The People's Fact-Checking Awards intends to highlight the work being done by ordinary citizens as well as journalists championing the fight against false information, either as a hobby or a profession. Credible fact-checks require a keen eye, so the tools and processes will be big considerations to determine the success of your submissions. Applicants that are willing to innovate by finding less conventional fact-check processes to reveal truth will have an advantage.

Ideas that have the potential to be replicated or that could scale continentally will have an advantage.