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Doujinshi Central 2010

What is Doujinshi? It's a fan drawn and published manga; something we at ACEN are putting together with help from interested artists all around. Better yet we are also running our little Doujinshi as a contest, with excellent prizes on the line, but you should certainly hurry since you only have till February 15th at 11:59 PM CST.

So what are we looking for?

Well there are three main categories:

· Cover/Splash pages. Covers are simply that, the cover page, Splash pages are full page pieces, consisting of little to no dialogue and any number of subjects: action, characters or whatever, Go crazy.

· One page pieces, either 3 or 4 panels. A simple comic strip.

· Extended page comics, no more than 5 pages in length. A simple narrative tale told in the format of your choice, paneled and illustrated.


The Rules.

All pieces entered in this contest must meet certain requirements:

1. Theme; all pieces must fit this year's Doujinshi theme: Create pieces portraying our mascots Jaye, Elle, and Kit in situations dealing with our theme lucky / unlucky 13.

2. 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.

3. Cover and Splash pages must be based on ACEN's mascots: Jaye, Elle, and Kit

4. 3 to 4 panel page entries must not exceed one page and will be black and white.

5. You may only submit 5 pages. You can choose any combination of entries, five covers, one cover and four 3 or 4 panel pages, two 3 or 4 panel pages and a three page comic, ect.

6. This year's ACen's program book size is 6.75x8.5, so please plan accordingly

7. All entries must be received/sent by 11:59 PM on the deadline date of February 15th. All entries must be sent to artists@acen.org in jpg at 500dpi or pdf formatting. Please make "Doujinshi Central" the subject of your email.


Judging.

Grand Prize Winner: Best of show will be chosen from any category. It will be the one piece that stands out as having the best art, or best storyline, and as being the best representation of this year's theme.

1^st place winner: : this piece will be selected from one of the categories, Cover/Splash Pages, 3 and 4 panel pages, and Extended page comics. This piece will be chosen based on the quality of the art, and/or storyline, and how well they represent this year's theme.

2nd place winner: this piece will be selected from one of the categories, Cover/Splash Pages, 3 and 4 panel pages, and Extended page comics. This piece will be chosen based on the quality of the art, and/or storyline, and how well they represent this year's theme.

Runners-up: Depending on how many entries are received, a large amount of entries that best fit this year's theme will be selected.


Prizes

Grand Prize: Winner will receive a table in this year's Artist Alley for free! This will be the only table left. (If winner already has a table they can be compensated at con, or use the free table for the next convention, or if they do not wish to be in Artist Alley they will void their prize)

1^st place winner: TBA

2nd place winner: TBA

Grand Prize, 1^st Place, and 2^nd Place: Will be printed in the official ACen Program Book under the Doujinshi Central Section.

Runners-up: All runners up may be printed in the official ACEN 2010 Doujinshi Central booklet.

To claim all prizes winners must be present at ACEN 2010



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

If you have any questions feel free to ask. Just contact us at artists@acen.org