These have been around since 2006. The general format is that several rounds are open in which a panel of judges sets specific challenges, entrants have to make a map or flag based on those challenges, and one is judged the winner. The winners then go forward for a final round to choose the champion.

So far there have been threeMap Contests, won by Scarecrow/Diamond (due to a special last round), [offtopic:euio]] and Imperator respectively, as well as a less well organised Flag Contest.

The first Map Contest was judged by Shadow Knight, Floid and Diamond, while the second was judged by Scarecrow, Shadow Knight and Doctor What. The judges have now been renamed 'the Conclave of Twilight'. The third Map Contest, and the first to use this terminology, was judged by Shadow Knight, Thande and Analytical Engine.

There is also now an FH Map Contest, heavily based on the original Map Contest and originally put forward by Thande due to his being fed up with ridiculous FH Clichés on future maps. The FH Map Contest challenges are set by the Committee of Shadow, initially consisting of Thande, Nekromans and Othniel. The first of these was won by Lordkraken.