Jury code

How the jury is formed. Every winner of a Tappawards award is invited by email to join the jury. To become a juror, complete a short public profile: name, photo, a few lines about yourself and links to your work. The organiser (Mosaic) may also invite jurors and judges as the organiser's jury until the community jury is formed.

Conflicts of interest. You never assess or vote for your own entries or entries of your organisation; the system excludes them automatically. If you recognise a conflict the system could not detect (a client, a former employer, a friend), mark the entry as “conflict” and skip it.

Blind judging. Where judging is blind, do not try to find out the author, and do not discuss entries publicly before results are announced.

Scoring. Score every assigned entry against the published criteria, honestly and independently. Scores are checked for outliers; consistently unexplained scores may lead to removal from the jury.

Confidentiality. Unpublished entries, scores and discussions are confidential.

No payment, no gifts. Jurors are not paid and must not accept anything from entrants.

Leaving. You may leave the jury at any time from your jury cabinet; your profile is then removed from the jury page.