Suggestions for software or platfornm to host photo contests for a club?

[redforester]

My photo club has monthly photos contests for our members.

Currently we're using a software package called Photo contest Pro:http://www.photocontestpro.com

It relatively cheap ($115 for the first year and $40/year for subsequent years) but the software is Windows only and the interface is dated looking. Does anyone of of any alternatives?

Ideally, we would like to find something that is web based and can handle different types of contests. Meaning, sometimes there would be only one judge and at other times all members would vote for their favorite images (Similar to the mini competitions on this site).

The images also need to be hidden until the judging begins and we need to be able to view each image in a ZOOM meeting for the judge to provide feedback.

Hope that makes sense... appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

[Manfred M]

The most popular judging application in Canada is EntryWizard, which is a WordPress plugin. Most modern judging applications are web browser based and are transportable between Windows and Macs. This does mean you do need a WordPress back end to operate the software with, but a lot of photography clubs use a WordPress based platform for their own websites, so it is a natural fit for many clubs.

I'm a national level (CAPA) judge and have seen everything from having to download images from a shared folder (Google Drive, DropBox) and an accompanying form (usually an Excel spreadsheet) to custom built web-based judging tools. CAPA uses EntryWizard for national competitions.



https://wordpress.org/plugins/entrywizard/

[Rita]

The photo club I attend recently redid the website. We are using “Photo Pursuits”. All entries for club competitions, judging, etc
goes through this. So far it seems to be meeting or needs.

[redforester]

Manfred and Rita,

Thanks for responding. Unfortunately, our website is built with Squarespace not WordPress and Photo Pursuits looks like a Windows only solution also.

[Wandjina]

I know I am a little late with this post. Quite a number of the Clubs in Australia use Photocomp.
http://www.photocompsoftware.com/
It seems to work well

[Manfred M]

I know I am a little late with this post. Quite a number of the Clubs in Australia use Photocomp.
http://www.photocompsoftware.com/
It seems to work well

Another Windows based solution that uses Bootcamp to run on a Mac, so not useful for Anthony's club.

My club ran into exactly the same issue when we were looking at a solution as many members are Mac users.

[loosecanon]

Quite a few UK clubs use PhotoEntry https://photoentry.uk/information/welcome.html

This is a web based service which also hosts images entered and so on. Available for one month trial
Cost is based on a fee per member of the club.

[Yukie]

Hello Anthony!
Im not sure if you're still looking for a platform for photo contests but here are a few I know:
-Picter (you can also add notes on photos and give detailed feedback)
-Submittable (it started as as journal submission site but its a big well known company where you can also do photo contest)
-Zealous (a submissions platform for the creative industries!)

[Manfred M]

Hello Anthony!
Im not sure if you're still looking for a platform for photo contests but here are a few I know:
-Picter (you can also add notes on photos and give detailed feedback)
-Submittable (it started as as journal submission site but its a big well known company where you can also do photo contest)
-Zealous (a submissions platform for the creative industries!)

Hi Yukie - please check the dates of the posts before replying. This thread is over 4 years old and the poster has not been active for almost a year.