Coloso.

[Overall Schedule & Important Information](PDT)
- Contest Period: January 19, 2026 – April 3, 2026 (Closed / PST)
- 1st Evaluation (Judges): February 26, 2026 – March 12, 2026
- 2nd Evaluation (Voting): March 17, 2026 – March 27, 2026
- Submission Period: January 19, 2026 – February 23, 2026
- Winner Announcement: April 3, 2026
- Exclusive Partners Referral Event Period: January 19, 2026 – February 23, 2026 (Receive an additional 5% discount when referring friends)
- Exclusive Partners Referral Event Winner Announcement: Early May 2026
- The contest and events are open to all Coloso members
- All winners and event prize recipients will be notified individually via the email address provided
- If a winner cannot be contacted due to incorrect personal information, the prize will be awarded to the next eligible participant, and responsibility lies with the applicant
- Winners will be notified individually and may be required to participate in promotional content production, including interviews
- Submitted proposals and final works may be used for Coloso’s branding and marketing purposes. If the participant does not agree, the award may be canceled
- This event may be changed or terminated without prior notice due to company circumstances

[Award-Related Information]
- Winners must submit required documents. Prize money will be transferred according to the payment schedule after deducting applicable taxes.
- Taxes applied to prize payments may vary depending on the winner’s country of residence and relevant laws, and payment may take up to 7 days or more
- Winners from countries where money transfers are not permitted may be excluded. Restricted countries include: Cuba, Iran, Syria, Iraq, North Korea, Liberia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Belarus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Zimbabwe, Libya, Lebanon, and Somalia
- If a group submission wins, the certificate and prize money will be awarded to one representative, and Coloso will not be involved in further distribution
- If no submission meets the evaluation standards, the number of awards or prize scale may be adjusted

[Contest Participation]
- Applicants are responsible for any issues caused by submission failure due to system errors, including email delivery failure or missing attachments
- Any disadvantages caused by spelling errors, poor image quality, or playback issues are the applicant’s responsibility
- Copyright of all submitted works remains with the original creator; however, winning works may be used by Coloso for marketing purposes. Refusal of such use may result in cancellation of the award
- Winners are selected based on a combined score from Coloso’s internal evaluation and judges’ evaluation
- In the event of a tie, the applicant who has taken more Coloso classes will be selected as the winner
- Personal information will be used solely for contest operation and prize delivery in accordance with data protection laws and will be destroyed without delay afterward
- This event may be partially changed due to company circumstances, and any disadvantages caused by misunderstanding the guidelines are the applicant’s responsibility

[Judging Rubric]
- Evaluation criteria may vary depending on category relevance
- Cash prize winners and award recipients will not overlap. In case of overlap, the cash prize will be given and awards will be granted to the next eligible entry.
- For social media voting, likes and comments are counted as one point each and the aggregated score is used to determine the amount of additional points awarded

[Copyright]
- Submissions must not plagiarize existing works or resubmit works previously entered in other contests. If any of the following disqualifying conditions apply, the work may be excluded from evaluation, the award revoked, and prize money reclaimed:
ㄴ Works created using AI during the production process or generated entirely by generative AI
ㄴ Works that infringe upon patents, utility models, design rights, or copyrights owned by others
ㄴ Previously selected, published, imitated, or plagiarized works, including submissions to other contests
ㄴ Works containing identifiable information that reveals the applicant’s identity (excluded from evaluation)
ㄴ Works involved in legal disputes related to intellectual property (IP) rights under domestic or international laws
ㄴ Works that fail to comply with contest rules and conditions

- Any legal or ethical responsibility arising from copyright issues (including fonts), portrait rights infringement, or defamation lies entirely with the applicant
- Even after selection, if objections or plagiarism issues arise, the award may be canceled based on the judges’ decision, and the prize must be returned
- In the event of copyright disputes, mediation may be requested through the Korea Copyright Commission
- This event may be partially changed due to company circumstances, and any disadvantages caused by misunderstanding the guidelines are the applicant’s responsibility