mandapanda96

IMPORTANT 
          	
          	This may be hard to understand, since we are expecting judging to happen soon. 
          	
          	The awards may be postponed until at least December at this rate, that's when I'll have holidays. 
          	
          	Feel free to unfollow if you've followed and if you think it's too long of a wait. I am not in any way asking you to be okay about this but just wanting to reflect and explain. I am going to be doing five courses this semester in graduate school on top of student helper with editing an anthology and some workshops as well as teaching/tutoring. 
          	
          	I had to step back this morning as I was reflecting on workload and the feasibility of doing these awards. And so I came to this decision. 
          	
          	The workload is heavy as there are seven genres eligible at the moment,  but only three judges, which means we judges have to read at least 50 chapters of each genre (5 entries multiplied by ten chapters) and that would mean (for example if I'm judging romance: 12 x 10 = 120 chapters to be read and judged for romance category) and we are not talking about binge reading, we would be carefully reading and giving scores/reviews. I wouldn't mind doing this, if school wasn't starting beginning of September  then I would totally try. I don't want to pile workload on top of the judges unless they are sure they can handle it too. 
          	
          	I’m sorry for starting this up again when I wouldn’t be able to handle finishing by myself. I hope you would understand how much workload there is with only three judges and seven+ categories. If you have any suggestions on how we can handle this situation let me know. I am open to passing the awards torch to someone who is capable of hosting and organizing judges etc. 
          	
          	Thanks everyone especially everyone who entered and wanted to give the awards a shot. 

CrysTravel2019

@mandapanda96 if you want I can help you judge. How about this instead of reading all chapters of all books maybe read between 5 to 10 chapters to get an idea of the grammar, plot, characters and score them
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KayLee_Oblivious

No need to apologize,don‘t stress yourself about it:)
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BellOfSilence

@mandapanda96 I agree with the previous speakers. There is no need to apologise when something like this comes up! An award is a lot of work. In any case, I wish you a lot of success!
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misfitlee

Hey there!
          
          I'm the host for The Misfits Awards. Just wanted to inform you that I'll be starting the Misfits Community right after we draw the curtains on the awards. 
          
          If you'd like to know more about this initiative and hopefully join, kindly slide into my DM. I'd be happy to provide answers to your questions there. 
          
          Regards,
          Kek.

CrysTravel2019

mandapanda96

IMPORTANT 
          
          This may be hard to understand, since we are expecting judging to happen soon. 
          
          The awards may be postponed until at least December at this rate, that's when I'll have holidays. 
          
          Feel free to unfollow if you've followed and if you think it's too long of a wait. I am not in any way asking you to be okay about this but just wanting to reflect and explain. I am going to be doing five courses this semester in graduate school on top of student helper with editing an anthology and some workshops as well as teaching/tutoring. 
          
          I had to step back this morning as I was reflecting on workload and the feasibility of doing these awards. And so I came to this decision. 
          
          The workload is heavy as there are seven genres eligible at the moment,  but only three judges, which means we judges have to read at least 50 chapters of each genre (5 entries multiplied by ten chapters) and that would mean (for example if I'm judging romance: 12 x 10 = 120 chapters to be read and judged for romance category) and we are not talking about binge reading, we would be carefully reading and giving scores/reviews. I wouldn't mind doing this, if school wasn't starting beginning of September  then I would totally try. I don't want to pile workload on top of the judges unless they are sure they can handle it too. 
          
          I’m sorry for starting this up again when I wouldn’t be able to handle finishing by myself. I hope you would understand how much workload there is with only three judges and seven+ categories. If you have any suggestions on how we can handle this situation let me know. I am open to passing the awards torch to someone who is capable of hosting and organizing judges etc. 
          
          Thanks everyone especially everyone who entered and wanted to give the awards a shot. 

CrysTravel2019

@mandapanda96 if you want I can help you judge. How about this instead of reading all chapters of all books maybe read between 5 to 10 chapters to get an idea of the grammar, plot, characters and score them
Reply

KayLee_Oblivious

No need to apologize,don‘t stress yourself about it:)
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BellOfSilence

@mandapanda96 I agree with the previous speakers. There is no need to apologise when something like this comes up! An award is a lot of work. In any case, I wish you a lot of success!
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CrysTravel2019

Hello are you still accepting entries for the simple awards?

mandapanda96

Hello, yes I am! I’ve been having a bit of trouble with my laptop being slow so it’s harder to multitask and write down who entered what at the same time as responding to entries. Please give me a bit of time to sort that out! 
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mandapanda96

Hi everyone,
          
          Apologies for the late responses to new entries for the Simple Awards, it’s my birthday weekend so wanted to step away from Wattpad for a bit. I will start replying to entrants tomorrow (about 12 hours later) thanks everyone for your patience!

BellOfSilence

@mandapanda96  Ohhhh Happy belated birthday!!!! :)
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mandapanda96

@phoenixanthem Haha, you're fine! Thank you so much!
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jwells1213

mandapanda96

@jwells1213 Thank you for sending these reviews! I will private message you with further details.
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mandapanda96

So I entered the Wattys for the first time in ages!!!! AHHHHHHH hahaha I spent the past week prepping this story baby and I finally entered the story! Yay!  Let's see how the results go! Being annoying and announcing this because I am excited hahaha <3 hope it inspires some of you to keep writing! You have a voice that needs to be heard!