To judge entries, you should have substantial experience in technical communication. You are committing to a process that entails at least 40 hours of work, including ongoing interaction with other members of your judging team. Your work product will be written critiques of the entries you judge. In addition, your team will submit consensus award recommendations for all of your entries.
Plan to attend the meetings specified in this year’s calendar.
- The first judging meeting is approximately a half day in Berkeley. You will receive your entries, meet your teammates, and receive guidance on how to carry out your judging.
- Each judging team should meet at least once before the final judging meeting to agree on their award recommendations.
- At least one member of each judging team should attend the final judging meeting to present your team’s entries and explain your team’s award recommendations.
Judging benefits you professionally in many ways, but there is an added benefit. We will have a drawing for $250.00 toward next year’s STC membership. We will enter judges who successfully complete their assigned tasks in the drawing.
To volunteer to judge, download the application form for judging (a Microsoft Word file), fill it out, and email the completed form to this address with the subject STC Competition Judge.
There are also downloads for judges to use.
Welcome to Touchstone – 2024-25 Touchstone – About Touchstone – Call for Entries – Volunteer to Judge – Prior Winners