Competitions made simple
Effortlessly collect applications, delight judges and pick the best candidates with our award winning competitions management software.
Unlimited free testing. No credit card required.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Capterra
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ G2
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sourceforge
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GetApp
Save everyone time
A simple, beautiful platform to make everyone’s life easier.
Programme Manager
Save days on admin from the moment you draft your call, to announcing your final selection.
Using Zealous took away 80% of my workload
Sue Ecclestone (Holly Bush Emerging Woman Painter Prize)
Applicant
Get more entries with clear applicant journeys, keeping track of progress in real-time.
I've done many online applications and yours has been the best experience
Nicola Schauerman (Artist)
Judges
Simplify the process of gathering input from judges, and keep track of their progress at each step.
Zealous is the best competition scoring platform I've used. Couldn't have been easier
Andrew Miller (Cultural Consultant, Broadcaster & Disability Champion)
Grow your competitions
- Spend less time on admin. Automate your entire process with one submission manager
- View real-time progress on your dashboard
- Create a branded page. No coding required
- Gather fees directly with secure bank level security payments
- Automate emails to applicants & judges
- Customise your application form & selection process
- Fair and flexible monthly or annual packages
- Secure, scalable infrastructure,
- GDPR compliant.
We received our highest number of submissions, an increase of 22%!
Laura Evans
(UKNA)
Get more entries
- Delight candidates with a streamlined process
- No limits on uploads (images, videos, pdf, 3D models, etc.)
- Seamlessly collect fees, manage payments and raise invoices
- Let candidates save submissions as draft
- Lock submissions as they are made, or allow for edits up to the deadline
- Seamless invoicing & secure payments through Stripe
- Convert drafts with automatic reminder emails
- Save applicants time, with project reuse
Zealous is remarkable. A promotional profile that easily allows submission to competitions.
Elizabeth Mizon
Filmmaker
Effortless judging
- Delight judges with a visually striking interface that’s quick and easy to understand.
- Allow judges to process submissions in their own time securely
- Customise scoring criteria and weights
- Choose winners across multiple rounds
- Score on the go, from any location, on any device, no app download needed
- Quick scoring with automatic navigation
- Simple judge assignment through categories and manual assignment
- Remove bias with anonymous judging
- Grow your audiences with public voting
Judges found scoring on Zealous very straightforward with no explaining or support required.
Akua Obeng-Frimpong
Arts Development Officer (Cambridge City Council)
Select candidates with ease
- Powerful search, sort and filter functions and bulk processing simplify even the largest competitions.
- View related entries by the same candidates quickly
- Publish round results online at the touch of a button
- Unlock entries for editing to clean up entries before they are published
- All entry information in one place for quick decision making
- Directly contact candidates at anytime
- Environmentally friendly paperless process
Begin taking submissions in minutes
Try our submission manager now. No onboarding or credit card required.