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Awards Judging Scorecard Form

Score every entry against the same criteria and capture the comment behind each mark.

A ready-to-use awards, contests & voting form for small teams who need a reliable intake process: 16 questions, 3 pages, 4 conditional rules.

Questions
16
Pages
3
Layouts
classic
Conditional rules
4
Typical time
8 min
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Page 1 of 3 — Judge and entry

Judging scorecard

2 questions are hidden by conditional logic right now — change an answer above to reveal them.

What happens after submit: nothing is stored in this preview. On your own copy, every response triggers an instant email notification and lands in your response dashboard, ready to export or forward.

Happy with it? Take a copy into your workspace — every question, rule and setting comes with it.

Who this template is for

Awards Judging Scorecard Form is built for small teams who need a reliable intake process who need to collect the same complete information from everyone.

  • Small teams who need a reliable intake process working in awards, contests & voting.
  • Teams who need to collect the same complete information from everyone without writing code or paying for a custom build.
  • Anyone replacing chasing missing details over email with one structured record per enquiry.
  • Respondents are the people you send it to — the form asks them 16 questions across 3 screens.

Why this form is useful

It removes the cost of chasing missing details over email and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.

  • 9 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It records a signature you can keep as proof of agreement.
  • It measures sentiment on a numeric scale.
  • Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
  • Splitting the form across 3 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.
  • Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.

How to use this template

From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.

  1. 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Awards Judging Scorecard Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
  2. 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
  3. 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
  4. 4Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
  5. 5Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.

Logic and conditions blueprint

Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 4 conditional rules ship with it.

  • Features advanced show logic: if “Do you have a connection to this entrant?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Describe the connection”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Are you recusing yourself from this entry?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Reason for recusal”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Flag this entry for moderation?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “What should the panel discuss?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features skip logic: if “Are you recusing yourself from this entry?” is Yes, respondents jump straight to “Scores” and skip everything in between.
  • All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

A scorecard exists to make two judges comparable, so this one fixes the scale before anything else: every criterion is marked on the same range, with the top and bottom of the scale labelled so a seven means the same thing to everybody. The judge identifies themselves and the entry reference they are marking, then scores impact, evidence, originality and delivery, writing a short justification for the mark that carries most weight. A conflict question sits at the top rather than the bottom — if the judge knows the entrant, the form opens a declaration and asks whether they are recusing themselves, and a recused scorecard is submitted with the reason instead of the marks. At the end the judge gives an overall recommendation and can flag the entry for discussion at moderation, which is how a strong entry with one outlying score survives averaging. Scores land as numbers in an export, so ranking a category is a sort rather than an evening with a calculator.

What this form asks

Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.

Page 1 — Judge and entry

  • Judge namerequired
  • Award categoryrequired
  • Entry referencerequired
  • Do you have a connection to this entrant?required
  • Describe the connection
  • Are you recusing yourself from this entry?required
  • Reason for recusal

Page 2 — Scores

  • Impact of the achievement
  • Quality of the evidence
  • Originality
  • Clarity of the submission
  • Justify your highest markrequired

Page 3 — Recommendation

  • Overall recommendationrequired
  • Flag this entry for moderation?required
  • What should the panel discuss?
  • Judge signaturerequired

16 questions in total.

How the form changes as it's filled in

This template ships with 4 conditional rules, grouped into 4 behaviours driven by 3 questions. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.

Driven by “Do you have a connection to this entrant?”

  • Reveals questions

    If “Do you have a connection to this entrant?” is Yes, the form reveals “Describe the connection”.

Driven by “Are you recusing yourself from this entry?”

  • Reveals questions

    If “Are you recusing yourself from this entry?” is Yes, the form reveals “Reason for recusal”.

  • Skips ahead

    If “Are you recusing yourself from this entry?” is Yes, the form skips “Scores” entirely.

Driven by “Flag this entry for moderation?”

  • Reveals questions

    If “Flag this entry for moderation?” is Yes, the form reveals “What should the panel discuss?”.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    Fix your criteria

    Replace the four sample criteria with yours and keep every scale identical.

  2. 2

    Label the scale ends

    Say what a 0 and a 10 mean in the help text — unlabelled scales drift between judges.

  3. 3

    Send one link per judge

    Judges submit one scorecard per entry, using the entry reference from your shortlist.

  4. 4

    Watch the conflicts

    Recused scorecards arrive with a reason and no marks, so the chair can reassign the entry immediately.

  5. 5

    Moderate the outliers

    Only discuss entries flagged for moderation or where judges diverge sharply.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Letting judges score out of different totals, which makes averaging meaningless.
  • Collecting scores without comments, so a moderation meeting has nothing to discuss.
  • Not recording the judge's name against each score, which makes a conflict impossible to unwind later.

What it pairs with

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What to do with the responses

Average the criterion scores per entry, flag any entry where two judges are more than three points apart, and take only those to moderation.

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Frequently asked questions

Can judges score several entries?

Yes — one submission per entry, using the entry reference. The export then groups naturally by entry and by judge.

How are conflicts handled?

A declared connection opens a description, and recusing opens a reason. A recused scorecard carries no marks, so it cannot pollute the average.

Can I weight the criteria?

Weight them when you average the export — keeping the raw marks on one scale is what makes weighting possible afterwards.

Should judges see each other's scores?

Not before moderation. Collect independently, then discuss only the entries that diverge.

Is the Awards Judging Scorecard Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Awards Judging Scorecard Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.

What does the Awards Judging Scorecard Form template ask for?

It asks 16 questions across 3 pages, 9 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.

Can I edit the Awards Judging Scorecard Form form after copying it?

Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic layout, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.

How does the conditional logic in this awards, contests & voting form work?

4 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “Do you have a connection to this entrant?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Describe the connection”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Are you recusing yourself from this entry?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Reason for recusal”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Flag this entry for moderation?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “What should the panel discuss?”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Awards Judging Scorecard Form form go?

Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.

Can I embed the Awards Judging Scorecard Form form on my own website?

Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.

Is the signature on this form legally usable?

The template captures a drawn signature and stores it with the submission, along with the timestamp, so you keep evidence of who agreed and when. Whether that is sufficient depends on your jurisdiction and the agreement itself.

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