Upload Your Media
From your TalentChamp.com Home Page, click on upload, give your media a title, select the format, type in a brief description, give your media tags for other members to easily find your file, select a category and click upload.  The uploading banner will light and when completed, you will now see your media in your home page.

Joining A Contest
From your TalentChamp,.com Home Page, click on the media you want to enter into a contest and click on the "Move Media to Contest" link.  You will then be presented with a selection of contests to move your video, song, photo, drawing or writing into.

Starting Your Own Contest
Once you are logged in, you can click on the "Start A Contest" on the top of any page.  Give your contest a name that you will remember like "Lisa's Photo Contest", and fill in how long you want the entry phase and contest phase to last. 

The Contest
Each contest has 2 phases, the entry phase and the contest phase. 
The entry phase if for all contestants to enter the contest and upload their media. 
The contest phase starts the moment the entry phase ends and no more contestants are allowed to enter.  The voting can start the moment the contest phase begins and the countdown clock will start displaying the exact seconds until the contest ends and a winner is chosen.  Each time a member receives a vote, the 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place prizes will start incrementing.  The member with the most votes at the end of the contest will win the 1st place prize.  The member with the second most votes will win the 2nd place prize.  The member with the third most votes will win the 3rd place prize.  No other prizes will be awarded.