1. A system for evaluating and selecting competition winners from a pool of candidates in a competition comprising: a database for storing candidate documents; system processing hardware configured to operate as: a grouping subsystem coupled to said database for grouping said candidate documents into candidate data sets; a qualification subsystem coupled to said database for determining said candidate data sets to be qualified or disqualified; a pool reduction subsystem coupled to said database for determining whether said candidate data sets having been qualified meet a discretionary eligibility standard, said discretionary eligibility standard varying as a function of the number of said candidate data sets having been qualified; an evaluation subsystem coupled to said qualification subsystem and said database for evaluating each of said candidate data sets having met said discretionary eligibility standard and scoring one or more evaluation variables in response to said evaluation; and a selection subsystem coupled to said evaluation subsystem and database for selecting one or more competition finalists responsive to said evaluation and scoring of said candidate data sets having met said discretionary eligibility standard.