Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:38 am
Hello all,
Just to keep things moving along, I've asked Juan Leon, our second place winner, to step in tomorrow if we don't hear from Markus.
I've been hearing from many of the veterans to this contest, who are frustrated by the delays we've suddenly been experiencing in posting new contests and judging them in a timely manner. Here's some thoughts we've had that may help us improve the turn around time for new contest.
If you enter this contest, please check back at the end of the contest to see if you won.
If you win, please post a new contest asap, hopefully within 24 hours. If you cannot, please inform the person running the contest, so they can pass the contest to the second place winner.
If you run a contest, please judge it in a timely manner, no more than 24-48 hours. If you know you won't be available at the time the contest ends, please don't post one. Let someone run it who has the time to both post and judge.
Contests should be turned around in 24 hours, perhaps 48 at the most. Judging too, no more than 48 hours should be needed to post winners. Everyone is eager to see the winners and have a new contest. Just a matter of paying attention to the closing date for the contest, to check back and see if you've won. Most of us who have run a contest agree that judging can be difficult, but that we keep an eye on the contest as the week passes, and have picked some favorites by the time we need to judge. One last look at latest entries, and we're ready to post the winners, which does take time, but certainly no more than 24 hours.
These contests are such fun and a great learning experience too, seeing everyone's interpretation of the contest. Let's keep them going strong.
Thanks! Sandi
Last edited by sandiwhi on Thu Sep 15, 2011 3:25 pm, edited 2 times in total.
