SUBMITTING TO A CHALLENGE

Challenge Process

• How do Minted Challenges work?
• What Minted Challenges are open throughout the year?

Submission Requirements

• How do I submit to a Minted Challenge?
• How do I create my submission?
• I'm having trouble submitting to a Challenge
• Can I submit a design that I’m currently selling somewhere else?
• How do I edit my submission?
• How should I create my submissions for Minted Greeting Card Challenges?

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Repurposes

• What is a repurpose?
• What are the benefits of Minted repurposing my design?
• Can I submit a repurpose to a Challenge?
• Can I submit the same design to multiple open challenges?
• Can I submit similar designs to the same Challenge?
• Can I self-launch a repurpose of a Challenge-winning design to my Store?

Copying and Infringement

• What should I do if I see a Minted design that looks too similar to another artist’s work?
• What happens after I report a design I think is a copy?

Feedback, Polling, and Critiques

• How can I get feedback on my work from other artists?
• What is an iteration?
• What is a placeholder design?
• What are "likes"? Do they affect my design’s voting score?
• How do design polls work?
• What is the Critique Period?

Voting

• How does voting work?
• Who can vote?
• Will soliciting votes from my friends and family increase my chances of winning?
• How long does the voting period last?
• What is the Live Design Feed, and does the voting data affect Challenge submission scores?

Minted Challenge Winners Announcements

• When are Minted Challenge winners announced?
• How will I know if my design wins?
• How are Editors’ Picks chosen?

After The Minted Challenge Is Over

• Will I receive samples of my winning designs?
• Can I resubmit my non-winning designs to another Minted Challenge?
• Can I remove my non-winning submissions?

Minted Master Class Tutorials

• #4 - Top Ten Tips for Tip-Top Type! by R Studio
• #3 - Creating Repeating Patterns by Kimberly Ellen Hall
• #2 - Working with Textures in Illustrator by Lori Wemple
• #1 - Making of "Around the World" by GeekInk