Information for Judges
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Monday, 10 September 2018 |
Competition Entrants | Opening of the WDCB 2018-2019 Technical Communication Competition.
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From 10 September to 10 November 2018 |
Entries Manager | The Entries Manager verifies that all entries have followed the guidelines and have the correct payment attached. The Entries Manager adds each entry into the entries database.
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Saturday, 10 November 2018 |
Competition Entrants | Deadline for entries Entries must be received by 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (U.S.).
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Monday, 26 November 2018. |
Judge Applicants | Deadline for Judge Applications Applicatiions must be received by 7:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (U.S.).
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| Saturday, 1 December 2018 |
Judging Manager, Lead Judges, Team Judges, Entries Manager, Competition Manager | Entries Pick-Up and Judges' Training meeting: The first Judges Meeting is held to hand over the entries and judging materials. All judges meet and discuss the guidelines for judging. Lead Judges distribute entries and judging materials to their Team Judges. All entries are judged by the individual judges during the time between this meeting and the consensus meeting.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Location: Arlington Central Library
Large Auditorium 1015 N Quincy St Arlington VA 22201 Voice: 703-228-5990 URL: https://library.arlingtonva.us/locations/central-library/?doing_wp_cron=1386138572.6000089645385742187500 Map and Directions: Directions to the Arlington Central Library. Parking: Parking is free on weekends and the library is walking distance from two Metro stations on the Orange line. Virginia Square station is 0.19 miles away and Ballston station is 0.25 miles away. Central Library has a 5-Minute Drop Off area in front of the Library on North Quincy St. Free 2-hour parking is available in the parking garage and surface lots near Central Library. Library patrons can request an extended parking pass from the Reference Desk. Parking passes are not necessary on the weekends. Metrorail: Balston-MU on the Orange and Silver lines Virginia Square on the Orange and Silver lines (For all Metro stations, see the Metrorail Stations page. For a map of the station and surrounding neighborhood, click on the PDF in the Entrances / Evacuation Maps box. For the full Metro system of lines, see the Metrorail map.) Remote judges can attend the training using our JoinMe account. Note: .JoinMe only works in Firefox or Google Chrome. It works best in Google Chrome. Enter the following into the URL box in your browser: JoinMe also works on iPhone®, iPad®, and Android devices. Download from the Apple App Store, Amazon.com, or get it on Google Play. Contacts: Ann Ray, Judging Manager Tavia Record, Competition Manager |
| Saturday, 12 January 2019 |
Lead Judges and Team Judges | Consensus Meeting: Judges discuss their comments with their team members to determine the final ratings of each entry (Distinguished, Excellence, Merit, or no award). Lead Judges and Team Judges then choose the Best of Category for each of their categories.
Time: 11 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. Location: Silver Spring Civic Building at Veterans Plaza
Colesville Room, Second Floor One Veterans Place Silver Spring, MD 20910. Note: The address to use in your Maps app or GPS device is 8525 Fenton Street Silver Spring, MD 20910. Free parking on weekends is available at Town Square Garage (801 Ellsworth Dr) and Wayne-Ellsworth Garage (921 Wayne Ave). See https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/CUPF/Resources/Files/SSCB-Parking.pdf for a parking map. Contact: Ann Ray, Judging Manager |
| Saturday, 12 January 2019 |
Best of Show Judges | Best of Show: Best of Show Judges determine the Best of Show for the entire competition.
Time: 1:30 pm — 3:00 pm |
| (date to be announced) 2019 | All judges, competition committee, winners, and guests | Awards Celebration for all judges, competition committee, winners, and guests. Awards Celebration event details will be posted on the WDCB Events & News website
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location: address to be provided
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If you'd like to participate in judging the competition, complete the Judging Application form, or contact the Judging Manager, with a message describing your experience in using or producing technical publications, judging or participating in other technical communication competitions, and your available computer resources.
E-mail: Judging Manager, Ann Ray, at email hidden; JavaScript is required
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