Launch a CFP in minutes
Spin up a Call for Papers page for your conference, meetup or hackathon in under five minutes — no code, no hosting headaches.
The fastest way to run a Call for Papers for your conference, meetup, or hackathon. Pick a preset, share the link, watch submissions roll in. Multi-stage reviews, agenda builder, speaker portal — all included. Free forever, no credit card.
Used by organizers running CFPs across 30+ countries · No card. No trial. No catch.
< 5 min
From signup to live CFP
100%
Free · No Credit Card
Multi-Stage
Review · L1 · L2 · L3
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We built submitcfp because launching a CFP shouldn't require a project manager. Time it yourself.
Email or Google. No credit card, ever.
Pick a preset, set the deadline, paste your brand colors.
Beautiful public page with countdown, share widget, FAQ — built-in.
Manage speakers, submissions, and reviews in one place.
Build your speaking portfolio. Import from LinkedIn and GitHub.
Multi-step wizard with auto-save. Track every proposal.
Structured scoring with multi-stage review workflows.
Get notified when your talk is accepted or reviewed.
Drag-and-drop scheduling. Build your event visually.
Quick presets for meetups, conferences, and hackathons.
“Set up our entire CFP, branding and reviewer pipeline in one evening. Wish we'd found this two events ago.”
Aarav S.
Program Chair · Cloud Native Summit
“The multi-stage review with score thresholds saved us about 12 hours of spreadsheet wrangling per round.”
Lena K.
Lead Reviewer · Berlin DevDays
“First CFP I've submitted to where the form didn't make me rage-quit. The progress bar is chef's kiss.”
Marco D.
Speaker · 14 conferences
Speaker, organizer, or reviewer — same login, all included. 100% free.
Land your next talk faster.
Run your CFP in an afternoon.
No card. No trial timer. Just sign up and ship.
Call for Papers management, reimagined
Running a great conference should not mean duct-taping together a Google Form, a spreadsheet and a Slack channel. submitcfp is a purpose-built Call for Papers management software that replaces those tools with a single, beautifully designed workflow — from open call to published agenda. It's trusted by community-run meetups, regional developer conferences, hackathons, and academic workshops around the world.
Spin up a Call for Papers page for your conference, meetup or hackathon in under five minutes — no code, no hosting headaches.
A guided submission wizard with auto-save, customizable questions per track, and talk libraries so speakers can reuse abstracts.
Configure L1/L2/L3 review rounds with independent scoring, blind review mode, reviewer track assignments and deadline enforcement.
Batch accept or reject hundreds of submissions by score thresholds. Publish results privately first, then notify speakers with one click.
Drag-and-drop accepted talks into a multi-room, multi-day schedule. Share a public agenda URL and embed it on your site.
A built-in speaker directory indexes accepted speakers, topics and slidedecks — a permanent record of your event's lineup.
Discover open CFPs worldwide, submit your talk in minutes, track every proposal and build a public speaking portfolio — all free, forever.
Learn how speakers use submitcfp →Launch a CFP in under five minutes, review with your team, manage tracks, run blind reviews and ship an agenda. A modern conference management platform for community organizers and pros.
Learn how organizers use submitcfp →Score submissions with structured rubrics, collaborate in multi-round workflows, and leave the right amount of feedback — without spreadsheets or duplicate email threads.
CFP review best practices →Most CFP tools are either painfully manual (Google Forms + spreadsheets), closed ecosystems with lock-in, or academic systems with a 2005 interface. submitcfp is different:
Everything organizers, speakers and reviewers ask before picking a Call for Papers platform.
submitcfp is a Call for Papers (CFP) management platform for conferences, meetups, and hackathons. It lets organizers launch a CFP in minutes, collect and review talk submissions, manage speakers, and publish an agenda — all in one place.
Yes — submitcfp is 100% free for everyone today: speakers, organizers, and reviewers. There are no event limits, no per-submission fees, and no feature paywalls. Every organizer feature (multi-stage reviews, agenda builder, custom email templates, embeddable widgets, analytics, bulk import) is available to all accounts.
Create a free account, head to Discover CFPs, pick an open call from any conference or meetup, and submit your talk proposal in a few minutes. Your submissions, drafts and speaker profile are saved automatically.
Organizers create an event, configure tracks, talk formats, review stages, and custom scoring criteria. Reviewers can be invited per track with role-based permissions, L1/L2/L3 review rounds, blind review mode, and batch accept/reject tooling.
Yes. submitcfp supports unlimited review stages (L1, L2, L3+), independent scoring per stage, blind review mode that hides speaker identities, per-round deadlines, and auto-promotion rules based on score thresholds.
Yes. submitcfp ships embeddable widgets for the CFP form, speaker lineup and public schedule, so your event site stays on-brand while the heavy lifting happens on submitcfp. Embeddable widgets are available to every organizer at no cost.
Yes. The multi-stage peer review workflow, blind review mode, conflict-of-interest (COI) detection and custom scoring rubrics make submitcfp a lightweight alternative to heavy academic paper submission systems.
Three: Speakers (submit and manage talks), Organizers (run events, manage CFPs and agendas), and Reviewers (score and recommend submissions). A single account can switch between roles.
Every published CFP gets a rich, mobile-friendly public page at submitcfp.com/cfp/<your-slug> with a live countdown to the deadline, animated hero, important-dates timeline, 'Why Submit?' perks, FAQ section, rich track cards, a floating share widget (Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook/WhatsApp/Email), and an Add-to-Calendar button. Existing events get rich library defaults automatically — no migration needed.
Speed without cutting corners
Everything a real CFP needs. Nothing you have to wrestle with.
< 5 min
Time to first CFP
$0
Per Event · Forever
3
Personas Supported
L1·L2·L3
Multi-stage Review
Why teams choose submitcfp
Multi-Round Reviews
L1/L2/L3 review stages with independent scoring and deadline enforcement
Team Collaboration
Invite co-organizers, assign reviewers to tracks, manage permissions
Batch Decisions
Accept/reject by score threshold — process hundreds of submissions in seconds
Blind Review Mode
Hide speaker identities from reviewers for unbiased evaluation
Agenda Builder
Drag-and-drop multi-room scheduler with public sharing
Embeddable Widgets
CFP, speaker lineup, and schedule widgets for your event website