# Common Contests

## **What are Contests?**

Contests on Common are adaptable, community-hosted competitions that spark creativity and boost engagement by encouraging meaningful participation.

Community members can showcase their best ideas and submissions, and the thread with the most upvotes at the end of the contest wins the prize money set by the admin. Contests incentivize community contributions and offer a thrilling, transparent system to reward participation.

## **How do Contests work?**

1. Admins create contests funded by community stake fees or direct ERC20 deposits, so you can use your own primary tokens
2. Members submit contest entries as individual threads under contest topics
3. The thread with the most upvotes, as selected by your community, after the set contest duration wins the prize!

Contests utilize modular voting mechanisms. The impact of a vote can reflect one’s personal support of a community, or be equal to ensure every participant has the same impact.

## **Features**

| **Flexible Contest Scheduling**                                                                                                     | **Integrated Participation**                                                                                                              | **Engagement-Driven Activities**                                                                                               | **Customizable Rewards**                                                                                                 |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Easily set up one-off or recurring contests to suit your community's needs and preferences. Contests can last between 1 and 7 days. | Boost engagement without leaving Common. You can run contests alongside regular forum discussion, and host contests using multiple ERC20s | Increase transactions and actually utilize the tokens you mint. Foster collaboration, competition, and energize your community | Admins can incentivize desired behaviors and contributions by tailoring contest rewards, responding to community culture |

## **Types of Contests**

| Meme Competition                           | Proposal Pitches                                   | Question Thread                                              | Work Requests                                                           | Feedback Solicitation          |
| ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| Submit memes on a topic; most upvoted wins | Pitch ideas for a project; winning pitch builds it | Post questions to solicit unique answers from your community | Complete a task like designing a logo; community selects their favorite | Provide feedback on a proposal |

The possibilities are endless!


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