May 2025 Issue
Get the inside scoop on the latest news, trends, and happenings in the Infinity Labs Community and beyond.
Contentahon 2025 Wraps Up! Meet the Winning Stories from Infinity Labs' Solana Superheroes Short Fiction Challenge
That's a wrap on Contentathon 2025! 1,634 submissions across 17 tracks made this year's Contentathon one for the books.
The Infinity Solana Superheroes Short Fiction Challenge received 43 entries, our first-ever back-to-back lore contest! This time, we asked the writers to take the Solverse universe, and include real creators from our builders series.
The creativity was unreal! After carefully reading through all the entries, here are the winners:
🥇 1st Place: Sylvah, The Wild
Written by Kay Cee — For crafting a world where the brush was mightier than the sword.
A wild, wondrous take on the Solverse, featuring incredible builders like Sylvah, Ara, Arnold, and Ems.
Read the full story here.
🥈 2nd Place: Vibhu
Written by Asher — For her creative narrative of rebirth in Vibhu, where Vibhu’s artistry brings Drip Haus to life, reviving the essence of a lost town.
Read the full story here.
🥉 3rd Place: The Guardians of the Rift
Written by Tunjiae — For his intense story of world-altering choices, where Vibhu and Michael stand against a terrifying force emerging from the Rift.
Read the full story here.
Congratulations to all the winners! To every writer who submitted a story, thank you! We loved reading your work. You've helped expand the Solverse Wiki in such a meaningful way.
Solverse Wiki Update: 32 New Stories from the Infinity Lore Masters
The Solverse Wiki just got a major lore expansion! 32 new lore entries have been added, written by Infinity Lore Masters across two back-to-back short fiction challenges.
For the first time in Infinity Labs history, we hosted two short fiction contests in a row, and the turnout was incredible, with 143 submissions in total.
With this update, the Solverse Wiki now stands at 1,342 pages and 6,613 edits, shaped entirely by the community.
Big shoutout and welcome to the new Lore Masters who joined us through our recent contests! It’s been incredible seeing new writers jump into the Discord and community, share their work, and uplift one another. We’ve loved every moment of it!
Check out the latest entries and explore the ever-growing Solverse lore:
➡️ Infinity Solana Superheroes Short Fiction Challenge
➡️ Infinity Short Fiction Writing Contest 2
Infinity Community Highlights
May Featured Creators in Artists to Watch
Week 24: Phanuwat | @1dontknows
Phanuwat artworks unfold like scenes from a dream, using surreal visuals to explore the layers of his fictional narratives.
Week 25: Jame | @xeriesjame_art
Jame artworks explore themes like emotions, animals, monsters, death, and the crypto world.
Movsum is an artist whose life orbits around lines, movement, and geometric forms. Inspired early on by nature and Kandinsky’s striking shapes, they bring a hidden world of motion and form to life through vibrant digital art.
Week 27: King Xerox | @kingxerox5
King Xerox is a multi-talented artist known for his contributions to the comic book industry, illustrations, paintings, and most recently, the world of crypto art.
Jak is a multidisciplinary artist known for blending traditional and modern styles, with color and texture as his core tools of expression. He’s widely recognized as one of Web3’s glitch art GOATs.
Other Ecosystem News
Solana Accelerate Kicks Off in NYC
The Solana APAC Summit is happening next week in Vietnam
Solana Economic Zone (SEZ) in Kazakhstan is now live!
Solana introduces Solana Attestation Service (SAS)
And that's a wrap for May newsletter issue!
We hope you found the information and updates we shared to be helpful and informative. We appreciate your continued support and love for the Infinity Labs community.
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