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• Film Critic
• Video Game Critic
• Webmaster/Site Editor

The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer is our unique rating system that summarizes the opinions of respected film critics into an easy-to-use percentage. The Tomatometer is comprised of a discrete list of film critics from accredited media outlets and online film societies so that an identical set of opinions is reflected from movie to movie.

Film critics who meet specific criteria will now be able to have their film reviews and ratings as part of the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

Please note the following STRICT criteria before requesting to be added to the Tomatometer:

• Rotten Tomatoes is only accepting accredited film critics as part of our Tomatometer. As a consequence, you must have one of the following:
• Active membership in one of the following film critics societies/associations (membership will be verified with the respective organizations):
• Boston Society of Film Critics
• Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Chicago Film Critics Association
• Cinemarati: Membership in organization, NOT in the Roundtable
• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
• Film Critics Circle of Australia
• Florida Film Critics Circle
• Kansas City Film Critics Society
• Las Vegas Film Critics Society
• London Film Critics Circle
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association
• National Society of Film Critics
• New York Film Critics Circle
• New York Film Critics Online
• Online Film Critics Society
• Phoenix Film Critics Society
• San Diego Film Critics Society
• Santa Fe Film Critics Circle
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Toronto Film Critics Association
• Vancouver Film Critics Circle
• Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
• AND/OR current employment as a film critic (i.e. NOT freelance or a staff reporter) by an accredited print publication (newspaper, magazine, etc...) from US, Canada, UK, or Australia with a minimum of fifty published film reviews from the respective publication. Employment must be verified as described further below.
• Film reviews to be included on Rotten Tomatoes must be 300 words or longer.
• At least fifty film reviews should be available online and published by accredited publication/source (i.e., the page is served as part of the publication's web site) and MUST include your byline. If your reviews are NOT available online (i.e., TV and radio critics), you must be able to provide the full text of your reviews to Rotten Tomatoes via the Article Submission Tool, thereby allowing Rotten Tomatoes users to access your reviews on our site.
• Finally, you must use our web-based Article Submission Tool to add, rate, and 'quote' your film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

Woohoo! I'm eligible. What's next?

If you are eligible to be an Approved Tomatometer Critic, please register with Rotten Tomatoes first and have an activated registration. Registration is free and can be completed by clicking here. Please do not apply to be part of the Tomatometer until your registration has been completed!

Next, for critics who are not a part of a film critics society, you will need to furnish proof of employment by having your publication's editor fax verification of your employment on company letterhead to (510) 595-2946 (please provide a cover page marked "c/o Critics Submission"). You may use the standard verification text provided below:

Rotten Tomatoes Editors: I verify that [film critic's name] is currently employed as a film critic at [publication name] and that at least fifty film reviews have been published by our source from this film critic. [editor's signature] Include a copy of the editor's business card marked with the editor's official job title

Once you've completed these tasks, please fill out and submit the form below. The following application will be sent to Rotten Tomatoes editors for processing. Note that the process of verifying and enabling access to the Article Submission Tool can take several days. Questions? Contact us here.

The Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer is our unique rating system that summarizes the opinions of respected game critics into an easy-to-use percentage. The Tomatometer is comprised of a discrete list of game critics from accredited media outlets so that an identical set of opinions is reflected from game to game.

Game critics who meet specific criteria will now be able to have their game reviews and ratings as part of the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer.

Please note that the following is a loosely based:

• Rotten Tomatoes is only accepting accredited game critics as part of our Tomatometer. As a consequence, you must meet the following requirements:
• You must write reviews either for an already approved Tomatometer Video Game source, or a source that has the following:
• The site must have at least 100 archived reviews if reviewing multiple systems or at least 50 reviews if reviewing a single system.
• The site must stay current and review at least 10 games a month.
• The site has its own domain name and cannot be hosted on free servers.
• The reviews need to be well-written and professional.
• Film reviews to be included on Rotten Tomatoes must be 300 words or longer.
• At least twenty game reviews should be freely available online and published by an accredited publication/source (i.e., the page is served as part of the publication's web site) and MUST include your byline. If your reviews are NOT available online (i.e., TV and radio critics), you must be able to provide the full text of your reviews to Rotten Tomatoes via the Article Submission Tool, thereby allowing Rotten Tomatoes users to access your reviews on our site.
• Finally, you must use our web-based Article Submission Tool to add, rate, and 'quote' your film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.

Woohoo! I'm eligible, what's next?

If you are eligible to be an Approved Tomatometer Critic, please register with Rotten Tomatoes first and have an activated registration. Registration is free and can be completed by clicking here. Please do not apply to be part of the Tomatometer until your registration has been completed!

Next, for critics who are not a part of a film critics society, you will need to furnish proof of employment by having your publication's editor fax verification of your employment on company letterhead to (510) 595-2946 (please provide a cover page marked "c/o Critics Submission"). You may use the standard verification text provided below:

Rotten Tomatoes Editors: I verify that [film critic's name] is currently employed as a video game critic at [publication name] and that at least fifty film reviews have been published by our source from this video game critic. [editor's signature] Include a copy of the editor's business card marked with the editor's official job title

Editors and webmasters of publications which are already contributing the Tomatometer are encouraged to apply for "source administration" privileges. Once authorized, editors may log into Rotten Tomatoes in order to add, edit, or delete articles and reviews from their publication on Rotten Tomatoes. This allows editors to maintain their listings on Rotten Tomatoes for multiple authors.

If you wish to use this service, please register with Rotten Tomatoes first and have an activated registration. Registration is free and can be completed by clicking here. Please do not apply for the service until your registration has been completed!

You MUST be able to furnish proof of your identity and editor/webmaster credentials via a business card faxed to (510) 595-2946 c/o "Critics Submission @ Rotten Tomatoes".

Once you've completed these tasks, please fill out and submit the form below. The following application will be sent to Rotten Tomatoes editors for processing. Note that the process of verifying and enabling access to the Source Administration Tool can take several days. Questions? Contact Contact us here.