THE ART and video competition

We are excited to be running the much-loved Art and Video Competition once again over the summer of 2026!

We would love to see your art and filmmaking skills in action! We invite you to use your art and film talents to bring to life a scene from one of Chuck Black’s four book series: The Starlore Legacy, The Wars of the Realm, The Kingdom Series, and The Knights of Arrethtrae.

You can choose to enter any of the following categories: Visual Art, Live Action Video, Stop Motion Video, 3D Sculpture, and AI-Assisted Art. See below for the descriptions and rules for each category.

The winners from each category will receive a gift card for the Perfect Praise store. These are the prize amounts per category:

Visual Art: 1st prize - $80 gift card, 2nd prize - $45 gift card, 3rd prize - $25 gift card (Prizes in this category will be awarded separately for ages 6-11, 12-15, and 16+.)
Live Action Video: 1st prize - $125 gift card, 2nd prize - $75 gift card, 3rd prize - $50 gift card
Stop Motion Video: 1st prize - $125 gift card, 2nd prize - $75 gift card, 3rd prize - $50 gift card
3D Sculpture: 1st prize - $50 gift card
AI-Assisted Art: 1st prize - $30 gift card, 2nd prize - $20 gift card

You have from 1 May 2026 to 31 August 2026 to submit your work. Please submit below using the submission buttons under each category.

We cannot wait to see your creativity explode onto the page or on screen! All the best with your submission!

- Chuck Black and the Perfect Praise Publishing Team

Visual Art Category

Are you ready to use your creativity and your visual art skills to create stunning artwork based on one of Chuck Black’s books?

You can incorporate any of the following artforms and materials into your art piece: pencils, pens, paints, markers, pastels, watercolors, found materials (like buttons, bottle caps, etc.), felt, paper, cellophane, or textiles. Digital artforms are also permitted in this category.

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3D Sculpture Category

Calling all sculptors and 3D artists! We’re excited to be offering this new category for anyone wanting to try their hand at 3D art, including sculptures, model and figurine designs, pottery, woodcarvings, and LEGO creations.

You are welcome to work with any medium to create your 3D Sculpture, including clay, wood, paper maché, playdough, and even LEGO bricks! It’s time to pull out all the creative stops to design an artistic sculpture depicting a character, emblem, or object from one of Chuck Black’s books. We also invite you to weave in symbolism and artistic allusion into your sculpture.

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Live Action Video category

It’s time to grab your camera, gather your friends and family, and get filming! We cannot wait to see how you use your film skills to bring a scene from Chuck Black’s books to life onscreen!

You can use as many family and friends in the production process as you like, including in the script writing process, the filming process, as actors, or in the film editing stages. Your short film can be up to 15 minutes in length.

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Stop Motion Video Category

Are you excited to bring your toys, figurines, props, and art models to life using stop motion video? Use the materials around you to create a film version of a scene from one of Chuck Black’s books!

We welcome all kinds of stop motion films in this category, including LEGO stop motion videos and claymation videos. Stop motion films can be between 3 and 10 minutes in length.

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AI-Assisted Art Category

For anyone wanting to flex their creative muscles by seeing how artificial intelligence software can help them create artwork, we’re pleased to announce this brand-new category for the Art and Video Competition this year!

In this category, you are welcome to use AI software for as much or as little of the art creation process as you like (e.g. idea brainstorming, creation of an element of the artwork, full art generation, final polishing, etc.). We invite you to test the limits of current AI software and combine it with your best creative skills to bring to life a still visual artwork based on a scene from one of Chuck Black’s books.

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