Event Host Guide

Welcome

Running a competition is a lot of moving parts — judges, entries, scoring, results, and a room full of people watching. If you've always done it on paper or in a spreadsheet, moving to software can feel like one more thing to learn.

It isn't. Done right, LiveJudge takes the hardest, most error-prone parts off your plate: the math, the tallying, and the nagging worry that the result might not be fair. This guide walks you through how to think about each stage — from designing your scoring to announcing winners — so your first software-run event feels like your tenth.

Read the core guide once, top to bottom. Then jump to the short section for your specific kind of event.

The LiveJudge Team
Kranitz Enterprises, Inc.