Format for Official Mastermind Competitions (Seasons 9+)
Every few months, our community will host a one-month-long competition under “Mastermind.” We will let everyone on our Discord know about any upcoming seasons by posting an announcement at least one week before the season premieres.
During the month, any member is welcome to participate in writing and posting responses to a single writing challenge, which will take place in the Mastermind Season Submission Thread. All participants who choose to compete and respond to the writing challenge must attach their file submission to their reply on the same thread post.
After the month, all opportunities for submissions will be closed and any community member (including members who did not participate) is welcome to take a look at everyone's submitted work and discuss them on our Discord.
More importantly, the judge(s) will spend around two weeks grading each submission and they will post scores and feedback on the Mastermind Season Results Thread.
Please give the judge(s) at least two weeks after the due date to process and return the feedback and scores. Once the scores are finalized, the results thread will become available. Scores are assigned based on the following marking criteria:
At the end of the competition, we will contact contestants via email from info@projectinfinitybp.com if they are eligible to receive a prize. We will not use any other email address to contact winners for their PayPal.Me link.
All prizes come in the form of PayPal donations so you need to have a PayPal.Me link that is connected to your PayPal account to receive the award(s). Receiving prize money through your PayPal.Me link protects your personal information.
The submission(s) with the highest average will win the 1st place $100 USD prize. The submission(s) with the second and third-highest averages will receive a $50 USD prize each.
If you have any questions or queries, please stay up to date with us on our Discord Community. Note that you need a Discord account to do so and you can create one for free.
Link to our Community Discord: https://discord.gg/xkXqs7YwhF
Rules for Official Mastermind Competitions (Seasons 9+)
Respect everyone on a basic level. This includes but is not limited to avoiding harassment and spamming.
Plagiarism and any use of AI is strictly prohibited and will result in immediate disqualification.
In your reply to the Season Submission Thread, your submission must be attached as a PDF or Word Doc. The maximum file size is 500 MB. We will not accept links to Google Docs.
You can submit your response any number of times before the deadline but we will only grade your most recent submission. If possible, please delete your previous submissions from the same season so then we can identify which file we want to grade.
In the Season Submission Thread, your submission can only contain your file submission. You cannot reply to anyone's submission in this thread but you can address anyone’s work on our Discord if you want to give and/or receive constructive feedback.
After the submission period has ended, you are not allowed to edit your submission.
Prizes come in the form of PayPal donations. If you are eligible to receive a prize, you will be contacted by email or through the chat system on our website.
Please direct any questions you have to our Discord (note that to do so, you must create a Discord account and it is free).