I've been running an art prompt challenge (think Inktober) and have been having a difficult time getting people interested. I'm not sure if I'm not posting about it enough, using the wrong tags, or if the concept itself is just not as enticing as I think it is. I'm not linking to it now because TBH I feel kinda weird and whiny talking about it like this in the first place ^^;

The idea is that a challenge only lasts 1 week but happens 4 times a year. So you're kinda doing a mini challenge to dip your toes in but, if you can manage to participate in all of them, you have around as many pieces as you would if you did one that's a month long. I've always found the longer challenges overwhelming and wanted to offer an alternative. (Absolutely no hate to them though! This is 100% a me thing). I think it's a neat idea but, because I came up with it, I'm of course gonna be biased. Maybe it's not actually that interesting and that's okay!

For advertising I've got a few dedicated accounts on sites that have sharing/reposting feeds so I can showcase and link back to participants work. For any other sites I post about it on my personal. The quarterly nature of it has meant that the dedicated accounts basically go dead whenever a challenge isn't going on. I've tried a few things to combat that including showcasing free/freemium software and adding a monthly color palette though neither have drawn much attention.

I guess that's it really. Does this sound like something you'd be interested in? If not, would you mind sharing why? Is there any thing you think I could do to improve?