OFFICIAL RULES
The GKS Anthem Challenge
Please read these rules in full before entering. Questions: ceo@glowkissedstudio.com.
1. Sponsor
The Anthem Challenge (“Challenge”) is sponsored by Jennifer Lamar, founder of Glow Kissed Studio™ (“GKS”), Pahrump, Nevada (“Sponsor”). Glow Kissed Studio is not yet a formed legal entity; the Sponsor runs this Challenge personally and is responsible for it. This Challenge is in no way sponsored, endorsed, or administered by, or associated with, Meta, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, X, or LinkedIn.
2. What this is
A skill-based contest. Entrants compose and record an original musical interpretation of the official GKS Anthem lyrics, “Welcome Home (The Reclaiming)” (lyrics © Jennifer Lamar & Stephen Lamar, provided to entrants for use in this Challenge only). The winner is chosen by judging on the criteria in Rule 7 — never by chance, and never by how much an entrant paid (see Rule 5).
3. Key dates (all times Pacific)
Enrollment opens: Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 12:00 AM PT.
Enrollment closes: Monday, November 23, 2026, 11:59 PM PT.
Submission deadline: Thursday, December 10, 2026, 11:59 PM PT.
Winner announced: on or before December 24, 2026, on glowkissedstudio.com and GKS social channels.
4. Eligibility
Open worldwide to individuals 18 years or older at entry. Void where prohibited by local law — entrants are responsible for confirming that a paid-entry, skill-based contest is permitted where they live. One entry per person. Entrants join the GKS Pre-Beta under Rule 5 during the enrollment window to receive the lyrics and submit.
5. How to enter — two ways, judged identically
(a) Founding 50 membership: a $19/month subscription. The first 50 membership seats are the Founding 50: official MVP testers whose $19/month founding price remains in place after public launch while their membership stays active (standard price at launch: $29.99/month). Seats are counted as they are filled; one insider seat is held for a GKS team member, so 49 Founding 50 seats are available to the public.
(b) Founding Community: a one-time pay-what-you-can payment (minimum $5; $19 suggested), available after the Founding 50 seats fill and until enrollment closes. It is not a subscription: no monthly charge will be made until the member's platform access opens, and the member will be notified in advance before any recurring charge begins (at the standard $29.99/month launch price unless otherwise stated in writing at that time).
(c) The amount paid, and the route taken, are never considered in judging.
6. Your submission — human creativity required
One original recording per entrant, created for this Challenge from the official lyrics, in any genre. The composition and the performance must be your own human creative work: you wrote the music, and you (and any collaborators, whose consent you are responsible for) performed it. The voice on the recording must be a real human voice.
Not permitted: submitting a recording composed or performed by an AI music generator (such as Suno or Udio) — including pasting the Anthem lyrics into a generator and submitting its output. That is not an entry; there is no human creativity in it.
Permitted, with disclosure: everyday production tools that help you finish your own performance — recording software, instruments and programmed parts you create, mixing and mastering tools. If any AI-based tool assisted your process, say so in your submission notes. Tools that help you finish your work are fine; a tool that creates the work instead of you is not.
Proof of creation: by submitting, you attest that the composition and performance are your own human creative work. Finalists will be asked to show their work — for example a project file, stems, an earlier draft, or a short clip of you performing the song. The winner is verified before any public announcement. An entry found to be AI-generated, or to violate these rules, is disqualified; if that entry had won, the next-highest-scoring entry becomes the winner.
7. Judging
Entries are judged by Jennifer Lamar and Stephen Lamar on: musical composition & originality (30%), vocal/performance quality (25%), emotional fit to the lyrics and the GKS mission (25%), and production quality (20%). The judges' decision is final. In the event of a tie, the entry with the higher emotional-fit score wins.
8. Prize
One winner is named the Official Glow Kissed Studio Anthem Artist. The winning recording becomes the official GKS Anthem, used by GKS under Rule 9. No cash prize. The winner receives public credit as the Anthem Artist wherever the Anthem is used by GKS, in the form “Official GKS Anthem — performed by [Name]”.
9. Rights — read this carefully; it is the whole point of GKS
(a) Non-winning entries: Sponsor and GKS claim no ownership, license, or other rights in any non-winning entry. It remains entirely yours. We will not use it for any purpose.
(b) Winning entry: the winner keeps full ownership of their composition, master recording, and royalties. The winner grants GKS a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use the winning recording as the official GKS Anthem — including in GKS videos, social posts, events, the GKS platform, and promotional materials — for the life of the GKS brand, with either party able to end the license on 90 days' written notice after the first 24 months. GKS will not sell the recording as a standalone product without a separate written agreement with the winner. These license terms are the terms offered to every entrant on equal footing; by entering, the winner agrees to them.
(c) The Anthem lyrics remain the property of their writers; entrants receive a license to use them solely to create and submit their Challenge entry, and (for the winner) as part of the winning recording under Rule 9(b).
10. Payments, refunds, cancellation
Founding 50 subscriptions are billed monthly through Stripe and may be cancelled at any time (cancellation stops future billing; access continues to the end of the paid period). Founding Community payments are one-time. If the Challenge is cancelled before the submission deadline, all Founding Community payments will be refunded in full, and Founding 50 members may cancel with a refund of their most recent month. Entry payments are otherwise non-refundable, because the lyrics and materials are delivered on joining.
11. General
Sponsor may disqualify entries that violate these rules, infringe rights, or contain unlawful content. Sponsor may modify dates with notice posted on this page if circumstances require. By entering, entrants agree to these rules.
Last updated: November 2026. These rules are the official rules of the Anthem Challenge.