Get Ready for Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1

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This Friday, July 1st marks Monstercat’s 11th Anniversary. 11 years of amazing music, community, culture, and of course hijinks.
So to honour Monstercat’s 11th year, we’re hosting the virtual game show Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1! With - you guessed it - 11 total challenges.

Each challenge offers different ways to participate. With each challenge, there’s a prize to be won - you give us your best shot, and you might receive a special reward in return. You’re welcome to participate in as many challenges as you’d like, so don’t limit your creativity! Our gameshow will run throughout the week, and you have from now until July 1st to submit your entry. Winners will be revealed during our livestream on July 1st at 1pm PT on Monstercat's Twitch channel.

Without further ado, here are the challenges with details on how to get in on the action, and the prizes you could potentially score. Most of the challenges are on NOW. Are you ready?!

-The 11 Challenges-

1. Best Artist Cosplay

We’re looking for the best and most stylish cosplays of our Monstercat Artist roster. Put your costuming skills to the test to match your favourite artist, and you’ll be in the running to win. We’re looking for accuracy and creativity with this one, so grab some reference photos of your favourite artists and get to work!

The Prize:
The 1 winner gets a “golden ticket” to ALL Monstercat-branded events until December 31st, 2023. (approx value $500).
How To Enter:
Submissions sent between now and July 1st at 12pm PT are eligible to win this prize. We'll announce the winner on July 1st at 1pm PT during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream. Terms and conditions for this contest are here.
Enter here.

2. Best Meme

Do you dream of going to Monstercat Compound? Get a round-trip flight and a VIP pass to Compound in Vancouver, Canada by making the best Monstercat Meme you can possibly make. If you have years of experience making and sharing memes, and always have one at the ready to send, this challenge is for you. Any meme goes, as long as it’s Monstercat-themed!

The Prize:
1 winner receives a round-trip flight to Vancouver, B.C. and a VIP pass to Monstercat Compound.
How To Enter:
You can enter by sharing your meme on social media, tagging @monstercat and using the hashtag #monstercat11yr, and adding which challenge your submission is for in the caption of your post. Submissions sent between now and July 1st at 12pm PT are eligible to win this prize. We'll announce the winner on July 1st at 1pm PT during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream.
Enter the Best Meme challenge via Social Media - find Monstercat’s Socials here.

3. Draw Monstercat Celebrating His Birthday

Monstercat is way too busy partying for his birthday right now to help us document the celebration. We’re looking for you to help by Drawing Monstercat (you guessed it) celebrating his birthday! If you’re looking to show off how well you can illustrate Monstercat, this is the challenge for you.

The Prize:
Whoever wins will receive $111 and of course, a special shout out from Monstercat!
How To Enter:
You can enter by sharing your artwork on social media, tagging @monstercat and using the hashtag #monstercat11yr, and adding which challenge your submission is for in the caption of your post. Submissions sent between now and July 1st at 12pm PT are eligible to win this prize. We'll announce the winner on July 1st at 1pm PT during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream.
Enter the Draw Monstercat challenge via Social Media - find Monstercat’s Socials here.

4. Find Monstercat In The Wild - Special LA meetup!

Are you in the LA area? You can come and find our cute Monstercat Plushie and our Community Manager Dylan at The Grove in Los Angeles by the big water fountain. This is your chance to meet some other members of the Monstercat community! We’ll also have some freebies from the Shop and lots of photo opps (that rhymed.) This challenge starts on Thursday, June 30th at 5pm PT.

The Prize:
Various Monstercat Shop goodies (approx. value $10 - $30) and possibly some new friends!
How To Enter:
Starting June 30th, any Monstercat fam in the LA area can meet Monstercat and our staff, and hang with us for approximately 1 hour starting at 5pm PT on Thursday, June 30th. Sign up to get text messages from us so we can message you the deets and keep you updated on our whereabouts the day of!
Sign up for our SMS line and meet up with the LA community by texting +1 (310) 299-9368.

