Youmacon 2009

Attention all cosplayers! Youmacon's cosplay calendar is returning, and we need your photos! If your cosplay is selected as one of the top 15, you'll become a month of the calendar and also get a free 2009 registration. Here are the complete rules:

• Entrants must be cosplaying in the photos they submit, or be the photographer of the photo.
• Entrants must be either a prior attendee or staff member of Youmacon or pre-registered for Youmacon 2009.
• All photos must be in JPEG/JPG or PNG format, large enough to be clearly printed on an 11"×17" page. 1200 × 1200 pixels is the absolute minimum, but the bigger, the better. Don't enlarge or reduce images from their original size. Edges will be slightly clipped. Any watermarks will be cropped out.
  • If you are entering to be on a calendar page, your photo should be vertically aligned. If it does not have an aspect ratio of 11×17, it will be cropped. The calendar dates will cover a portion of the photo.
  • If you are entering to be on the calendar cover or back cover, your photo should be horizontally aligned. If it does not have an aspect ratio of 22×17, it will be cropped.
• Entrants may submit up to three photos, but will not win multiple prizes.
  • Cosplayers may not appear in the calendar more than once.
  • Photographers may not have more than three of their photos in the calendar.
  • Winning photos from last year's calendar are not eligible to win again, but winners are welcome to submit other photos.
• Original costumes and characters (e.g., Gothic Lolita) are permitted.
• Photos may be modified and enhanced, but all parts of the composition must be property of the cosplayer and/or photographer.
• 75% of the judging score will be costume quality, and 25% will be photo quality.
• The winners will be selected to encompass at least one of each of the following:
  • Anime and/or manga cosplay
  • Video game cosplay
  • Costume that is neither from anime nor video games
  • Photo that was taken at/during Youmacon
  • Photo of or taken by a Youmacon staff member
• Each winning photo will be placed on a page of a calendar to be sold at Youmacon 2009. Prizes will be awarded to either the cosplayer(s) or the photographer(s), whichever side submitted the photo first.
  • Individual photo winners will receive a complimentary 3-day registration or a refund of their pre-registration to Youmacon 2009.
  • Group photo winners will each receive an equal portion of a $45 cash prize.
  • Youmacon staff are eligible to be selected for the calendar, but are not eligible for other prizes.
• We reserve the right to cancel this contest if we receive less than 14 quality entries.
• The contest ends Monday, August 31. Winners will be notified via e-mail in mid-September.

Ready to enter? Use the form below to submit photos one at a time.

First Name

Last Name

E-Mail Address

Last Youmacon attended
None, pre-registered for 2009
2008
2007
2006
2005

Select a photo from your computer

I am cosplaying in this picture
I am the photographer of this picture

Names or nicknames of all cosplayers in above picture (will be printed on calendar if chosen)

Name or nickname of photographer of above picture (will be printed on calendar if chosen)

Names of all characters in above picture (if applicable)

Name of series cosplayed from (if applicable)

E-mail address of photographer of addresses of all cosplayers in above picture

I certify that Youmacon has permission from myself, all persons in the attached picture, and the photographer of the attached picture to print this photo in the Youmacon 2010 cosplay calendar.

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