Judging/Coordinator Application
EPIC has an obligation to protect the corporation, the EPIC Award Contest, and the judges of that contest. All information provided on this form will remain confidential, used only by the EPIC Award Chair, at her/his discretion.
EPIC Awards Judges are authors or industry professionals. At least one EPIC member MUST be included on each panel. There are two rounds of judging:
The FIRST ROUND will be an accrual of scores from three judges, with the top FIVE highest scores moving to the FINALIST ROUND.
The FINALIST ROUND will be a rating of the finalist entries from highest to lowest (5 being highest, 1 being lowest).
ONLY judges who participated in the FIRST Round will be eligible for participation in the FINALIST ROUND. Guest judges, all of whom are either published authors or industry professionals, are used ONLY as deemed necessary by the EPIC Award Committee/Chair.
Judging schedule:
FIRST ROUND Judging Entries go out |
October 6th through 10th,2008 |
If you are unable to judge any entry you must notify your Category Coordinator BEFORE October 15th |
FIRST ROUND SCORES must be received by |
November 22nd |
FINAL ROUND Judging Entries go out |
November 28th through December 2nd |
FINAL ROUND Judging starts |
December 3th through December 22nd, 2008 |
FINAL SCORES must be received by |
December 24th |
The contact information you provide will be seen ONLY by EPIC Chairs/Presidents. This information will be used to verify that you are eligible to judge or to contact you with specific details regarding this contest.
Please return the completed information to Debi Sullivan at epic.chair@gmail.com
Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Please double-click on check boxes to mark your seletion(s).
Judge’s Contact Information |
Judge’s LEGAL Name: |
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Judge’s Pen Name, if different: |
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EPIC Member: |
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Guest/Invited Judge: |
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If Yes, enter name of person who issued the invitation: |
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Primary E-Mail Address: |
Alternate E-Mail Address: |
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Complete mailing address, City (Providence), State (Country), ZIP:
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Phone Number |
Click here to enter telephone number |
Judge’s Qualifications |
CHECK ALL THAT APPLY: |
Published Author |
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If Yes, do you plan to submit an entry to the EPIC Awards contest this year? |
Yes No |
If Yes, enter category, title, and publishing house for each entry in the space below:
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Editor |
Yes No |
If yes, list all publishing houses and authors with whom you are affiliated in the space below:
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Publisher |
Yes No |
If yes, list all publishing houses with whom you are affiliated in the space below:
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BASIC RULES |
NOTE: Submitting this application certifies that you have read, understood and will comply with the following basic rules. If you have any reservations regarding them, contact the EPIC Award Chair before submitting. |
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Violators will be banned from future judging/coordinating, and could result in disqualification of the violator’s submission(s) depending on the nature of the violation and the degree of contest compromise. |
CATEGORY SELECTION |
Place a check mark in each category you are willing to judge. Your preferences will be considered during judge assignment; however, DO NOT select any category in which you have a submission (see basic rules above). In addition, if you have any reservations about reading material containing explicit sex, do not select any categories that may contain such material. Erotic categories are coded in red below; however, any romance books may contain a degree of explicit material. Please review the full category descriptions on the EPIC website if you are in doubt as to the content of any category. |
DO NOT forget to list the number of entries you are willing to judge (NOTE: Minimum number is five. If you cannot judge five entries due to outside circumstances, you will used as an alternate in whatever category where required.) Click here to enter number of entries |
As a 1st Round Judge, you will be required to:
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As a FINALIST Round Judge, you will required to:
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CATEGORY COORDINATOR |
Are you interested in serving as a Category Coordinator? |
Judge Coordinators must agree to participate in both judging rounds of EPIC’s annual EPIC Award Contest to maintain continuity. They will report directly to EPIC’s EPIC Award Contest Judging Coordinator, Will Wilcox.
As an EPIC Award Judge Coordinator, you will be required to:
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Thank you for your interest and application.
Debi Sullivan, EPIC’s EPIC Award Contest Chairperson
Christopher ‘Will’ Wilcox, EPIC’s EPIC Award Contest Judging Coordinator