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.
submitcfp is the all-in-one CFP management software for conferences, meetups, and hackathons. Launch your Call for Papers, collect talk submissions, run multi-stage reviews, and build your agenda — effortlessly.
100%
Free to Use
3 Roles
Speaker · Organizer · Reviewer
Multi-Stage
Review System
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.
100% free. No credit card. No catch.
Your next standing ovation starts here.
Curate world-class lineups, effortlessly.
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 free forever for speakers and offers a free tier for organizers covering up to 2 events. A Pro plan unlocks advanced review workflows, diversity & inclusion analytics, embeddable widgets, custom email templates and more.
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 Pro includes 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.
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.
The numbers speak for themselves
Join thousands of speakers and organizers who've streamlined their CFP process.
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Multi-Stage
Review Workflow
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Analytics & Tracking
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