# Open signups for a camp
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/organisations/writers-camps/open-signups

Share one public link where people apply or join, with your own questions, limited spots and a waitlist.
Instead of inviting everyone yourself, open a public signup page and share its link anywhere. People apply without an Aden account.

## Turn on signup [#turn-on-signup]

1. Open the camp and go to **Settings → Applications**.
2. Switch signup on. Your link shows next to the switch. Click its pencil to pick a readable link, like your camp's name. Links you already shared keep working.
3. Under **Joining**, choose who gets in:
   * **Review each**: you accept or reject every application.
   * **Join instantly**: anyone with the link is in straight away, and gets an email to finish setting up their account.
4. Add your questions, then share the link.

## Ask your own questions [#ask-your-own-questions]

Collect everything in one step: dietary needs, accommodation, t-shirt size, gear, PRO and IPI details, an emergency contact.

1. In **Settings → Applications**, click **Add a question**, or **Add from examples** to start from ready-made ones.
2. Pick the type: short text, long text, single choice, multiple choice, yes or no, or a date. Mark it required if you need the answer.
3. Drag to reorder. **Preview form** shows it the way applicants see it.

A camp holds up to 15 questions.

## Review applications [#review-applications]

Applications arrive on the camp's **Applications** page with each person's roles, days and answers. Accept or reject each one. Accepted people join the roster, and get the contract to sign if the camp has one.

**By question** puts everyone's answers side by side. **Export CSV** downloads them for catering, rooms or merch.

## Spots, waves and a waitlist [#spots-waves-and-a-waitlist]

Camps often fill in rounds. Open **Wave and dates** to set the wave name, when **Signups open** and **Signups close**, how many **Spots** there are, and what people see while it's closed.

* Turn on **Waitlist when full** to keep taking applications once the camp is full. Accept a waitlisted person to move them in.
* Outside the dates, or once full, the form becomes a **Notify me** box. Everyone who leaves an email shows as **Interested** on Applications, so you can email them all when the next wave opens.
* **Spots per role** caps each role, like 6 producers and 8 topliners. **Use roles per room** fills it in from your rooms.
* With 10 spots or fewer left, the page says how many.

## Who can find the camp [#who-can-find-the-camp]

Set **Visibility** in **Settings → Applications**:

* **Public**: listed on your business's public profile.
* **Unlisted**: only people with the link find it.
* **Private**: invite only. The public page is closed.

## Related [#related]

* [Build the public camp page](/docs/help/organisations/writers-camps/camp-page)
* [Join a camp as a writer](/docs/help/organisations/writers-camps/joining-as-a-writer)