In a few minutes, our first Steemit Writing contest will be closed. Results will be posted here as they are known.
At this time, it does look like we have more then 99 entries, so the prize fund for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place will be doubled -- see the details here. Also, there are now more funds available for the judges!
Remember you can only submit one story and it must be submitted before the contest is closed Monday at exactly 2018-02-26 18:14 (UTC)
Thank you all for helping make this first contests such a grand event!
There are seven judges plus a tiebreaker (@bycoleman)
In the order they appear in the remarks section, here are the #bycolemanjudge judges:
@nihalmaz
@nosmas
@naufil
@conradt
@renalexis
@gems.and.cookies
@doughtaker
Each story submitted will be reviewed by at least 3 judges. They will not discuss their opinions with any other judge until the final tally is posted here.
Note: Do not submit any submissions to this post, they will not be accepted.
Contestants
It is likely that the judging of so many great articles will take quite some time, please be patient. You will receive comments as they judges work through each submission. Every article will be processed or we will let you know if there was an issue. If your article has not yet received any replies, then is simply means we have not yet evaluated it.
Judges
I will be performing multiple queries to ensure each submission has been reviewed. Please stay tuned for this update.
I would like to thank you for the effort you have put into helping this contest become such a success.
In reality, the promotional costs for the contest exceeded its return but just the same, I would like to compensate you all a little more.
So, each judge will be given $2.5 SBD one time + .1 SBD for each article evaluated. You may evaluate of course any and all submissions. The more the better! I hope this helps.
In the interest of total transparency and for all those that are interested. Here is the total costs to promote the contest.
Even though there was more than 740 up votes, the majority of the Steemians that upvoted had little or no voting power, so the payout was less than the cost to promote the contest, resulting in a direct loss of 14.61 SBD
This of course does not include the cost of the prize fund. Which will add significantly to the cost to fund this contest.
Will we do it again? -- Absolutely if the judges are able :) The prize fund may not be so liberal, but we will do our best.
Stay tuned as we continue to evaluate all the submissions!
Feel free to upvote this post if you would like to help pay for the contest.
Many blessings and good luck to all!
hi sir...my name appeared on the list...but i have not received any comment yet from any of the judges listed above. .only from @svasha ..and that name is not on the list of judges
Hi,
If you are on the excel spreadsheet posted above, then we will be judging your article. Just give it a few days, there are a lot of them.
Alright sir..
Judges, we have a discrepancy to discuss regarding @ameet77804, the one participant who submitted a valid entry in the pre-contest post.
@bycoleman asked us to accept and judge this post:
https://steemit.com/life/@ameet77804/how-do-children-learn-from-parents-my-experience-as-a-child
But @ameet77804 also submitted an entry in the real contest post which was this:
https://steemit.com/bycoleman/@ameet77804/how-the-man-amid-the-garbage-changed-my-perspective-towards-life-complain-less-and-appreciate-more
and multiple judges have already evaluated the latter.
The question before us is which entry should count.
@nihalmaz @nosmas @naufil @conradt @renalexis @gems.and.cookies
We have not heard from @renalexis with her top 5 authors yet, would any of you other judges know how to contact her? Thank you, @irishgirl
@doughtaker.
OK, it is actually very well that @meet77804 submitted an entry into the proper place after all. I did not realize this.
Please ignore the pre-contest submission and evaluate only the latter.
Thank you again for finding these descrepencies.
@nihalmaz @nosmas @naufil @conradt @renalexis @gems.and.cookies
@bycoleman I am so sorry sir.I thought my first article would not be accepted.So i submitted the latter one.I didn't get any notice regarding the first one being accepted.I am so sorry for this discomfort.Please do as per your rules.
I have received all submissions from all judges, you can now post them and make them public by replying to this latest post.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bycoleman/usd150-sbd-steemit-writing-contest-the-more-writers-the-bigger-the-prize-fund-final-results-will-be-posted-here
Please post the author and a link to their story.
