The Week contest - Gender-neutral books

Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.

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Last week's contest: Sweden has embarked on a crusade to abolish gender roles altogether. With the release of a children's book pioneering the pronoun, hen, as an alternative to he and she, we asked you for the title of the first gender-neutral children's book in English.

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THE WINNER: All the Royal Person's Persons

Mark Porter, Lees Summit, MO

SECOND PLACE: The French Lieutenant's Domestic Partner

Pamela Traylor, Bloomington, MN

THIRD PLACE: The Siblings Karamazov

Charles Begg, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

The Godparent

Janine Witte, New Hope, PA

Some People are from Mars, Other People are from Venus

Karen Ennis, Breinigsville, PA

Little Persons — Who Wear Dresses

Neil Young, Mill Valley, CA

Sleeping Body

Betsy Bermant, Madison, WI

Are You My Progenitor?

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

Earthlings are from Mars, Earthlings are from Venus.

Matt Harmon, S. Euclid, OH

The Individual with the Dragon Tattoo

William Wilson, Hudson, OH

Maybe Dick

Mark Rumple, Austin, TX

Valley of the Action Figures

Brian Lenhart, Allen TX

I Guess You Can Eat Quiche After All If You Really want To

Heidi Hall, Massillon, OH

The Androgynous Mystique

Beth Cadigan, Olympia, WA

Everyone Is From Marvenus!

Carole Hebert, Penfield, NY

Twelve Angry Hens

Priscilla Trageser, Orchard Park, NY

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist

Tom Arany, Portland, OR

Act like a....uh...well...person, think like a…other kind of person.

Caleb Callahan, Saint Paul, MN

Death of a Salesperson

Jordan Zweigoron, Santa Clara, CA

They're Just Not That Into Them

Eve Nay, Provo, UT

Romy and Jules

Lauren Garden, Flushing, NY

Hantel & Gresel

Greg Newman, Seymour, CT

People are from the Solar System

Barbara Selvaggio, Chicago, IL

The Nancy or Drew Mysteries

Bob Goodfellow, Iowa City, IA

I Remember One of My Parents

Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, CO