MAKE ME CRY — Can one image break your heart? | 10,000 Buzz
A single image can reach the place in us where words fall silent.
An empty chair. A dog someone finally stops for. A familiar face at the door after years apart.
Sometimes a whole life fits inside one frame. You look, you understand, and something catches in your throat.
That is the feeling I want us to explore together.
On October 22 at 23:00 Paris time (21:00 UTC), my MAKE ME CRY Crucible opens. I am putting 10,000 Buzz of my own into the prize pool, and your first two entries are free.
Visit MAKE ME CRY — see the contest and get ready to enter →
What story will you tell?
A goodbye that came too soon. The small kindness that keeps someone going. A reunion you thought would never happen. Love, absence, gratitude, relief.
Bring us tears of grief, tenderness, or overwhelming joy. Let a gesture, a detail, or the space between two people carry the story. Give us someone to care about.
You can start creating now and submit when the Crucible opens.
Make the feeling yours
Entries must use at least one of these six Silbrio LoRAs, with a Krea 2 or Krea 2 Turbo checkpoint. Choose the visual language that suits your story:
I would love to see these styles become part of a story I could never have imagined myself.
The details
Opens: October 22, 2026, at 23:00 Paris time / 21:00 UTC.
Submissions close: October 25 at 16:14 Paris time. Check the Crucible page for your local countdown.
Format: still images, SFW only (PG / PG-13).
Entries: first 2 free, then 100 Buzz each; up to 20 per person.
Prize pool: 10,000 Buzz to start, growing by 100 Buzz for every paid entry.
Prizes: 50% / 30% / 20% — initially 5,000 / 3,000 / 2,000 Buzz. One prize per creator.
Judging: the community compares entries head to head and chooses the winners.
If the theme speaks to you, follow my profile for future work and pass the contest along to someone whose images make you feel something. Following me has no effect on the ranking.
Your story starts here. Join MAKE ME CRY →
One image. Someone you have never met, feeling a little less alone.
— Silbrio