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Jurying

Set Up Your Jury

Learn how to configure your jury based on how you want jurors to view and score applications. Whether you’re using monitor, rolling, or projected jury formats, this page walks you through the steps to get set up, customize juror views, and ensure only eligible applications are reviewed.

Last updated on 13 Feb, 2026

Setting Up a Monitor Jury 🖥️ (most popular)

Jurors view images on their own computers. Images are shown one at a time, followed by a scorecard with a thumbnail view. Jurors can enter into full-screen mode and zoom in to see image details.

Watch a video: Setting Up Your Jury 📺

Before jurying begins, move all applicants who will be juried to the Received status from the Event Management page.

When you're ready to set up the jury, configure the following settings under Step 1: Set Up the Jury on the Jury tab:

Change your jury to In Progress.

Click Jury and then move to Step 1: Set Up the Jury. Change Current Jury Status to: In Progress.

Select a jury view.

Choose from Monitor Fullscreen.

Determine a scoring type.

Choose from 1-5, 1-7, 1-10, or yes/no/maybe.

Choose how score options display on the scorecard.

Next to Scoring Type Order, choose Low to High or High to Low. This affects the display, not the value of the score.

Determine how applications will be sorted.

Next to Sub-sort Artists By, choose how applications will be sorted for the jury within each medium: Last Name, Application ID, Application Received (date submitted), or Random.

Hide applicant statuses.

Change the setting Hide Current Artist Status to Yes. This will prevent artists from seeing if they've been invited or uninvited before you're ready to announce results.

Add or hide body of work views.

In the Show Body of Work setting, change to Active if you want jurors to see an applicant's body of work presented as thumbnails first, before each individual image.

Hide or display artist names.

Choose to display or hide artist names from the jury. Select Inactive from the drop-down menu to hide artist names.

Hide or display the artist statement.

Choose active to display the artist's statement of technique to jurors. Select disabled to keep the statement hidden.

Hide or display artwork descriptions.

Change to Active to display descriptions for each piece of artwork. Artwork descriptions are optional for artists.

Hide or display artwork prices.

Change to Active if you want to display the individual prices of each artwork submitted for consideration.

Save settings.

Click Save Jury Settings to save preferences.

Setting Up a Rolling Jury 🔄

A rolling jury allows artists and vendors to apply while jurying is in progress. Events with ongoing or flexible deadlines most often use this type.

Configure your jury set-up with the instructions above, except for the Hide Current Artist Status setting. Change this to No, which will allow applicants to continue applying even while you're jurying.

Setting Up a Projected Jury 📽️

This jury format is designed to be used with special equipment to project images onto a wall or screen. The scorecard features thumbnails of the images, allowing the juror to follow along with the projected images.

⚡ TIP: We recommend using ZAPP’s JuryBuddy™ app to run your projected jury. To learn more, email zapphelp@wearecreativewest.org.

Configure your jury set-up with the instructions above, except for the following settings:

Jury View: Choose Projection.
Show Art Thumbnails: Choose from all, one, or none to display how many thumbnails your jurors will see on their scorecards.

👉 Once you've configured your settings, you're ready to create juror accounts and begin jurying.

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Create Juror Accounts

Learn how to create jurors’ accounts, assign them to your event, and provide logins so they can begin scoring applications. This quick guide walks through the steps for adding a juror, setting a secure password, and granting access to your event.

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Jury Application Table

Use the Jury Application Table to monitor juror scores, view comments, and take action on artist statuses during the jury. This view gives you real-time insight into how applicants are performing and lets you update statuses directly from the table.

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Jury Reports

ZAPP offers reporting tools before and after your jury to help you prepare, review results, and document scores. Use these reports to track medium category distribution, provide backup scoring tools, and analyze final jury data.

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