Tips for taking submissions

Grow the impact of your initiatives with tips on how to best manage, market and grow your awards, competitions and more!

  • Turning Disappointment into Opportunity: Crafting Your Commiserations Email

    Turning Disappointment into Opportunity: Crafting Your Commiserations Email

    As uncomfortable as it can be, sending out commiserations emails are part and parcel of running an opportunity.

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  • How to Run a Good Program with Reduced Resources

    How to Run a Good Program with Reduced Resources

    This article shares practical strategies for organisations to run impactful creative opportunities like open calls and competitions with limited resources.

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  • Pricing your competition

    Pricing your competition

    How to price your awards and competitions is a fine art. Discover best practice when setting your entry price, alternative ways of making money and the impact the wrong price can have on your awards.

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  • Key sites to list your design competition on

    Key sites to list your design competition on

    Posting your design competition on a listing site might be a good way of sharing your contest to more people. We share our top directories to post your design competition on to get more entries.

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  • How To Run an Online Photo Contest (& Market It Like a Pro)

    How To Run an Online Photo Contest (& Market It Like a Pro)

    Learn the secrets to running an online photo contest with our expert guide to boosting entries and growing your campaign.

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  • Top sites to list your Photography Competition

    Top sites to list your Photography Competition

    We’re here to help you get the word out for your photography competitions! Here’s a list of photography competition directories to start the process.

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  • Increase submissions to your awards through trust

    Increase submissions to your awards through trust

    If you are launching an award, it will be essential for you to build trust with anyone who might consider submitting to you. The longer your process and the bigger the submission fee, the more vital it will be to convince candidates you are legitimate.

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  • Should you take award entry payments first or last?

    Should you take award entry payments first or last?

    Should you take payments upfront when candidates submit your award? The following article breaks down best practices when taking entry fees.

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Monetizing your programs in 2024

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