors · titles · booklists · recommendations · fiction · nonfiction · series · classics
Public book lending institutions
- schoolsPlaces of learning
- bookclubsGroups discussing shared texts
- groupsCollections of related things
- teamsOrganized cooperative groups
participants · collective · shared · gathering · classrooms · online · virtual · global
Formal promises given
- sponsorsFunders seeking promotion
- donationsGifts to organizations
- charityVoluntary aid for others
- causesBrings into being
goals · participants · campaigns · school · library · prizes · incentives · milestones
Sixty-minute spans
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- challengeTest of ability
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
exhaustion · determination · pages · goals · completion · persistence · breaks · snacks
books
Bound written works
chapters · authors · titles · booklists · recommendations · fiction · nonfiction · series · classics · poetry
libraries
Public book lending institutions
teams · participants · collective · shared · gathering · classrooms · online · virtual · global · leaderboards
pledges
Formal promises given
causes · goals · participants · campaigns · school · library · prizes · incentives · milestones · community
hours
Sixty-minute spans
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
- challengeTest of ability
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
overnight · exhaustion · determination · pages · goals · completion · persistence · breaks · snacks · caffeine
readathonsspelling bees
Orthography competitions for students
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