Our music editor, Jennifer Maerz, has been selected to be one of 26 judges (the other judges are all recording artists, actors, or music journalists, including Elton John, Elijah Wood, John Cameron Mitchell, Ben Gibbard, and Beck) for the New Pantheon Music Prize. The 87 nominations for the prize will be announced here on December 15. The 10 finalists will be announced in January, and the winner will be announced Feb 6 in LA.

Anyway, congrats, Jennifer, for being tapped to judge.