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CONTEST Flex your creative and computational skill with Wolfram's Computational Art Contest that kicks off today, Monday, March 28th! Share your work with the community, and potentially win free Wolfram merchandise. Programmers and artists of all skill levels are encouraged to participate! This contest is inspired by Genuary, an annual project releasing generative art prompts during the month of January. We're elated to see the creative works of our users and engage with the community while exploring the scope of computational art within the Wolfram Language. Rules & Guidelines Submission deadline is April 25th at 9am Central Time. Posts posted after will not be included in judging Participants must fill out a detailed Community profile ( example: https://community.wolfram.com/web/claytonshonkwiler ) and create a Community post about their submission. The post must include the code used to create graphics and the final piece of art placed at the top of the post. An explanation of how their code works is required, moreover participants are encouraged to write more about their creative process. Participants submit their entry by commenting on this post with an image of their art, along with a link to their Community post Multiple submissions per participant are allowed, but please keep the number of submissions under three Each participant can only win once. Participants' best-performing piece, as determined by the judges, will be used when determining winners Both static images and animations can be submitted. Animations are preferred in a GIF format; if the animation is too large for a GIF, the post can point to a public YouTube video. Submissions will be judged by a handful of Wolfram experts, with the following parameters: Visual aesthetics Wolfram Language code Creativity Explanation of process Submissions from all areas of computational art are welcome Submissions from former or current Wolfram employees are allowed, but will be judged as their own category with only one winner Submitting previous work/posts is allowed, but must meet the requirements stated above Encouragements Not sure where to start? We encourage you to look at other user's submission for inspiration, or look at some of the work in the visual arts group of Community: Artists' group: https://wolfr.am/ART-examples Artist (see Staff Picks section): https://community.wolfram.com/web/claytonshonkwiler We encourage you to vote and comment on other people's submissions. Please spread the word about this competition, among your friends and other social media! Prizes First, second, and third place winners will be featured on all of Wolfram's social media accounts, as well as receiving their choice of free Wolfram merchandise. We are able to ship merchandise to countries listed on the Wolfram Store: https://store.wolfram.com. If your country is not listed on the Wolfram Store, we strongly encourage you to still submit an entry, as we will feature winners submissions regardless of location. Important All contest rules have been explained above under Rules & Guidelines. It's encouraged for all participants to read the rules carefully to prevent disqualification. If you have any additional questions, ask directly in the thread comments or contact us by email at [email protected] . We recommend reading other people comments as they clarify the nature of the contest as well. Comments deemed by moderators as superfluous to the thread may be removed or transferred by moderators to keep competition professional.