Type by Beat: The Lyrics Templates Challenge

Updated April 2025

Join our new Templates challenge!

We’ve created a new template format for lyrics typography that will change how text templates are used!

Ready to dive in? Create a unique After Effects template using the new tool and get a chance to win cash prizes!

Timeline:

Submission period: April 15th - June 15th, 2025, 18:00 UTC

Winners will be announced on July 1st, 2025!

Prizes

1st place:

$1000

+ Feature in our Staff Picks

2nd Place:

$800

+ Feature in our Staff Picks

3rd Place:

$500

+ Feature in our Staff Picks

Who are the judges?

Pedro Estanga - Founder & Creative Director at PES Motion Studio.

Guy Bar Hava - Video Templates Catalog Lead at Motion Array. A Motion Designer with a robust experience in template-making.

John Waddington - Motion Array’s In-house Motion Designer. With over 15 years of experience in Motion design.

Tal Schindel - Content Manager at Motion Array. Documentary film director and video creator.

What do you need to know to get started?

The challenge is open to all Motion Array’s Templates Artists who have an active artist account on Motion Array and agree to the Motion Array Artist Terms of Service.
You can submit up to 5 After Effects Templates.
Tag your submission with the ‘TypebyBeat’ tag.
Bonus points will be awarded to artists who include both horizontal and vertical aspect ratios in their submissions.

Eligible submissions:

Submissions must include our new Lyrics tool.
Must be an original template (no derivatives or any re-used templates.)
Submissions must follow our Upload Rules.
Submissions must be at lease 30 seconds long.

Lyrics tool kit:

You can download the Lyrics tool here.
Check out this tutorial and presentation on how to create your own template, using the Lyrics tool.
For your convenience, we have created a curated list of vocal songs from Motion Array that you can use for this challenge: Songs List.

What We’re Looking For

Diverse Aesthetics – From grungy visuals and futuristic designs to playful pop palettes, each style helps shape a distinct identity for your lyric template.
Rhythmic Typography – Make your words move with the music. Sync text to the beat so every lyric and moment feels in tune.
Template Versatility - Your design should be adaptable for different genres or themes.

Inspiration

References of different visual aesthetics:

Reference of typography synced to the beat:

Good luck!

Terms of Service

Type by Beat: The Lyrics Templates Challenge

Motion Array by Artlist Ltd. is launching a Templates competition for Video Template Creators to create Kinetic Lyrics Video Templates. Join our challenge by submitting unique, trendy, and useful templates.

Eligibility: The competition is open to all Motion Array’s Templates Artists who have an active artist account on Motion Array and agreed to the Motion Array Artist Terms of Service.

Submission Requirements: Artists can submit up to 5 templates, and the submission deadline is June 15th, 2025 at 18:00 UTC. We will not accept any entries after this date. Any submission must comply with all your representations, warranties, and obligations as stated in the Motion Array Artist Terms of Service.

Please add "TypebyBeat" to the tags of your submission. The submission must be an original template created using the Lyrics tool. Submissions must be at lease 30 seconds long.

By submitting and marking the Templates submission pack according to the stated above, you agree to these terms.

Grand Prize:

The winner of first place will receive:

$1000

+Feature in our Staff picks

Second Place:

$800

+Feature in our Staff picks

Third Place:

$500

+Feature in our Staff picks

The prizes will be transferred to the winners’ Paypal/Payoneer account as provided by the winners and detailed in the winners’ Motion Array account. The prizes are non-transferable and provided “as-is”. Motion Array will notify the winners about their win by an email sent to the email address that was provided by the winners in their Motion Array account.

All taxes whose application is either directly or indirectly connected to the awarding of the prizes shall be charged to the winners.

It's your responsibility to track the contest results. Artlist shall have no liability for your failure to receive notices due to the provision of an incorrect or otherwise non-functioning email address. If any potential winner cannot be contacted, declines the prize, provides incorrect account details or an inactive account, or fails to claim the prize within 1 week of being notified that he or she is the winner or publication of contest results, then such potential winner will forfeit the right to be the winner, and Artlist reserves the right to withdraw the prize and select a replacement winner from among all remaining eligible participants.

Judging Criteria:

Entries will be judged by a panel of judges composed of certain Artlist employees and external professionals based on their creativity, originality, technical proficiency, and overall quality of the templates.

The judges’ decision will be ﬁnal in every situation, and you will not have any claim or demand about it.

The winners will be announced on July 1st, 2025 and may be featured on Motion Array’s website, newsletter, and social media platforms at our sole discretion.

You agree that Artlist will be entitled to use your entries and/or name and/or image and/or photos for the presentation and promotion of the contest and announcement of the winners, if and to the extent that Artlist may desire, at its exclusive discretion.

Entries that will meet Motion Array content quality standards will be included in the Motion Array catalog and will be subject to all the terms, undertakings, obligations, and royalties model as detailed in the Artist Terms of Service.

The examples and visual references provided in this mood board belong to third parties copyright owners are for inspirational purposes only. They are meant to serve as creative references to guide your ideas and designs. Participants are not permitted to copy or directly replicate these examples in their submissions nor any other content. All entries must be an original and creative works you develop. Please ensure that your submissions reflect your unique vision and creativity.

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