Ha, of course I already sent Brandiwyn🎶 a message about helping in any way I could, which is probably what I did last year with spreadsheets and all - thanks to Annette and Jay's debut novel is out now! for making me wonder if I ought to get [professional] help.

Anyway, the list for volunteering begins with judges for each contest round - 4 contest rounds means 8 judges.

With Jay's debut novel is out now! , Brandiwyn🎶 and me, that would make a good start for no one completely losing brain function trying to keep up for the first week until we get into the hang of it, but if another volunteer would still be appreciated.

We also added lovely fun stuff like unblocks and query letter reviews and sprinters (another spreadsheet!), which all need volunteers. For query letter reviews and unblocks, it is very much appreciated to add in limits for your own time - maybe you think you could only do one in-depth review for a query letter. I think most of the unblocks went unused last year, but everyone made a great effort to jump in when someone got blocked. Pretty awesome!

If you have any other specific ideas on how you would like to contribute to the Prep that are not listed (because I often forget things until after I hit submit), feel free to add them. {e:maniacal_laughter} I might even be able to update the forum to show what everyone volunteers for.

Thank you! All contributions are very much appreciated!