User blog comment:LordTBT/News:Official Redwall Wiki Art Contest 2011/@comment-3462718-20111107165601/@comment-1859920-20111108225616

The reason why there is an art contest, is to compare the artistic skillz of several different artists. What profit would someone get out of it? I'd say limited fame, popularity, the knowledge that you are the voted best artist, and it would draw attention to any future art you might chose to make(which kinda goes along with the fame thing) as well as art commissions.