Official rules for Artteom competitions, showcases, and creator programmes.

These draft rules are intended to apply to competitions, challenges, and structured programmes hosted on the Artteom platform, including but not limited to the Art World Cup, ArtWars, Music & Sound Series, Game & Interactive Showcases, Film & Motion challenges, Design & Content Sprints, and future multi‑discipline creator programmes. They also provide a high-level view of how entries, judging, prizes, and rights are expected to work across the ecosystem.

In the event of any conflict between this draft and the final signed Official Rules document that will be published before launch, the signed document will always prevail.

Eligibility criteria will be tailored per competition or programme, but in general terms:

• Participants must be of legal age in their country or region, or have verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian where youth categories exist.
• Participants must be able to enter into a basic agreement governing submissions, rights, and payouts under the applicable jurisdiction for that competition.
• Employees, contractors, or core team members of Artteom may be restricted from entering certain competitions where conflicts of interest could arise.

Each competition or programme will publish a brief that defines what is considered a valid entry — whether created by an individual or a team working across any creative discipline. Unless otherwise stated:

• Entries must be original creations by the participant or team submitting them. Use of stock, references, or tools (including AI) must follow the specific rules of the brief.
• Participants are responsible for ensuring that their submissions do not infringe on third-party rights, including trademarks, likenesses, or unlicensed assets.
• Submissions must be delivered via the platform in the formats, resolutions, and timeframes specified in the brief. Late or incomplete entries may be disqualified.

Specific competitions may impose additional technical requirements (for example, file size limits, duration caps for audio, or anonymisation rules for blind judging).

Artteom competitions will be structured into categories to ensure fair comparison between different styles and mediums. These may include, for example:

• Traditional and digital visual arts, illustration, painting, concept art, and 3D.
• Music performance, production, composition, and sound design.
• Game development, interactive experiences, level design, and asset creation.
• Film, animation, editing, VFX, cinematics, and motion graphics.
• Content creation, photography, writing, storytelling, and mixed‑media projects.

Categories and formats for each season or programme will be clearly published ahead of time, including any regional or age-based divisions. Artteom reserves the right to merge or adjust categories where entry volumes or fairness considerations require it.

Judging is central to the credibility of the platform. While specific scoring systems may vary per competition, we expect a mix of:

• Panels of qualified judges with relevant creative or industry experience.
• Structured scoring rubrics (for example: originality, execution, relevance).
• Where appropriate, transparent community or audience signals (for example: fan votes) that complement but do not override judged criteria.

In all cases, final scoring mechanisms, tie-break rules, and progression criteria will be published before the start of a competition phase. Judges' decisions will typically be final, except where a clear breach of the published rules or a technical error is identified.

Prizes may include cash, goods, services, platform visibility, or other forms of value (for example: showcase opportunities, residencies, or commissions). Each competition will specify:

• The prize pool structure and how it is allocated across winners or finalists.
• The currency, method, and expected timeframe of payouts (subject to compliance checks).
• Any additional conditions, such as deliverables required to unlock portions of a prize (for example: final production of a winning concept).

Participants are responsible for understanding and complying with their own tax obligations in their country or region. Artteom may be required to withhold or report certain payouts under local laws and will communicate this where applicable.

As a default stance, Artteom intends for creators to retain ownership of their original work while granting limited rights necessary to operate the competition and platform. Competition-specific rules will clarify:

• What licence you grant to Artteom to display, promote, and archive your submissions in connection with the competition.
• Whether any exclusive or time-limited rights apply to winners or commissioned follow-up work.
• How we will handle derivative uses (for example: highlight reels, compilation albums, showreels, gameplay cuts, trailers, printed catalogues).

No competition will silently take full ownership of your work without clearly stating this up front and providing a reasoned basis for doing so.

To protect both participants and the integrity of the competitions, Artteom will set clear expectations for behaviour. Grounds for warnings or disqualification may include:

• Plagiarism or misrepresentation of authorship.
• Targeted harassment, hate speech, or discriminatory behaviour.
• Manipulation of voting systems, fake accounts, or other attempts to distort results.
• Deliberate violation of specific brief or technical requirements.
• Submitting work generated by unlicensed datasets, stolen assets, or scraped training material where prohibited.

Enforcement processes (including appeals, where appropriate) will be documented per competition so participants know how decisions are taken and who is responsible.

Artteom will maintain a separate, detailed Privacy Policy describing how personal data is collected, stored, and processed. In a competition context, we expect to use your data to:

• Administer entries, judging, and communication about results.
• Contact you about prizes, follow-on opportunities, or platform features you have opted into.
• Generate anonymised or aggregated insights that help improve the platform and communicate its impact.

You will have the ability to manage your communication preferences and, in most cases, to request deletion or export of your data in line with applicable regulations.

Because Artteom is launching in phases, we expect these rules to evolve based on legal review, jurisdiction-specific requirements, and feedback from creators and partners.

Once the platform is live, any material changes to the Official Rules will be:

• Versioned and dated, with a clear summary of what has changed.
• Communicated in advance where changes could meaningfully affect your rights or obligations.
• Applied with a reasonable notice period, especially for competitions already in progress.

Until then, treat this page as a living blueprint – a transparent preview of the standards we are working toward.