Climb the leaderboard
The field is every July submitter. Zaal picks the six finalists - there is no vote. If you submitted, you are in the running - this week is your last chance to move up.
August Finals
August is the July submitters. The leaderboard is live.
Everyone who submitted anything in July - a track, a build, a draft - is on the season leaderboard right now. This week is the last chance to climb it. Then the field narrows to six finalists who present at the end of the month.
How the finals work
Top 6 advance
When the week closes, the top 2 people per track - artist, builder, creator - advance. Finalists are people, not projects: your whole body of July work carries you.
The finals
All six finalists present their work live at the end of the month. One winner per track.
Three mentors, one per track
Each track gets a ZAO mentor for the month: guidance for the whole track while the leaderboard is open, then direct 1:1 prep with their two finalists for the end-of-month presentation. Mentors are named here as each one confirms.
ZAO mentor - confirming
Guides the artist-track field, then preps the two artist finalists for the finals.
ZAO mentor - confirming
Guides the builder-track field, then preps the two builder finalists for the finals.
ZAO mentor - confirming
Guides the creator-track field, then preps the two creator finalists for the finals.
The field
Everyone below submitted in July and is in the running. The list comes straight from the live submission feed. Six finalists get picked, two per track.
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