Recognising: LUDDMYLA, pexels.com/@luddmyla/

Put participants at
the centre of the
awards experience

Create an awards experience that feels clear, easy and reassuring for entrants, judges and your team, even across the most sophisticated programs.

Create an awards experience participants
value year after year

Remove friction for entrants, empower judges and create an awards program people enjoy taking part in. From guided submissions to effortless judging, every interaction is designed to build confidence, engagement and lasting affinity with your awards program.

An experience participants can rely on

99.96%

Average application uptime

26m

Judging assignments

4.825m

Award Force users

WCAG 2.2 AA

Accessibility standard

40+

Concurrent languages

30 mins

Average first reply to support queries

Awards management software awards badges Summer 2026 1000px

Ease of use

Make the next step feel obvious

Help participants understand where they are, what is expected of them and what comes next. Give entrants, judges and your team a clear path through their work, with guidance and feedback when they need it.

Keep participants focused on what matters

Give entrants the confidence to put forward their best work, judges a clear place to focus and your team an experience they can run with ease.

Clear navigation, contextual guidance and visible progress help participants find what they need and focus on their work.

Explore workspaces

Give participants a
straightforward way in

Offer flexible registration and sign-in options that suit both open and closed awards programs.

Explore registration options

Accessible to everyone,
everywhere

Support every participant, in their own language and with the assistive tools they rely on, at every step. Backed by WCAG 2.2 AA conformance and 40+ languages.

Let the work speak
for itself

Give entrants the flexibility to present their work through the media that suits it best, while judges can review it directly in Award Force without leaving the experience.

Learn more about file types

Look and feel

Create an experience people enjoy being part of

Create a consistent, recognisable awards experience that reflects your organisation’s identity across the participant journey.

Make it unmistakably yours

Customise Award Force with your organisation’s colours, imagery, content and styling to create a consistent identity throughout your awards program.

From registration and entry form to judging and communications, participants interact with an experience that clearly belongs to your organisation.

Explore branding options

Award Force interface showing the manual assignment creation

Collaboration

Keep participants moving together

Bring collaboration into the experience so entrants, judges and program teams can contribute while keeping roles, responsibilities and progress clear.

Managers

Work as one team

Help your team coordinate their work with shared views, internal comments and access to relevant participant information, so colleagues can see what needs their attention.

Judges

Bring judging perspectives together

Share scores, comments and feedback where appropriate, helping judges consider different viewpoints and build a fuller picture of each entry.

Entrants

Make teamwork easy for entrants

Help entrants work together, giving everyone a straightforward way to contribute their part within Award Force.

Minimise errors

Minimise errors for entrants and judges

Clear guidance, automatic checks and built-in safeguards help entrants avoid mistakes before they submit and help judges assess each entry against the right criteria.

Submit with confidence

Award Force helps entrants get their submission right before they submit. Eligibility checks prevent ineligible entries from progressing, work is saved automatically, contextual help clarifies requirements and any errors are flagged immediately while entrants work on their submission.

Learn more about error prevention

Reach decisions you trust

Judges can focus on assessing each entry without losing their work or overlooking key information. Scores and comments are saved automatically, while judging criteria remain visible throughout.

Learn more about the judging suite

Credibility

Build trust throughout the experience

Participants value an awards experience where their information is treated with care, expectations are clear and they can trust how decisions are made.

Protect participant information

Protect the personal information entrants provide throughout registration and submission, with user agreements, data protection controls and clear information about how their details are handled.

Ensure judging integrity

Set clear expectations around confidentiality, protect sensitive entrant information and give judges a straightforward way to step aside when a conflict arises.

Run with clarity and control

Give program teams clear oversight of how the program is being managed. Permissions and audit history establish accountability and give managers the control they need to act when required.

Trusted by world-leading organisations

“The design of Award Force is brilliant. It looks slick and it also all makes sense—for an entrant or a platform manager. The massive plus is the option to live edit and change an entry form, and seeing it from a user’s perspective. Being able to drag and drop different sections is excellent.” – Will Jameson, One World Media Awards

Frequently asked questions

Do entrants, judges and program managers see different things in Award Force?

;

Yes. Award Force uses dedicated workspaces so entrants, judges and program managers see the tools and information relevant to their role. Entrants can focus on creating and managing entries, judges see their assigned entries and judging progress, while program managers have broader visibility and control across the program.
Program managers can also switch between workspaces to preview different user experiences, check configuration and understand exactly what participants will see. Where more complex processes are needed, Review Flow can introduce additional reviewers and approval stages without disrupting the experience for other users.

Can multiple people collaborate in Award Force?

;

Yes. Entrants can invite others to contribute to an entry, making it easier for peers to collaborate. Multistage workflows can bring additional people into internal review and approval stages, while judges can share scores and comments with other judges where appropriate.
Program teams can also collaborate behind the scenes through shared views and internal comments.

How can I guide entrants and judges through the processes in Award Force?

;

Program teams can add guidance throughout the participant experience, including instructions within forms and contextual help alongside individual questions. Validation can highlight missing or incorrectly formatted information before an entrant moves on, while notifications and broadcasts can keep participants informed as the program progresses.
This gives entrants and judges useful information where they need it, rather than relying on separate instructions outside the platform.

How does Award Force make judging easier to manage?

;

Award Force gives judges a focused view of the entries assigned to them and lets them see their progress as they work. Program teams can organise judging using panels, random or manual assignments, divide large categories between judges and reassign entries when circumstances change.
This helps keep workloads clear for judges while giving program managers visibility across the adjudication process.

How does Award Force help make the judging process clear and fair?

;

Award Force supports different adjudication methods, including scoring, qualifying, ranked preferences and public voting, so program teams can choose an approach suited to their awards.
Assignments can be structured across judges, categories and rounds, conflicts can be managed through recusal or abstention, and feedback can be shared with entrants where appropriate. Together, these features help create a judging experience with clear roles, consistent processes and greater transparency for participants.

Put participants atthe centre of theawards experience

Create an awards experience participantsvalue year after year