Track Overview

This track calls for creativity and viral posts on Twitter/X, centered around the upcoming Solana Crossroads conference in Istanbul. Submissions should aim for generating hype about the event, creating community momentum and highlighting the many teams/projects from Solana’s ecosystem that will be in attendance. 

The main takeaway from readers of your submission should be a sense of FOMO (fear of missing out) and the understanding of what Solana’s largest community conference is all about. You can do this through any form of content on Twitter/X - video, images, text, memes or other. 

Submissions are encouraged to incorporate supporting teams of the conference in their post, either by hyping up presentations/announcements or highlighting the project in various ways.

There will be a 25% discount coupon for Crossroads ticket purchases during the same 48 hour window as the contest (April 9th/10th). We’d like if all submissions could include mention of the 25% off discount code: “solana” in their Twitter/X post.

Content and Topic Ideas:

There are several things the Crossroads team has hinted about/announced, and we encourage submissions to do the same if they see fit:

1. Anatoly will be a speaker along with Raoul Pal and other top Solana Builders

2. Live airdrops at the conference announced in real-time for participants.

3. Frank (GenesysGo Co-Founder) will be making a large announcement during his presentation. There will be other top tier teams also making big announcements.

4. There will be an epic boat party for all attendees on the final day of the conference.

5. Ansem will be attending and bringing the hype for the conference with some very memeable activities planned.

6. Ansem and SOLJakey have something special planned for the conference.

7. Are you a VIP ticket holder? Who knows, there could be airdrops..

Deliverable: 

A Twitter/X post made within the 48 hour contest window on April 9th-10th. This includes long or short form written content, memes, edited videos, graphics/posters etc. Links offsite (ex: Notion/Substack) will be disqualified. All submissions must be hosted on Twitter/X.

Resources: 

Solana Crossroads on Twitter

Solana Crossroads website

What you’ll find:

• Info about the conference, dates, location & agenda

• Full list of announced speakers

• Ticket sales & prices

Google Drive Content Catalog

What you’ll find:

• Graphics/Designs for Solana Crossroads

• Crossroads promotional teaser video

• Photo gallery from last year’s event

• Pre-made memes about Crossroads

• Screenshots of quality submission examples

Judging Criteria:

1. FOMO - Fear of missing out

   Perceived FOMO’ability is the largest weighted judging criteria of the main track. The best scored submissions will leave readers feeling a sense of urgency or ‘FOMO’ about attending the upcoming Crossroads conference.

1. Originality and Creativity

   Good use of memes, original ideas and unique concepts to induce FOMO are encouraged and will be scored favorably.

1. Design and overall production quality

   Creating original media with a professional quality will score well. Additionally, proper use of the provided resources catalog will be recognized by judges.

1. Writing style and presentation

   Quality of writing, formatting and initial ‘hook’ for readers is important.

Submission Requirements:

• Submitter must be a Solana Collective member on Discord and pass the Bootcamp. You can join here to learn more.

• Post must be made within the 48-hour contest window on April 9th-10th.

• Post must mention the 25% ticket discount available during the 48-hour window.

  • Get 25% off your Solana Crossroads ticket for the next 48 hours only with the code: solana

• Submission content must be hosted on Twitter/X.

• Your submission will be rejected if:

  • Aggressive use of AI/ChatGPT.

  • Your post is made outside of the April 9th-10th 48-hour contest window.

  • Your post links to another site and is not directly hosted on Twitter/X

  • Your post is not in English.

  • If it directly copies/plagiarizes another submission.

  • It has no mention of the Crossroads event in Istanbul.

  • If the post does not tag the @SolanaCrossroad twitter account

Rewards

Main Track Prizes:

1. 2,500 USDC 

2. 1,500 USDC

3. 1,000 USDC

Best Design/Production Quality: 1,000 USDC

Most Creative: 1000 USDC