2. Be an informed award consumer
What organization sponsors the award?
How are award judges selected?
What specific rules are applied to identify
qualified award candidates?
What’s available among all qualified award
candidates?
What influences the judges as a group and as
this particular group?
3. Why is this award
supported by its
sponsor?
Who are any
cosponsors and
what role(s) do
they play?
What is the
purpose of this
award in terms of
sponsoring
organization’s
public recognition?
Award Sponsorship
Organization purpose
Award focus related to
organization mission
4. How does the
sponsoring
organization
determine each
season’s judging
panel for this
award?
Elections?
Appointments?
Multiple year
service?
How are award
judges selected?
Expertise
Related professional qualifications
5. Are eligibility rules
available for you to
read to
understand?
Is the makeup of
the judging panel
consistent with the
expectations the
rules give them
responsibility for
interpreting?
Rules
Determining eligibility of works
Operating practices defined for
judging panel
6. Are the number of
candidates fitting the
award criteria scope in
the double, triple, or
potentially higher
number of digits?
Do the rules describe
how judges are
supposed to attain
insight across the
spectrum of eligibles?
Is there an award
criterion linking
selection to a
contemporary event
beyond the judges’
capacity to alter?
Availability of
Competitors
The size of the eligible field
Resonance between criteria and
public environment
