A competition for AI storytellers

Submit a Body of Work that tells a story from start to finish. Be reviewed by expert judges, and compete for a $1,000 grant and a feature in Prompt Magazine.

Free to enter · Open worldwide · Judged on skill · Entries close 12 July

TRADLIFE FAMILY: Coming soon to TradFlix

Dear Judges and readers, if you would please take the time to read the entire post, you'll see that not everything is at it seems. 😉

My body of work explores the feeling of home, family, and of tradition, something quietly and subtly constructed through everyday rituals. Rather than focusing on dramatic moments, I chose ordinary domestic scenes: These routines become the architecture that gives my series/story its emotional foundation.

Each episode functions as a chapter in a visual narrative. The sequence begins with a formal family portrait, establishing the household, before moving into intimate moments that reveal how affection is communicated through routine instead of spectacle. Eye contact, shared tasks, small gestures, and physical proximity become the visual language of care. The story is less about perfection than about consistency, the quiet reassurance that love is demonstrated through presence, responsibility, and mutual support.

Rather than asking the audience to admire perfection, this series invites them to recognize the quiet kind of joy that emerges from consistency, shared purpose, and everyday devotion. The story suggest that the strongest emotional foundations are rarely constructed in extraordinary moments, but in the small, repeated acts of care that slowly transform a house into a home.

... OR IS IT?

My body of work explores the feeling of the serene, yet heavy weight of performative perfection. I am exploring the architecture of structured devotion and the rigid comfort of total domestic conformity. Specifically, the quiet, eerie claustrophobia that accompanies the performance of hyper-idealized, regressive gender roles. "Tradlife Family" takes the modern online romanticization of extreme traditional domesticity and pushes it to a satirical, visual extreme, manifesting the psychological weight of absolute conformity.

The collection chronicles a single, meticulously staged day in the life of a family where unspoken power dynamics are made starkly literal. By placing the mother and daughter in identical French maid uniforms, the underlying subtext of their existence is laid bare: the home is not a shared sanctuary, but a site of uniformed labor. We follow the women through a loop of subservience.

I wanted to visualize the architecture of a gilded cage and the unsettling nature of performed perfection. The final image, the mother and daughter sharing a sundae in isolation, serves as a momentary, hollow reward at the end of a day spent entirely in the service of others. I want the viewer to look past the bright, catalog-perfect lighting and feel the profound alienation, the loss of autonomy, and the stifling reality of a life built on cheerful, unquestioning submission.

DISCLAIMER: Images and stories displayed are entirely a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual politics, ideologies, trends, and events is purely coincidental. Thank you for your understanding.

COMING SOON TO TradFlix,

What happens when one picture-perfect suburban household decides to embrace old-fashioned values in a very modern world, and then take it to the next level?

TRADLIFE FAMILY is the jaw-dropping new series that takes "traditional values" to a shocking, highly-stylized extreme. It's a wholesome family sitcom that everyone will be talking about—and arguing about.

Meet the Hamiltons: successful father Richard, devoted matriarch Margaret, energetic son Oliver, and poised teenage daughter Connie.

The show's most talked-about element? The women of the household are frequently seen in elegant black-and-white maid domestic uniforms straight out of a Victorian fantasy, a visual choice guaranteed to ignite debate across social media.

Breakfast is served on silver trays, laundry is folded with precision, the home run like clockwork, every nook and cranny is cleaned to perfection, and standards are maintained that would make an etiquette instructor blush.

Each episode mixes family comedy with soap-opera drama: sibling rivalry, secret resentments, embarrassing misunderstandings, neighborhood scandals, school conflicts, social-media controversies, power struggles over who really runs the household, and all kinds of plot twists and subversions.

Is this a celebration of traditional family life? A terrifying suburban drama? A biting satire of it? A bizarre dystopian fantasy? A psychological drama dressed up as a sitcom? A social commentary on gender roles?

Stay tuned to TradFlix to find out!

Each episode preview photos have their own script

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The Architecture of Feeling

Pick a feeling - (wonder, longing, awe, the quiet kind of joy, it's up to you!) - and build a Body of Work that tells a story about it. Tell one story from start to finish, as a collection of images and/or videos, or as a single edited video. Think short film or mini exhibition, not a single image, clip, or mood board.

We want to feel it, not just see it.

Full competition details

Key Dates

Entries open

Jun 15, 2026

Entries close, judging begins

Jul 12, 2026

Winners announced

Jul 20, 2026

Entries close in 2d 10h 45m

Awards & Prizes

🏆
Best Overall$1,000 USD grant + 30,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine
📖
Best Storytelling15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
✨
Most Creative15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
❤️
Community Favourite15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
🎖️
Highly Commended (×10)2,400 fast credits each + print copy of Prompt Magazine + Highly Commended badge

Full prize list

Judging Panel

Angus Russell

Founder, NightCafe

Sarah Impey

AI Community Manager, Runware

Marco Pittarello

Founder, Prompt Magazine

Gully Ahmed

NightCafe community member

About the panel · How it's judged

FAQ

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TradFlix_Kat

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Key Dates

Entries open

Jun 15, 2026

Entries close, judging begins

Jul 12, 2026

Winners announced

Jul 20, 2026

Entries close in 2d 10h 45m

Judging Panel

Angus Russell

Founder, NightCafe

Sarah Impey

AI Community Manager, Runware

Marco Pittarello

Founder, Prompt Magazine

Gully Ahmed

NightCafe community member

About the panel · How it's judged

Discuss NightCafe Select

PRO

TradFlix_Kat

@katria

0Creations

View Profile

Edition 1 Theme

The Architecture of Feeling

We want to feel it, not just see it.

Full competition details

Key Dates

Entries open

Jun 15, 2026

Entries close, judging begins

Jul 12, 2026

Winners announced

Jul 20, 2026

Entries close in 2d 10h 45m

Awards & Prizes

🏆
Best Overall$1,000 USD grant + 30,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine
📖
Best Storytelling15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
✨
Most Creative15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
❤️
Community Favourite15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
🎖️
Highly Commended (×10)2,400 fast credits each + print copy of Prompt Magazine + Highly Commended badge

Full prize list

Judging Panel

Angus Russell

Founder, NightCafe

Sarah Impey

AI Community Manager, Runware

Marco Pittarello

Founder, Prompt Magazine

Gully Ahmed

NightCafe community member

About the panel · How it's judged

FAQ

Discuss NightCafe Select

Edition 1 Theme

The Architecture of Feeling

We want to feel it, not just see it.

Full competition details

Awards & Prizes

🏆
Best Overall$1,000 USD grant + 30,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine
📖
Best Storytelling15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
✨
Most Creative15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
❤️
Community Favourite15,000 fast credits + feature in Prompt Magazine + verified Select portfolio
🎖️
Highly Commended (×10)2,400 fast credits each + print copy of Prompt Magazine + Highly Commended badge

Full prize list