Story contect: public vote or panel of (elected?) judges?

[MarkG]

ok, lets get this over with

for our stories contests, would you like the stories being judged

a) a public vote
b) a panel of selected(one way or the other(elected for exaple) judges?

[marcuspeddle]

Mark,

Vavonsim suggested this in another thread. Is this an okay compromise? If so, I will edit the rules I posted before when I come back on Monday. This weekend I won't have access to a computer.

I just looked at the "panel of judges vs. vote" poll. Seems like it is 50% vs. 50%. So how about this:
The jundges choose 5 stories they think are the best. Then they make a poll and the users choose the best story. This takes care of these problems:

-The polls are not too long - not all stories are included.
-Easier to read.
-Faster to grade.

[Rommel393]

Originally posted by Anatolia
Mark,

Vavonsim suggested this in another thread. Is this an okay compromise? If so, I will edit the rules I posted before when I come back on Monday. This weekend I won't have access to a computer.

Agreed