"So, here’s how the ToB works. Each weekday in March, starting March 8, two books from the shortlist are read and evaluated by one of our judges. One of the books is chosen to advance to the next round, and the judge explains how they came to their decision, then the commentariat—people like you—express their feelings and thoughts about that decision and the books themselves. And the next day we do it all over again. This goes on, match after match through the month of March, until one book wins the Rooster—an award that entails threatening the winning’s book author with a gift of a real live bird."

https://themorningnews.org/article/the-2023-tournament-of-books-shortlist-and-judges