How are the rankings calculated?
* Submissions are ranked against other uploads of the same submission type (Short films are ranked against other short films, screenplays against other screenplays, short stories against other short stories, and books against other books) * The rankings are calculated nightly using a Bayesian estimation. * New reviews won’t affect the ranking of a submission until the nightly calculation is run. * The amount of times a submission has been viewed, read, or downloaded has no effect on the rankings. * Screenplays and Short Stories need a minimum of three Assignment reviews to appear in the rankings. A screenplay will be marked as ‘pending’ until it receives 3 or more Assignment reviews. NOTE: Only Short Films in competition are ranked. Short Films not in competition are reviewed and voted on by the community for possible consideration in the next and future festival competition. Also, Books and Plays are currently not ranked, as they are still very new sections and do not yet have the num
