I entered both RAE AND THE RUBY SCEPTER and CANDACE'S CHOICE in the Cleveland Rocks Contest for the YA category. Submissions closed at midnight February 21st. At last count, that I know of, there were sixteen submissions for YA. Group member, Sheila Larkin, is the coordinator this year for the YA category.
Although I have only been a member of the group since May 2012, I am the coordinator for the Mainstream category. I have received 34 entries. Distributed those to 68 judges, along with the judges letter, judging guidelines and scoresheets. It may sound simple, but it's not. Sometimes, judges decide they don't want to judge a particular category so you end up reshuffling the enteries amoung the judges, verifying receipt and then fielding questions as they arise. Another issue I ran into was juggling one contestants submissions as they had three related entries. I didn't want any of my judges to review more than one of because I wanted the contestant to receive the best critique she or he could.
I have received a few judged entries back already as we began sending them out a week ago. I have to say, so far I would be pleased with the feedback given if I were the contestant. Mind you, some entries are not as good as others, but the judges have taken the time to explain why the score might not be as high as the contestant was hoping for. The judges have pointed out POV shifts and different ways to avoid those along with reference guides to help, run-on sentences, and the story starting in the wrong place and specifically why they felt that way.
I am blessed to belong to such an amazing group.
Although I have only been a member of the group since May 2012, I am the coordinator for the Mainstream category. I have received 34 entries. Distributed those to 68 judges, along with the judges letter, judging guidelines and scoresheets. It may sound simple, but it's not. Sometimes, judges decide they don't want to judge a particular category so you end up reshuffling the enteries amoung the judges, verifying receipt and then fielding questions as they arise. Another issue I ran into was juggling one contestants submissions as they had three related entries. I didn't want any of my judges to review more than one of because I wanted the contestant to receive the best critique she or he could.
I have received a few judged entries back already as we began sending them out a week ago. I have to say, so far I would be pleased with the feedback given if I were the contestant. Mind you, some entries are not as good as others, but the judges have taken the time to explain why the score might not be as high as the contestant was hoping for. The judges have pointed out POV shifts and different ways to avoid those along with reference guides to help, run-on sentences, and the story starting in the wrong place and specifically why they felt that way.
I am blessed to belong to such an amazing group.
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