Criteria for judging all genres except
poetry:

Title: 15%

Cover: 10%

Blurb/Description: 10%

Characters: 25%

Originality/Creativity: 10%

Writing Style: 30%

TOTAL - 100%

Criteria for judging POETRY:

Creativity/Style and Originality: 30%

Rhyme Scheme: 15%

Clarity of imagery and language: 15%

Tone and Voice of the poem: 20%

Coherence of form and structure: 20%

TOTAL - 100%