The Green Knight has returned to Art's Christmastide feast after a long absence. He offers the same covenant he has always offered: strike a blow, and in a year and a day, return to receive one in kind.
In practice, this means you are committing to sign your name in Art's ledger and to produce a piece of original art within the covenant year. The work can be anything — a painting, a poem, a song, a film, a sculpture, a cocktail recipe, a photograph, a dance. It must be yours, and it must be finished.
If you also accept Bertilak's terms — the Exchange of Winnings — you agree to submit your finished work in physical or performance form to be shown in a public forum. If you hold anything back from the exchange, he will know.
Regardless of which terms you accept, setting your stake means your name enters Art's ledger. Art has also commissioned a beautiful print — a giclée art print or a postcard, both suitable for framing — to mark the moment you faced The Green Knight.