Dear CH,
You may already know this, but when it comes time for final rankings, designers appreciate when you choose the top three CONCEPTS (as opposed to variations of the same design) the gold, silver and bronze. If you want to rank two different concepts by the same designer in the top three, that's fine.
Also, rank as many entries as possible, because designers get points added to their overall site standing for each blue ribbon they get. This is how points are distributed:
1st place - 50 points
2nd place - 20 points
3rd place - 10 points
4-6th place - 5 points
7-10 place - 3 points
After that, each ranked entry gets one point for the designer. Nobody will be insulted by being ranked last, the points are still good! So if you pull some entries out of the "Not Interested" group and give them a rank, the designer gets some benefit from entering your contest.
Hope that's helpful, lots of contest holders don't realize this and most are glad to know.
Memo originated by SpeedLogo
LT Moderator