Take part in The Middle East Cultural Lensathon and showcase your culture in the form of a Snapchat Lens. Get inspired by local food, fun traditions, games or trends to create a Lens using Lens Studio, publish it on Snapchat, then register and submit on Lenslist using the forms below!
Who Can Take Part
This Lensathon is open for Creators, who are at least 18 years old and residing in select countries in the Middle East or Northern Africa. See the list of eligible countries below:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
🇮🇶 Iraq
🇴🇲 Oman
🇩🇿 Algeria
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇲🇦 Morocco
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇰🇼 Kuwait
🇯🇴 Jordan
🇱🇾 Libya
🇱🇧 Lebanon
Prizes
In this Lensathon you can potentially win one of 13 prizes, including a grand prize of $1,500!
$1,500
Grand Prize
$1,000
2nd Place
$500
3rd Place
$200
10 x Honorable Mention
Aside from the monetary prizes, top three winners who'll create and submit the best Lenses showcasing their culture will also get a chance to:
👉 Meet with the Snap AR Team and potentially join the Snap Lens Network,
👉 Have your Lens featured and showcased by Lenslist and Snapchat,
👉 Get interviewed by Lenslist and spotlighted on our blog and socials!
You’ve got plenty of time to join, as well as expand your Lens Studio skills during The Middle East Cultural Lensathon to create and submit your best Lens yet!
How To Join
Follow these few steps to join The Middle East Cultural Lensathon:
If you don't have a Snapchat account yet, sign up for Snapchat in order to build on Lens Studio,
Create and publish a public Lens by following the Lens publishing guidelines (note: approval can take 24-48 hours) – make sure your Lens fits the theme and showcases your local culture!
Tag your Lens with #MIDEAST25 tag when publishing,
Record a Lens preview video that is up to 30 seconds,
Register using the form below,
And finally submit your Lens! Once you register, the submission form will appear at the bottom of this page.
You can submit up to 10 Lenses. Each Lens has to be submitted separately.
Judging Criteria
Please take note of the following criteria when creating your submission – this is how your Lens will be judged to be considered for winning the prize!
30%
Idea Quality
How creative and original is the idea?
30%
Theme Focus
Is the Lens relevant to the Lensathon theme?
40%
Implementation of Idea
How well was the idea implemented from a technical and design point of view?
You must be at least the age of majority in your country, state, province, or jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry;
This challenge is open for Creators residing in following countries: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Oman, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon;
Employees of Snap Inc. and Lenslist (both Lenslist and Lens That) and their immediate family are not eligible to participate.
How to join?
First create and publish your Lens!
Sign up for Snapchat in order to build in Lens Studio;
