LEGENDS CONTEST VOTING!

[RAVENEYE]

VOTING CLOSED!

   And so we proceed to the ballot boxes to leave our critiques, advice, and scores.   

CONTEST SCHEDULE

Voting Period: 18 August - 1 September, 11:59 pm US Central

Winners announced: September 2

CONTEST JUDGING

Voting is open to all Legendfirians! Contestants are REQUIRED to vote on all entries in all the divisions you enter.

You will receive reminders of this requirement 1 week, 3 days, and 1 day prior to the end of the voting period. If you do not vote on ALL entries (unless excused for serious reasons) your entries will be disqualified.

The entries are divided into the forums in which they belong. Please proceed to the Fiction Forum, Poetry Forum, and Nonfiction Forum to read and critique each entry.

Please follow these steps:

1. Critique each entry according to the following questions. Answer them as thoroughly as possible. Two sentences minimum per question. The goal is to help the author improve their craft. NOTE: voters who leave one-liner critiques to justify their vote will receive warnings according to our warning system.

Technical writing elements: Which elements were technically sound in this entry? What still needs work? (Consider SPaG, story structure, poetic form. How coherent is the argument? Do the sources cited provide adequate evidence?)
Artistic writing elements: What appealed to me in this entry? What might benefit from revision? (Consider things like character development, appropriate word choice, metaphor, imagery, uniqueness, etc.)
Prompt: How well does this entry relate to the prompt?

2. Assign each area a numerical value: Rate each entry from 1 to 5, with five being the most favorable.

3. Add your scores you allotted to each area and divide by 3 to get an average score. For example: 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 3.5 (The contest host will collect all the averaged scores for each entry and tally the overall average to determine the winners.)

You may vote for yourself to maintain your anonymity. This vote will not count toward the final score.

All entries must have the same number of votes for each vote to count. For example, if all entries have 7 votes, but one entry has 8, the 8th vote will not count toward the final tally -- even though the critique may prove priceless to the author.


PRIZES

 First Place winners of each category will receive a $10 gift certificate to Amazon or cash via PayPal.
 100 hard honor points for all entrants, upon submitting their entry
 an additional 250 hard honor points for first place winners, for a total of 350.
 an additional 150 hard honor points for all other place winners, for a total of 250
 optional publication in the 2022 issue of the Compendium

(Contestants must edit their honor points themselves within their profile settings.)


CONTEST PROMOTING

If you haven't claimed your contest badge for your signature, here's that code one last time.


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[RAVENEYE]

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! ALL CONTESTANTS!

   YOU HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT TO CRITIQUE AND VOTE!   

[FoxxGlove]

Methinks I'd better get my rump in gear...

[RAVENEYE]

 Finished my voting at last. I think.

That was a lot of fun content to read. I hope everyone does well.

[Caulder Melhaire]

Just got my last one in! These were absolutely stunning entries, all, and I cannot wait to see how this turns out.

[RAVENEYE]

At all voters/critiquers: Remember that the prompt goes both ways:

Something mundane made extraordinary OR something extraordinary made mundane.

(I was doing an early perusal of the comments and noticed that some voters are docking points for the latter.)

[RAVENEYE]

Aug 31, 2022 13:22:12 GMT -6 RAVENEYE said:

At all voters/critiquers: Remember that the prompt goes both ways:

Something mundane made extraordinary OR something extraordinary made mundane.

(I was doing an early perusal of the comments and noticed that some voters are docking points for the latter.)

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 12 hours to go! 

[RAVENEYE]

TALLYING VOTES NOW -- a bit later than I'd hoped, but better late than never.

[FoxxGlove]

A..N..T..I..C..I..P..A..T..I..O..N..
Drum Roll......