How to run judging without drama

Assign, then hide

Give each judge only the categories they should see. Hide fields they do not need. Anonymise names if the brief says they must not know who entered.

Record conflicts early

A judge who works with an entrant should be marked as conflicted before scoring starts. AwardRocket keeps that judge off that entry.

Choose the method before the round opens

Scores, comments or ranking all work. Changing the method after people have submitted is what causes the drama.

Keep results unpublished

A ranking is not public until you say so. Use that gap to check outliers and missing scores.