This Awards contest will be judged by a group of judges and not a single individual.
The composite scoring and feedback will be provided at the end of Judging for each winning title.
If anyone is interested in being a judge for the awards please comment here and we will be in touch.
Judging Information
The judging process will be as follows:
It will be a panel of Judges
Writers and Readers can apply to judge
If you are a writer who has a story that has been nominated - you can judge any category but the one your work is nominated in.
Round 1
After reading the 1st full chapter of the nominations
Judging panels will come together and score their top 3
The 3 with the highest average scores will go into round 2
Round 2
After reading 3 chapters of the nominations
Judging panels will come together and score their top 2
The 2 with the highest average scores will go into round 3
Round 3
After reading 5 chapters of the nominations
Judging panels will come together and score the final nominations.
The Nomination with the highest average score will win their category
Round 4
All category winners will be ranked by score and the highest Score will win Best Book
I am hoping to host the judging panels on our discord server - The Writer's Room
So anyone who is ok with using Discord is welcome to volunteer to judge.
Final Note
In the judging criteria I have removed grammar - because I really feel that as long as you can understand what the writer is trying to convey and can enjoy the story - there is no reason to get hung up on whether there was a period where there should have been a comma, or a 'but' where there should have been a "however'.
Addendum
This award is open to everyone - now as with any community not everyone is going to like everyone. People are also going to have conflicts and drama.
But I want to make it perfectly clear
DRAMA AND CONFLICT HAVE NO PLACE IN THIS CONTEST
If you choose to judge please be on your best behavior, I will do my best not to place mortal enemies in the same panels and limit exposure so that everyone is safe and comfortable.
But let me make it perfectly clear - I have no problem ejecting judges or authors
that cause problems even if it means that I have to scrap the contest.
With that said, I congratulate those who have been nominated so far
and welcome anyone who wishes to lend a hand in the judging.
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