Photo contest software that makes collecting and reviewing entries easy
Collect piles of entries, find stunning winners, and hit all your marketing goals with Submittable’s photo contest platform.
A brimming toolbox perfect for hosting a photo contest
All-in-one workspace
Collect, judge, and select photos all in one place—then send out notifications, run reports, and fund prizes from the platform, too.
In-platform file viewing
Submitters can easily upload over 50 types of files while administrators and judges can view them without having to download.
Hassle-free entry fee collection
Ask for entry fees, judging fees, or donations within your initial form.
Branded landing pages and forms
Customize your photo contest site and and forms to reflect your brand and capture the energy of your contest.
Quick permission for UGC
Unlike photo contests run via social media, Submittable’s platform allows you to get legal consent to use user-generated content.
Advanced reporting
Measure the success of your photo contest, dig into the numbers, and report the results to your organization, the users, or the public.
Create a beautiful, customized gallery
Whether you want to keep voting within your organization or open it to the public, our desktop- and mobile-friendly gallery feature showcases entries on a branded website while our voting options keep the contest fair and equitable.
Public or private voting
Open voting up to the public or organize a panel of judges—but expect smooth sailing either way. Customize scoring and how often users may vote.
Masked or anonymous voting
Hide the names of the photographers, the names of the judges, or both, during your voting and review process.
Captioning options
Add captions, artists’ statements, or other information and text to each picture. Make this information viewable to some or all users.
Boost your campaign
Leverage millions of users and followers via Submittable's Discover platform and through our Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube accounts.
Submittable is built on a modern cloud infrastructure
Built with privacy and security features designed to ensure the safety of your data.
Turn tasks that take days into tasks that take hours
Never again wait for a picture download, wade through your email for correspondence with a submitter, or spend time on exhaustive submission spreadsheets. Kit Shah of the London Photo Festival, estimates that his team works 75% faster with Submittable.
“If we’re putting something new up, I’ll have it done within an hour. Before [Submittable] it would have taken a couple days’ worth of planning.”