Everyone's making AI videos.

Almost no one's making ads worth watching.

Change that. Win $50,000 across 15 awards.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS. The OpenArt Ad Awards are presented by OpenArt AI Inc., with Alibaba / Wan, BytePlus / Seedance, and Hailuo AI / MiniMax as Model Co-Sponsors. Machine Cinema and Wonder Studios participate as Creative Partners.

CONTEST PERIOD. Begins 10:00 AM PDT on September 10, 2026 and ends 11:59 PM PDT on September 30, 2026. Winners will be announced after judging concludes. Entries outside this window won't be considered. Late submissions will not be accepted.

The contest is open worldwide, subject to applicable local laws and the final eligibility requirements in the Official Rules.

How to Enter

  1. Make a 30-second ad. Create an original advertisement that is at least 30 seconds long — for any fictional brand, product, service, or idea. (Maximum Length 2 minutes)
  2. Create with OpenArt. Create the AI-generated visual content for your ad using OpenArt. Editing, compositing, color grading, sound design, music, typography, and other post-production may be completed using external tools.
  3. Post it publicly from your own social account (Instagram, X and LinkedIn only). Tag @OpenArt and use #OpenArtAdAwards. Entering a Model Award? Also tag the relevant Model Partner in your post.
  4. Eligible platforms: Instagram, X, and LinkedIn. Entries posted only to other platforms will not be eligible.

OpenArt Social Accounts • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openart_ai/ • X: https://x.com/openart_ai?s=11 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openart-ai

BytePlus / Seedance • Instagram: #Seedance • X: https://x.com/byteplusglobal?s=21 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/byteplus/

Alibaba / Wan • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alibaba.cloud • X: https://x.com/alibaba_cloud?s=21 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alibaba-cloud-computing-company/

MiniMax H3 • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hailuoai_official?igsi=MXNtYmExZzJ5YnI4NA%3D%3D • X: https://x.com/minimax_ai?s=21 • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/minimax-ai/

  1. Submit your ad through the official contest submission form. Include the link to your public post and select your Ad Category. Entering a Model Award? Also select the Model Award and include your OpenArt project or generation link(s) — these are used to verify that the selected model was the primary video generation model used for your ad.

You may submit multiple ads, but each ad must be submitted as a separate entry.

Your submission must not include any real brand's IP, religious, political, NSFW content, or any identifiable person's likeness or voice.

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