Judging poetry category
I was given the 11-14 poetry to shortlist for the judges. It was a fun and a good experience to see how the behind the scenes judging process works. There was so much amazing work that made it extremely difficult to pick 50 to move forward.
Judging day (in person)
After the internal shortlisting the judges saw the work and gave them rankings, this converted into points to fairly count all the judges rankings. We had an in person judging day to make the choices that were tied, as a final round to cement the placements. It was interesting to see the decisions that took place and how judges fought for the pieces they really liked.
Month of the military child entries
With the International competition over and the start of April, I was in charge of the entries for the Month of the Military Child. This competition is less popular than the international competition and is only open to entries from Britain, so the entries weren’t overwhelming.
I have now finished the entries and the competition is currently being judged.
Working on SIP
I have also been working on my SIP at the same time, more about that in the SIP section.
Winners socials and MP letters
For the international competition I have been working on making the social media posts to announce and introduce the winners who want to be featured on the Instagram and Facebook.
Also getting the letters to MP’s for UK winners ready, that way they can get a congratulatory letter from their MP and maybe a certificate ceremony.
More grants
I have also been working on finding and applying to more grants for the charity.
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