Run Your Association Awards,
Without the Sales Calls.
AwardKit is built for the recognition programs trade and professional associations run every year. Collect entries with custom forms, charge entry fees that land directly in your account, judge with your committee’s rubric, and publish winners. Self-serve from day one, no demo required.
No credit card. Build free, pay only to go live. No demo required.
- Unlimited award programs
- Custom entry forms with entry fees
- Multi-round weighted judging
- Public results pages and certificates
- Entry fees to your Stripe, 0% commission
Build for free, pay only when you go live. No demo required.
Association awards management software, built for the annual cycle
AwardKit is association awards management software for trade bodies, professional associations, and membership organizations that run recognition programs on an annual cycle.
From the call for entries through judging to the winners announcement, you manage the whole program in one workspace: build custom submission forms, collect entry fees directly into your own Stripe account with zero commission, run multi-round weighted judging with your awards committee, and publish a public results page.
There is no sales demo to schedule and no commission taken out of your program revenue. Build and test everything for free, then pay a flat annual price only when you are ready to open submissions.
Set it up once,
run it every year
Your awards run on the same annual cycle, with mostly the same categories, rubric, and fees. Clone last year’s program, update what changed, and reopen the call in minutes, then compare this year to last on one dashboard.
- Innovation of the Year
- Member of the Year
- Rising Star (Under 40)
- Lifetime Achievement
- Innovation of the Year
- Member of the Year
- Rising Star (Under 40)
- Lifetime Achievement
Sample figures shown for illustration.
What associations tell us about their current platform
The board approved the program. Then the tooling got in the way.
A sales demo just to find out the price
The incumbents hide pricing behind a Request a Demo button. Your board approved a budget, but you cannot even get a number without sitting through a call and waiting on a custom quote. Meanwhile the call for entries was supposed to open last week.
Pricing that climbs with every program you add
Most incumbents charge per program, so each new award or season is another line on the invoice, and some platforms add a commission on every paid entry on top. The associations running the most programs end up paying the most for it.
Rebuilding the same program from scratch every year
Your awards run on an annual cycle with mostly the same categories, rubric, and fees. Last year that meant a fresh spreadsheet, a new form, and re-briefing judges on a clunky interface they had already forgotten how to use.
How it works
From a blank workspace to published winners, without a sales call in between.
Build your program for free
Create the program, add your categories, build the entry form, set per-category fees, and configure your judging rubric. Everything is free to build and test before you go live.
Open submissions and collect entry fees
Share the submission link. Entrants complete your form and pay the entry fee, which lands directly in your own Stripe account with zero commission.
Judge with your committee
Assign judges to categories, run one or more rounds with weighted criteria, and watch scores aggregate into a live leaderboard. No spreadsheets, no manual tallying.
Publish winners and report
Announce winners on a public results page when you are ready, issue certificates, and export entries, revenue, and judge participation for your board report.
A modern interface your members and judges will actually enjoy
Judges open a personal link and see exactly what to review: their assigned entries, progress at a glance, and a clean scoring flow on any device. No accounts, no training, no clunky 2010s portal.
What your awards program looks like on AwardKit
Launch without talking to sales
Build your entire program for free: categories, custom entry forms, rubric, and judges. You only pay when you take the program live and open submissions. No demo, no quote, no waiting on an account rep.
Entry fees land in your account, in full
Fees are collected through your own Stripe account via Stripe Connect. AwardKit takes zero commission on entries, so the program revenue is yours. No middleman holding the money, no per-submission cut.
One flat price, every program you run
A single $1,995 per year workspace covers unlimited award programs. Run your industry excellence awards, your member recognition program, and your rising-stars list side by side without per-program fees.
Judge with your committee’s rubric
Configure weighted criteria, run multiple rounds, and assign judges to the categories they cover. Scores aggregate automatically into a live leaderboard, so deliberation starts from ranked results, not a spreadsheet.
Clone last year and reopen in minutes
Awards recur annually. Duplicate the previous cycle, adjust the dates and categories, and reopen submissions. Your rubric, fees, and structure carry over so you are not rebuilding from a blank page each season.
Winner pages and reports the board will read
Publish a polished public results page when you are ready, and export entry counts, judge participation, and revenue for the post-program report. Recognition that looks the part, with the numbers to back it up.
Every association awards program, one workspace
Run as many of these as you like at no extra cost. Each gets its own categories, entry fees, rubric, and judges.
Industry excellence awards
Your flagship annual program recognizing the best work, projects, or campaigns across your sector, with paid entries and a judging panel drawn from your membership.
Member of the year
Peer-nominated recognition for outstanding individual members, with a nomination form, supporting evidence uploads, and a committee shortlist round.
40 Under 40 and rising stars
Young-professional and emerging-leader lists that drive membership engagement, run on the same annual cycle with a clone of last year’s setup.
Lifetime achievement and hall of fame
Career-recognition awards with curated nominations and a small judging panel, published to a permanent public honorees page.
Chapter and regional awards
Separate programs per chapter or region, each with its own categories and judges, all managed from a single association workspace.
Supplier and partner awards
Recognition programs for the vendors and partners in your industry, with entry fees that fund the program and land directly in your account.
Built for association awards
The pieces a recurring recognition program actually needs, ready out of the box.
Custom entry forms
Build the submission form your categories require, with the fields, file uploads, and eligibility questions your rules committee asks for.
Entry fees via Stripe Connect
Set per-category fees and discount codes. Payments route directly to your association’s Stripe account with zero commission.
Weighted, multi-round judging
Custom criteria and weights, multiple rounds, and per-category judge assignment for panels of any size.
Friction free for entrants and judges
Members submit and judges score without fighting the tool.
A modern submission experience
A clean, fast entry flow that reflects well on your association, not a 2010s portal members dread logging into.
Judges score from any device
Volunteer judges from your membership score from a laptop, tablet, or phone, with a simple interface that needs no training.
Discount codes and comps
Offer member rates, early-bird pricing, or comped entries for sponsors and partners with codes you control.
After the program
The follow-up work that usually eats a week, handled.
Public results and winner pages
Announce winners on a shareable results page you publish when the embargo lifts, ready for your newsletter and socials.
Certificates for honorees
Every winner and finalist can receive a verifiable certificate they can share with their own network.
Revenue and participation reports
Export entries, fees collected, and judge participation for your board update and next year’s budget conversation.
See what you would pay elsewhere
Most platforms charge per program or take a commission on entry fees. Estimate your cost across every major platform against AwardKit’s flat $1,995 a year.
Keep exploring
Award program planning guide
A step-by-step guide to scoping, launching, and running an award program end to end.
Compare AwardKit to alternatives
See how AwardKit stacks up against Award Force, OpenWater, Submittable, and more.
How judging works
Weighted rubrics, multiple rounds, judge assignment, and live results explained.
Pricing
Flat $1,995 per year, unlimited programs, zero commission. Build free, pay to go live.
Questions associations ask
Open Your Call for Entries This Week, Not Next Quarter.
Build your association’s awards program for free and pay only when you go live. Flat $1,995/year, unlimited programs, zero commission on entry fees. No demo required.
No credit card. Build free, pay only to go live. No demo required.