For programs with multiple stages of judging, you’ll eventually need to move entries between stages and select your winners. This guide explains how to monitor judging progress, shortlist finalists, and name your winner(s).
Check judging progress
As a judging stage nears completion, you can track your judges' progress:
- In the Manage workspace, go to Judging > Progress
- Review each score set to see the number of assigned entries and the completion percentage for each judge
For more details, see the Judging progress view guide.
Review judging results
To see overall results:
- In the Manage workspace, go to Judging > Leaderboard
- View entries by score, votes, or other metrics
- Click a column title to reorder results as needed
For more information, see the Ultimate guide to the judging leaderboard.
Tag entries to record judging outcomes
Award Force gives you full flexibility in determining shortlists, finalists, and winners. You can apply tags to entries to record outcomes, which can then be used to:
- Move entries to another judging stage
- Trigger awards like badges or certificates
- Control which entries appear in galleries
Progress finalists or shortlisted entries to another stage
- In the Manage workspace, go to Judging > Leaderboard
- Select the entries you want to move forward
- Click Tag
- Enter a tag name that represents the outcome (e.g. Finalist)
- Click Tag
- Go to Judging > Settings > Panels
- Click New panel
- In the 'Entries' section, select the relevant category(ies) and the tag you just created
- This ensures the panel only includes those tagged entries
- Configure the remaining panel settings — see Create a judging panel for guidance
- Click Save
Apply tags to indicate judging outcomes
- In the Manage workspace, go to Judging > Leaderboard
- If your program uses more than one score set, choose the correct one from the Score set drop-down
- Filter by category using the search filter
- Select the checkboxes next to the entries you want to tag
- Click Tag
- Enter your tag name (e.g. Winner)
- Click Tag
- Repeat as needed for each category
Good to know
- For programs on the Pro plan and above, you can use the broadcast feature to remind judges to complete their assignments in the progress view.
- If new scores are submitted, you may need to recalculate the leaderboard to refresh results.
- Each judging stage requires its own score set and round.
- Tags can be used to organise, filter, and automate net steps for entries.
- Tags can also be used for gallery display, automated notifications, and reporting.