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For artists in every medium

Which work goes to which open call?

Shortlisted checks every open call against every piece in your portfolio, removes the calls you cannot enter, and drafts the whole application for the one you pick. You finish it and send it.

Pick a work on the right. The ranking is computed in your browser, by the same engine the app uses.

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The problem

An open call takes a weekend. Most of it is re-writing what you already wrote.

Finding calls is the easy part now. The hard part is deciding which piece fits, whether you are even eligible, and re-framing the same work for a different brief, again.

260Work × call pairs scored in the demo
6Eligibility rules checked before any score
9Documents in a full application pack
0Applications sent without you
How it works

From portfolio to application, in four moves.

01

Add your works once.

Image, year, materials, themes, a few lines about each piece. Plus where you live and your year of birth, for the eligibility rules.

02

Rules clear the list.

Age caps, residency limits, medium restrictions and passed deadlines remove calls outright, with the reason shown.

03

Every work is scored.

Each remaining call gets a 0–100 score per work, split into six parts, so you see which piece to send and why.

04

The pack is drafted.

One click builds every document the call asks for, around that one work. Edit, copy, send, track.

Per work, not per artist

Other tools match your profile. We match each piece.

A residency about migration wants one of your works. A prize about material and responsibility wants another. The score sheet shows the ranking of your own portfolio for every call.

  • Relevance of this work, 30 points
  • Strategic value, 20 · Chance of acceptance, 15
  • Budget, 15 · Deadline, 10 · Feasibility, 10
Ruled out before scoring
Artist must be under 35Age cap
Open to residents of one country onlyResidency
Painting-only prize, ceramic workMedium
For established artists with a museum recordCareer stage
Work must be made in the last 4 yearsWork date
Closed yesterdayDeadline
Rules before scores

A call you cannot enter is not a 40. It is a no.

Hard filters run first. And every call that stays carries two flags a curator would ask about: is it verified on the organiser's own site, and who pays whom.

  • Pay-to-stay and pay-to-apply are priced into the score
  • Calls found only on an aggregator are marked unverified
  • Your own fee limit is respected
The pack

Not a statement. The whole application.

Built around the one work you chose, in the call's own terms. Drafts use only what you entered and what the call says. A missing fact is marked in [brackets], never invented.

01Positioning: why this work, for this call
02Work description, re-framed
03Call-specific artist statement
04Project proposal
05Short bio
06CV, selected entries
07Budget and shipping
08Cover email
09Checklist of every required document, format rule and the deadline
Tracker

Every call has a status and a reason.

Shortlist it, prepare it, mark it sent, record the result. When you or your curator skip a call, the note says why, so the same kind of call stops coming back.

Not decidedShortlistPreparingSubmittedAcceptedRejectedSkip
Curator's note“Pay-to-stay, will not work in the portfolio. Similar shows exist closer, without the shipping.”

Example of a skip note. Notes stay private to your account.

Compared

Listings find calls. Matchers rate you. We prepare the application.

Call listingsProfile matchersShortlisted
Matches a call toNothing, you filterYour profileEach individual work
Tells you which piece to sendNoNoYes, ranked, with reasons
Removes calls you cannot enterManual filtersPartlyAge, residency, medium, stage, work date
Flags unverified and pay-to-playRarelySometimesOn every call
Application draftsNoA statement from your CVNine-part pack around the chosen work
Tracks what you sent and why you skippedNoSometimesStatus and note on every call
Pricing

Pay for packs, not for browsing.

Matches are free to see. A pack is the full set of drafts for one call, built from one work.

Free
$0
  • All matches and scores
  • 1 pack a month
  • Up to 3 works
Start free
Pro
$19 / month
  • 5 packs a month
  • Up to 50 works
  • Daily call monitoring
Choose Pro
Studio
$39 / month
  • 15 packs a month
  • Up to 200 works
  • For weekly applicants and managers
Choose Studio
FAQ

Questions artists ask first.

Do you submit applications for me?

No. Shortlisted prepares drafts. You read them, change them and send them yourself, through the organiser's own form or email.

Will it make things up about my work?

No. Drafts use only the facts in your portfolio and in the call. Where something is missing, you get a placeholder in [brackets] that says what to add.

Which media does it cover?

Painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, textile, photography, video, digital, installation, performance, sound, street art, mixed media and writing.

Does a high score mean I will be selected?

No. The score ranks fit, cost and effort so you spend time on the right calls. Selection is the jury's decision.

Where do the calls come from?

From organisers' own pages and public listings. Each call shows whether it has been verified on the organiser's site. Always confirm there before paying a fee.

What is in the demo?

The portfolio of ceramic artist Anna Maslennikov, shown with her permission, scored against open calls with deadlines still ahead. Nothing you do in the demo leaves your browser.

Send the right piece. Skip the rest.