AWC: Challenge Submission Guide

Hello, @nectari!

Welcome to AWC!

I've reviewed your January 2026 Monthly Challenge: Hard Mode that you submitted to AWC Challenge Submissions, but I am unable to respond to you on your profile due to your privacy settings, so I'm going to share the results with you here:

Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I can’t pass your submission just yet for the following reason:

• Req 03: You do not have the start date for this anime filled in on your List Editor. Please fill in the start date so that it matches the start date in your challenge post.

Once you’ve made this correction, just reply back here noting the change, and I’ll gladly take another look!

Note: I typically respond within 1-3 days, but depending on real life commitments, I may take up to 7 days to respond. Thank you for your patience!

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In the meantime, you have passed the January 2026 Monthly Challenge on Easy Mode! Congratulations!
- Due to privacy settings, I am unable to send a badge message to your profile, but you will be able to see your badge and points on your awc.moe challenger profile.

Hii @sophiebean!

Thank you for your Challenge Submission! Unfortunately, however, completed submissions for the January 2026 Monthly Challenge must have been submitted by 23:59 UTC on January 31st, 2026. As your Challenge Submission was made after this deadline (2026-02-01 03:07:41), your Challenge Post will not be reviewed.

I'm so sorry for being the bearer of this news! We wish you all the best on any future Challenge Submissions!

Hi @xxbigCountryxx! I've reviewed your February 2026 - Hard Mode Challenge you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions spreadsheet, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Great work on your challenge so far! Unfortunately I can't pass you just yet for the following reason:

• Req 10: Your screenshot shows the genres were ordered by count, not mean score. You can only use count if you do not rate any anime, as such you must replace the screenshot.

- The anime used will likely also need to be replaced as your current highest rated genre appears to be Sci-Fi.

Once you've made your changes, reply back here detailing them and I'll take another look.

Note: Please remember to update your Challenge Finish Date if necessary.

I will try to get back to your corrections within 4 days. However it may take up to a week if I'm busy.

Hey @BrilliantGreen!

Welcome to the AWC!

I've reviewed your February 2026 Monthly Challenge - Hard Mode you submitted to AWC Challenge Submissions, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I can't pass your submission just yet for the following reasons:

• Req. 08: The cover art for this anime has 2 characters, and the banner art has 0. This anime will need to be replaced.

Once you've made the necessary changes, please reply back here with notes of your changes and I'll gladly take another look.

Since you have met the requirements for Easy Mode, I will award you the Easy Mode badge in the meantime.

Note: I try to respond to corrections within a couple days of receiving them. I will always respond within a week.

Hello, @BrilliantGreen!

I've reviewed your Supernatural Genre Challenge: Easy Mode you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions spreadsheet, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

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Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I can’t pass your submission just yet for the following reasons:

• "Previously Completed" Note for Req 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, & 10: Any additional information added must be separated by a " // " divider. (Example: Start: 2025-08-05 Finish: 2025-08-05 // Previously Completed) Please add " // " separators before each "Previously Completed" note.

• Req 09: The finish date in your challenge post (2015-06-23) differs from the finish date in your List Editor (2026-02-04). Please edit the finish date in either your challenge post or your List Editor so that the dates match.

Once you’ve made these corrections, just reply back here noting the changes (example), and I’ll gladly take another look!

Note: I typically respond within 1-3 days, but depending on real life commitments, I may take up to 7 days to respond. Thank you for your patience!

Hey @BL00DxD0LL, welcome to AWC! I've reviewed your February 2026 Monthly Challenge: Easy Mode you submitted to AWC Challenge Submissions, but I have been unable to respond to you on your profile due to your privacy settings, so I'm gonna share the result with you here:

Great job with the challenge so far! Unfortunately, I can't pass your submission just yet for the following reasons:

• Reqs. 7 and 8: All additional information must go on the third line, separated by //. Please move the text from the fourth line up to the third line.

• Activities: Your activities did log correctly, but AniList generated an extra completed activity, and you'll need to delete one of them. I've linked them below along with your episode activities so you can decide which is the correct one!

* Horimiya – Completed activity 1 | Episodes 10-12 activity | Completed activity 2
* Call of the Night – Completed activity 1 | Episodes 9-12 activity | Completed activity 2

Once you've made the necessary adjustments, reply back here detailing your changes, and I'll gladly take another look!

Note: I'll get back to your corrections within 1-4 days, or up to a week in busier times.

Hi @orewing! Congrats on completing your February 2026 Monthly Challenge: Hard Mode! Unfortunately, I cannot actually send you your badge as it seems you have turned off messages on your profile. You can grab the badge from your Challenger Profile in that case. Your points have been added!

