Hello everyone,

I'm here on behalf of the mod team, specifically those responsible for the planning and execution of the official PMC Blog Contests. As these contests have progressed through time, we've noticed a sharp decline in entries (moreso than other areas) and wondered what some concerns were that members had.

In this thread, feel free to give us any input you have on how we could improve our official blogging contests. This isn't really for suggesting themes, but if you have a brilliant idea you'd like to share (please keep it to MC and not PMC), you're more than welcome.

There are some ideas in the works at the moment for improving the quality of the contests, such as:

• Word limits to assist in faster judging and more balanced submissions
  
• Clarified judging criteria to allow entrants to better understand their strengths and weaknesses
  
• More member judges
  

We're looking forward to seeing what you have to say! If you have any questions, you're more than welcome to ask. You're also welcome to comment on our current ideas.