concurso de capas · the cover contest
Carve yourself. Win the month.
Every month the Cairé team hangs the best cover on the string. Carve yours from a photo, post it with #CarvedAtCaire, and the winner’s cover comes back as a 12 × 18 in woodcut poster, with a box of the blend of the moon they were born under.
the theme · November 2026
A Chegada
the arrival
Every legend starts with a stranger walking into town.
Carve yourself arriving: the face that walks into the story.
title it: A CHEGADA DE [YOUR NAME]
- entries open
- November 1, 2026, 12:00 am Pacific
- entries close
- November 30, 2026, 11:59 pm Pacific
- winners on the string by
- December 15, 2026
the moons after
- december · A Peleja, the duel
- january · A Profecia, the prophecy
como entrar
How to enter
ICarve it
Open Carve yourself, give it a photo of you, choose how deep the knife goes and one ink, and title the cover for the month’s theme.
It is made on your device. The photo never leaves it.
carve your cover →IIPost it
A public post on Instagram or TikTok with #CarvedAtCaire, tagging @caire.cafe.
No account, or a private one? Email the image to [email protected] with your name and state. It counts the same.
IIIWait for the moon
When the month closes, the Cairé team judges every cover. Winners hear from us by message or email, and go up on the string below.
one entry per person per month · 18 or older, living in the US · no purchase necessary · void where prohibited · the official rules
o júri · the judging
Judged, not drawn.
A contest of skill. The Cairé team scores every eligible cover out of a hundred; the highest wins, the next two are runners-up. A tie goes to the better cut.
The cut o corte
40
How the woodcut reads: the face, the light, how deep the knife went.
The cover a capa
30
Title, ink and frame working as one cordel cover, readable across a market.
The theme o tema
20
How the cover answers the month.
The line a legenda
10
The caption: one line about the face on the cover.
os prêmios · the prizes
What the month wins
12 × 18 in
the winner
Your cover on the wall
Your cover printed as a 12 × 18 in woodcut poster, and a 12 oz box of your birth-moon blend.
We ask your birthday, read the moon you were born under, and send its god’s blend.
two runners-up
The gods, to stick
A set of four die-cut stickers of the gods.
approximate retail value: $66 for the winner, $28 for each runner-up · US addresses only · the official rules
os vencedores · the winners
The string
Three pegs, waiting. The first covers go up by December 15.