6 contests open now · $14,800 in live prizes

Compete. Create.
Win.

Kwickdo runs blinded, expert-judged creative contests across six categories. Judges never see your name, your handle or your follower count — only the work. Win cash and a credential you can actually prove.

No card required · 3 free entries every month · Prizes escrowed before contests open

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Blind-judged
Judged by working professionals Prizes escrowed before contests open You keep your copyright Scores are permanent and auditable

The problem

Talent has never been the bottleneck. Being seen is.

207 million people now make creative work for a living or want to. Almost all of them are judged by an algorithm optimising for watch time — not by anyone qualified to say whether the work is good.

Social platformsKwickdo
Who decides the winnerLikes, shares and the algorithm Named professional judges
What the judge can seeYour name, bio and follower count An anonymous token and the work
What you get backA number that means nothing Per-criterion scores and written notes
What you can proveA screenshot A verifiable credential with a public link
What it costs to tryYour time and your reach Nothing — 3 free entries a month

How the judging works

Blind isn’t a promise. It’s the architecture.

Every platform says it judges fairly. We built ours so that a judge physically cannot retrieve your identity while scoring.

01 Your name attached

You submit

Your file uploads to storage and is immediately assigned an anonymous token. Your identity is stored in a separate record.

02 Metadata removed

Metadata is stripped

EXIF, device data, GPS and author fields are removed automatically before any human sees the file.

03 Identity invisible

The judge sees a token

The judging query reads from a database view that cannot return a creator id. It is enforced in the schema, not in a policy.

04 Names revealed

Scores lock, then names unlock

Only once every judge has locked in every criterion do we map tokens back to creators. Score rows are insert-only.

Six categories

Whatever you make, there’s a brief for it

Each category has its own four-criterion rubric and its own panel of working professionals. No generic scoring.

Art

Illustration, painting, digital art

Traditional and digital work judged on originality, technique, composition and how well it answers the brief.

Technical Skill · 25% Composition & Balance · 25% Concept & Narrative · 25% Originality · 25%
1 open Browse →

Photography

Portrait, street, landscape, editorial

Every entry stripped of EXIF before it reaches a judge. Scored on light, moment, craft and storytelling.

Composition & Framing · 25% Technical Exposure Quality · 25% Subject & Storytelling · 25% Originality & Vision · 25%
1 open Browse →

Design

Brand, UI, poster, packaging

Commercial design judged the way a creative director actually judges it — concept first, craft second.

Visual Hierarchy & Layout · 25% Colour & Typography · 25% Concept Execution · 25% Functional Clarity · 25%
1 open Browse →

Writing

Short fiction, essay, copy, poetry

Words on their own merit. No bio, no byline, no platform — just the sentence and the reader.

Structure & Clarity · 25% Voice & Style · 25% Concept & Originality · 25% Craft & Technical Skill · 25%
1 open Browse →

Music

Production, composition, sound design

Tracks judged blind by working producers and composers. Mix quality and idea weighted equally.

Production Quality · 25% Composition & Arrangement · 25% Originality · 25% Emotional Impact · 25%
1 open Browse →

Video

Short film, motion, edit, ad spot

From 15-second spots to short films. Judged on edit, pacing, craft and whether it lands the idea.

Cinematography · 25% Editing & Pacing · 25% Narrative / Concept · 25% Production Value · 25%
1 open Browse →

For brands

300+ judged creative assets for less than one agency concept round.

Post a brief. We put it in front of your creators and a panel of professionals. You receive every entry already scored, ranked and sorted — with commercial licences on the winners and the prize pool administered by us.

  • Roughly $5 per judged, ranked creative asset
  • Expert panel does the shortlisting before you look
  • Co-branded contest page that markets your brand to creators
  • Full analytics report and creator introductions

Growth package · $1,499

Judged creative assets returned312
Cost per judged asset$4.80
Equivalent agency concept round$15,000+
Time from brief live to results45 days
Commercial licence includedTop 25 entries
45% of brands run a second contest within 90 days of their first result.
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Your work, judged fairly

The next contest closes in days. Your entry takes minutes.

Three free entries a month. No card. No follower count. Just a panel of professionals looking at your work and nothing else.