Hello and welcome to AWC, @AliceGoneMad! I've reviewed your AWC Monthly Challenge: February 2026 you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions, but I have been unable to respond to you on your profile due to your privacy settings, so I'm gonna share the result with you here:

Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I noticed a few issues that need to be addressed before I can pass your submission:

• <a>Header:</a> Your challenge start date is incorrect, it must match your challenge post's creation date.

- You can find the date by hovering over the timestamp on your challenge post that says:

x time ago.

• Req. 07): The provided characters are not living together, as such, please provide different characters.
• Req. 09): Your 1st episode watching activity is missing. Therefore, I cannot confirm when you started this anime, as such, please replace this anime.
• Req. 10): The provided screenshot is invalid since it does not display your username and the sorting method used. Therefore, I cannot verify if these stats belong to you. Please provide a new screenshot.

Once you've made the necessary corrections, please reply here with a list of your changes (example), and I'll gladly review your submission again.

Note: I aim to review your corrections within 1–3 days. However, during busier weeks, the review process may take up to a week.
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<a><b> ⚠️ Warning Note:</b></a>

• <a>Submission Name:</a> When submitting in the Google Form, please include the mode you are submitting in the "Challenge Name and Mode" section. Please be more careful in the future.

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You have, however, completed Easy Mode, so I'll award you the Easy Mode badge in the meantime. >
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Due to your privacy settings, I am unable to send a badge message to your profile, but you will be able to see your badge and points on your awc.moe challenger profile.

Hello and welcome to AWC @senticircus! I've reviewed your Gacha Video Games you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions, but I have been unable to respond to you on your profile due to your privacy settings, so I'm gonna share the result with you here:
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Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I noticed a few issues that need to be addressed before I can pass your submission:

• Req. 02): Your 1st episode watching activity is missing. Therefore, I cannot confirm when you started this anime, as such, please replace this anime.

- Additionally, as instructed by the bot, you have to state the letter, which appears at least 5 or more times in your additional information. In this case, it would have looked like this:

02) [✔️] Turbo Function: Watch an anime with a title that contains 5 or more of the same letter
https://anilist.co/anime/18679/Kill-la-Kill
Start: 2026-02-04 Finish: 2026-02-12 // Letter: L

• Req. 03): Please state the selected staff member in your additional information. Please also make sure to follow the 3-line format and remove the line break after: "Start:"

03) [✔️] Watch an anime featuring Shoutarou Ishinomori, Keita Amemiya, Shunsuke Kikuchi or Hideaki Anno as a staff member

https://anilist.co/anime/578/Hotaru-no-Haka
Start: 2026-02-17 Finish: 2026-02-17 // Staff Member: [Staff_Name](link_to_staff)

• Req. 06): Please state the requirements you selected from each challenge in your additional information:

06) [✔️] Watch an anime that simultaneously satisfies a requirement from the Arcade Challenge, a requirement from the Tetris Challenge and a requirement from the Minesweeper Challenge

https://anilist.co/anime/11111/Another
Start: 2026-03-04 Finish: 2026-03-05 // Arcade Requirement: Requirement number and text // Tetris Requirement: Requirement number and text // Minesweeper Requirement: Requirement number and text

• Req. 07: The provided anime does not have a title that fulfils this requirement, as such, please replace this anime.

- For the replacement: If only one of the titles and not both English and Romaji titles, please add a note to your additional information, which title you chose.

<a><b> ⚠️ Please keep in mind that depending on the changes made, you might need to update your challenge finish date.</b></a>

Once you've made the necessary corrections, please reply here with a list of your changes (example), and I'll gladly review your submission again.

Note: I aim to review your corrections within 1–3 days. However, during busier weeks, the review process may take up to a week.

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Hi @ontheinternet! I've reviewed your Winter 2026 Challenge you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions spreadsheet, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Great work on your challenge so far, and congrats on submitting your first challenge! Unfortunately I can't pass you just yet for the following reasons:

• Formatting: Requirements 6 and 7 have empty lines within the requirements (e.g. between the anime and the dates). Please remove these as our requirements follow a three line structure (first line is the requirement text, second is the anime, third is the dates and any other additional information).
• Additional Information: You've added additional information to requirement 4, all additional information should be separated from the requirement's dates with a "//" divider.

- Note: If your List Editor is missing a start date for some reason, you can input one manually without needing to rewatch episodes.

Once you've made your changes, reply back here detailing them (example) and I'll take another look.

I will try to get back to your corrections within 4 days. However it may take up to a week if I'm busy.

Hey @Lumx! I've taken a look at your Winter 2026 Seasonal Challenge you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions, but I have been unable to respond to you on your profile due to your privacy settings, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Thank you for your Challenge Submission! Unfortunately, however, completed submissions for the Winter 2026 Seasonal Challenge must have been submitted by 23:59 UTC on 26th April 2026. As your Challenge Submission was made after this deadline (2026-04-27 01:30:30 UTC), your Challenge Post will not be reviewed.

