Judging Procedures Overview Wednesday is the day that all judging interviews are conducted and all official scoring, processing of scoring information and determination of winners takes place. The Grand Awards judging day is divided into an open period in the morning and three judging sessions in the afternoon and evening. Once a Grand Awards judge has registered, the morning period is taken up with a Category meeting, roll call to determine final attendance and a short additional period to look at projects.
Lunch is the final part of the open period.
The actual judging process is divided into three judging sessions with Grand Awards judges' scheduled interviews taking place in the first and second sessions. The first judging session begins immediately after lunch and contains the interview periods 1-9. There is a short break and the second judging session begins. It contains the interview periods 10-17. At the conclusion of this session, all of the scheduled interviews will have been completed and both the judges and the finalists take their dinner break.