Real customer stories from teams using Dapple

OPEN CALL

Liberty London

Liberty London ran the open call for their Beauty Advent Calendar on Dapple, using enterprise SSO, a structured review workflow, and in-platform finalist communications to manage a high-prestige commission end to end. Dapple helped:

• Handle hundreds of artist applications in one secure system
• Review a visually stunning image board
• Built-in messaging for applicant communications
• Manage finalist invitations in the same platform

EXHIBITIONS

No Place Art

No Place Art run contemporary juried open calls and exhibitions. As submissions and admin workload grew, they needed a cleaner way to manage artists, judging, and communications. Dapple helped:

• Increase artist submissions year-on-year
• Run structured judging workflows across their panel
• Manage artist communication in one place
• Handle post-selection logistics without spreadsheet chaos

FELLOWSHIPS

Evermay

Evermay launched its Future Fellows Program and needed robust infrastructure for application intake, panel review, and multi-stage progression across cohorts. Dapple helped:

• Run multi-cohort fellowship applications in one system
• Manage independent panel scoring and comments
• Track candidates through shortlist and interview stages
• Keep the full candidate record intact across every stage

CONTEST

Palo Alto Weekly

For four decades, the Palo Alto Weekly has run one of California's most beloved community writing competitions. Dapple replaced email and spreadsheets with a single platform for intake, blind review, judging, payments, and communications. Dapple helped:

• Manage hundreds of entries across three age categories in one workflow
• Run blind review with separate judging panels and built-in audit trails
• Collect entry fees directly through Stripe at submission
• Notify all entrants automatically on results day

PUBLISHING

Open Shelf Reviews

Open Shelf Reviews moved off Scholastica to Dapple to run a paid editorial workflow with tiered pricing, payment-gated submissions, and a 50-reviewer external panel. Dapple helped:

• Gate submission forms behind successful Stripe payment
• Run category-based pricing, discounts, and expedited options
• Assign and manage 50 external reviewers in one system
• Automate author and reviewer communication

PUBLISHING

Vellichor Literary

Vellichor Literary are an independent literary magazine based in San Francisco, USA. With over 100k Instagram followers and thousands of submissions for their open calls, they needed a system to manage their growing audience. Dapple helped:

• Manage all their open calls in one place
• Hire and create an editorial team
• Assign submissions and collaborate across their team
• Communicate efficiently with their active subscriber base