What You Own, What We Can Use: Rules and Usage for the Osaze Fall 2026 Design Contest

The creative work you put into the Osaze Fall 2026 Design Contest matters, and so does what happens to it once you hit submit. This post walks through the rules and usage rights in plain language so you know exactly what you keep, what you grant to Osaze, and what’s not allowed.



This applies to every entry in the Osaze Fall 2026 Design Contest and will form the basis of the terms we include with the submission form.

1. Who owns what

You keep ownership of your work.

• If you create an original piece and submit it, you are the author.
• You keep the underlying copyright to your design.

By entering the contest, you do not give Osaze full ownership of your work. You do grant us specific rights to use it in certain ways (explained below).

2. What you let Osaze do with your entry

By entering the contest, you grant Osaze a non‑exclusive, royalty‑free license to:

• Display your submission on:
• the Osaze website,
• the Osaze Fall 2026 Design Contest page, and
• Osaze social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, etc.).
• Use your submission in:
• recap posts and case studies about the contest,
• future Osaze content (like slides, decks, or blog posts about design and community),
• Osaze Magazine or similar editorial projects, with credit where feasible.

“Non‑exclusive” means:

• You can still share and use your design however you want.
• We are not the only ones allowed to show it; you can post it in your own portfolio, socials, etc.

We will not:

• Sell your individual design as a standalone product,
• Claim that Osaze created your piece,
• Remove your name where it is reasonably possible to keep it.

3. What you are allowed to do with your entry

You are free to:

• Share your entry on your own channels and portfolio
• Use it as a portfolio piece when talking to clients or employers
• Show process work, sketches, and breakdowns of how you made it

We ask that if you post it anywhere, you:

• Mention that it was created for the Osaze Fall 2026 Design Contest, and
• Avoid labeling it as an official or current Osaze brand asset outside the context of the contest.

4. Original work only (no stolen or unlicensed content)

By submitting, you are confirming that:

• The work is yours, or
• You have proper rights to any assets you used (photos, textures, fonts, etc.).

You may not:

• Submit designs that copy or trace someone else’s work without permission
• Use unlicensed stock or stolen images as the core of your entry
• Use copyrighted characters, logos, or marks that you do not own or have rights to

If we find that an entry is plagiarized or heavily dependent on unlicensed elements, we will remove it from the contest.

5. AI‑generated content

We want this contest to reflect your thinking and hands, not just what a model spits out. For Fall 2026:

• You may use AI lightly as a supporting tool (for example, brainstorming layouts or generating textures), but:
• The final composition must be your own constructed scene,
• Typography and integration of “osaze” must clearly be your design decisions.

You may not:

• Submit raw or nearly raw AI‑generated images with minimal adjustments as your “design”
• Enter pieces that violate other platforms’ content or copyright rules

If a piece looks like a direct AI output with minimal human work, we reserve the right to remove it from the contest.

(We’ll repeat this in short form on the submission page.)

6. Content guidelines

Entries must be safe to share on major platforms and align with the spirit of Osaze.

Not allowed:

• Hateful, harassing, or discriminatory content
• Explicit or NSFW imagery
• Graphic violence or imagery likely to be flagged/removed by platforms
• Content that targets individuals or communities in harmful ways

We will quietly disqualify and remove any entries that break these rules.

7. Eligibility and number of entries

Basic rules:

• You must be at least 18, or have permission from a parent/guardian if younger (we’ll specify the exact age line on the submission form depending on jurisdiction).
• You can submit:
• One main entry per person for Fall 2026.

If you submit multiple entries, we will either ask you to choose one, or at our discretion, only consider one for judging and voting.

8. How voting and visibility work

Once the submission window closes: