Hi, everybody! Thanks so much for all your interest and inquiries over the last few months, and thank you especially to everyone who has already submitted!
Submissions close just a minute before midnight tonight in your timezone. (What could be spookier than a shifting deadline, huh?? Happy Halloween... !) UTC-12. Turns out the truly spooky thing is not understanding how a website's timekeeping works... ! Because of my mix-up in this announcement, submissions will now close at 23:59 October 31st, 2022 in the UTC-12 timezone, which is 12:59 November 1st, 2022 in UTC+1. You can check what time this is in your own timezone on this website -- just use "Baker Island" as one of your locations. This is the last place on Earth from which someone could submit a piece (though it seems this particular island is uninhabited). Should you be forced to miss this window for whatever reason and still wish to submit something, please get in touch at critcreaphil [at] gmail [dot] com and we'll see what we can do. That goes for all other concerns and questions, too!
Public voting for submissions will begin one week from today on Nov. 7th, 2022. You will have until the end of November to vote for your favorite piece. I encourage you all to (at the very least) leave a comment on the work you vote for explaining your choice, but you're all more than welcome to comment on everyone's pieces to your heart's content. It'd be really wonderful if we got some positive, constructive discussions going! As a member of the evaluation panel, I (Carlota) cannot leave comments on your projects during this time, but I will do so once the competition is over. You'll all be sure to get at least one comment from someone who's spent some time with your piece. :)
Only those who have submitted to the jam will be given permission to vote, but everyone is welcome to leave comments. We'll give submitters a special "judge" title by Nov. 7th that will let them vote. Please leave a comment on this topic if you have any trouble using this feature once it's in effect.
Prior to the start of the public voting period, the panel will take a preliminary look through all submissions to make sure they fit the competition prompt and don't break any rules. Should your submission be disqualified at this stage, we will let you know before Nov. 7th.
That's it, everybody! Thanks as always for reading.