Entries
Configure the entry form, manage incoming entries, control the public gallery, and bulk-import last year's entrants.
Entries is where you review what entrants submit. The entry form itself is built under Entrant pages; entry fees, pricing periods, entrant types, and discount codes live under Categories.
Build the form once, refine it every season
Most awards programs use the same form year after year with minor refinements. The form builder gives you the building blocks: a title, an Entry Summary, categories, an optional Team Members question, and any custom questions you add: short answers, paragraphs with word limits, URLs, dropdowns, single and multiple choice, numbers, dates, and file uploads. Section headings break a long form into titled chapters, and conditional questions let each category see only the questions that apply to it.
URL questions auto-embed YouTube, Loom, and X posts, so case-study videos render inline on the entry page for judges. File Upload questions accept images, PDFs, and video that streams directly on the entry page.
When the next season comes around, duplicate the program and the whole form comes with it.
Entry fees
If you charge entry fees, the configuration lives under Categories. Fees flow directly to your Stripe account through Stripe Connect:
- Zero commission taken by AwardKit
- Stripe's standard processing fee applies (2.9% + $0.30 in the US)
- Entrants pay at submit, or choose Pay later, add more entries and settle every unpaid entry in one checkout before entries close. Unpaid entries show as Unpaid in the table and are not in the running until paid.
Who can submit
Entrants do not create an account before they see the form. They open the entry link, fill in the form (progress autosaves), and confirm their email address with a 6-digit code at submit. That code becomes their account, and a fresh code gets them back to their entry later. See Supporting your entrants for the full journey and the emails they receive.
The public gallery
The Gallery button in the Entries header controls when the public entry gallery opens: Hidden, After entries close, or When results are published (the default). It is reachable with zero entries, so confidential programs can lock the gallery before the first submission arrives. See Entry gallery.
Migrating from spreadsheets or another platform
Already collecting entries somewhere else, or have last year's data in a spreadsheet? Use CSV import to bring entries and entrants in. AwardKit creates an entrant record for every email in the file, so those people can get back to their entry with an email code like anyone else.
What's next?
Entry form
Configure questions, section headings, answer limits, and the questions judges never see.
File uploads
Collect images, PDFs, and video with size and length caps.
Conditional questions
Show or hide questions by category or by an earlier answer.
Managing entries
Review, filter, bulk-edit, export, and clean up incoming entries.
CSV import
Bulk-import entries and entrants from a CSV. Useful for migrations.
Entry Gallery
Showcase entries publicly with winner badges and shareable detail pages, on the schedule you choose: hidden, after entries close, or when results are published.
Entry Form
Configure the entry form for your award program on AwardKit. Add questions, section headings, answer limits, file uploads, and the questions judges never see.