In a professional working environment I would tend to agree with you, one "should" be given that type of info, and then again, sometimes the cover artist is left to decide that for themselves if they are designing the entire cover. In this case, since it IS a contest, I don't believe it is a priority to consider,...I "assume" we can all go wild ;-) As for what IS "fantasy", I would suggest this would be almost "anything" since "fantasy" covers a wiiiiiide span. I suppose it all depends on "what" one does with "anything" to make it work as a "fantasy" ;-) Good luck.