Kawaii Awards • Open

➹ judges criteria •

read to the end, please.

(this chapter only applies to all the judges).

If you're not a member of the community, but you want to judge, then you'll have to fill out the form on the next chapter.

If you however, want to have the role of permanent judge or substitute judge, then check out the community hiring book and fill out the form there. Thanks so much.

Remember that you're giving short reviews for each criteria, and then giving a longer, overall review. For example, give a short review as to what you thought of the cover, or the title. And then the longer review you're going to write will be about the entire book. How did you like it? Does it still need some work? Would you recommend it?

Every judge have to read at least five chapters of their assigned books before writing down their reviews for them.

If you have been accepted as a judge, then you need to know the judging criteria.

Cover (/5) -- you're going to be judging the books by their covers; the mark is out of five.

Title (/5) -- does the title go well with the story? Mark it out of five as well.

Burb (/10) -- blurb is another word for summary in case anyone was wondering. They're one of the main parts of a book. How would you rate the summary out of ten?

Plot (/10) -- what about the entire plot of the book? What do you rate it out of ten?

Character Development (/10) -- I doubt characters are going to have much development on just chapter five, so rate on the personalities, the descriptions of the characters and such things like that.

Are the characters written in an awesome way, or do they still need some work?

Creativity/Originality (/10) -- how original is the plot of the story? Have you read the same type of plot somewhere else? Is the story cliche, or is it a story made completely fresh?

Vocabulary/Grammar/Spelling (/20) -- now, how is the writing style? Are there too many grammar errors? Does the author need a bigger and better vocabulary? How is the spelling? Or, is the author writing with precision and doesn't make grammar errors?

Enjoyment (/10) -- this is where your own opinion of the book really comes through. How did you enjoy the book, personally?

Overall Impression (/20) -- what was your overall impression of the book? Was it better than you expected? Do you think it still needs a lot of work? Would you recommend it to other people? Rate this out of twenty.
         (this is your long review).

Total (/100) -- add up all the marks from above and tally it up to get one mark.

Judging Criteria for Poetry

Cover (/10) -- you're going to be judging the books by their covers; the mark is out of ten.

Title (/10) -- does the title go well with the poem? Mark this out of ten as well.

Writing Style/Tone/Rhyme Scheme (/20) -- not all poems rhyme, but the ones that do, do they? How well does the poem flow? What emotions do you get from it.

Creativity/Originality (/10) -- how original is the poem? Have you read the same type of poem somewhere else? Is the poem cliche, or is it a poem made completely fresh?

Vocabulary/Grammar/Spelling (/20) -- now, how is the writing style? Are there too many grammar errors? Does the author need a bigger and better vocabulary? How is the spelling? Or, is the author writing with precision and doesn't make grammar errors?

Enjoyment (/10) -- this is where your own opinion of the book really comes through. How did you enjoy the book, personally?

Overall Impression (/20) -- what was your overall impression of the book? Was it better than you expected? Do you think it still needs a lot of work? Would you recommend it to other people? Rate this out of twenty.
       (this is your long review)

Total (/100) -- add up all the marks from above and tally it up to get one mark.

[ short + long review ]

(this goes for the stories and poetries)

As I stated above, you will give each criteria a short review, and then give a longer review for the entire book at the end.

When writing short reviews, your short paragraph should only be focused on one thing: the criteria you're talking about.

So, it could be cover, title, or originality. In other words, you'll have seven short reviews (poetries) or nine short reviews (stories) according to what you're judging.

For example; "I rate the cover a 3.5/5 because although some parts of it sets the same mood as the story, I believe that the title could have been in a different font to fit the genre. For example, the genre is horror, so perhaps the title could have been in bold, scary letters.

(This is just an example). But this is how short reviews should be like (maybe, shorter, I don't mind). They should focus on one criteria (cover, title, enjoyment, etc).

But no matter what category you're judging, every judge should have one long review, and this review is basically wrapping everything up. The long review is your overall impression of the entire book.

This review should include:

a brief summary of what the book is about.

what you thought about the book in total.

basically the description for overall impression written above.

*** if you want/need to read more chapters than just five in order to judge, then go right ahead. Just make sure to hand in your reviews before the due date.

Please, hand in your reviews in this exact format, otherwise, it will not be accepted.

Please Note : results should NOT be sent as a comment or posted on my message board, otherwise, they will not be accessed. Private message me the results only.

Judging should begin immediately after the judges have received their assigned books.

If you don't have five books assigned to you yet, but new forms aren't coming in, then just judge the book(s) you have so far.

Judges, make sure you give reviews with content, and not reviews such as "nice book" or "I think this story needs some work."

Go into detail.

Every reviews must have the area of strengths of the book and the area of weaknesses.