Summarise a Competition Entry Brief Into What the Judges Are Actually Looking For

Competition briefs describe what they are looking for in language that sounds broad but is usually more specific than it appears. This summarises one into what actually matters: the hard rules, the evaluation criteria in the order the judges appear to weight them, the stylistic signals embedded in the brief, and the single most important thing to get right in your entry.

You want to enter a competition but the brief is long, has multiple criteria, and mixes mandatory requirements with evaluation preferences. Summarise the competition brief below into four sections: first, the hard requirements (disqualifying conditions if not met); second, the evaluation criteria in priority order with a note on what strong versus weak responses to each criterion look like; third, the tone or style cues in the brief that signal what the judges value; fourth, the single most important thing to get right in the entry.

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