Doujinshi Central

Doujinshi refers to fan-drawn-and-published manga, and we at ACen are putting one together with help from interested artists all around. Better yet: we’re running a doujinshi contest, with excellent prizes on the line, but you only have until February 15th, 2013 to get your entries in!

2012 Winners are:
Table Numbers are removed from below.

• Grand Prize: EEL of Amber Clover
• First Place Artwork: Hie Himiko
• First Place FanFiction: SergeantJY of Alluvion Project

2011 Winners were:
Table Numbers are removed from below.

• Grand Prize: Paprika Carnival
• First Place Artwork: Interrobang Studios
• First Place FanFiction: No Entries

Categories

So, just what are we looking for?

• Cover and splash pages. A cover is simply that: a cover page. Splash pages are full-page pieces consisting of little to no dialogue and any number of subjects: action, characters, whatever. Go crazy!
• One-page pieces. Three or four panels; a simple comic strip.
• Extended-page comics (no more than five pages in length). A narrative told in the format of your choice, paneled and illustrated.
• A FanFiction story depicting the mascots dealing with this year’s Doujinshi Central theme (no more than five pages in length).

Rules

All pieces entered in the Doujinshi Central contest must adhere to the following rules:

• All entries must be received by 11:59 PM CST on February 15th, 2013.
• All pieces must portray our mascots Jaye, Elle, and Kit in situations dealing with this year’s Doujinshi Central theme. This year’s Doujinshi Central theme is Sweet 16
• No hentai, yaoi, or yuri.
• No excessive violence or vulgar language. We are a family-friendly convention; nothing exceeding PG-13 in nature will be accepted.
• One-page pieces must not exceed one page and must be done in black-and-white.
• Each entrant is limited to five pages. You can choose any combination of entries: say, five covers, one cover and four three-to-four panel pages; two three-to-four panel pages and a three-page comic, two FanFiction pages and three covers etc.
• Each entry must be accompanied by a fully completed Consent Form in order for the submission to be considered valid.
• Individual(s) may not win / be awarded the same prize / award two consecutive years in a row.

Reference Materials

We have a gallery with some reference images of Jaye, Elle, and Kit available, and character descriptions. Feel free to use these as a basis for your own drawings or story, but please do not directly copy the images into your artwork.

Submission Rules

Send your entries to artshow@acen.org as either a 500 dpi JPEG or PDF. Work should be presented on a 8.5” by 11” inch canvas allowing for .5” bleeds on the borders.
Please make “Doujinshi Central” the subject of your email.
Larger Files may be compressed into .rar or .zip files if needed, and/or sent using an online file transfer such as YouSendIt .

The FanFiction should be in Times New Roman, Size 12, Single Spaced, 1” Margins, and on a 8.5” by 11” inch page(s). Acceptable file formats include the following, .doc .docx .odm .odt .rtf .sxw .wpd .wps. Additional formats must be approved before submission. Entries with incorrect spelling will not be applicable to receive the prize / award or printed in the official booklet if they are chosen.
Please make “Doujinshi Central” the subject of your email.

Prizes & Judging

Winners must be present at ACen to claim their prizes, and depending on the number of submissions, runners-up may also be selected.

Entries will be judged on their art, storyline, plot, and how well they represent this year’s Doujinshi Central theme.

• Grand prize: Winner will receive a table in this year’s Artist Alley for free! The winner will be awarded the last available Artist’s Alley table. (If the winner already has a table, they can choose to be compensated at-con or use the free table for the next convention. If the winner does not wish to participate in ACen’s Artist Alley, they will void their prize and it will not be transferable.)
• First place Artwork: TBA
• First place FanFiction: TBA
• Runners-up: All runners up may be printed in an official ACen 2013 Doujinshi Central booklet.

Best of luck! We are looking forward to your entries!

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at artshow@acen.org.