Hello Judges! Lots of people have been excited for us to share the changes we’re making with Magic judge regions. Today we are revealing our international changes. Updated USA regions will be revealed a little later this year. Country Changes Very few changes have been made to which countries belong to which regions. For socio-political […]
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End of 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
Hello Judges! At the start of November we made our big announcement about upcoming changes going into 2023, so we didn’t do much of a monthly wrap-up. Now seems like a perfect time to talk about both November and December and ALSO more developments on the changes we’re making going into 2023. You all like […]
Membership Renewal Payments in Fall/Winter 2022
Hello judges! It’s getting close to membership renewal time for a lot of you. I thought it might be a good idea to provide some instructions and answer a few questions to help you all get your accounts sorted. How to Renew Your Membership On judgeacademy.com go to your profile. Click the Account Details tab. […]
Conference Sponsorship Updates for 2023
Hey y’all If we haven’t met, I’m Eric Dustin Brown, a level 3 judge from Seattle and Judge Academy’s Strategy Champion (Which is a really cool title Samma gave me because I like spreadsheets). Recently I have taken on the responsibility of approving sponsorship applications for judge conferences, which includes oversight of the kinds of […]
Magic 30 Wrap-Up: Looking Forward to 2023
Hello Magic judges! 2022 has been a year of so many changes and a whole lot of growth for the judge community. The Judge Academy team had a blast at Magic 30 in Las Vegas, and now that we’ve settled in after the event, we want to share some announcements about program changes for 2023. […]
October 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
It’s October, friends! Spooky season is upon us! If you have a Magic-themed Halloween costume planned, please send us pictures. (Field Creeper by artist Anthony Palumbo is Samma’s favorite spooky Magic art!) EoY Conference Sponsorship Thank you all for the influx of wonderful sponsorship applications for 2022 End of Year Celebration conferences! Acceptances have just […]
September 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
Happy September everyone! The revamped conference sponsorship application and information page are now live. We appreciate everyone’s questions and feedback regarding the new conference processes, and we will keep making improvements as we go. While we’re on the topic of conferences, the 2022 End of Year Celebration conference sponsorship application is now up on the […]
August 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
Hey, all! August News and Updates are below! July sure flew by! The Judge Academy team has been working hard on updating out-of-date educational content as well as reorganizing the conference application system for faster turnaround time on approvals and sponsorship package mailing. More on that in a bit! Samma will be traveling this week, […]
July 2022 Judge Academy News and Updates
Hey, all! July News and Updates are below! Nicolette has begun her fabulous new job at Wizards of the Coast (Read more about that here!), so Samma, our Communications Champion, is stepping in for a bit as the Interim Magic Judge Program Manager. Samma will be around for Office Hours tomorrow in the JA Discord […]
Judge Academy Judge Program Manager Nicolette Apraez is Joining Wizards of the Coast
Judge Program Manager Nicolette Apraez has accepted an offer from Wizards of the Coast to join their team as a Game Producer for Studio X, focusing on their Universes Beyond sub-brand. For those unfamiliar with Universes Beyond, think Magic meets Warhammer! Magic meets The Lord of the Rings! The game system we all know and […]