Category: Insights

  • 10 Questions with Guy Armitage

    10 Questions with Guy Armitage

    This year, Zealous celebrates its 10th Anniversary. In recognition of this momentous occasion, we’ve interviewed founder and CEO, Guy Armitage, to find out more about the company’s past, present and future. 

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  • Sharing Four Lessons from Running a Business

    Sharing Four Lessons from Running a Business

    Ten years have gone by quickly, and we are still learning. After a decade of building Zealous, we thought we should share some of our top lessons.

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  • Establishing the perks for your competition

    Establishing the perks for your competition

    The only reason applicants will take the time to submit is that there’s something in it for them. Defining what’s in it for those selected, and understanding what you have available to you, could allow you to run a competition on a very tight budget, and still make a great success of it.

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  • Perfecting Your Artist Statement

    Perfecting Your Artist Statement

    Having a clear and compelling artist statement is essential for grant applications, exhibitions, open calls and residency submissions. To ensure you communicate what matters, we’ve compiled a quick and easy guide to help you tackle the daunting task of putting words to your practice.

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  • Streamlining what you ask for from candidates

    Streamlining what you ask for from candidates

    Asking candidates for the correct information when they submit is a fine art.

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  • Creative Resources: Where to Get Your Grant

    Creative Resources: Where to Get Your Grant

    Every discipline comes with its own set of requirements and costs. It can be hard to filter through the plethora of opportunities to find the perfect one suited to your project and its needs. We’ve put together a selection of grant initiatives and competitions that stand out as being particularly suited to specific disciplines.

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  • 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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