UptoSkills Reel Wars

UptoSkills Reel Wars is a 2-month contest for students, freshers and creators. Make Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts about UptoSkills, submit your best 3, and compete for ₹50,000 in prizes with up to 100 winners. Free to join, solo or in a team of up to 4.

Instagram and YouTube only. UptoSkills content only. Every reel must be about UptoSkills or clearly relevant to it. Unrelated content is not eligible. Kindly make sure UptoSkills is not an edtech platform and leagues are not courses. Register by 30 Nov, submit your best 3 reels by 10 Dec, community voting 11 to 20 Dec.

What Your Reels Must Be About

Show a UptoSkills feature, share your own experience with it, or explain a career topic that clearly connects to what UptoSkills offers. Pick from what we provide:

UptoSkills is not an edtech platform, and leagues are not courses. Leagues are where Learners play Leagues and get motivation by real earning opportunities: they take on missions and challenges, climb leaderboards and earn rewards. Do not describe UptoSkills as edtech or leagues as courses. Reels that do are not eligible.

For students and candidates

FeatureWhat it offersLeagues and rewardsLeagues are where you upskill yourself: modules, boss fights and weekly and monthly leaderboards. Leagues are not courses. Top Pro members win monthly cash prizes and weekly goodie boxesAura rewardsClear daily quests, hold your 7-day streak and spend Aura in the shopJobs and internshipsIT and CS, technical, sales and marketing, banking and e-commerce roles, plus job fairs hiring freshersAI mock interviewPractice with an AI interviewer in multiple languages and get a detailed reportAI assessmentSkill tests with a score, per-topic report and recommended leaguesAI resume builderBuild an ATS-friendly resume with AIEvents and hackathonsHackathons, community events, Startupthon, voting events and awards, with cash prizes and goodies

For HR and recruiters

FeatureWhat it offersJobs and internshipsPost openings and manage candidate applications in one placeAI Interview and AI AssessmentAI-led interviews and tests for applicants, with proctoring, scoring and reportsHiring workflowCustom hiring pipeline, auto-advance by AI score, and an Offer Letter StudioCampus collaborationConnect with colleges for campus hiring, with ready templatesEvents and job fairsHost hackathons and corporate events, and take part in job fairs

For faculty and colleges

FeatureWhat it offersMy CollegeCollege profile, student management, notices and academic calendarAI RoundsRun AI interview and assessment rounds for your own students, as practice or real campus-drive roundsDrives, outreach and eventsCorporate collaboration, job fair management, a corporate outreach finder, and hosting events and hackathons for your studentsGrowth HubFaculty development, certificates, awards and a speaker programme

Reel Requirements

RequirementDetailsPlatformInstagram Reels or YouTube Shorts, posted from your own public account or channelTopicAbout UptoSkills or clearly relevant to it. Never call it an edtech or courses platform, and never call leagues courses. Unrelated content is not eligibleMention@uptoskills and #UptoSkillsReelWars in the caption (on YouTube, in the title or description)RulesOriginal content only, and keep every submitted reel public until results are announced

How to Submit Your 3 Reels

One submission per team, before 10 Dec, 11:59 PM. It is shown publicly on the voting page and editable until the deadline.

FieldWhat to enterTitleTeam or creator name plus a catchy lineDescriptionAll 3 reel or Shorts links, one per line, each with a short captionLinkYour single best reelFile (optional)One video combining all 3 reels. MP4 or MOV, up to 25 MB

Prize Pool: ₹50,000 Total Worth

PrizeWinnersPer winnerTotal1st place1₹4,000₹4,0002nd place1₹2,500₹2,5003rd place1₹1,500₹1,500Special Creator Awards14₹500₹7,000UptoSkills goodie packs151 packWorth ₹14,000Next 38 people: UptoSkills Pro 100% off (3 months) + certificate 50% off38BothWorth ₹11,000Amazon Gift Cards12₹500₹6,000Spotify Premium5₹139₹695YouTube Premium5₹149₹745Netflix5₹149₹745Amazon Prime3₹599₹1,797Total worth: cash ₹15,000, goodies ₹14,000, Pro and certificate discounts ₹11,000 and gift cards ₹10,000Up to 100₹50,000

How Winners Are Chosen

PrizeDecided byBasis1st, 2nd, 3rdCommunity voteMost votes between 11 and 20 DecSpecial Creator Awards, goodies, gift cards and subscriptionsUptoSkills team and community togetherGenuine likes, comments and views on your 3 reels, plus creativity and fit with UptoSkillsNext 38 people (to reach 100 winners)UptoSkills team and community togetherNext in line after the 62 prize slots. Each gets UptoSkills Pro 100% off for 3 months and 50% off the certificate

Fair Play

• No bought or bot likes, views, comments or followers, no engagement groups, fake accounts or vote swaps
• No copied or misleading content, and no private accounts or deleted reels. We check engagement before awarding prizes and may ask for Instagram Insights or YouTube Studio screenshots

Entries with fake engagement are disqualified and any prize is withdrawn. Content that is not about UptoSkills, or that calls it edtech or leagues courses, is not eligible. The organiser's decision is final.

Timeline

StageDates (2026)What happensRegistration and teams14 Oct to 30 NovSign up and form a team of up to 4, or a team of oneCreate and submit14 Oct to 10 Dec, 11:59 PMPost reels and Shorts, then submit your best 3Community voting11 to 20 DecOne vote per verified user. Top 3 winJudging21 to 26 DecEngagement audit and remaining winnersResults27 to 31 DecWinners announced and prizes shared

Questions? [email protected] or @uptoskills. One vote per verified user. Not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram, YouTube, Google or Meta.