VSCO Brand Challenges FAQs

VSCO Brand Challenges offer our community of photographers a chance to engage in exciting and creative photography challenges to earn the opportunity to be licensed for commercial use by our brand partner. This is a fantastic way for VSCO creators to showcase their professional work and gain visibility from respected industry leaders right here on VSCO.

What are VSCO Brand Challenges and how do I participate?

We periodically partner with different brands to offer these challenges to our VSCO community. Each brand has unique business and creative needs when looking for images to license and will have a distinct creative prompt that will be published in our VSCO Brand Challenge Journal.  

To participate in a challenge, all you need to do is post an image to VSCO showing your interpretation of the prompt using the dedicated hashtag before the challenge expires.

What are the requirements to participate?

To enter into brand challenges, all participants must be: 

• • 1. A VSCO Pro Member
        
       • Some challenges may also be available to VSCO Plus Members
         
         
    2. 18 years old or older
         
       • Some challenges may be exclusive to creators 21 years of age or older.
         
         
    3.  and submitting original works (owned by you)

Brand challenges are open to eligible Pro Members worldwide, except in regions where prohibited, limited, or restricted based on where we can operate for compliance and payment purposes.

How are the selected creators or selected content picked? 

The selected creators will be chosen based on the responsiveness of the content to the brand creative prompt, and of course, compliance with our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines. The selected content for each challenge is chosen by the brand, and the decision will be based on the particular brand’s specific needs.

Check out our previous selections here.

What do I get if I am selected?

In addition to bragging rights, you will receive a license fee of $500 for the use of your photo by the brand. Your selected photo will then be featured on the brand’s marketing materials, campaign, or otherwise. 

Creators who have submitted photos for the challenge and are selected by the brand must agree to license the selected photos to the brand partner under a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license for commercial use in writing as a condition of payment. You must also have an active Stripe account and provide relevant verification to be eligible for payment.

How do I know if I am selected?

Following the challenge period, the selected creator will be announced on VSCO’s public channels. Before we announce, we will contact the selected content via email to notify them they have been selected by the brand, and will communicate the follow up action items to secure their eligibility. 

If you receive an email about being selected for a VSCO Brand Challenge, make sure it came from a @vsco.co email address. Check out our Messaging Red Flags and How to Spot Them (Fraud, Scams, and Spam) for more safety tips.

Are you a business interested in a Brand Challenge? Learn more here.

Last updated September 16, 2024