"Concept Demo" Awards Program

I have three basic comments to offer.

First, if an applicant reads the criteria and still needs the self-test to know if they're eligible, the criteria have failed. Self-tests don't tell anything new; they just mean that the candidates you want have more work--after they have read the criteria and confirmed they have one of the websites you want to honor. What about the people who ignore the criteria and want to submit porn? That's simple. They'll ignore the self-test too. A mandatory self-test is one more thing that adds to the time taken but doesn't add any value from an award applicant's perspective. And doesn't stop people you wish wouldn't apply.

Second, this is an HTML self-test instead of a Flash self-test. There is a reason for this. HTML loads quickly and most people can read it quickly. Not to mention that it's handicap-accessible. Cool-looking special effects make a Flash self-test slow. Flash is cool the first time, but most serious applicants have seen a Flash self-test before--and the impression it makes is not, "Cool!" The impression it makes is, "Slow! I want to take the test without being slowed down."

Third, I have used radio buttons () rather than checkboxes () for "Yes" and "No". It is very common for awards criteria to have two checkboxes, one for yes, and one for no. It is also wrong. (You don't need to let your applicants answer "yes" and "no" to the same question.) Read more about when to use checkboxes and when to use radio buttons.