Creative | Portfolio | Showcase

Creative & Design Competition Management Platform

Organise creative, multimedia, graphic design, video, architecture, portfolio, and product design competitions with submissions, jury review, showcase, awards, and certificates.

Media submissionsPortfolio reviewCreative judgingShowcase awards
Sample workspace

Creative product view

Submit Portfolio -> Upload Creative Work -> Curate -> Judge -> Showcase -> Award

Entries
21
Jurors
14
Reviewed
88%
Evaluation progress88%
Creative entry Submit portfolio
Media submissions
Queued
Creative entry Upload work
Portfolio review
In review
Creative entry Curate
Creative judging
Evaluated
Latest score
89.8/ 100
Showcase Award
Built for

Competition workflows that match the format

Best for design showcases, multimedia contests, creative awards, video competitions, architecture showcases, and product design events.

Creative schools and faculties
Run portfolio, design, multimedia, architecture, and product design competitions with structured judging.
Agencies and professional bodies
Manage awards programmes for creative work, design craft, video, and media submissions.
Event organisers
Collect creative submissions, assign jurors, publish results, and issue recognised certificates.
How it works

How a creative competition runs on PENTAS

PENTAS keeps the operational workflow consistent while letting each competition type use the language and evidence structure organisers expect.

Lifecycle board

Creative workflow stages

6 stages
01

Submit portfolio

Collect entrant details, creative titles, categories, briefs, and portfolio information.

02

Upload work

Gather media links, videos, design files, product evidence, or supporting descriptions.

03

Curate

Group submissions by category, theme, medium, or award track.

04

Judge

Assign jurors and evaluate originality, craft, relevance, and presentation.

05

Showcase

Publish recognised entries or competition outcomes where the organiser enables public pages.

06

Award

Release awards, results, and verified certificates for participants and jurors.

Built-in capabilities

Everything needed for Creative operations

Creative registration
Capture participant, portfolio, and creative entry details.
Media submissions
Collect videos, images, links, files, or supporting evidence.
Category setup
Organise work by medium, theme, level, or award category.
Jury scoring
Evaluate originality, craft, relevance, and creative direction.
Moderation workflow
Review results and award decisions before publication.
Showcase support
Connect recognised work to public competition pages where enabled.
Awards
Manage category winners, medals, rankings, or special creative awards.
Certificates
Issue verified recognition for participants, winners, and jurors.
Product scoring view

Example creative judging criteria

Creative competitions can configure criteria around originality, craft, brief relevance, and presentation.

Originality89.8/100
Creative direction85.8/100
Technical craft81.8/100
Relevance to brief77.8/100
Presentation73.8/100
Review status
Ready for award decision
Creative
Creative participation certificates
Category winner awards
Special creative recognition
Jury certificates
Recognition
Awards and certificates
Recognition can be configured according to the organiser's award and certificate setup.
Creative participation certificates
Category winner awards
Special creative recognition
Jury certificates
Active competitions

Related Creative competitions

Published competitions are shown using available type data first, with conservative fallback matching when older records do not expose a clean competition type.

Browse all competitions

No active published competitions are currently matched to this type.

Organisers can still run this format on PENTAS. Browse all competitions or start an organiser conversation to configure a new workflow.

Why PENTAS

One workspace for the complete competition lifecycle

Configure
Set categories, rules, registration, submissions, and organiser requirements.
Evaluate
Assign jurors, apply rubrics, collect scores, and manage review stages.
Recognise
Publish results and issue award, participant, jury, or committee certificates.
Verify
Support digital certificate verification where enabled by the competition.
FAQ

Creative competition questions

Need a structured creative awards workflow?

Use PENTAS to manage creative submissions, jury review, showcase outcomes, awards, and verified certificates.

  1. Submit portfolio
    Media submissions
  2. Upload work
    Portfolio review
  3. Curate
    Showcase Award
  4. Certificate
    Verified recognition

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