Release 01 contest. Submissions: Friday, November 13, 2026, 12:00 AM through Thursday, November 19, 2026, 11:59 PM Central Time (CST, UTC−6). Voting: Friday, November 20, 2026, 12:00 AM through Thursday, November 26, 2026, 11:59 PM Central Time (CST, UTC−6). Selections this round: 1 artwork, paid $100 USD (total payment pool: $100).
The competition is organized by Maison Vidal LLC through The Anchor Covenants website. Artists and voters must be at least 18 years old. The contest is open worldwide, except where prohibited by law or where Maison Vidal LLC is legally unable to make payment. Maison Vidal LLC's owners, contest administrators, judges and their immediate household members may not enter as artists. No entry fee, purchase, donation or marketing subscription is required. Purchases do not provide extra votes or improve an entry's chances.
Each contest announcement identifies eligible locations, the chapter scenes and creative briefs, the number of artwork selections, the $100 payment per selected piece and total payment pool, submission requirements and entry limits, and exact dates and times. The number of selections may vary between releases and is fixed for that contest when entries open. For this contest: one (1) selection; no limit on the number of pieces an artist may submit, with one entry form per piece; photo or scan uploads of the finished artwork are accepted, and final production file specifications will be agreed with the selected artist.
Submissions remain open for seven days. Voting begins after submissions close and remains open for the next seven days. All eligible entries receive the same voting period. Provisional selections are scheduled to be announced on Friday, November 27, 2026, following an initial vote review. Final selections follow resolution of timely voting concerns and any necessary tie-breaking process. Ties, technical interruptions or voting-integrity investigations may delay affected results; any delay will be announced publicly. All deadlines are in Central Time with the applicable UTC offset.
Entries must be submitted through the artwork submission form on this page before the deadline and meet the published requirements. Submissions sent through social media or other channels will not be entered. Maison Vidal LLC reviews submissions for eligibility before they enter the voting gallery. Entries may be excluded for being late, incomplete, outside the brief, AI-generated, infringing or otherwise contrary to these rules. Traditional and digital artwork are welcome; ordinary digital drawing, editing and accessibility tools are allowed, but generative AI may not be used to create the submitted illustration or its visual elements. The AI-generated mockups in the chapters are references only and are not eligible entries. Eligible entries compete in one submission pool, and multiple interpretations of the same scene may receive selection places. Artists may withdraw before voting opens by emailing victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com. Withdrawal after voting opens removes the entry from consideration; its votes do not transfer to another entry. If fewer eligible entries are received than the announced number of selection places, all eligible entries will be provisionally selected. If no eligible entries are received, no selections or payments will be made for that round.
Submission does not transfer ownership or copyright. Submission grants Maison Vidal LLC nonexclusive permission to display the submitted preview, artwork title, credited name and approved public link in the competition gallery and in organic website, email and social posts promoting the competition, inviting votes or reporting results. This permission ends 90 days after final results are announced, and gallery displays of unselected artwork will then be removed. Earlier competition posts may remain visible as historical records, but unselected artwork will not be reused or promoted after the permission expires. Artists may request removal from channels controlled by Maison Vidal LLC by emailing victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com. Preview files may be resized or compressed for display; signatures will be preserved, and substantive alterations require permission. This permission does not authorize book publication, merchandise, paid advertising using the entry, separate licensing or AI training. Unselected artwork remains the artist's, subject to any separate rights in the story and supplied materials, and will not be published in the book, put on merchandise, sold or licensed.
Voting takes place in the contest gallery. Each person may vote once per entry, using one email address, and may vote for as many different entries as they like. Voters must provide their name and a valid email address. One person may not use multiple email addresses or accounts to cast additional votes for the same entry. Votes must be cast before the voting deadline. Artists may vote, including for their own entries, under the same limits. Vote totals remain provisional until validation is complete.
The following are prohibited: bots, scripts, automated voting or services that manufacture votes; fake identities or duplicate email addresses or accounts used to vote repeatedly; buying or selling votes; offering money, gifts, discounts, giveaway entries or other rewards in exchange for votes; and harassment, impersonation or interference with another entry or the voting system. Sharing an entry and asking people to vote voluntarily is permitted.
Artists may choose to display a Cash App $cashtag with their entry so visitors can tip them directly. Tips are optional, go directly to the artist, are not handled by Maison Vidal LLC, and do not count as votes or affect eligibility, ranking or selection. Artists may not offer anything to voters in return for votes, and tips may not be used to reward voting. Artists can withdraw permission to display their $cashtag at any time by emailing victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com.
