In the rule “Judging”, replace the bullet point “* A Judging is considered Open between the time it is posted and 48 hours after it is posted, after which it is considered Closed.” with the following:

* A Judging is considered Open until the Publisher has posted a comment to it stating that it is Closed.

and in the same rule, replace “When a Judging that was Open becomes Closed, at their earliest convenience the Publisher should perform the Publishing atomic action, which has the following steps:” with this text:

The Publishing atomic action has the following steps:

In the subrule “Scoring”, add this text:

When the Publisher receives at least one valid Scoring Response from every Storyteller for an Open Judging, or 48 hours after an Open Judging has been posted, whichever comes first, at their earliest convenience the Publisher should perform the Publishing atomic action. The Publisher should publicly track the number of Scoring Responses received for an Open Judging, and may re-use the same tracking gamestate for subsequent Open Judgings as long as the count of Scoring Responses received is reset each time a new Judging is Open.