Submission Guidelines:
READ THE JUDGING GUIDELINES!! Submit images of 6-8 pieces that take the judging criteria into account, including the creativity and versatility aspects. Feel free to include more than one shot of each to show close-up detail, side views, back views, or any other view that you think would enable a person to make a better judgement of the piece. Please limit these extra shots to no more than 3 per piece. Short, concise descriptions should be submitted with each image, listing wire information, stone selection, etc.

Pay attention to the pictures you are submitting. The camera is like a microscope, it shows off all flaws in the work. Make sure the picture is close enough that people can see if there are flaws or not, or you are likely to rate a "can't tell" instead of a score. Pick pieces that the camera likes rather just pieces that you like. Creativity can not be at the expense of workmanship.

Submit clear/sharp .jpg images that are ready for posting on the web with no further editing required. They should be sized to be no more than 500 pixels tall or 500 pixels wide (ex: not 500 pixels tall and 800 pixels wide)
File size should be in the 20KB to 60KB range. In general, photos will not be shown at greater than 450 pixels on the web site.

Send your email with descriptions and attached files to - jury@WireJewelryArtists.org.


Mechanics:
A web editor will monitor the jury@WireJewelryArtists.org email address for submissions. As submissions are received, the next available number will be assigned and the submission will be posted to the web site. An email will be sent to the jury pool asking them to vote, giving any required instructions, and giving them the email address to return their vote to.

The web editor(s) do not need to make any judgement calls regarding the photos. They can just post them and leave it up to the jury pool to decide if the image quality is too poor to be judged. The web editor(s) do not need to assist applicants with sizing photos for the web, but the can if they choose to do so.

The web editors will keep the coding information private. The name of the applicant will only be made public if the jury applicant is successful.

A vote counter that is not a web editor and does not have access to the coding information will receive and tally the votes and cut/paste the comments into a document to be forwarded to the applicant. At the end of 30 days, the vote will be considered valid if the required number of votes have been received. If there are an insufficient number of votes, the person conducting the tally can, at their discretion, decide whether to solicit additional votes from members that have not yet voted or to declare the vote invalid. Wherever possible, it is preferable to get in the remaining votes – but if the votes simply are not coming in, then the vote can be considered invalid and the member will have to re-submit at a later date.

For valid votes, the results will be forwarded to the web editor, for decoding and notification to the required parties.


Judging Applications:
Judges have 2 choices – return a score or return a “can’t tell” Please see the attached guidelines for judging prior to scoring the entry. When returning your score, please include any comments that you feel may be helpful to the applicant. Including comments is especially important if you return a score of 84 or less - please let the applicant know why, so they have some idea what needs to be improved.

Returning a score of 85 or greater in effect says - “I feel that this artist's work is up to the standards of the Guild I choose to participate in and think they should be allowed to display the guild’s juried logo.”

Returning a score of 84 or less in effect says - “I feel this applicant’s work is still evolving and that the applicant is not ready yet to display the guild's juried logo."

Returning a “Can’t Tell” -
Can Not Tell - Please Ask Artist to Resubmit Their Entry With New Pictures.
If the photos are not detailed enough that you can judge, please select this option and do not give any further consideration. Use this if the images are too small, too blurry, too grainy, too dark, etc. Anytime that you find yourself writing or thinking – from what I can see – select this option.

If 6 or more of the judges return a “can’t tell”, the score will not be tallied and the artist will be asked to resubmit their jury entry.


Tallying the Score: See the attached guidelines document.


Successful Applications:
The applicant will be notified, their name will be added to their jury application, and one of their images will be selected to for addition to the juried members gallery. If a business name and a web site with finished handmade jewelry is in the membership records, they will also be added to the entry in the juried members gallery. (Members without web sites may purchase a page from the guild’s website.) The membership records will be updated to include the juried status and date. The juried member must maintain a business membership to retain their juried status. Information in the membership records can be updated by using the "update membership information" form in the member areas.


Re-submissions:
If an applicant is not successful in their jury attempt, they may resubmit to jury. Jury submissions are limited to 2x per calendar year.

General Guidelines
JUDGING JURY APPLICATIONS
Effective 4/1/05