Rules

1. You can submit to any number of categories, but you can only submit one entry per category.
2. All submitted works must be public (not private) and published (not draft) on World Anvil. You may not set entries as private or draft while they are being voted on.
3. Work that has been nominated or won non-major categories in past Worldbuilding Awards/Best of World Anvil competitions (from 2020 onwards) may not be submitted.
4. Work that has won a major category in past Worldbuilding Awards/Best of World Anvil competitions (from 2020 onwards) may not be submitted.
5. Entries to the Awards may only be submitted to one category.
6. You may not edit your entries while they are being judged: entries that don't go to the second voting round can be edited after March 8th. Entries in the second round may not be edited until the end of the voting round on March 22th.
• For full world submissions, this rule applies to the world homepage, meta, and primer/introduction article (if any), as well as the world CSS theme.
7. All art used must be clearly labelled with the artist's name, e.g. beneath the image, in the author's notes, footer, global footer, or similar. If you are the artist, you must credit yourself. You must have explicit permission and rights of the original artist to use their work.
8. Duplicate votes (i.e. multiple votes submitted by the same person) will be removed.
9. The World Anvil Team reserves the right to disqualify entries deemed to be problematic regardless of the vote results. Please take a look at the Etiquette policy to learn what's considered problematic content on World Anvil.
10. Similarly, World Anvil retains the right to arbitrate and/or change the rules where necessary to uphold the spirit and integrity of this event and the community. We will communicate changes as necessary.
11. As always, World Anvil claims no ownership over your original work.

Categories

Voting and judging process

Prizes

• Participation badge: awarded to all submitters.
• Nominee rosette: for shortlisted works.
• Winner rosette: for the winner of each category.

• For the major category winners only, a cash prize:
• Best World and Best Article categories: $500 USD each.
• All other major categories: $350 USD each.
• A physical trophy
• A spot in the Worldbuilding Awards showcase page

• After hearing your feedback, the article categories are no longer limited to some article templates only. You can now submit any type of article as long as it fits the category's topic.
• We've introduced two new categories (Artist's Cartography Award and Artist's Most Beautiful World) to give a space for artists who create original art for their worldbuilding and celebrate their creativity.
• The winners of all major categories will now win a cash prize (in addition to other prizes). The inclusion of a cash prize this year is not a guarantee this will be continued in future years.