I'm so sorry for being the bearer of this news! We wish you all the best on any future Challenge Submissions!

Hey @DOCTORDRAC!

Welcome to the AWC!

I've reviewed your Romance Genre Challenge - Easy Mode you submitted to AWC Challenge Submissions, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I can't pass your submission just yet for the following reason:

• Previously Completed Notes: Any additional information, including previously completed notes, must be included on the third line of the requirement, after the Start/Finish Date, separated with a //. Please move your previously completed notes to the third line. As an example of how they should look:

>26) [✔️] Watch a "Romance" anime that started airing between 2005 and 2009
Toradora!
Start: 2026-02-24 Finish: 2026-02-27 // Note: Previously completed

Once you've made the necessary changes, please reply back here with notes of your changes and I'll gladly take another look.

Since you have met the requirements for Easy Mode, I will award you the Easy Mode badge in the meantime.

Note: I try to respond to corrections within a couple days of receiving them. I will always respond within a week.

Hey @DOCTORDRAC!

I've reviewed your Comedy Genre Challenge - Easy Mode you submitted to AWC Challenge Submissions, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I can't pass your submission just yet for the following reason:

• Previously Completed Notes: For the Easy Mode of Genre Challenges, you must include a note for each anime that you completed before entering the challenge.

However, since every anime in your challenge was previously completed, you may instead add a note to the header of your challenge post (before the requirements, above the dividing line) that says something like "all anime in Easy Mode were previously completed".

Once you've made the necessary changes, please reply back here with notes of your changes and I'll gladly take another look.

Since you have met the requirements for Easy Mode, I will award you the Easy Mode badge in the meantime.

Note: I try to respond to corrections within a couple days of receiving them. I will always respond within a week.

Hey @MrDeath800! I've had a look at your Beginner’s Challenge you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions spreadsheet but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

The challenge that you have submitted is unfortunately not complete at the moment! per the challenge forum page, You cannot use anime you have previously completed! All of the anime on the post were previously completed before you entered the challenge. You can use anime you have previously started, but not finished yet! They must be completed after you started the challenge yesterday.

You will need to replace the anime on the challenge post with ones that you complete moving forward!

NOTE: You must use the challenge code we have provided for your challenge entry. Please update your challenge code before you resubmit your challenge for review! We have a challenge code editor that can assist with getting the code.

NOTE: there are no "normal mode" for the tier challenges, you only need to state that it is the anime beginner challenge!

Hey @Seimari! I've reviewed your Horror Genre Challenge, Easy Mode you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions spreadsheet, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:
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Great job on your challenge so far! Unfortunately, I noticed a few issues that need to be addressed before I can pass your submission:

• <a>Header:</a> The challenge start and finish date should also follow the YYYY-MM-DD format.

- Note: The challenge finish date should be filled out once you have completed "Hard Mode".

• <a>Previously Completed Note:</a> According to the challenge thread, you must include a note for each anime that you previously completed.

- You can do so by adding a note as additional information for every requirement, one by one:
Example based on requirement 01):

01) [X] Watch a "Horror" anime with the genre “Action” or “Adventure”

High School of the Dead
Start: 2024-12-29 Finish: 2025-01-03 // Previously completed
- Since you have previously completed every requirement in Easy Mode, you can alternatively use a note in your header, e.g.:

># Horror Genre Challenge

Challenge Start Date: 2026-05-09
Challenge Finish Date: YYYY-MM-DD
Legend: [X] = Completed [O] = Not Completed
Note: Every anime in Easy Mode has been previously completed
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Once you've made the necessary corrections, please reply here with a list of your changes (example), and I'll gladly review your submission again.

Note: I aim to review your corrections within 1–3 days. However, during busier weeks, the review process may take up to a week.

Hi @lRoachl! Welcome to AWC <3

I've reviewed your Pioneers’ Classic Challenge you submitted to the AWC Challenge Submissions spreadsheet, but I was unable to respond to you on your profile as it seems you have turned off messages there, so I'm going to share the result with you here:

Good job on your challenge so far. Unfortunately, I can't pass your submission just yet due to the following reasons:
<ul><li>the challenge finish date is wrong. The challenge finish date is considered to be the date when you finished watching your last anime towards the challenge. Please update it.</li>
<li>[ 01, 02 ]&emsp; the anime start and finish dates in the challenge post differ from the ones in the List Editor. Please make sure they match.</li>
<li>[ 27 ]&emsp; the anime isn't listed on your anime list, have you perhaps set it to private? Please check and ensure it's completed and publicly visible on your anime list.</li></ul>

<br>If you have any questions, feel free to let me know!

Once you've done the needed adjustments, reply back here, making note of any changes made (example), and I'll take another look.

Note: I usually take around 3 days to get back for corrections, but I'll get back to your submission as soon as I can. Thank you for your patience!