Do I need a letter from the contest organizer?
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The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.
As the event organizer, I will be glad if someone comes with a ready document that just needs to be signed or filled with a bit of data. Such a document can be issued to other requesters, but writing one from scratch for everyone is difficult.
I wrote to the organizers of the championships requesting a document about the number of participants from different countries - this confirmed the international level of the competition.
Somewhere, you can highlight the scale through media, and where media coverage is weaker, through a letter from the organizer: for example, mentioning that well-known industry figures participated in or judged the competition.
It all depends on the event type, how significant it is for the petition, and how you describe it. Aim for clarity, logic, and conciseness. It might even be better from open sources—who knows what a familiar organizer could write at your request? If the media covered the event, that is an additional plus.
The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.
Why "Awards" gets refused
Accepted in 14% of challenged petitions (25 of 184); not an approval rate.
The award’s field does not match the field you are filing in, or is worded so that the link is not obvious.
All refusal grounds and the sampleSources
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