Phases on a timeline
Draft, submissions, voting, results: set the dates in your server’s time zone and the bot moves the contest along by itself, or advance it by hand.
Discord contest bot: creative contests with a gallery, votes and judges
Contests turns your members’ creativity into an event. Open a contest for art, clips, screenshots, builds or writing, members enter with a file, a link or a text, every entry lands in a Discord gallery, and the winners are chosen by community votes, a judge panel or both. The podium gets coins, roles and badges, and you can even publish an online gallery.
art-contestDiscord preview
What you get
A gallery in Discord
Every approved entry is posted in the gallery channel with its title, caption and a vote button. Files are re-uploaded by the bot, so they don’t disappear.
Community votes
Give each member 1 to 20 votes, block self-votes and fresh accounts, limit voting to roles, and keep the counts hidden until the results or show them live.
A real judge panel
Judges score each entry from 0 to 10 on up to 5 weighted criteria, in Discord with /contest judge or with sliders in the console. Or mix judges and votes.
Podium rewards and badges
Up to 5 places, each with Bank coins, roles and a badge. Rewards are handed out once, the podium is posted, and /contest awards shows a member’s badges.
Moderation and anonymity
Review entries before they appear, limit entries per member, block risky links, and run anonymous contests where authors are revealed with the results.
How it works
Turn on Contests
Open https://console.botgg.app, choose your server and switch on Contests in the Engagement section. The
/contestcommands then appear in your server.Set up a contest
In the console: title, rules and category, the phase dates, what can be entered and how many entries per member, voting or judging, and the podium rewards, with a live Discord preview.
Members enter
With
/contest submitand a file, a link or a text, or by posting in a submission channel. The bot posts each entry in the gallery, after staff approval if you want.Vote, judge, crown the winners
Members vote with the buttons, judges score, and when voting closes the bot posts the podium, pays the coins and hands out roles and badges.
Fair results, exactly once
Standings use one formula everywhere: community score from votes, judge score from the weighted criteria, or a mix with the weight you set. Ties are broken in the order you choose (judges, votes, earliest entry) or the places are shared. Finishing a contest computes the results once, then rewards are paid once and the podium is posted once, even if two staff members click at the same time.
Each contest can also get a public gallery page in the web, off by default. Turning it on asks for your explicit consent, shows only approved entries and never member IDs, and shows author names only if you allow it, after the contest is finished. Free servers can run 3 contests at a time (drafts included) and Pro servers 15.
/contest submitand/contest withdraw: enter a contest or take an entry back/contest info: rules, dates, your entries and your votes left/contest judge: score the entries one by one (judges)/contest advance: move a contest to its next phase (staff)/contest awards: a member’s places and badges
Slash commands
Generated from the bot’s real command definitions. Full list on the commands page.
/contestCreative contests: enter, vote, judge6 subcommands
/contest submitcontestfile?link?title?caption?Enter a contest with a file, a link or a text/contest withdrawentryWithdraw one of your entries/contest infocontestContest rules, dates, your entries and votes left/contest judgecontestJudges: score the entries one by one/contest advancecontestStaff: move a contest to its next phase/contest awardsmember?Contest awards and badges of a member
Free vs Pro
Every feature works on the Free plan. Pro raises the limits and unlocks extras.
| Limit | Free | Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Active contests | 3 | 15 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I run an art contest on Discord?
Create a contest in the console with the category Art, set the submission and voting dates and the rewards, and pick a gallery channel. Members enter with /contest submit and their image; BotGG posts the gallery, collects the votes and announces the winners.
Can judges and the community both decide?
Yes. Choose community votes, a judge panel or hybrid mode, where the final score is the community share you set plus the judges’ score. Judges can never score their own entry.
Can members vote for themselves or with alt accounts?
Self-votes are blocked, bots can’t vote, and accounts must be a minimum age (7 days by default) to vote. You can also limit voting to certain roles.
Do uploaded entries disappear after a while?
No. Discord file links expire, so the bot re-uploads every file into its own gallery message and refreshes the link whenever it is shown. A file disappears only if that gallery message is deleted.
Can I show the entries outside Discord?
Each contest can have a public gallery web page, which you turn on yourself after a consent step. It shows the rules, the podium and approved entries, with a link to report content.
Ready to level up your server?
Add BotGG for free, then switch features on in the web console.