Run Any Contest,
From Entry to Winner.
AwardKit handles the whole contest in one workspace. Collect submissions with a branded entry form, charge an entry fee that lands directly in your account, pick winners with a jury or by public vote, and publish results. Self-serve from day one, no demo required.
No credit card. Build free, pay only to go live. No demo required.
- Unlimited contests
- Branded entry forms with optional entry fees
- Juried scoring, public voting, or both
- Public gallery, results pages, and certificates
- Entry fees to your Stripe, 0% commission
Build for free, pay only when you go live. No demo required.
Online contest software for any format you can think of
AwardKit is online contest software for anyone running a contest where people submit work and someone picks the winners. Photo contests, video contests, writing and essay contests, recipe cook-offs, brand and marketing challenges, and community fundraising competitions all run on the same engine.
From the open call through judging to the winners announcement, you manage the whole contest in one workspace: build a branded entry form, accept many file types, collect entry fees directly into your own Stripe account with zero commission, and decide the winners with a jury rubric, a public vote, or both.
There is no sales demo to schedule and no commission taken out of your entry revenue. Build and test the entire contest for free, then pay a flat annual price only when you are ready to open submissions.
One platform,
any kind of contest
You should not have to switch tools because you changed your mind on format. AwardKit handles juried scoring, public voting, and everything in between. Mix and match the pieces your contest needs.
Juried scoring
A panel scores entries against your weighted rubric.
Public, audience voting
Open a vote anyone can cast from a link, no account needed.
Hybrid jury and audience
Combine judge scores with the public vote into one result.
Single or multi-round
Decide in one pass or shortlist down across rounds.
Free or paid entry
Run it free or charge a fee that lands in your account.
Anonymous, blind judging
Mask entrants so judges score the work, not the name.
What running a contest usually looks like
You picked a format. Then the tooling boxed you in.
A sales demo just to learn the price
Most contest platforms hide pricing behind a Request a Demo button. You have a launch date and a simple contest to run, but you cannot even get a number without sitting through a call and waiting on a custom quote. By then your open call was supposed to be live.
Pricing that grows with every contest
Most platforms charge per program, so each new contest is another subscription, and some add a commission on every paid entry on top. Running more contests, exactly what you want to do, just runs up the bill.
A tool that only does one kind of contest
One platform only does juried scoring, another only does public voting, and switching formats means stitching together a separate voting widget and a spreadsheet. The format you want should not depend on which tool you happened to buy.
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 entrants, voters, and judges will actually enjoy
Run the whole contest from one clean dashboard: a program timeline, entry and judge stats at a glance, and recent entries as they arrive. No accounts, no training, no clunky 2010s portal.
What your contest looks like on AwardKit
Launch without talking to sales
Build the entire contest for free: entry form, categories, entry fee, and how winners are decided. You only pay when you take it 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 contest revenue is yours. No middleman holding the money, no per-submission cut.
Decide winners by jury, vote, or both
Score entries with a weighted jury rubric, open a public audience vote, or combine the two. Run a single round or shortlist down across multiple rounds. The contest format is yours to choose, not the tool’s.
A branded entry form for any media
Build the submission form your contest needs, with the fields, eligibility questions, and file uploads it calls for. Entrants upload photos, videos, documents, and more without fighting a clunky portal.
No accounts for entrants, voters, or judges
Entrants submit, the public votes, and judges score from a personal link with no signup or password. Fewer drop-offs at entry, more votes at decision time, and zero account-reset support tickets.
Winner pages, certificates, and exports
Publish a polished public results page and gallery when you are ready, issue certificates to winners and finalists, and export entries and results to CSV for your recap and sponsor report.
Every kind of contest, one workspace
Run as many of these as you like at no extra cost. Each gets its own entry form, entry fee, and way of deciding winners.
Photo contest
Collect image submissions on a branded form, show them in a public gallery, and pick winners by jury score, public vote, or both, with categories like landscape, portrait, and mobile.
Video contest
Accept video uploads or links, review each entry on any device, and run a shortlist round before a final jury or audience vote decides the winners.
Writing or essay contest
Take long-form text and document uploads, judge anonymously to keep scoring fair, and announce winners on a public results page when the contest closes.
Recipe or cooking contest
Gather recipes with photos and ingredient details on a custom form, then score them with a weighted rubric or let the public vote for their favorite dish.
Brand and marketing contest
Run a campaign, logo, or creative challenge with paid entries, a jury of judges scoring against your criteria, and a public gallery of the standout work.
Community or charity competition
Open a fundraising or community challenge with optional entry fees that fund the cause and land directly in your account, decided by public vote or a small panel.
Built for any contest format
The pieces every contest needs, ready to mix and match out of the box.
Branded entry forms
Build the submission form your contest requires, with the fields, eligibility questions, and many supported file types your rules call for.
Entry fees via Stripe Connect
Set an entry fee and discount codes, or run the contest free. Paid entries route directly to your Stripe account with zero commission.
Jury scoring or public voting
Decide winners with a weighted jury rubric, an open audience vote, or a hybrid of both, across single or multiple rounds.
Friction free for everyone
Entrants, voters, and judges all act without fighting the tool.
A modern submission experience
A clean, fast entry flow that reflects well on your contest, not a 2010s portal entrants give up on halfway through.
Anonymous, blind judging
Mask entrant identities so judges score the work, not the name behind it, which keeps the result credible and defensible.
Public voting without accounts
Open an audience vote that anyone can cast from a link, with no signup, so participation stays high and the gallery drives shares.
After the contest
The wrap-up that usually eats a week, handled.
Public results and gallery
Announce winners on a shareable results page and a public gallery you publish when you are ready, built for your socials and newsletter.
Certificates for winners
Every winner and finalist can receive a verifiable certificate they can share with their own network.
CSV export of entries and results
Export entries, votes, scores, and fees collected to CSV for your recap, your sponsor report, and next year’s plan.
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.
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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 contest organizers ask
Open Your Contest This Week, Not Next Quarter.
Build your contest for free and pay only when you go live. Flat $1,995/year, unlimited contests, zero commission on entry fees. No demo required.
No credit card. Build free, pay only to go live. No demo required.