I saw the contest with the theme "Rhetorik Buch Cover" at 99designs at the author gordonerika11 (https://99designs.com/profiles/4305229), but these are just developments for the portfolio, I couldn't put them up for the contest.
Mockup from: https://colorlib.com/wp/book-cover-mockup/.
Photos from free stocks.
Pattern drawing for myself.
Fonts from: https://www.fonts-online.ru/.
Photo finally edited in the Adobe Photoshop CS6.