# Free the Flares Weekly Contest

## What is Free the Flares?

Every Friday morning on X/Twitter, we host a weekly art challenge where participants can win ⚡10 Flares that are sent to their starbeam.one account.  The contest is held in two phases: the Submission Phase and the Vote Phase, both which are described below.

### Submission Phase

During the submission phase, a prompt and theme are provided for the community, where members can participate by submitting their renders for consideration.  During this time, members can like and retweet images they like the best.  From the submission lot, starbeam.one staff will take the top three candidates in terms of engagement (likes/retweets/comments).  While engagement is the primary metric, please note that starbeam.one staff reserves the right to select candidates based on its own internal considerations if submissions have comparable engagement statistics.

### Vote

After candidates are selected, a vote is then created on the following day on Saturday.  During this time a post will be made on X/Twitter that highlights the three candidates and allows the community to vote on the favorite.  After the vote is completed, the top winner will receive the prize: ⚡10 Flares sent to their starbeam.one account.

## Rules

By participating in Free the Flares contests you are agreeing to the following rules and requirements:

1. You must be a starbeam.one member ([sign up today!](https://starbeam.one))
2. You must follow the [@StarbeamOne](https://x.com/StarbeamOne) handle
3. You must like + retweet your submission
4. For process simplification, starbeam.one has ultimate editorial control over candidate selection.  Thank you for your understanding.
5. In the case of a tie, the ⚡10 Flares will be divvied up among the winners.  So if two tie, they each will receive ⚡5 Flares.  In the case of a three-way tie, each participant will receive ⚡3.3333 Flares.
6. To promote variety in winning, winners from the previous week will not be considered in the current week's selection.  Thank you for your understanding.
7. For process safety, starbeam.one reserves the right to withhold Flares for any reason. Thank you for your understanding.


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