I am shitting in your thread.
Monero held a contest for logo design where they offered 300 MRO, solicited over 60 designs and asked for changes, then cancelled the contest. They're now running a new one on another site, with all nine pages of designs, feedback and revisions submitted on bitcointalk up for other designers to draw on for inspiration.
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I had nothing to do with this coin until yesterday so this is an outsider's observation.
- None of the designs are particularly striking, to be honest.
- Sometimes nobody wins a contest. It's not like a contract where they are obligated to compensate you.
- Enter the new competition on the other site?
Yep, anyone can just resubmit it to the new site. Takes 30 seconds to sign up and I see several submitters from the forum thread already did. The point was to get way more designs and have more choice for the same amount of money. In fact, that's already happening. It makes sense for the Monero community, but it ups the competition from the artists' perspective.
And, yes, sometimes no one wins a contest. Actually, that's not even uncommon.