For a while now we have been using a rolling acceptance system for our conference application process. It has certainly gotten the job done, but it has some larger logistical hangups and it has not scaled well with the growing interest in conferences. In an effort to streamline the process further, use a bigger global […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Judge Academy is excited to announce that Samantha Harr has been promoted into the role of Magic Judge Program Manager. Samantha, called Samma by her friends, started as our Communications Champion, and has played a critical part in Judge Academy outreach initiatives, content direction, and business planning. Her agility in collecting and implementing user feedback […]

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 […]

Here at Judge Academy we have recently launched a new and improved conference sponsorship application and organization system, along with some important updates to how we handle conferences applications internally. Let’s walk through what has changed together. Since taking over the conference system at the start of the year, I have been continually amazed and […]