High School Student Newspaper Conference - Writing for the Arts (Reviews) Criteria

QUALITY OF LEAD - Concise, effective use of language, appropriate emphasis

SENSE OF VOICE - Finding and exerting one's writing voice in an opinion piece

GENERAL MECHANICS AND STYLE - Grammar, spelling

QUALITY OF WRITING - Vocabulary, clarity, thoroughness

ORIGINALITY/CAPTURES INTEREST - News judgment, color/character

OVERALL RATING