The contest started in October 2008 was to submit a piece of art close to the style of Solia Online for the chance to become a staff member as an artist, and make a new piece every round to match the challenge of other competitors. Smaller contests were to make a set of emoticons for the site, and to make ads to promote the competition. After reading information about it in the announcement, entrants would submit their entries via the e-mail address solianidol@soliaonline.com with Solian Idol in the subject line.