Kleon Open

For partners

Sponsor a Kleon Open challenge.

Crowdsource creative concepts from a global field of creators working with AI as a medium. A sponsored Kleon Open challenge is a brief, a juried gallery, and a curated short-list of concepts — all wrapped inside a single public competition cycle.

What it's for

Use cases.

A sponsored challenge is most useful when you are looking for creative direction, not finished deliverables.

  • Campaign concept exploration
  • Visual direction studies
  • Concept art and worldbuilding
  • Poster and key-art ideas
  • Mascot and character concepts
  • Logo and identity exploration
  • Brand moodboards
  • Album, book, podcast, or game cover directions

The model

How a sponsored challenge works.

Two recognition tracks: the community decides the Community Winner through head-to-head judging, and the sponsor selects Sponsor’s Pick from approved submissions.

  1. 01Sponsors can run creative challenges around a product, campaign idea, theme, or cultural prompt.
  2. 02The community judges entries head-to-head.
  3. 03Results identify what resonates with the community.
  4. 04The sponsor selects Sponsor’s Pick.
  5. 05Recommended setup includes separate prizes for the Community Winner and Sponsor’s Pick.
  6. 06Commercial use of creator submissions requires a separate agreement unless challenge-specific terms clearly state otherwise.

Promise

Posted prizes paid in full

When a sponsored challenge offers a prize, that prize is paid in full. Kleon Open never reduces posted prize money through platform fees.

Promise

Concepts, not production

Sponsored Challenges are designed for concept exploration and marketing attention — not as a guarantee of final production-ready assets.

Promise

Curated, not crowdsourced chaos

Every entry is reviewed before it appears in the gallery. Sponsors see a curated public field, not raw uploads.

A measurable creative challenge loop

  • 1SubmissionsApproved visual concepts submitted to Kleon Open challenges.
  • 0JudgmentsHead-to-head community decisions cast across challenge entries.
  • 1CreatorsCreators building a public record of creative competition.
  • 1ChallengesCreative briefs opened, judged, or archived on Kleon Open.

Get in touch

Tell us what you have in mind.

Share a rough idea of the challenge you'd like to sponsor, the kind of concepts you're hoping to see, and the timeline you're working with. We'll come back with a curated proposal.