Anime Central Distant Worlds Ticket Contest

**Congradulations to our Winners @Kagejack and Amy B.! We hope you’ll enjoy the concert!

We wander, searching.
Exotic lands far from home.
Distant worlds I seek.
-Kagejack

This would make my year
Music is my true escape
Art that soothes my soul.
-Amy B.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Distant Worlds Concert Ticket Contest!
PROSPECT HEIGHTS, IL – November 27TH, 2012

The Distant Worlds concert series is coming back to Rosemont, IL on December 7th and we want to send some of our fans to the concert! We have two pairs of tickets to giveaway, and all we want you to do is write us a haiku poem telling us why you deserve to win. Read the full details below on how to enter.

Contest Rules
• There will be one Chosen winner from Facebook, and one Chosen winner from twitter. Each Winner to receive a set of tickets to Distant Worlds: Chicago THE CELEBRATION concert on December 7th, 2012.
• Contest opens on November 27th and closes on November 29th at 5:00 pm Central Time.
• Each Winner will need to present valid id with name given to Anime Central matching the ID.
• Each Winner must be available to attend the concert in order to win. Concert tickets are not transferable. Should winner not be able to attend tickets will be awarded to the runner up. Tickets may not be resold.
• Each Winner must respond in email to Anime Central at advertising@acen.org with information requested by December 1st at 5:00 p.m. Central Time, or tickets will be forfeited.
• By submitting your haiku, you give Anime Central the right to re-post the work on our social media and website pages, as well as use your name in conjunction with the haiku (names will be posted as first name then last initial).
• Twitter entries should be tweeted with the hash tag #ACenDistantWorlds
• Facebook Entries should be posted in the contest thread.
• Winners will be selected by Anime Central.
• Only one entry per person, per social media outlet.
• Facebook and Twitter winners cannot be the same person.

The Distant Worlds concert series (featuring music from the iconic video game series FINAL FANTASY) will be performing at the Akoo Theater in Rosemont Illinois. This year, SQUARE ENIX celebrates the 25th anniversary of the FINAL FANTASY series, and this is the only chance to see the anniversary concert in the United States. There will be special 25th anniversary Celebration Displays from SQUARE ENIX open in the lobby to all ticket-holders, plus an expanded selection of FINAL FANTASY merchandise for sale. And there is a historical bent to the evening, with music from the entire 25 years of FINAL FANTASY represented and performed in chronological order.

About Anime Central
Anime Central (ACen) is Chicago’s and the Midwest’s largest anime, manga and Japanese popular culture convention. The convention is currently held in Rosemont, IL, less than 30 minutes from downtown Chicago. As part of its mission, ACen brings fans together with guests from the Japanese and US sectors of the anime and manga industry, as well as gaming, cinema, and Asian culture personalities. The event includes a huge exhibit hall, a massive video game room, concerts, dances, educational panels and workshops, premiere screenings, autograph sessions, 24-hour video rooms, tabletop gaming and much, much more! Attendees can attend a dance with 5,000 of their favorite friends and cheer while amazing DJs spin, enjoy an incredible concert, or visit the largest artist’s alley found in any US anime convention.

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