Streamline contests

Create a great contest experience for entrants, judges and you

Contest management software

Award Force helps contest organisers manage entries, judging and results in one secure, high-performance platform, built to handle scale and deliver a seamless experience for all participants.

Drive contest growth

Increase the volume and quality of contest entries, and earn more revenue with features designed for outstanding results.

Scale with confidence

Handle high traffic and large volumes of entries with a reliable platform designed for performance, security and global access. Boost confidence and discard stress!

Delight your judges

Give judges a fast, intuitive experience to review entries, score efficiently and provide meaningful feedback.

Stay in control

Deliver the right outcomes season-after-season with flexible configuration options and management tools at your fingertips.

Save time, save money

Make your awards the best they can be, and save time and money through reduced admin and support effort.

Look good

Distinguish your contests with a friendly, intuitive system in a beautiful design that’s a joy to use.

Contests have a lot of moving parts. You need the right solution to maximise entries, manage the judging process, and feel confident with the integrity of the results.

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Manage

Manage your contest with full visibility and control, from entries and judging to final results.

See how your contest is tracking at any time, with powerful real-time reporting tools which help you provide the required information to your stakeholders with minimum fuss.

Award Force helps you streamline your administrative processes and reduce support calls from entrants and judges so you can focus on making your contests the best they can be.

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You’re in control

  • Make system configuration changes directly
  • Easily themed to suit your brand
  • Flexible configuration for your unique program needs
  • Manage the full lifecycle, from entries to judging and results
  • Real-time reporting and export of filtered data sets
  • Easy to track progress at any time
  • Full database of all users with role-based access
  • Integrate with your everyday apps via API, marketplace, Zapier or Make
  • Automate communications with entrants and judges
  • Support when you need it
  • Yes, it is actually fun!
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Our first year of using Award Force was like flying business class after a lifetime of economy.”

Eliza Reid, Iceland Writers Retreat Founding Director

Enter + nominate

Give entrants a simple, intuitive space to create, refine and submit high-quality contest entries with confidence.

With Award Force your entrants have the freedom to edit and refine their contest entries right up until deadline, even after submission.

Paid entries? No problem. Better ROI from ease of use drives higher revenue from submission fees and greater user satisfaction than alternatives.

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Easy for the entrant

  • Easy, fast registration
  • Guided entry forms with contextual help
  • Auto-save, no lost progress
  • Changes after submission
  • Intuitive entry process, no training required
  • Collaborate on entries with team members
  • Easy entry into multiple categories
  • Preview entry, download PDF record
  • Award-winning system design

Great for you

Features to deliver the outcomes you need

  • Unlimited entrants and files
  • Track volume and completion status
  • Broadcast communications to entrants
  • Flexible configuration of entry categories and criteria
  • Configurable nomination workflow
  • Accept payment to enter with leading payment gateways
  • Any file attachments, unlimited size

See entry feature list for more detail

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Flexibility, fitness for purpose and awesome support.
Allowed us to focus on the awards process not the tecchnology.”

Scott Campbell

Contest judging

Award Force provides a flexible judging suite designed to support fair, consistent and efficient evaluation across your contest.

Configure workflows, scoring and judging stages to match your process, with the control to run everything from simple reviews to complex, multi-stage judging.

Judges get a clear, intuitive experience to review entries, score confidently and provide feedback, helping you respect their time while improving the quality of decisions.

In person judging? Award Force is tablet enabled so your judges can easily access entry information and judge on the spot.

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Judge’s view

  • Judges only see the entries assigned to them
  • Easy to use, no training required
  • Each entry is all on one clear page, no clicking back-and-forth
  • Scores, comments and internal notes
  • Auto-saved comments, no lost work
  • “Show my votes only” filter for voting
  • Tablet-enabled judging is great for live, in-person judging days
  • Slideshow view for group judging of visual material

Your view

  • Powerful configuration of judging panels and judging assignments
  • Built-in acceptance of confidentiality agreement for judges
  • Scoring audit matrix provides visibility and confidence in score breakdown
  • Real-time judging leaderboard with scores + comments
  • Visibility of judging progress
  • Easy communication with judges
  • Manage shortlist, through finalists and award of results

See judging suite feature list for more detail

Save time, boost productivity. Award excellence.