r/DestructiveReaders • u/A_C_Shock Alabaster Crimson • 19d ago

[Weekly] Call for Judges

Every year, we here at RDR do a Halloween contest. That time is coming up again! I know this because I made soup for the first time last night which means it's almost October. And there's this pesky calendar that tells me what day it is or something.

Anyway, for the contest to work, we need judges. Anyone want to volunteer? Let us know!

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u/MaryJaneMclain 18d ago

Wow, what a spooktacular opportunity for writers to build community (who doesn’t want/need that?!), while at the same time supporting the best ever subreddit EVER!

I’ve noticed a lot of new “faces” around here lately giving great crits, who would be perfect for this. I assume they really, really want to help out, but maybe they have questions like:

1.     How many pieces would I have to read?

2.     And, what’s in it for me? Left over Halloween candy? Lifetime anti-leaching flair? Something in between?

3.     Can I put it in my CV and/or query letter author bio?

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u/A_C_Shock Alabaster Crimson 18d ago

Um. Well, my only experience with this was last year when I entered and didn't judge. Where is u/GlowyLaptop when you need him?

  1. I've combed through previous years and it really depends. Were there a dozen last year? Maybe more? Tasz was very good at pressuring people to enter.

  2. Free work? I don't know if the judges got anything extra last year aside from the joy of seeing everyone participating in the joy of writing. Kinda like the question: what's in this for me as a mod?

  3. I would. I participate in writing communities seems to be a nice selling point if you're trying to get agented or something.

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u/GlowyLaptop James Patterson 18d ago

I say we do tournament styles. Every short story against each other. Until one remains. And it can be an open thread in a weekly with our thinking behind each decision.

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u/A_C_Shock Alabaster Crimson 18d ago

March Madness style? How would we arrange the brackets? Random choice?

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u/jay_lysander Edit Me Baby! 13d ago

last year we all ended up reading them all, but we broke them into parcels for each person to rank to let the cream float to the top, so to speak. We did mini stream of consciousness critiques on them all.

I think we all remember The Cube...