Will you have time to be a judge in the final round? This will involve a new review of each of the semi-finalist entries and rating them using the same scoring methods you have already established for yourself. There are less than 35 total semi-finalist that will need to be judged.
I will. I had a busy day today and am catching up on all things Steemit-related that I need to deal with now. That includes the posting of my top 5.
Thank you for posting your top 5.
All judges have posted, so the finals round is now active. Simply review all entries again, scoring from 1 to 100 and send me a secure memo with all entries and their scores.
Hi, I am not in the tentative list. I'm hoping I made it to the final list. Thank you for hosting the contest it has helped me and cheered me up.
What list are you not on please?
The excel sheet you mentioned in this post.
Your entry has been judged by 3 judges.
You are not on the spreadsheet because the link you provided did not point to Steemit, but instead to busy, but we have judged it and all is well.
Thanks,
Thank you, I appreciate this.
I have judged a total of 82 entries. I believe there are not any entries that remain not judged and I am still to judge (except one NSFW entry which I hope anyone of the other judges can look out into).If there is any other entry I have left out, I'll be happy to judge it. Now, I have to fine filter some quality entries to decide my top 3.
We have not heard from @renalexis with her top 5 authors yet, would any of you other judges know how to contact her? Thank you, @irishgirl
OK, that is great.
I'm probably going to be requesting the top 5 as soon as we verify judging is complete.
Please read this article on how to send secure memos.
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@andyluy/how-to-send-private-encrypted-memo-on-steemit-tutorial
I have received all submissions from all judges, you can now post them and make them public by replying to this latest post.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bycoleman/usd150-sbd-steemit-writing-contest-the-more-writers-the-bigger-the-prize-fund-final-results-will-be-posted-here
Please post the author and a link to their story.
Will you have time to be a judge in the final round? This will involve a new review of each of the semi-finalist entries and rating them using the same scoring methods you have already established for yourself. There are less than 35 total semi-finalist that will need to be judged.
Yes, for sure. I can spare my time for that. I wouldn't want to leave a special competition like this halfway down the road after all those people putting in a great effort. Between, the idea of having a final round is very good. I was actually a bit concerned as to how the final winners are chosen as each judge is not reviewing every entry and might miss the best entries. Now , this makes it much easier.
Thanks for all @bycoleman
Thank you brother, very happy to know your going to be with us till the end :)
Yes, the finals round was always in the design and even more needed with so many great entries.
Blessings!
We are ready to go on to the next next step.
Please read this comment.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@bycoleman/re-bycoleman-usd45-sbd-steemit-writing-contest-the-more-writers-the-bigger-the-prize-fund-results-will-be-posted-here-20180307t020425096z
Hi @bycoleman,
I have had a few doubts and dilemmas while putting up my top five entries which is why I had to delay my submission. If you can help me through it, it will be greatly helpful as some of those submissions which I have come across are really close.
1.Does the entry strictly have to be about incidents that happened in the person's life?
3.should articles that emphasize on divine interventions or influence in life have a place in the list?
@nihalmaz -- Thank you for your questions!
Per the contest description, the article should not be fictional.
The contest guidelines are to help shape the theme, but not mandate the subject matter. If you feel the author or someone they know was affected emotionally or otherwise by the subject of their submission, then this meets this standard and you may accept it as qualified.
Yes, if this is something that has influence or effected them, it is about them.
Again, if these occurrences or interventions have been a factor in their life or someone they know, it more than qualifies.
I think I'm the last judge to provide an update... so far I've judged and responded to 90 accepted entries, and have also recommended several DQs. I think there are between 20-30 entries left which both (a) have not been judged by me, and (b) have not been looked over by at least 3 other judges. So I think I'm closing in on finishing my part of the preliminary judging.
OK, that is great. There was a LOT of response to this contest, I really thank you and all the judges for the massive effort that is required.
