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title: "Judging and Criteria"
url: https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/judging-and-criteria/
description: "Criteria documents, panel composition, scoring scales and verification steps."
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# Judging and Criteria

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Criteria are the part of a recognition programme that decides whether its results carry weight. A criteria document sets out what a division is measuring, what evidence a panel may consider, and how competing entries are compared. The entries here describe the components such documents generally contain, without reference to any particular programme.

[A](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-a)

B

[C](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-c)

[D](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-d)

[E](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-e)

F

G

H

[I](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-i)

[J](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-j)

K

[L](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-l)

M

[N](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-n)

[O](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-o)

[P](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-p)

Q

[R](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-r)

[S](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-s)

[T](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-t)

U

[V](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-v)

[W](https://internationalgamingawards.com/index-a-z/#letter-w)

X

Y

Z

## Entries in this branch (6)

- Criteria publicationThe published statement of what a division measures, normally issued before the entry window opens so submissions can be written against it.
- Panel compositionHow a jury is assembled and balanced across the areas a slate covers, and why panels are usually drawn from more than one part of the trade.
- Scoring scalesNumeric or banded scales applied per criterion, with the weighting published so that entrants can see which sections carry the most value.
- Conflict-of-interest handlingDeclaration and recusal steps that keep a panellist away from divisions where their own working relationships would colour a score.
- Evidence verificationThe stage at which claims made in a submission are checked against supporting documentation before a shortlist is settled.
- Result confidentialityEmbargo practice between the close of scoring and the point at which outcomes are made public.

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- [Regions and Circuits](https://internationalgamingawards.com/categories/regions/) (4)
- [Terminology and Process](https://internationalgamingawards.com/glossary/) (15)

## Resource records

- [Award category terminology](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/award-category-terminology/)
- [Judging panel structures](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/judging-panel-structures/)
- [Entry and submission process](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/entry-and-submission-process/)
- [Responsible play in category design](https://internationalgamingawards.com/records/responsible-play-context/)

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