Debate Time

Honorable Mentions

Should GWN give Honorable Mention awards (for the Pokémon contest)?

Remember, the Pokémon contest is still going on. You may submit 1 Pokémon drawing, several drawings, or a poster. Please see the details below.

30 drawings were already submitted this week! GWN thinks it isn't fair for only 3 pictures to win, but we aren't sure if we should have honorable mentions either. Do YOU think there should be honorable mentions? Every vote counts, because majority is the decision. If you do want to have honorable mentions, please also say how many there should be! The average of all votes will be given.

More About the Contest

Judging: You will be judged on three main areas –

• Creativity: 50% - We will see how unique and stylish your drawing ideas are, from a scale of 1-10, 10 being the best.
• Looks: 50% – How good your drawing is counts too. This is judged by the scale of 1-10 too.
• Difficulty: bonus – The harder the drawing, the better. Difficulty (also judged by the 1-10 scale) acts as bonus points. See how the scores are calculated below.

To get your score, each judge adds up all the points: creativity, looks, and difficulty. They then divide the score by 2 because the difficulty points are bonus points. GWN finds the average of all the judges scores to get your final scores.
For this contest, these are our wonderful judges:

• Diane Zhou: Our main GWN editor! She will always be judging contests for us.
• Amanda Chang Our other main GWN editor! She will always be judging contests for us too.
• Nicole Tong A formal GWN reader. She took on a GWN employee positions and doesn't want to participate in this contest, so she will be judging.
• Shudong Zhou Diane's dad! Why are all the judges girls? Won't the girls totally win? Maybe not, because Diane's dad is fair and square.

Prizes:
If our readers decide to have Honorable Mention (HM) awards, winners and HM awarders get one more ticket. Normally, 1st place gets 3 tickets, 2nd place 2, and 3rd place 1. Everyone who participates (including winners) get another ticket!
Remember, the deadline for entries is June 1st. Good luck again, and good job to those who submitted an entry already! Please write your name, age, grade, and name(s) of Pokémon(s). You may wish to give your picture a title too. Thank you! (Emailed entries must be scanned).