Minecraft’s official “Chaos Worth Keeping” community contest is now open, calling for players to submit multiplayer chaos screenshots for inclusion in a permanent, printable community wallpaper. Entries close at 10 AM PT on July 7, 2026, per the official Minecraft.net contest announcement.
To qualify for the contest, entrants must be at least 16 years old and own Minecraft: Bedrock Edition. There is no entry fee beyond the standard game cost for players who do not already own the title. Submissions are open to players on all supported platforms, including PC, console, and mobile, as long as they upload a qualifying multiplayer screenshot via the official Gleam.io portal linked in the official announcement per the official Minecraft.net contest announcement.
Chaos Worth Keeping: Eligibility and Submission Rules
There is no limit to the number of qualifying multiplayer screenshots a single eligible player may submit before the deadline. The Minecraft team has confirmed no extensions to the July 7, 2026 cutoff are currently planned per the official Minecraft.net contest announcement. All entries must be captured during multiplayer gameplay, with no restrictions on specific game modes, servers, or group sizes for the chaos moments depicted.
Grand Prize and 2026 Chaos Spreads Tie-In
The grand prize for the contest is inclusion of a player’s screenshot in a permanent, printable community collage designed explicitly for at-home physical display. There are no current plans for a digital-only distribution version of the final product per the official Minecraft.net contest announcement. All selected contributors will receive a copy of the final printable collage at no additional cost.
Minecraft community manager Sophie Austin highlighted the physical decor focus of the initiative in the official announcement, noting that 90% of her own home wall is covered in printed Minecraft screenshots. She framed the contest as a way to turn fleeting in-game multiplayer memories into lasting physical keepsakes for fans.
The collage contest is directly linked to Mojang’s broader 2026 Chaos Spreads summer challenge, a global multiplayer event that tasks groups of players with completing coordinated in-game tasks to hit a collective global completion target. If the global player base hits that target, all Minecraft players will unlock the Chaos Cubed: The Game Show world developed by third-party studio Blockception at no additional cost per the official Minecraft.net contest announcement.
Notably, there is no requirement to participate in the Chaos Spreads challenge to submit a collage entry. This is a deliberate design choice intended to lower barriers for players who prefer solo or small-group play rather than large coordinated multiplayer events.
Contest Administration and Key Details
The contest is administered directly by the Minecraft team, with Microsoft clarifying it is not responsible for partner platform administration of the contest per the official Minecraft.net contest announcement. All entry validation, screenshot selection, and prize fulfillment in the form of inclusion in the printable collage is handled exclusively by Mojang staff, with no third-party administrators involved in the selection process.
The final selected collage will be produced as a permanent, printable community artifact designed explicitly for physical display in fans’ homes. There are no current plans for a digital-only version of the finished product.
