Youmacon 2008

Attention all cosplayers! Youmacon's making a cosplay calendar to release at this year's con, and we need your photos! If your cosplay is selected as one of the top 13, you'll become a month of the calendar and also get a free 2008 registration. Here are the complete rules:

• Entrants must be cosplaying in the photos they submit.
• Entrants must be either a prior attendee or staff member of Youmacon or pre-registered for Youmacon 2008.
• All photos must be in JPEG/JPG or PNG format, large enough to be clearly printed on an 11"×17" page. 1000 × 1000 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 corner of the photo.
  • If you are entering to be on the calendar 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 have more than one submission in the calendar nor win multiple prizes.
• Original costumes and characters (e.g., Gothic Lolita) are permitted.
• Judging will be primarily of the costume, but the quality of the photo will also be taken into consideration.
• 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 2008.
  • Individual photo winners will receive a complimentary 3-day registration or a refund of their pre-registration to Youmacon 2008.
  • 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 13 quality entries.
• The contest ends Sunday, 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 2008
2007
2006
2005

Select a photo from your computer

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)

E-mail address of photographer of 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 2009 cosplay calendar.

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