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Events: skin contests — enter, vote and win
Join themed skin contests: enter your skins, vote for your favourites, follow the live ranking and win the Contest Winner badge.
3 min read · 3 steps · Beginner
Step 1: Find an event
Open Events in the menu. You see Running now, Coming up and Past events. Each event has a theme, its Rules and a How it works box.
Entries open when the event starts. Past events show the Final ranking and the Winner.
Step 2: Enter your skin
Press Enter your skin. Either Upload a new skin (it is saved, made public and entered at once) or Pick one of mine from your public skins. Each event shows how many skins you can enter (usually 3).
Only public skins can be entered — event entries can't be "Only me". Changed your mind? Take it out removes the entry (its votes are lost; you can enter again while the event is open).
Share the event link so people vote for you.
Step 3: Vote and win
You get a few votes per event (usually 3 — the event's How it works box says how many). Press Vote for this entry on the ones you like; Take your vote back moves it while the event is open. You can't vote for yourself.
The Live ranking sorts entries by votes. When the event ends, the entry with the most votes wins the Contest Winner badge, and you get a notification.
Tip: Fair play: only your own skins, made for the theme. Votes come from logged-in accounts with a confirmed email, and moderators remove entries that break the Terms or look like fake voting.
More guides
- How to put a custom skin in Minecraft Java & Bedrock
- How to make a Minecraft skin GIF or video (4 ways)
- Share skins with the community
- Publish skins and manage My skins
- Your profile: photo, banner, links, badges and security
- Favourites, collections, notifications, reports and the weekly leaderboard
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