The Sunrise Awards 2020 [CANCELED]

JUDGES: Everything You Need to Know

This chapter is fully dedicated to judges and people who want to be judges. Participants, you read too, because down below is a couple of things you might want to know about some things you'll want to polish up for the contest.

1) RULES

1. Follow this account, and follow aspiring_author365 , my partner in crime.

2. Do not accept bribes or blackmail—PM us if anything like that happens.

3. Be fair and give constructive criticism, don't attack anyone's work.

4. Add this book to your reading list and give it a shout-out.

5. You're not allowed to judge the same category you've entered a book in.

6. We'll PM you on how to continue when judging begins.

7. You can judge up to two genres, more might confuse your brain.

8. You only have to judge five books, and five chapters of each book minimum. Of course, you can do more, but if you're judging two categories I would highly advise you otherwise.

2) JUDGES' FORM

Username:

Experience:

Grammar level:

Genre:

Participant? (Yes or no):

If yes, the book you submitted:

Active wattpad user? (Yes or no):

Are you okay with judging mature/LGBTQ+ books?:

What NOT to assign you:

Post these as an inline comment next to the genre you want to judge, down there.

3) GENRES

Mystery/Thriller 1/2

Fantasy 0/2

Romance 1/2

Horror/Paranormal 0/2

Humor 1/2

Sci-Fi 0/2

Short Story 0/1

Poetry 0/1

Vampire/Werewolf 0/2

Fanfiction 0/2

General Fiction 0/2

Teen Fiction 1/2

4) CRITERIA

1. Book cover/blurb (good first impression? Intriguing? Does the cover fit the story?): 20pts

2. Title (is it clever? Does it have a rich meaning?) 10pts

3. Plot (any plot holes? Is it confusing? Does it make sense? Does it flow well?) 20pts

4. Creativity (is it original? Is it like anything you've ever read before?) 20pts

5. Characterization (do the characters seem realistic? Are they relatable? Do they give you a reason to care about them?) 20pts

6. Language use (is there good grammar, spelling, vocabulary, and punctuation? Does it seem like the author is fluent? Do mistakes make it harder to read? Are they significantly easy to point out?) 10pts

Overall score: 100pts

Begin judging: 1st August

Lots of luck, lots of love,

The Sunrise Community

"There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world." — Terry Pratchett