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Old 07-03-2008, 03:09 PM
Kaitlin Kaitlin is offline
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Default Re: Tutorial Contest ~ $1500 in prizes ~ Welcome

PatP, SVD, and gravertom--
Although there is nothing specific preventing one from entering a related/non-engraving tutorial (other than the general forum policies, of course) keep in mind that the best tutorials will be those that are applicable to the community as a whole. Some members are professionals, some are amateurs, some are hobbyists. Writing a tutorial on Ebay or photography may only appeal to a certain niche. Therefore your best bet, imo, would be to stick with the common denominator--actual engraving.


SVD and gravertom--
In the interest of equality, I do think it would be best that all entries, even "baseline" projects for the Most Improved category, to have been started after the contest began. This is not just to give the beginning-beginners a fair shot, but also to give the judges a consistent format to judge. Improvement is not necessarily a more polished product, but could conceivably be an improvement somewhere in your process. Maybe one was able to churn out something of equal quality in half the time, or even attempted the exact same project a second time with a different method. In order to see your improvement, everyone would want to see your concept, your thought process, even in the first piece.


Chris--
A possible problem with staggering the deadlines is that a person could, in theory, be in the running for more than one category. Ending a project in time for the Most Informative deadline, only to find that it would have won Most Outstanding had you put the extra weeks in, I think would not be a happy situation :(

On that note, however, Dad points out that if we'd like to extend the deadline, that it only makes sense to reward the winners proportionally for the extra work put in. If we make the contest 8 weeks (deadline on Aug. 29th), winners will receive $600 towards a Classic/PalmControl/Upgrade to PC, and if we'd like 10 weeks (Sept. 12th) prizes will be $700. 8 or 10 weeks sound good? Or stay at 6 weeks and $500?
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