PROBE BULLETIN CONTEST
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Score sheet

District                                                       Year                       TOTAL SCORE                        
Bulletin
Editor(s)
Judge
Issues                       |                       |            
Chapter
Tel.No.(optional)
Address

INSTRUCTIONS TO JUDGES
In this category you are judging the "arrangement of the bulletin, the mechanics of writing that require certain standards.
Of the 2,000 points in the three categories, 600 points has been allocated to the Grammar & Style (G&S) Category. Each issue accounts for 200 of the 600 points. 		The category is scored by deducting points for errors; however, some bulletin content cannot be evaluated according to the criteria for Grammar & Style. Therefore, the following non-writing features of a bulletin are not to be judged.
nameplate
line art/illustrations
photographs (but not captions)
"filler" slogans, mottos 		cartoons
guest/membership lists
officer lists
directory changes 		birthday/anniversary lists
contest scores
tags/musical notation
advertisements 		mailer/address block
promotional materials
"white" space
borrowed material that has been pasted in without being reformatted or edited
JUDGING PROCEDURES
  1. Mark out all material to be excluded from judging because of non-writing features. Estimate the amount of material left on each page after material not to be judged is excluded, for example, 60% for a particular page. Add the fractions of pages to determine the total number of judgeable pages. Evaluate all the remaining copy according to the standards and practices associated with each of the three sub-categories; punctuation, grammar, and style. Use the tally sheet (next page) to record accumulated point deductions.
  2. Enter in the appropriate blanks of the Scoring Summary (below) the total points deducted for each sub-category.
  1. After totaling the pointdeductions from all three categories, for a single-issue contest, subtract the total points deducted from 200 and insert the difference in the Total Score box in the upper-right corner of this page. For a three-issue-contest, add the point deductions from all three issues, subtract the sum from 600 points, and insert the difference in the Total Score box.
  2. Most importantly, prepare a positive and enthusiastic critique (your "A&R" session). Note the bulletin's strengths as well as major areas in need of improvement. Whenever possible, refer the editor to the appropriate pages of the PROBE Style Manual.

SCORING SUMMARY for three judged issues

____  ____  ____   Punctuation points deducted
____  ____  ____   Grammar points deducted
____  ____  ____   Style points deducted

____  ____  ____   Total points deducted

____  ____  ____   Judgeable pages
____  ____  ____   GS index (total points deducted/judgeable pages)




                                                                                                                                         
Judge's signature                                                         Date

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