EditComps

Edit.
Compete.

Free to enter, with real prize money. Judged on the edit — not your follower count.
Reserve my place

The prize money's already paid in before anyone enters. Winners get it sent straight to their bank.

Why this is different ↓

Backing us

Big editors who support us

What we believe

Two ways to run a contest. We picked the one where the edit matters.

Judged on views

The account wins.

  • ✗Whoever already has followers wins.
  • ✗A great edit from a small account loses to an average edit from a big one.
  • ✗The algorithm decides, and you can't see how.
  • ✗Your first competition is unwinnable.
Judged on the edit

The work wins.

  • ✓Judges score the work, not the account.
  • ✓Criteria published before you enter.
  • ✓Names hidden from judges until scoring closes.
  • ✓Your first competition is winnable.

If you're good and nobody's found you yet, that's exactly who this is for.

Nothing wrong with a views contest — it just measures reach. We wanted to measure the work.

The platform

It's built. Not a pitch deck.

editcomps.com
The actual site. Browse open comps, or put up a prize and run your own.
Prize money sits in escrow until the comp settles.Nobody can pull it out halfway through.
Judges don't see names.Just the edits, scored against rules that get posted before anyone enters.
Sign up, enter, submit, get judged, get paid.All of it works.

How it works

Five steps, start to payout.

01

Sign up free

An account costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

02

Pick a comp

Read the brief. It says what to make, what it pays, and when it closes.

03

Make your edit

Submit before the deadline. Free weeklies, or paid ones with bigger pools.

04

Judged blind

Scored against the criteria published before entry. Names off, work only.

05

Get paid

Win, and the prize goes straight to your bank.

What you'll be editing:

Music Gaming Anime Film Brand campaigns Community events

Why it's real

The money's there before you enter.

✓ Prizes are paid in up front and held. A posted prize is a real prize.
✓ Judged blind against rules published before entry. Names off, work only.
✓ Winners get paid straight to their bank. No vouchers, no credit, no waiting on a payout you have to chase.
✓ Free weeklies, so you can see it work without paying anything.

Track record

We've been doing this already.

We've run editing comps by hand — collecting entries, judging them, paying winners out of our own pockets. Real editors, real money, no site behind it. This is the same thing done properly, so it can run every week instead of whenever we've got time.

Reserve your place

Launching soon. Get in early and you're first in, plus a free entry to the first weekly. Takes a minute.