~EscapeFromNevara (https://www.deviantart.com/escapefromnevara)
Because inquiring minds (read: contestants) might be interested, I thought I'd offer everyone a glimpse of how I'm going about judging the entries for EscapeFromNevara (https://www.deviantart.com/escapefromnevara). Because I'm a shameless geek, I decided to explain it in terms of a nifty little acronym that doubles as a sickeningly bad pun. In short, if you're a contestant, I'm looking for what your entry HAS. Wtf is that?
1. Heart
2. Art
3. Story
Each of these can be broken down into component parts--lots of them. Probably too many to list, so the explanation below will by no means be exhaustive. Still, I think it is pretty thorough, so