award-application

Award Application Writer

Produces award submissions and grant applications that address every criterion with quantified evidence. The goal is a document where every paragraph earns points on the scorecard.

Process

Step 1: Gather the brief

Ask the user for:

• Award/grant name and organiser
• Selection criteria (the exact list, verbatim if possible)
• Word limits (per criterion and/or total)
• Judging rubric or weighting (if publicly available)
• Category entered (if multiple categories exist)
• Whether this is a first submission or a resubmission
• Any specific achievements, metrics, or stories they want included

If the user has a URL for the award, fetch the criteria page. Many awards publish judging guides or past winner profiles — these are gold for understanding what evaluators value.

Step 2: Map achievements to criteria

Create a working table before writing anything:

Criterion	Key achievement	Evidence/metric	Story or example
Innovation	AI workflow automation	Report time: 3 days to 4 hours	Staff training program, 12 people
Growth	Revenue increase	40% YoY, $X to $Y	New service line launched Q2
Community	Pro bono program	200 hours, 15 local orgs	Bushfire recovery site builds

Every criterion must have at least one entry. A blank row means a missing section in the submission — and missing sections lose marks or trigger automatic rejection.

If the user cannot provide evidence for a criterion, flag it explicitly. Better to know the gap now than to submit vague filler.

Step 3: Write the submission

Address criteria in the exact order they appear on the application form. Judges often score sequentially — don't make them hunt for your answer to criterion 3 buried in the criterion 1 section.

For each criterion, use the STAR structure:

• Situation: Brief context (1-2 sentences). What was the starting point or challenge?
• Task: What needed to happen? What was the objective?
• Action: What specifically did you/the business do? Be concrete.
• Result: What changed? Quantify the outcome.