Ah well... I don't have any sob story to write, never been good at moving anyone. Pity parties aren't good at all. Lol. Or maybe I should write something angry. Hmmm... but then again the contest already ended.
Good luck to the ones who will win the contest!
@bycoleman I wish I would know about the Contest. Surely, I will participate in this Contest. I love those contest. Prize money is huge. Missed it.
#bycolemanjudge here 🙋.
Thank you for organizing all this!!
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STOPif my entry was not commented on...does that mean my entry was not accepted?
I have started evaluating the content I look forward to continuing with this! Please let me know if any dont have any judges yet and I can get on and judge them ! How long will we have to judge these?
I posted a spreadsheet with all submissions. Hopefully this will have some value.
As long as it takes.
Yes a spreadsheet would be helpful where do i find it?
Check the top remarks.
Hope your doing well with the sugar detox.
Thank you, there are quite a few that still need judging.
Sort the replies by age, then just scroll down each.
You can use your browser "ind" function search for https:/
For the judges' reference, it may be helpful if @bycoleman puts up an official tally of the final number of potential entries (as DQs found later on could reduce the true total) and the number of prizes being awarded. That'll give the judges a reference point for cutting down to their "Top X Submissions" list that every judge would then be expected to go through and evaluate before turning in their final list of winners.
I am working on the queries now.
I still only expect you will have to submit your top 3 winners. This should be sufficient unless every judge selects the same submissions (somewhat unlikely).
I believe 5 should be very sufficient, but we cannot know until you submit your semi-finalist.
I have posted the initial list. See the top remark.
Hopefully the spreadsheet is of use.
I will be creating another one to try to determine if they have 3 judges, but it is premature.
When we declare the winners,i am eagerly Watching.
Hi. I have responded to 50 entries and still see a lot more submissions with only one or no judges replying. Suggesting to judges to scroll down the comment sections and work on those with less than 3 judges yet. I will be going through the comment section again tonight and respond to the entries with less than 3. Hopefully we can fill in the slots by tomorrow.
Hi Gems,
I posted a spreadsheet that might help as well.
We have not heard from @renalexis with her top 5 authors yet, would any of you other judges know how to contact her? Thank you, @irishgirl
Hi @irishgirl. I sent a message to @renalexis via FB Messenger informing her to submit her top 5 authors. That was 5 minutes ago. Unfortunately she is not on line but I requested her to acknowledge my message and to submit her top 5 today at the latest. I hope this helps.
Update No. 1: @renalexis just confirmed receipt of my message. I relayed to her how to send her top 5 as instructed by @bycoleman. Please coordinate with @bycoleman if the top 5 were sent already.
Update No. 2: @renalexis already sent her Top 5 authors. Please inform @bycoleman.
Hi, I have only reviewed 20 more or less entries as of today. Really sorry, I did not expect that my day job will require so much of my time that I won't have any left for steemit. But rest assured that I am doing my best to review entries from the spread thhat @bycoleman has shared. When and where should I post my top 3 entries?
Life has its priorities. Do the best you can with it.
Be sure to continue to let each contestant know you are evaluating an article, even if you a working for the spreadsheet.
Hold off your top 3 until all judging is complete.
Blessings
Okay sure, I have evaluated 35 entries as of the moment, I took the chance earlier this morning to go over some articles that were submitted and I will read more when I have time. Thanks for understanding :)
Everything sounds great. Just keep working through the list as you have time and let me know if you need anything else to help you.
That's okay @renalexis. I am sure the other judges can pick up where you left off. I have already committed to judge 62 entries. I have read each one but I will be going over each of the entries again this time assigning points to each category that I set up. I may add a few more entries as it seems there are still a number of submissions with less than 3 judges. @bycoleman I will need a little more time to pick my Top 3 as so many entries are deserving of those slots.
Take you time and let's do this right. Let me know if you need more tools.
Blessing!
