1. Who can enter
Open worldwide to legal residents of any country where this promotion is not prohibited by law, who are 18 years of age or older (or the age of majority in their place of residence if higher), and who have an active Lab membership on the Monthly or Annual plan, or a complimentary membership, at the time of entry. A member whose membership has ended since they entered may still win. The Weekly plan does not include The Arcade. Not open to residents of any country or region where participation is prohibited by law or where Sponsor is restricted from offering the promotion, including any country or region subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions. See General Promotion Terms G2 and G3. Void where prohibited.
2. The Challenge
A new Challenge opens each month, or on another date we announce. Each has a mission: a slime to make from scratch. Its deadline is shown on its Challenge page, in Eastern Time, and may differ from month to month.
3. How to enter
Make a slime yourself, from scratch, for that month’s mission, and submit a photograph of it with its name and a short description on the Challenge page before the deadline. One entry per member per Challenge. You may replace your entry before the deadline; the last one submitted counts. The photograph must be of the slime you made: no store-bought slime, no one else’s slime, no AI-generated or altered images, and no filters that change its color or texture.
4. Finalists
After the deadline, Jacob chooses up to five finalists from the entries, judged on creativity (your own take on the mission), execution (the color, texture and finish) and presentation (the name, the description and the photo). If fewer than five members enter, every entry may be a finalist. Finalists are chosen solely on these published criteria of skill; no vote, poll or chance plays any part in choosing them.
5. First place: the members’ vote
Voting only ranks the finalists chosen under section 4; it does not choose them. The finalists are posted on the Challenge page, and members on a Monthly or Annual plan, or with a complimentary membership, may vote for one finalist during the voting period shown there, usually five days. Each member has one vote and may change it until voting closes. Finalists may vote. The finalist with the most votes wins first place. If two or more tie, Jacob chooses first place among them. Vote counts are not published.
6. Second place: the public vote
After first place is announced, the other finalists are posted to Slime Obsidian’s Instagram story for about 24 hours, where anyone may vote in a poll. The poll is conducted solely to determine second place, and only ranks finalists already chosen under section 4. The finalist with the most votes wins second place. If the poll ties or cannot be completed, Jacob chooses second place among the finalists who did not win first place. Sponsor’s decision on any technical or eligibility issue is final.
7. Prizes
Unless a Challenge’s page says otherwise before it opens:
- First place: a $150 Amazon.com gift card. Approximate retail value $150.
- Second place: a $100 Amazon.com gift card. Approximate retail value $100.
- Each other finalist (up to three): a $10 Amazon.com gift card. Approximate retail value $10 each.
Gift cards are in US dollars. First and second place receive only their place’s prize. Prizes may not be available or redeemable in all countries; each winner is responsible for being able to redeem theirs where they live, and for any local restrictions or taxes. See General Promotion Terms G6.
8. Winners
Results are posted on the Challenge page. We email winners and finalists at the address on their Lab account; one who does not reply within 14 days forfeits the prize, and it may go to the next eligible finalist.
9. What you agree to by entering
You confirm the slime and the photograph are your own and that you have every right needed to submit them. You agree that your photograph, your slime’s name and description, and your name as The Lab shows it (first name and last initial) may be shown to members on the Challenge page and, if you are a finalist, posted on Slime Obsidian’s Instagram and other channels, as the Terms of Use describe for User Content. No further permission or payment is needed for that use.
10. Removal
We may remove an entry at any time. See General Promotion Terms G4.
11. Changes
The prizes and these rules may change for future Challenges. Any change is posted on this page with a new date before the Challenge it applies to opens, and never changes a Challenge already under way.
- Official Rules — Every promotion, and the General Promotion Terms.