Recognizing Excellence
We have our Wave 2 Vanguard Award selection and token (!!!) to announce and a reminder that the Judge Foundry Exemplar Program Wave 3 submission window closes on 30 June at Midnight your local time! If you haven’t submitted your recognitions yet, now is the time to log in and highlight the incredible work your […]
Guess who’s back, back again. Exemplar’s back. Tell a friend. Wave 3 of the Judge Foundry Exemplar Program has arrived. It will open on Monday, April 6th and will close Tuesday, June 30th at midnight PST. East Coast folks have a little bit of spill over into the next day, but if you are done by midnight […]
We hope everyone had Happy Holidays and wish an excellent ending to the year. 2026 is looking to be a year of change, and the contributions of Judges will help ensure opportunities to excel. Look on JudgeApps here to read about all the incredible achievements and contributions your peers have made at home, at events, online, […]
Howdy all, In this update for the Exemplar program, we want to highlight three things: a reminder, a change, and an example. The first is a reminder that the deadline for Exemplar Recognitions is Monday December 8th. As long as the recognitions are written by Midnight PST on December 8th, you are fine. You can submit […]
Hello all, our first Judge Foundry Exemplar Wave is published and available for your reading pleasure. Look on JudgeApps here to read about all the incredible achievements and contributions your peers have made at home, at events, online, or in their community. While there, you can also read use the search tool to see all the awesome things […]
Prior to 2020, the Exemplar Program served as a platform for publicly recognizing the outstanding contributions of Judges within the community. Participants could visit JudgeApps to compose brief commendations detailing the exceptional work of their peers. Once the nomination period—referred to as Waves—concluded, the recipients were notified and celebrated for their achievements. It was one […]
Exemplars first wave under Judge Foundry is open and accepting recognitions. This wave will close on August 18th. All certified Judge Foundry members can both make and receive recognitions. If you are already familiar with the Exemplar recognition process, you can jump directly to https://apps.magicjudges.org/recognitions/ and start telling folks how they made a difference to […]
Hello all, One of Judge Foundry’s core tenets is “Give judges a sense of pride, ownership and community that inspires them to invest in their peers and in their work”, to support that ideal we are happy to announce a new iteration of the Exemplar Program. For many of you, this may be the first […]
Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, Orlando FL, USA Hi Everybody! If you haven’t already read the announcements from Wizards of the Coast, Judge Academy, or the PCs, go ahead and do that now. You are going to need that context for this blog post to make sense. The announcement of the new Judge Academy […]
Written by Bryan Prillaman Level 3, Orlando FL, USA Hello all, The Spring 2019 Exemplar Wave (Wave #17) is published and available for your perusal. The Wave 17 review is complete and the nominations are posted on Judgeapps! You can see nominations you gave and received here or use the search tool to see all […]