I've just had some cards returned for edits because I put an apostrophe at the end of 'Grandparents', which is grammatically correct - ie it is the special day of grandparents (plural).
 
I looked up the GCU wiki and was puzzled to see that Father's Day has an apostrophe but Grandparents' Day doesn't. The apostrophe before the 's' in Father's shows that it's a 'possessive' so why not use it for grandparents? (Because their are two grandparents, the apostrophe should come after the 's'.)
 
What is this all about? Can we not be consistent?

Thanks, Eve - yes, so do I on the whole.  
 
But it never occurred to me that this would be a problem so I didn't look it up before I submitted the cards. And because the review process is taking so long at the moment, I doubt whether my designs will be in time.  

yes, mine was returned for the same reason....

Judith - isn't it a pain! And in my view totally unnecessary to return for edits on those grounds as I've pointed out above!

Judy - You would be correct. Being the wife of an English major - this question comes up often. If there is any doubt I usually go to Hallmark.com and see what's on their cards and if they can do it, why not us.

Hi Judy,
 
I sure hope the reviewers have a quick turn around for you, I know from my own experience how frustrating this topic can be.
 
My feeling is the reviewers SHOULD NOT let your cards stand unchanged because that continues the circle of inconsistency.  Many of us artists, those new to GCU in particular, look to a specific category for what is being accepted.  By having cards that were once again 'waived' of the now common standard, only creates more confusion and inconsistency...
 
in my humble opinion  
 
Good Luck!

Quote from Doreen_137017 on Aug 24^th, 2010, 7:39am:

 
Very well stated ... we don't like to delay your cards but as Doreen put it so well if approved it will only "continue the circle of inconsistency" and confusion.
 
Another important consideration, particularly for those grandfathered cards still using punctuation contrary to GCU category names, is that GCU is highly unlikely to feature them in areas like GCU Picks, home page and email promotions, etc).  This is also the case with 3rd party sellers like our current online gift card retailer that hand picks cards to sell.

Now I am hopping mad!  
 
 
 
I went along with the apostrophes question even though I think it is shocking that we are reinforcing bad grammar, 'for the sake of consistency' - where is the consistency when the wiki uses the apostrophe correctly for Mother's Day and Father's Day, but not for Grandparents' Day. Why are we pouring money, time and effort into improving literacy standards only to sabotage it by producing cards that children will probably see with incorrect use of the apostrophe?
 
But, as I said, I reluctantly went along with it.
 
Now I have had two cards declined on the grounds that they are too similar, when they are in fact, very different. I don't think the reviewers understand the concept of handpainted designs as this has happened to me before - but I went along with it. Each handpainted paper collage took hours of work and they are totally separate designs, not just an adjustment to a digitally made design.
 
The two cards concerned are ID: 675275 and ID: 675280.  
 
Also, card ID 675282 has been declined on the grounds that I have mistakenly submitted it twice. But I have checked and there is no second submission of this design!  
 
A further 11 designs have been returned for edits for ridiculous reasons, such as that I should not have included words like 'lighthearted' and 'jolly' in the keywords and that the image is crooked, which I would have thought was none of the reviewers business as it's a matter of opinion!  
 
One of the emails refers me to the note with 'card #' which leads me to think that this reviewer must have either been very tired or the worse for wear!  
 
Do I have any right to contest these silly objections?