Best Video Contest App for Contests & Leads

Run a Video Contest in Minutes — Free to Start

Run engaging video contests that collect user-generated content, boost social engagement and grow your audience — all from one easy video contest app and software.

Collect video submissions from your audience

Display entries in a beautiful public gallery

Let your community vote or pick a winner yourself

Promote your contest across all social media platforms

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Invite your audience to submit videos, showcase their creativity, and convert entries into leads and loyal customers.

Why Use Gleam For

Video

Contests?

Collect Photos and Videos

Use Gleam's media upload action to collect videos directly from your audience, or pull in submissions from YouTube and TikTok using hashtags automatically.

Display Entries in a Public Gallery

Showcase submissions in a beautiful branded gallery. Enable public photo voting to let your community decide the winner, or moderate entries manually.

Pick Your Contest Winner Fairly

Choose a winner randomly, by judge panel, or by popular vote. Gleam's built-in draw system makes the entire selection process transparent, fair, and easy to manage.

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Turn Your Video Contest Into a Lead Gen Engine

Build Your Email List With Video Contests

Transform your video contest into a high-converting funnel. Gleam's contest builder integrates directly with your marketing stack so you can grow your email list, reach your target audience, and turn participants into leads instantly.

Email Marketing Integrations

Grow Engagement With User-Generated Content

Grow Authentic Engagement Through Video Contests

Invite your audience to submit videos around a theme or branded hashtag. From product reviews to tutorial content, Gleam's tools help you collect UGC that increases brand visibility and builds community.

Video Contest Template

Run Photo Voting Contests

Let your audience vote on their favourite submissions. Gleam's voting gallery creates a shareable, competitive experience that keeps people coming back and brings in new entrants through word of mouth.

Easily Pick a Winner, Stay Compliant

Automate winner selection in your video contest. Choose randomly, by judge panel, or by public vote. No manual work needed.

How AdoreMe Collected 900+ Pieces of User-Generated Content With One Campaign

Online lingerie retailer AdoreMe ran a Valentine's Day giveaway using Gleam that invited customers to share photos and memories using #WhatDoYouAdore. The campaign collected 900+ pieces of UGC and drove 54,000+ actions across social platforms.

54,000+

Actions Driven

21.7%

Average Conversion Rate

900+

Pieces of UGC Collected

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Connect Your Video Contest With Popular Platforms

Explore Integrations

Instagram

LinkedIn

Messenger

Pinterest

Reddit

Snapchat

Telegram

TikTok

Email Marketing Platforms

Sync contest entries to your email lists

CRM & Marketing Tools

Track and nurture leads automatically

Content Platforms

Embed contests anywhere on your site

Video Contest Templates & Tools

Ready-to-Use Video Contest Templates

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Video Gallery

Collect Customer Video Testimonials

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Mother's Day Video Contest

Promote New Video Game Release

Video Contest

Video File Uploads

Expert Video Contest Guides

How To Use User-Generated Content In Your Marketing

Ahron Burstin

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Video Contest App Features

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$79/mo

Complete access to 4 growth apps

Pick Your Contest Winner Fairly

ick your winner randomly, by judge panel, or by public vote. Gleam's fair-draw tools keep the whole selection process transparent and easy to manage

Display Entries in a Public Gallery

Showcase video submissions in a branded gallery, and run public polls to engage your community on which entries they love.

Collect Photos & Videos

Collect photos and videos directly from your audience with the Upload and Submit Media actions — accept file uploads, set allowed media types and file-size limits, and Gleam automatically blocks duplicate uploads.

Sync Entrants to Your Email List

Sync new entrants directly into your email marketing platform automatically when they enter your video contest.

Frequently Asked Questions about Video Contests

How Do I Choose a Winner For Photo Contests?

To pick a winner for your photo contest you can draw winners randomly, manually through a judge panel, or by popular vote from your audience. For a random draw, open the Winners tab and click Draw Winners. To judge by merit, select Make Winner on the best submission in the Actions tab. For popular vote, display entries in a Gallery, let users vote, then sort by Most Popular and make that entry the winner.

How Do I Accept Images Into My Contest?

Can I Submit Multiple Votes?

Can I Collect Emails from Photo Contest Voters?

What Are Effective Ways to Promote a UGC Contest?

How Do I Run a Photo Contest on Instagram?

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