We Want Your Opinion to Prepare for our Pre-Con Contest · 8:08am Jan 17th, 2015
Good day foks,
Piquo Pie here, head of the EFNW writing track. We're preparing for our pre-con contest in February and we had a question, what do you think about requiring entrants to review 3 random other entrants for first round of judging. The reason we are considering this is that last year we received 78 initial entries and this year we expect more. But, if we get more then more it could really screw up our judging. This would also make sure our judges don't have to review 30+ fics each in a few short weeks.
Now, there are a lot of potential concerns that we can account for. We'd be using software to monitor people and can account for people artificially lowering scores as well as to properly assign fics randomly. This process would only be used for the first round, to narrow down the list of stories to something more manageable. It would also increase participation and connectivity with participants.
The big issue we came up with is that it might this deter people from participating. That's where this post, and you, come in. Would needing to read and grade three 1000-3000 word fics over 7-10 days deter you from participating in a contest? The other question is would it make you more likely to participate?
Hoping to hear from you soon,
-Piquo Pie
P.S. We asked this question the our Fimfiction group as well, if you want to see what people there think go here.