Maison Vidal LLC may review voter records, voting patterns and relevant technical information to investigate suspected manipulation. A shared household, device, network or IP address alone is not grounds for removing legitimate votes. Confirmed invalid votes will be removed. An artist will not be disqualified merely because an unrelated person manipulated votes on their behalf; disqualification requires evidence that the artist arranged, knowingly participated in or encouraged prohibited activity. Before disqualification for voting misconduct, the artist will receive a summary of the concern and three business days to respond. Voting concerns must be reported by email to victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com within three business days after provisional results are posted, including the contest name, the relevant entry and any supporting information. Timely reports will be resolved before affected results become final.
Entries will be ranked by their valid vote totals. The highest-ranked eligible entries receive the announced selection places. A tie requires resolution only when it affects which entries receive a selection place. If that happens, the tied entries enter a 72-hour public runoff in which votes start fresh and each person may vote once per tied entry. Available places go to the entries with the highest valid runoff totals. If a tie still affects selection, three judges independently score the remaining tied entries using: interpretation of the chapter and brief (40%), originality (30%) and artistic execution (30%). The highest combined weighted scores receive the remaining places. If scores remain tied, the higher combined interpretation score takes precedence, followed by the higher combined originality score. Any remaining tie is resolved by a documented majority decision of the judges. Judges must disclose conflicts of interest and may not judge an entry where they have a personal or financial conflict. Runoff dates and judges' names will be published before the runoff begins.
Selected artists will be contacted at their submission email address. Within 10 business days of notification of final selection, artists must accept, sign the artist agreement and deliver the specified final file; reasonable extensions may be agreed in writing. Maison Vidal LLC will pay $100 USD per selected artwork within 14 calendar days after the agreement is signed and the agreed final file is delivered. Payment processing fees will be covered so the artist receives the full $100. Copyright in the artist's original artistic contributions transfers to Maison Vidal LLC only upon full payment, under the signed agreement, which permits use in books, promotional materials, merchandise and other stated commercial uses and also covers credit, preserved signature, website feature, inclusion in the book's Artists and Artwork index, merchandise royalty and portfolio display. The proposed artist agreement is available before you enter by request to victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com. If an artist declines or does not complete the required steps after a reminder and five additional business days, the next-highest eligible entry may be offered the place. Any additional artwork selected for publication outside the announced contest places requires its own paid agreement.
Selected artwork may be used on merchandise under the signed artist agreement. Artists will receive 10% of Net Merchandise Receipts from products featuring their artwork. "Net Merchandise Receipts" means the merchandise selling price actually collected after discounts and refunds, less the print-on-demand provider's itemized production, printing, fulfillment, platform and payment-processing charges attributable to that sale. Sales taxes and separately charged customer shipping are excluded. Shipping costs may be deducted only to the extent they exceed the customer's separately paid shipping charge. No expense may be deducted twice. Advertising, website costs, general business expenses and the initial $100 artwork payment will not be deducted. For products featuring multiple artists, one 10% royalty pool will be divided equally among the contributing artists unless a different allocation is agreed in writing before sale; multiple artworks by the same artist do not increase that artist's equal share. Sales statements will show qualifying sales, permitted deductions, Net Merchandise Receipts and royalties due, and statements and royalty payments will be provided quarterly, within 30 days after each quarter ends. Merchandise royalties are separate from the guaranteed $100 artwork payment; no merchandise sales volume or minimum royalty income is promised.
Artist emails are used to administer submissions, contact selected artists and arrange agreements and payment. Voter emails are used to administer voting and investigate suspected abuse. Voter email addresses will not be displayed publicly. Artists' legal names and private email addresses will not appear in the public gallery; public artist contact details and $cashtags are displayed only as approved. Newsletter subscriptions are optional and separate from entering or voting. Privacy questions and requests may be sent to victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com.
If a material technical failure affects submissions or voting, Maison Vidal LLC may pause the affected activity, extend its deadline or rerun the affected voting round. Changes will be announced publicly and applied consistently, and valid votes will be preserved where possible.
By submitting artwork or voting, participants accept these competition rules. For questions, withdrawal requests, privacy requests or voting concerns, email victoria.vidal.005@gmail.com.