# Award Application

Write compelling award submissions, grant applications, and competition entries.

- Repository: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills (1094 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-09
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add jezweb/claude-skills --skill award-application -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add jezweb/claude-skills`

## Description

Write compelling award submissions, grant applications, and competition entries. Maps achievements to selection criteria using evidence-based narratives. Use whenever the user is applying for a business award (Telstra, chamber of commerce, industry awards), a grant, a competition, or any submission demonstrating merit against defined criteria.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Award Application Writer

Produces award submissions and grant applications that address every criterion with quantified evidence. The goal is a document where every paragraph earns points on the scorecard.

## Process

### Step 1: Gather the brief

Ask the user for:

- Award/grant name and organiser
- Selection criteria (the exact list, verbatim if possible)
- Word limits (per criterion and/or total)
- Judging rubric or weighting (if publicly available)
- Category entered (if multiple categories exist)
- Whether this is a first submission or a resubmission
- Any specific achievements, metrics, or stories they want included

If the user has a URL for the award, fetch the criteria page. Many awards publish judging guides or past winner profiles, these are gold for understanding what evaluators value.

### Step 2: Map achievements to criteria

Create a working table before writing anything:

| Criterion | Key achievement | Evidence/metric | Story or example |
|-----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
| Innovation | AI workflow automation | Report time: 3 days to 4 hours | Staff training program, 12 people |
| Growth | Revenue increase | 40% YoY, $X to $Y | New service line launched Q2 |
| Community | Pro bono program | 200 hours, 15 local orgs | Bushfire recovery site builds |

Every criterion must have at least one entry. A blank row means a missing section in the submission, and missing sections lose marks or trigger automatic rejection.

If the user cannot provide evidence for a criterion, flag it explicitly. Better to know the gap now than to submit vague filler.

### Step 3: Write the submission

Address criteria in the exact order they appear on the application form. Judges often score sequentially, don't make them hunt for your answer to criterion 3 buried in the criterion 1 section.

For each criterion, use the STAR structure:

The rest: https://github.com/jezweb/claude-skills/blob/HEAD/plugins/writing/skills/award-application/SKILL.md