Category: Managing Competitions

  • Defining the purpose of your programme

    Defining the purpose of your programme

    Purpose is powerful. It allows you to inspire people to take part and measure your goals effectively once your program ends. Without a clearly articulated purpose, marketing your offering and getting candidates to submit will be an uphill struggle.

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  • The Ultimate Guide to taking submissions

    The Ultimate Guide to taking submissions

    Taking submissions for an existing award or crafting a new competition? Where do you start? Here is the ultimate guide in planning and running a call to submissions – compiling a decade of insights supporting organisations that run open calls.

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  • 6 Submissions Platforms for the Creative Industries

    6 Submissions Platforms for the Creative Industries

    Choosing the right process whilst taking entries could save you hundreds of hours of admin. To save you a little time we’ve compiled a list of the best submission platforms serving the creative eco-system at this time.

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  • Trends for Running Competitions in 2021

    Trends for Running Competitions in 2021

    Much has changed in 2020. For that reason, we’ve compiled our top tips on things to take into consideration when planning & running a successful competition in 2021.

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  • Top sites to list your writing competition on

    Top sites to list your writing competition on

    Boost submissions to your writing contests by listing them on these amazing sites.

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  • Creating opportunity in adversity

    Creating opportunity in adversity

    our months ago, the rules that governed society turned inside out. This left communities isolated, lead to freelancers losing their income and forced organisations to reinvent themselves. Cambridge City Council Supporting communities by commissioning talent With schools closed, parents working from home and the elderly under lockdown, families have either found themselves alone in isolation…

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  • Creating purpose in isolation

    Creating purpose in isolation

    This is our time to prove that arts organisations are there for them even in the most adverse of times. Here’s how running a competition can help support our communities now in isolation, give our team a shared purpose and ensure, that when our doors open once again, our audiences return to us and our…

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  • Building inclusivity into your call out

    Building inclusivity into your call out

    Inclusion is often mentioned, but difficult to get right across all of your processes. Here is a brief guide on what to watch out for when running a call out.

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