Omolola1:

So then the nominations are off?

I made the suggestion but no one countered it. If you guys feel we should go ahead with the nominations and final round, then no qualms. I skipped that stage because 50% of the contestants didn't show up.

Right now, Efe and Reepo are of the opinion that we should continue with the nomination stage, so what says you, ishilove and the rest of the judges?

I'm waiting .

repogirl: How many days to we have to upload our analysis? When is the judges deadline? And mazi, I also think we should pick the best five for a final round. Just to be double sure we picked the right person or people.

I concur. Let us prune the fifteen down to five. Then we can be sure we are selecting the best of the best

Mazi_Omenuko:

I made the suggestion but no one countered it. If you guys feel we should go ahead with the nominations and final round, then no qualms. I skipped that stage because 50% of the contestants didn't show up.

Right now, Efe and Reepo are of the opinion that we should continue with the nomination stage, so what says you, ishilove and the rest of the judges?

I'm waiting .

I'm in support of selecting five out of the fifteen...
Let's see what the top five are capable of.

OMA4U: I type the whole story with my phone and uploaded with PC. But I forgot to include the title, and there are some words that change. E.g I wrote 'copulate', it changed to 'reproduce'. And some of the paragraphs were lumped up. I don't know what to do. I tried editing it with phone but it was hanging.

Pls, can I drop the title here?

Thanks. I still could not believe I would make it. I started writing it yesterday, and I submitted some minutes before the deadline.

Glory be to God. Thanks Mazi and others. Judges, I beg you to be merciful with scoring. Na my first writing be this o.

Somebody should please comment on this. I beg the judge to read my story, please. I submitted some minutes to the deadline, and I forgot to include the title.

Here is the deal, we have 15 submissions, we are doing it as planned so from this round we are cutting it to 10, Judges will pick up their preffered work, the 8 people with highest scores will automatically be in second round, the t4 others with avarage scores will write another story which the I and the literature mod will choose from and the 2 from that group will be selected to the next round to make it ten.

IMHO, I feel we cutting it to five is too sudden. Like I told Mazi, why not cut it to 8? Then have those 8 drop another set of short stories.

Then those 8 would be shortened to another 4. These 4 would be the finalists.

Then they would compete for the prize.

This would show which writer has consistency, hard work and passion for writing.

HumbledbYGrace: Here is the deal, we have 15 submissions, we are doing it as planned so from this round we are cutting it to 10, Judges will pick up their preffered work, the 8 people with highest scores will automatically be in second round, the t4 others with avarage scores will write another story which the I and the literature mod will choose from and the 2 from that group will be selected to the next round to make it ten.

What does IMHO mean?

OMA4U:

Somebody should please comment on this. I beg the judge to read my story, please. I submitted some minutes to the deadline, and I forgot to include the title.

harde boss, you cannot, this will teach you to do things in time

Okk then, I guess I have been over-ruled. No qualms. But having a semi-final stage before the final seems a bit over-stressed. I think we should stick to the original plan; select a final 7 (or 5) from the 15 we have now, then the finalist compete for the prices.

Ishilove: What does IMHO mean?

In My Honest Opinion.

HumbledbYGrace: Here is the deal, we have 15 submissions, we are doing it as planned so from this round we are cutting it to 10, Judges will pick up their preffered work, the 8 people with highest scores will automatically be in second round, the t4 others with avarage scores will write another story which the I and the literature mod will choose from and the 2 from that group will be selected to the next round to make it ten.

explain yourself jor. How many stories will enter the final round and i think 10 contestants in final round is way too much.
How many stories will a judge nominate? Cos i don't understand anything out of what you wrote there.

Mazi_Omenuko: Okk then, I guess I have been over-ruled. No qualms. But having a semi-final stage before the final seems a bit over-stressed. I think we should stick to the original plan; select a final 7 (or 5) from the 15 we have now, then the finalist compete for the prices.

i love ds. But the other question remains. How many stories does a judge nominates?

HumbledbYGrace: Here is the deal, we have 15 submissions, we are doing it as planned so from this round we are cutting it to 10, Judges will pick up their preffered work, the 8 people with highest scores will automatically be in second round, the t4 others with avarage scores will write another story which the I and the literature mod will choose from and the 2 from that group will be selected to the next round to make it ten.

Like seriously?
That is too much... How many stories do u want them to write?
I feel going straight to the final round (which should consist of 5 ppl/stories to compete for the price) would save us all our time and energy.

Going through your long process would get boring and tiring. Let's get this over with once and for all. *my 2 centz*

For me I think 5 people will be best, competition will be tight in the last round but 7 is still fine sha. HBG, your suggestion.....i don't quite agree with it. 10 is ten-much.

Damex333: explain yourself jor. How many stories will enter the final round and i think 10 contestants in final round is way too much.
How many stories will a judge nominate? Cos i don't understand anything out of what you wrote there.

Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

The remaining three are out totally!

The selected four will each write another short story.

Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned.

HumbledbYGrace: Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

The remaining three are out totally!

hmmmm, I think this is much ado about nothing much, it sounds tedious.
The selected four will each write another short story.

Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned

I think this is much ado about nothing much, it seems tedious.

HumbledbYGrace: harde boss, you cannot, this will teach you to do things in time

You didn't seem to get me. I submitted last, but I didn't include the title. The modify button is now removed. Can I drop the title here? Pls....

HumbledbYGrace: Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

The remaining three are out totally!

The selected four will each write another short story.

Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned.

It's clear this "stuff" wasn't properly planned. There should have been a back-up plan in case the expected number of stories didn't turn up. You and Mazi aren't even on the same page
Well, I guess it's your call.

HumbledbYGrace: Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

The remaining three are out totally!

The selected four will each write another short story.

Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned.

too tedious madame, abeg the judges should choose d method they want jawe.

I fink I prefer the idea of pruning down to 5/7 and going straight to finals

HumbledbYGrace: Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

The remaining three are out totally!

The selected four will each write another short story.

Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned.

Mbanu. Too long

And the idea of judges picking just one is not good also. Make all me una go talk 4 una private room jor, then come out and make one decision. We dont want a divided kingdom here o.

HumbledbYGrace: Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

The remaining three are out totally!

The selected four will each write another short story.

Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned.

Lmao!!!
You wan kee person? Stop rough play joor?
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All izz well!

HBG.

What you've just outlined below is making a relatively simple and straight forward process unnecessarily complicated.

HumbledbYGrace: Every Judge chooses 1 story from the 15 stories we have- clear?

What do you mean 'choose' and why just one story?

HumbledbYGrace: 8 people with highest scores automatically makes it to the finals.

From the 7 left out, we choose 4, with the highest score.

8 + 4 = 12. So you're telling us that out of the original 15 contestants who submitted their works, 12 should be taken to the next round??!!

HumbledbYGrace: The remaining three are out totally!

The selected four will each write another short story.

Sorry, this sounds like favouritism here. If we the judges take the time (from our busy schedules) and (painstaking) effort to narrow down the best writers based on our (transparent) criteria, then tell me - what criteria will you be using to select those other 4 contestants??

HumbledbYGrace: Then the public will vote for their best story from those four stories, the 2 with the highest votes will make it to the final round, join the 8, to make it ten, then we do the proper final round as planned.

~ The 'public' will vote for their best story of the 4 sub-standard / average submissions. Does that sound fair to you? Do you not think you're undermining the judges efforts here?

~ Then the 2 'average' stories will be on par with the 8 higher standard ones - that's what you're saying here, yes? Do you think it's fair on the 8 contestants who probably put the time, effort and their heart and soul to get them to that stage in the first place? You want to put them up with people who couldn't even be bothered to do their due diligence before clicking on the submission button!

~ 10 is just too many ma'am. And if you don't mind my asking, what exactly does this final round entail?

OMA4U:

You didn't seem to get me. I submitted last, but I didn't include the title. The modify button is now removed. Can I drop the title here? Pls....

Your work will be judged based on your original submission. You are not allowed to make any edits after submission. The onus is on you, the writer, to proof-read your work several times before submission.

On a lighter note, look at it this way: when you sit for an examination and then submit your paper, do you then go back to the examiner to collect your script because you forgot to title your paper?

Just a suggestion:.
There are 15 stories and we have 8 judges..

Each judge should pick his or her top5 stories,top 7 or how many finalists they want in the final round..
After that,mazi or whoever will pick those with the highest nominations to go to the finale..
If there is a tie btw two or more than two contestants,the 8 judges will cast their vote again.
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All izz well!

Time for my own contribution.

7 is enough for the final round as stated by the original masterplan. Whatever HBG is saying does not matter. We are working with what was given.

HBG, you don't create things out of nothingness. Each of us read the rules before the competition started proper. The 7 out of the 15 shall qualify where they will contest for the final price.

Mazi... We both know not everybody will submit their stories in the first place so let's stick to plan.

Ehm... Giving an outright winner is injustice as I believe some writers kept their A-game for later.


HBG... Control yourself...

To me HBG is sounding like a dictatorship

Efemena_xy:

Your work will be judged based on your original submission. You are not allowed to make any edits after submission. The onus is on you, the writer, to proof-read your work several times before submission.

On a lighter note, look at it this way: when you sit for an examination and then submit your paper, do you then go back to the examiner to collect your script because you forgot to title your paper?

Alright, thanks. I won't bother about that anymore. But what matter to me now is the analysis and criticism of the judges to know where I get it wrong, and to improve.

Thanks.

Case closed.