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Judge Application & Conflict Declaration Form

Recruit panel judges and record their expertise, availability and declared conflicts.

A ready-to-use awards, contests & voting form for small teams who need a reliable intake process: 17 questions, 3 pages, 4 conditional rules.

Questions
17
Pages
3
Layouts
classic
Conditional rules
4
Typical time
9 min
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Page 1 of 3About you

Judge application

Around 60 words, third person.

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Who this template is for

Judge Application & Conflict Declaration 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 17 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.

  • 13 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
  • It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
  • It accepts a document or photo upload as evidence.
  • It records a signature you can keep as proof of agreement.
  • It pins the request to a specific date.
  • It allows multiple selections without free text.
  • It captures a numeric value you can filter and sort on.
  • Conditional logic hides 4 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.

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 Judge Application & Conflict Declaration 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. 4Check the upload limits on the file question so respondents can attach what you actually need.
  5. 5Publish 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.
  6. 6Watch 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 any relationship with likely entrants?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Describe the relationship”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Have you received payment or hospitality from an entrant in the last year?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Describe the payment or hospitality”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features advanced show logic: if “Have you judged this scheme before?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Which year did you judge?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
  • Features conditional validation: if “Do you have any relationship with likely entrants?” is Yes, “Describe the relationship” becomes mandatory before the form can be sent.
  • All 4 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.

About this template

Panels are only credible if the conflicts were declared before the scoring started, not discovered after the trophy was handed over. This form recruits and screens in one pass. The applicant gives their name, role and organisation, the sectors they can judge credibly, and how many entries they can realistically read — a number that is worth asking for, because the commonest cause of a delayed result is a judge who agreed to forty entries and read six. Availability for the moderation meeting is captured as a date preference rather than a vague yes. Then comes the declaration: whether they or their employer have any relationship with likely entrants, whether they have received payment or hospitality from an entrant in the last year, and whether they have judged this scheme before. Any yes opens a description box, and the chair uses those descriptions to assign categories away from the conflict rather than to reject the judge. A short biography and a headshot make the panel announcement a copy-and-paste job.

What this form asks

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

Page 1 — About you

  • Full namerequired
  • Email addressrequired
  • Job titlerequired
  • Organisationrequired
  • Short biography for the panel announcementrequired
  • Headshot

Page 2 — Capacity

  • Which categories can you judge?required
  • How many entries can you read?required
  • Preferred moderation meeting daterequired
  • Have you judged this scheme before?required
  • Which year did you judge?

Page 3 — Declarations

  • Do you have any relationship with likely entrants?required
  • Describe the relationship
  • Have you received payment or hospitality from an entrant in the last year?required
  • Describe the payment or hospitality
  • Declarationrequired
  • Signaturerequired

17 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 any relationship with likely entrants?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Do you have any relationship with likely entrants?” is Yes, the form reveals “Describe the relationship”.

  • Makes answers required

    If “Do you have any relationship with likely entrants?” is Yes, “Describe the relationship” becomes required before the form can be submitted.

Driven by “Have you received payment or hospitality from an entrant in the last year?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Have you received payment or hospitality from an entrant in the last year?” is Yes, the form reveals “Describe the payment or hospitality”.

Driven by “Have you judged this scheme before?

  • Reveals questions

    If “Have you judged this scheme before?” is Yes, the form reveals “Which year did you judge?”.

Set it up step by step

  1. 1

    List your categories

    Replace the sample sectors with the categories your scheme runs so judges pick real ones.

  2. 2

    Ask for a capacity number

    Keep the 'how many entries' field — it is what stops judging running past the deadline.

  3. 3

    Keep every declaration question

    A declared conflict is manageable; an undeclared one invalidates a result.

  4. 4

    Assign around conflicts

    Use the descriptions to allocate categories, not to reject useful judges.

  5. 5

    Publish the panel

    Use the biographies and headshots collected here in the shortlist announcement.

Mistakes to avoid

  • Recruiting judges without a written conflict declaration, which makes any later complaint impossible to answer.
  • Assigning categories before checking availability for the moderation meeting.
  • Not asking for a short biography, then scrambling for one when the panel is announced.

What it pairs with

Most teams don't run this form on its own. These are the forms and systems it sits next to.

What to do with the responses

Assign categories away from every declared conflict, confirm the moderation date, and publish the panel biographies with the shortlist.

Works in this layout

These pages cover the same subject ground as the judge application & conflict declaration form, matched on the words people actually search for.

Privacy & compliance

This form takes money. Card details are handled by the payment provider and never stored in your response data — you keep the order details, not the card number.

Frequently asked questions

Does a declared conflict disqualify a judge?

Rarely. It usually just means they are assigned different categories. What disqualifies a result is a conflict nobody wrote down.

How many entries should one judge take?

Ask them. The number they give here is a far better planning figure than an even split across the panel.

Do judges have to re-declare each round?

Yes for anything new — the scorecard also asks about a connection per entry, which catches conflicts that only appear once the shortlist exists.

Can I use this for a bursary or grant panel?

Yes. Change the sectors to funding themes; the declaration questions apply unchanged.

Is the Judge Application & Conflict Declaration Form template free to use?

Yes. You can preview and test Judge Application & Conflict Declaration 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 Judge Application & Conflict Declaration Form template ask for?

It asks 17 questions across 3 pages, 13 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 Judge Application & Conflict Declaration 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 any relationship with likely entrants?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Describe the relationship”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Have you received payment or hospitality from an entrant in the last year?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Describe the payment or hospitality”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Have you judged this scheme before?” is Yes, the form dynamically exposes “Which year did you judge?”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.

Where do responses to the Judge Application & Conflict Declaration 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 Judge Application & Conflict Declaration 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.

Can respondents upload files?

Yes. This template includes a file upload question, so respondents can attach documents or photos with their answers. You can adjust the accepted file types and size limits on that question.

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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