Good thing I already made a matrix at the beginning :D Made my judging a little bit easier as I don't need to go over the articles I've read again hehe
It would be much better is you did not show this matrix. The judging standards can be different from judge to judge so we do not want to cause confusion.
How are we going with this judges? I have evaluated a few its going to take a while....
Glad to hear from you. Just keep on the best you can and let me know if you need any other tools.
Will do. Ill have another good go at reviewing a few this evening 😃
I have curated 54 entries so far. Expecting to make it atleast 70 by today.
That is excellent. Take your time and we'll get through them all.
Gone through 70 entries. It seems like there are 67 entries at the moment that are yet to have response from 3 judges.
I wondering if some judges are not commenting under each submission and only using the spreadsheet. If you are able, please continue as you have time.
Yes, that might be the case. I will continue doing it when I get time. Also, I have found some entries which have violated the rules and they are left out of the list with a reply comment notifying the breach of rules.I guess that's enough, right?
Between, do you have a date in mind as to when you plan to announce the winners?
Still lot of work for the judges I see.. good luck evaluating all entries.. what a work.. respect for all the judges
Thanks for holding this contest. Hope you are able to do it more often and best of luck to all
Thanks @bycoleman and all the judges for all the efforts in judging this contest. It's really a very big one.
Really looking forward for the final results.
Sorry, I missed this, but perhaps I might submit for a future competition.
Here’s a brief intro to my work, a peek at my forthcoming book of original sayings/aphorisms:
https://unbound.com/books/where-epics-fail/
Peace, Yahia
Hello I am just working through the remaining submissions that havent been judged by at least 3 judges :)
Thank you, please let me know when you have finished.
Blessings!
@bycoleman whats the status of the competition ? This post cant be edited anymore after the 7 days right? Will the winners be mentioned in a new post?
We still have about 30 more entries that need to be judged. There was around 145 total.
Yes, I will be adding yet another post to update everyone with the semi-final winners, hopefully in the next day or so.
Great thanks for clearing that up. I was constantly scrolling this post and then I realized this post may be after payout already.. I will keep an eye out for new posts now.. Good luck with the final reviews!
Current count of acceptable entries judged: 103
I believe that I have already judged all remaining entries with fewer than 3 judge evaluations, therefore I should be done with the preliminary round. If there are any left that I missed, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll be waiting for the other judges to finish up.
I'm probably going to be requesting the top 5 as soon as we verify judging is complete.
Please read this article on how to send secure memos.
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@andyluy/how-to-send-private-encrypted-memo-on-steemit-tutorial
I'll give you more information as soon as we get to the next step.
Blessings!
Ok, I'll send a test memo right now to see if I can get it to work as intended.
(EDIT: Test successful -- confirmed by steemd.com)
Yes, your message was received.
Once all judging is completed and verified I will ask for your top 5 entries.
Wow, that is a monumental achievement. Thank you!
We will review the list again tomorrow to see where we stand.
I have read and evaluated all 38 of the entries I took on. I only wish I could've evaluated more. If this content comes around again I hope to pick up far more! I kept the number of entries for myself low but made sure that each article was read at least 3 times before my final scores were locked. This ensured that I, as a judge, didn't miss any details in the entries that I evaluated.
@bycoleman So what time do we reveal the result? I saw this post very late due to there being no notification system on Steemit. Also, do we only reveal our top 3 and that's it? Or do we upload our spreadsheets as well? I think some people might not appreciate that. Let me know your thoughts.
@naufil, that is excellent. We are going to make sure all entries have 3 judges later tonight.
I'm probably going to be requesting the top 5 as soon as we verify judging is complete.
Please read this article on how to send secure memos.
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@andyluy/how-to-send-private-encrypted-memo-on-steemit-tutorial
I'll give you more information as soon as we get to the next step.
Blessings!
We have not heard from @renalexis with her top 5 authors yet, would any of you other judges know how to contact her? Thank you, @irishgirl
Hi. When will the results be announced for this contest?
I missed!!😀😀