FAQ Entry #384

This is a respond to a previously asked question about the A' Design Award and Competition. The full list of frequently asked questions can be accessed here.

#384: We will not nominate our design due to the negative feedback of the preliminary test but are we obliged to nominate our design or can we participate with another project?

First of all, you can participate with another project; you are not under obligation to proceed with a project that has received a preliminary score. However, you must be careful that a Rejection (negative feedback) is not a score and it is not final either; when you upload a design, it is queued for evaluation, however if the presentation is not technically correct, it is rejected at the very beginning without getting a preliminary score. The preliminary score is from zero (0) to ten (10), and given to all designs that pass the technical checks, and you also have a presentation score from zero (0) to hundred (100) which you should not confuse. Presentation quality score (up to 100) is automatically calculated and does not reflect the preferences of the jury members; the presentation quality score is about technicality of the presentation and its compliance with our guidelines and the presentation quality score can be improved by making changes to your text and images as suggested by the advanced submission optimizer service which you could use free of charge. Rejection status occurs when your automated score is very low or if the presentation is technically incorrect (such as wrong image sizes, missing text, missing images etc), in this case, your work gets technically rejected before it is seen by a preliminary jury member; i.e. you do not get a preliminary score from zero (0) to ten (10) and the work gets outright rejected due to technical issues. You need to ensure that this does not happen to you; you will get a preliminary score from zero (0) to ten (10) only once the design is presented good enough so that when we forward to jury member they see a uniform and good presentation; when the presentation is good enough we forward it to preliminary jury and then the preliminary jury will give a score that explains the likelihood of award status and that is the preliminary score which is from zero (0) to ten (10). When your work gets rejected, instead of uploading another design, it is best to first download presentation guidelines. The guidelines will be useful and ensure your other works do not get eliminated.

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The following questions could be related:

• #92: Can I send you my designs so that you can check it if they are good enough for the competition?
• #151: I have received many status updates, what do they mean?
• #161: I have received an email stating that I have passed the preliminaries, but do I need to nominate my submission to win, could you please explain how this works?
• #210: My credit card will not be accepted when I try to pay the nomination fee?
• #229: I have submitted a design with images, but received an email stating that there is not any images, is there anything wrong with my submission?
• #242: I see that my vote went down (or up) after I updated the presentation very slightly, could you explain why this happens?
• #256: How can I know if my design project is good enough to win the contest?
• #257: If I fix the client / studio section and input my brand info, would it raise my preliminary score?
• #264: My preliminary score decreased after making improvements in design, how is this possible? Which award status will my design have?
• #270: My design was rejected as it was identifiable what does it mean?
• #271: I have uploaded my entry several days ago, but I did not see or receive any updates so far for this entry, its status still seems to be new, I wanted to ask that if there is any absent info for preliminary check?
• #274: I have put a substantial amount of effort into all of our submissions to boost my submission analysis scores and each submission has now gained a 99/100 score. Yet I received a low preliminary score. Could you advise what is required to get a better score then I have received.
• #299: Why was my preliminary score decreased from 7 to 6 after I improved and modified all suggestions from preliminary jury?
• #300: My project got X points from the preliminary tests. Is there any chance to raise my design points to the 9-10 range if I consider and apply your recommendations?
• #316: I have uploaded the new images. Could I expect a new voting for preliminary score?
• #317: I uploaded my project in order to have a preliminary judging service, but I haven't been able to get it. How can I get it?
• #318: Do we have to nominate each project that we upload to the system. I mean that can we decide to nominate our projects according to the preliminary checks?
• #320: We have just updated all the text fields with better descriptions. However, after we've done that, the preliminary score we received earlier, seems to have disappeared. Is there a particular reason for that? Moreover, is it possible to get a new preliminary score (besides the professional preliminary evaluation) ?
• #330: The preliminary check was not as accurate as I expected, I am an important designer and I deserve to know more about my work.
• #331: Honestly I can't settle with the preliminary score that was given already by the jury member.
• #335: At the end of the competition, I would like to ask you about preliminary score, it decreased the last day, can you please increase it?
• #360: If we choose to get a preliminary evaluation for our design by uploading or work, is it obligatory to nominate the projects later or can we decide and pay the nomination after known the score?
• #366: I would like to know if the nomination procedure is compulsory for each design entry?
• #375: After awards announcement, I notice my presentation score changed, it went to 98 from 100, how come!
• #378: Which is the next stop if our design has passed the preliminary test? Do I have to nominate my design, how can i do it? which is the deadline?
• #381: I have already registered my entry but I need to know that do I have to pay any money for the first judgment or not? How many times our entry would be judged?
• #383: I got different preliminary scores on different dates with different account types, there was one point difference. Has the account type any effect on our score?
• #391: I would like to ask about registration fees since it is not very clear to me. If I understand it correctly, we can submit our products for free and pay after preliminary checking if the results are good, right?
• #397: Can we submit our products free and decide on nomination after the preliminary score?
• #398: After nominating my work and paying for the nomination, it possible for me to win the prize？
• #414: My friend has not gotten any preliminary score, there is a question mark in her page, how she can get preliminary score?
• #415: I have updated the details of the entry as well as images, but my preliminary score remained the same. Is that because there are no more evaluations before the deadline? I am too late for a preliminary score?
• #441: I had nominated my design and got a Preliminary Evaluation and score. As your suggestion, I am working on editing my design and updates, can I still get a Preliminary Evaluation again with free of charge?
• #442: I recently nominated my design so that I could take advantage of the early nomination fee. I am now a little worried as my submission needs a lot of work and I will be unable to make it perfect for the next few months as my photographer is away. How long do I have to make the required changes to my design please?. As I would like to make it perfect before final judgement. Also will my submission compromised as I nominated the design too early or is it only fully judged at a later date?
• #462: I have uploaded my designs in my hidden cabinet, and I would like to use Preliminary check before nomination. How could i activate this service?
• #470: I have submitted my designs but did not get scores, did I forgot anything?
• #476: My better design got a worse preliminary score than my other design, why is that and how does it happen?
• #477: The status says REJECTED for my entry but I have paid for this entry to be nominated. What does that mean when my entry is REJECTED?
• #482: May I purchase the entry now, but submit my work later? Do I need to firstly do the Preliminary Score Test ? When can I use the ticket last?
• #492: I did not get a preliminary score and my entry was rejected! WHY!
• #496: Our preliminary score is low can you increase it? We think if you increase our preliminary score, the grand design award jury might give us a higher evaluation?
• #504: For the very same design, with the very same images, and within the very same competition category, I got totally two different preliminary scores when I submitted from different accounts. How and why this happen?

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