5. Demonstrate Your Photoshop Skills

We’re looking for you to photoshop an image that we’ve selected (you’ll see it once you head over to our submission page) in any way you see fit. You can change the existing photo around, take pieces from it and put them on completely different photos, and let your imagination flow!

The Prize:
The 1 winner will receive their very own customized piece of framed artwork of them animated with Monstercat! Approx. value $200.
How To Enter:
Submissions sent between now and July 1st at 12pm PT are eligible to win this prize. We'll announce the winner on July 1st at 1pm PT during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream.
Enter here.

6. We Want To Meet Your Monstercats

It’s as simple as it sounds. If you have a little Monstercat of your own running around at home, we want to see them. Your cat doesn’t have to look EXACTLY like Monstercat, they just need to be themselves! While we’re only considering cats when it comes to who wins the prize, sending us photos of any type of pet is still appreciated - they’re all winners in cuteness.

The Prize:
3 winners will receive Monstercat Pet Sets (approx. value $30).
How To Enter:
You can enter by sharing a photo of your cat on social media, tagging @monstercat and using the hashtag #monstercat11yr, and adding which challenge your submission is for in the caption of your post. Submissions sent between now and 12pm PT on July 1st are eligible to win this prize. We'll announce the 3 winners on July 1st at 1pm PT during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream.
Enter the We Want To Meet Your Monstercats challenge via Social Media - find Monstercat’s Socials here.

7. Show Us Your Weird Talent

What is your weird talent? Can you make 20 different animal noises? Can you flare your nostrils to the beat of a dubstep track? We want you to record your weird talent to show it off and send it to us! You can enter through the link below, or through our TikTok.

The Prize:
1 winner will receive a 1-For-1 trophy (approx. value $30) and the title of “Monstercat’s Weirdest Talent winner.” Now that’s something you can add to your resume.
How To Enter:
Send a video that’s 60 seconds or less of your weird talent. If you’re submitting through TikTok, make sure you stitch the original video so we can find your submission! Submissions sent between now and July 1st at 12pm PT are eligible to win this prize. We'll announce the winner on July 1st at 1pm PT during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream.
Enter here.

8. Send Us Polaroids

Time to get out your polaroid camera and show us your photography skills! We’re building something very special at the Monstercat Vancouver HQ specifically for the community. After our 1-For-1 celebrations come to an end, we’ll have a special video to show you how we put all of your polaroids to use!

The Prize:
Everyone who sends us a polaroid (as long as it’s family-friendly) will be included in a special project we’re going to unveil at the Monstercat Vancouver HQ.
How To Enter:
Starting now, anyone can send us a polaroid. Please be sure to mail them out to us by July 5th. Please address your polaroids to Dylan Todd at 380 Railway St, Vancouver, BC, V6A 4E3, Canada. We'll announce this activity again during the Monstercat Presents: 1-For-1 Twitch stream.
Send us polaroids here.

9. Guess Duration of Entire Catalogue In Minutes

Exactly how long is the entire Monstercat music catalogue? The ENTIRE catalogue, which means every single song we’ve put out (that is A LOT.) Give us your best guess for a chance to win a Monstercat Jersey!

The Prize:
1 winner will get a Monstercat Icon Baseball Jersey (approx. value $85).
How To Enter:
Tune in to our twitch stream in order to participate in this one. We’ll choose the winner with the most accurate guess live during our stream!
Join the livestream on July 1st at 1pm PT here.

10. Guess The Song

This challenge is straightforward. We’re going to play a song, and you have to guess it. But how much of the song will we play for you? That you’ll have to find out during our Twitch stream. So start training your ears!

The Prize:
5 winners will get Merch pieces from the Monstercat Shop (approx. value $25 - $50.)
How To Enter:
Tune in to our twitch stream in order to participate in this one. We’ll choose the winner that can guess the song during our stream!

Join the livestream on July 1st at 1pm PT here.

11. ??????

What’s this? There’s nothing here? Wait, that’s totally on purpose. This prompt won’t be revealed until 9am PT, July 1st on the Monstercat Discord. You’ll just have to join the server to find out!