Weekly Updates and Challenge Calendar

Welcome to our Weekly Updates and Challenge Calendar!

We update this page and send out a Weekly Digest by email each Monday with anything you may have missed on our Minted Artist Community Slack each week. 

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Challenge Calendar by Week

Launch Updates

2026 Challenges at a Glance

Note: the calendar below displays information by week, not exact dates. For example, if a challenge shows it is opening 8/20, that means it is opening during the week of August 20, not exactly on August 20 itself. 

Key takeaways for the week of June 22, 2026:

• Wrap Challenge Call Join our Greeting Card and Wholesale teams on June 24 at 10:00 AM PT to learn what we're looking for in holiday and everyday gift wrap and gift bags. We'll also cover special prizes and expansion opportunities, including gift tags, sticker packs, and mini note cards. 
  • Register here; a recording will be shared afterward.
• Minted x Pottery Barn Kids x Pottery Barn Teen Art Challenge Our annual Kids and Teen Art Challenge is officially open! Review this announcement for additional guidance and answers to common questions, and visit #challenges-art for community discussion and Q&A.
• Calling All Minted Historians! We're gathering photos from Minted's early days for a new "Minted History" room. If you have photos from meetups, events, or other Minted memories from before 2011, please share them on Slack or email [e-mail].
• Holiday File Request Update Our next batch of holiday file requests is expected to go out in the coming days. New to holiday season or looking for a refresher? Review our FAQ, What to Expect When You're Expecting Holiday File Requests, and follow #challenges-holiday for Progress Bar updates.

Detailed Challenge Tracker: Click to Enlarge! 

• This detailed view updates daily and includes file request status, payments, and more. We will continue to update this page weekly and send out a weekly digest email, but you can check this detailed view daily for the most updated information at any time. 
• More information on the Detailed Challenge Tracker

Launch Updates for the week of June 22, 2026

2026 Challenges - Tentative Calendar

Please use this calendar for general planning purposes.  Exact dates and challenges are subject to change. 

January	2026 Disney Stationery & Art (opens December 2025) 2026 Disney Greeting Card (opens December 2025) NEW Shapes Challenge (opens December 2025) Specialty Holiday NEW Baptism & Christening Invitations Birth Announcements
February	NEW Baby Stationery Valentine's Greeting Card Online Invitations Save the Date Non-Foil & Foil
March	Holiday Photo Card Non-Foil Holiday Photo Card Foil
April	Holiday Photo Card Religious
May	Holiday Card Non-Photo + Corporate (UPDATE! combined challenge for 2026)
June	Holiday Photo Card New Year Children's Art NEW Holiday Wrap NEW Everyday Wrap
July	Everyday Greeting Card Party Invitations NEW Personalized Stationary
August	Wedding Invitations Non-Foil Wedding Invitations Foil Wedding Invitations Letterpress NEW Wedding Invitation Suite
September	Classroom Valentines Pairs & Sets
October	Bridal Shower Graduation Non-Foil & Foil Photography
November	Wedding Day-Of Signs & Tabletop Baby Shower Non-Foil & Foil 2027 Disney Stationery & Art
December	Fine Art - All Media

More information on the Detailed Challenge View 

Every week, we share a weekly update with a new 12-week calendar view as well as our launch updates. However, we wanted to find a way to share more details about our challenge process so you can have as much information as possible at your fingertips! 

We have created a more detailed challenge tracker here (click to enlarge when you’re viewing). This tracker updates daily, so every time you click into this page you can be sure it’s as up-to-the minute as possible. We will continue to share the updated calendar view every week for a more macro view of our challenge timelines, and we will keep this challenge tracker pinned at the top of the Weekly Updates page as well as in this channel. 

Please note: upcoming challenges and product activation dates are all subject to change. Please continue to use any forward-looking dates in this tracker for planning purposes only. When we make changes, we will note them in our regular Weekly Update.  

Some highlights about this new tracker! You can now see: 

• What challenges have early or final file requests in progress
• When Top-Rated and Editors’ Picks were announced and when payments have gone out 
• When Special Prizes were announced and when their payments went out 
• The estimated dates of upcoming challenges (all dates and challenges subject to change) 
• And more! 

Note: We use weeks of the year rather than exact dates for many of the future challenges. If you want to calculate how the week of the year corresponds to approximate dates, you can calculate them here. 

If you have any questions about this detailed challenge tracker view, please let us know! We hope this is helpful if you ever have any questions about the status of a challenge, including payments and early file requests.