So, you want to hold an art contest for the guild members? Or maybe you want to enter a contest to earn some gold! Well, this is where to do it.
Here are some rules and guidelines for you to follow:
(copied from Noraboo's Art Contest rules and guidelines sticky)
Art Contests are Contracts:
Contests are contracts between holders and entrants, and as such there are expectations for both. Failure to meet these may be treated as scamming, a bannable offense, so please read carefully.
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o Expectations for Contest Holders:
+ Prizes: All promised prizes must be given out so long as there are eligible entries that meet the contest criteria. Please set up your contest entry requirements so as to avoid being put in the situation of feeling you have received insufficient or inappropriate entries. Your critera can include receiving a minimum number of entries in order to give the prize, but please remember that this may discourage entrants and actually reduce the number of submissions you receive.
Please do not remove or decrease prizes after you have received submissions eligible for them. For example, if you have a catagory for best picture of you and your friend, you cannot remove this catagory after you have received submissions for it. And as users may have already started work on entries for that category, it is generally best to not remove any catagories even before you receive entries, unless you absolutely must.
+ Disqualifications: Contest holders have the right to disqualify entries that do not meet their criteria or that are shown to be copied or stolen or otherwise in violation of the ToS. Should you find a copied or stolen entry, please also report it to a moderator.
However, you cannot disqualify entries based on any other reason that you have not clearly stated in your contest guidelines.
+ Time frame: Please be clear about the time frame of your contest. If you must extend the end date, please keep the extension reasonable for the length of the time the contest was originally supposed to run for, and do not extend many, many times unless absolutely unavoidable. Please do not extend contests frivilously, as this is unfair to entrants.
+ Judging: Once you have ended your contest, judging should occur promptly. Set a date for when you will announce winners, and please do not postpone this unless absolutely necessary.
Please remember that repeatedly extending a contest with no end in sight or otherwise failing to conclude it will be treated as scamming. All contest holders have an obligation to their entrants to award promised prizes in a timely fashion.
o Expectations for Contest Entrants:
+ Submission Originality: All art contest entries are expected to be original and the work of the user submitting the entry. Submissions of stolen or copied art are considered scamming.
+ Submission Content: Additionally, art entries must meet Gaia's standards for content. For further information on what content is and is not acceptable, please read PG-13 rules and art commissioning.
o Expectations for All:
+ Civility: Please be polite and respectful. We understand that sometimes tempers can flare, that disagreements may arise over rule interpertations, or that users may be very disappointed if they do not win a contest, however please remember that flaming and harassment are not acceptable behaviors on Gaia.
If you have any trouble, feel free to PM a mod heart
