Judging process
The Lovie Awards Winners and Honourees are selected by members of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences from the best work entered through the call for entries. Evaluated against a number of criteria, the work undergoes a rigorous process to win the coveted Lovie Award.
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How work is judged
From the thousands of entries submitted during the call for entries, associate members of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences independently inspect each entry and rate them based on their respective judging criteria. Each entry is evaluated by multiple academy members.
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Judging foreign language entries
The Lovie Awards accepts entries in English, German, Spanish, Italian and French. The Academy is made up of bi-lingual judges who will be assigned entries in specific languages to judge. All judges, regardless of assigned language group, will also be granted access to judge on English language entries. A proprietary algorithm will normalise all entries in foreign languages in accordance with the judging patterns in the English language entries thus creating a level playing field across all five language types.
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Selecting winners
Academy members provide scores for entries based on the appropriate Website, Interactive Advertising & Media, Film & Video or Mobile & Apps criteria, and eventually cast ballots to determine Honourees, Bronze, Silver and Gold winners. Only a single Gold winner will be awarded in each category, for the entry with the highest aggregate score. Categories may include multiple Silver or Bronze winners depending on relative scoring. In the event of a tie, the Jury Chairperson casts the tie-breaking vote. Academy members may not vote in any category in which they have a conflict of interest.
Due to the fact that (1) winner can be chosen for each category, other entries that are worthy of recognition are eligible to receive special commendation from The Academy as Silver, Bronze and Official Honourees. No more than 20% of entries can receive the Official Honouree distinction.
Description of Executive Academy Members Members of The Academy are visionaries, evangelists and luminaries who have catalysed great achievements on the internet or have demonstrated extraordinary talent in a traditional medium. These internet experts faithfully represent the past and future of new media; they carry the voice of the Industry. The traditional masters possess an understanding of their fields that transcend the new medium. Their minds speak powerfully towards excellence and value within their field -- advertising, art, film, science, or sports, for example -- online and off. -
Disclosure
With all the connection and interconnection online, and because we not only acknowledge excellence, but we associate with it, the potential for conflicts of interest often arises. We take these conflicts very seriously. We do everything in our power to minimise occurrences of conflicts while ensuring that the best work is recognised.
The Lovie Awards and The Academy staff does not select the the winners, or influence the judges in any way. We do select a diverse body of judges who we feel is objective, respected and knowledgeable in their category or language. The Honourees and Winners are entirely in the hands of these academy members who select and vote on them through an independent process.
Judges may not vote for any entry with which they have a conflict of interest; such situations are closely monitored, depending on both the personal integrity of the judges and various sources of knowledge to police such activity.
