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Anime Music Videos ◊
Art Show Awards ◊
Comic Book Quick Sketch ◊
Cosplay Contest ◊
Costuming Contest ◊
Dawn Look-Alike Contest ◊
Dragon-After-Dark ◊
Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival ◊
Hallway Costume Contest ◊
Masquerade Costume Contest ◊
Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant ◊
Star Wars Costume Contest ◊
Robot Battles™
Anime Music Videos
Director: Michael "Doc" Allgood
This is your chance to show off your creativity & video editing skills! Rules & Regulations, FAQ, and Deadlines can be found at http://www.dragonconamv.com. » Back to Top
Art Show Awards
Directors: John and Anne Parise
The Art Show jury determines most of our awards but convention attendees will vote on a portion of the art awards called the Special Awards. Art Awards will be given in the prescribed categories on Saturday of the convention (check the schedule for exact time and place). All attending artists determine the Artist Choice Award winner. The categories are as follows:
- Best in Show
- First Place
- Second Place
- Third Place
- Artist Choice Award
- Student
- First Place
- Second Place
- Third Place
- Best 2-D Piece
- Best 3-D Piece
- Best Jewelry Art
- Best Mixed Media
- Best Photography
- Special Awards
- Best Alien
- Best Amazon
- Best Dragon
- Best Horror
- Best Spaceship or Space Scene
- Best Warrior
- Most Humorous
For more detailed information on the Art Show, please click here.
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Comic Book Quick Sketch
Director: Marilee Coughlin
So, you think you can draw? Think you can draw quickly? Come on out and we'll see. The Comic Book Quick Sketch is open to all con attendees. Check your program book or check in at the Contest Registration table in front of Centennial Ballroom in the Hyatt for more information about time and locale. It is usually in the Learning Center of the Hyatt on Monday morning, but please verify in your program book.
Contestants will have 30 to 45 minutes to draw, color, and letter a character, a comic book page, or whatever their fevered imaginations can create. Plain 8 ½ x 11 white paper and pencils (both black and colors) will be provided. If your preferred medium is something other than that, please bring it to the contest.
When our Celebrity Artist Proctor says "Pencils down," the creations will be collected and judged. Two winners will be declared in the 18-and-under category and two in the adult category (over 18, not because of content)--one winner for best single drawing and one for best comic book page. What can you win? A plaque proclaiming you are the winner in your category AND . . . while the contestants are doodling, drawing, lettering, and creating, our guest artist(s) will be doing the same - and the original signed artwork becomes prizes for the winners.
We have had Jim Lee, Jeff Smith (Bone), Bob Burden, Georges Jeanty, and Dan Brereton as our artist-judges.
Come on down and try your skills!
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Cosplay Contest
Director: Jessica Merriman
Join DragonCon for our anime-themed Cosplay Contest! Break out your best wings or blue wigs to compete for anime and manga prizes and the honor of being a #1 Otaku! Pre-judging will be held in the late morning on Saturday in the main Anime Track room. No online pre-registration, please print out the Contest Form and bring it with you to the pre-judging session. Celebrity judges in 2007 are Vic Mignogna, Anne Petty, and Steve Bennett.
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Costuming Contest
Director: Brian Holloway
We are also bringing back the Costuming Contest on Friday Night. This contest is a venue designed to judge the contestants based on their skill and craftsmanship.
More information can be found at costuming.dragoncon.net
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Dragon-After-Dark
Director: Brian Holloway
With "Dragon-After-Dark", we are loosening things up a bit. This contest focuses on the sexy and revealing costumes we see lurking in the hallways each year. It is open to male, female, or any other non-gender specific costumes and entrants.
More information can be found at costuming.dragoncon.net
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Dawn Look-Alike Contest
Director: Cat Mitchell
Grand Prize:$1,000 Prize
Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn is one of the hottest characters in comics, so in 1998 we hosted the first-ever Dawn Look-alike Contest, with a $1,000 cash First Prize. For 2007, it will be held Saturday evening. If you're a fan of beautiful women, it's an event you won't want to miss. If you look like Dawn - or know someone who does - it's a great way to win $1,000 in cash! The contest is fully authorized by Joseph (who'll be on hand for the contest), and Dawn's publisher, Sirius Comics. There is NO PRE-REGISTRATION for this contest; register at the Contest Registration table in the Hyatt in front of Centennial Ballroom at the con.
Great news for contestants: Though Dawn is usually depicted with red hair, she has occasionally appeared on various covers as everything from blonde to brunette, so hair color will not be a factor in the judging. Instead, contestants will be judged based on how well they capture the image and spirit of Dawn - confident yet mysterious, and sexy without being sexist. Unlike most comics characters, Dawn doesn't have a "standard" costume, so contestants can wear anything from fantasy lingerie to an exotic dress to futuristic armor. Your local comic book store will have images of Dawn (on comics, books, or trading cards) you can use for reference or you can check out any of several Web sites devoted to Linsner's Dawn on the World Wide Web. In addition to the $1,000 first prize, there will also be prizes for second and third place.
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Dragon*Con Independent Short Film Festival
Director: Matthew M. Foster
We focus each year on showcasing the finest independent short films from around the world!
Films will be judged in specific categories, which will be determined by the festival director, based on the genres of the submissions. For example, in the past, awards were presented in the following areas: Animation, Gothic Horror, Extreme Horror, Horror Comedy, General Comedy, Documentary, Fantasy, Magic Realism, Science Fiction, and Spoof.
For more detailed information on the Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival, including submission rules and schedules (when they are available), please click here.
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Hallway Costume Contest
Director: Marilee Coughlin
Contest staff will be roaming the halls of all venues with digital cameras, taking pictures of those folks who are too shy to get up on stage in the Masquerade, but who have great costumes. We will also take pictures at the Contest Registration table in front of the Centennial Ballroom in the Hyatt. We will need your correct name and badge number in order to enter the contest. The pictures will be displayed at the Contest Registration table in the Hyatt in front of Centennial Ballroom.
All con-goers (including children) will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite. Contestant photos will be posted on the boards near the Contest registration table in the Hyatt in front of Centennial Ballroom by Sunday morning--the voting takes place Sunday until 5:00. This is the only event decided by POPULAR vote at the con. Winners will be announced at the Masquerade.
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Masquerade Costume Contest
Director: Marilee Coughlin
In the grand tradition of convention costuming, dating back nearly five decades in SF fandom, Dragon*Con is proud to present the largest Masquerade Costume Contest in the Southeast and one of the largest in the world! For more detailed information on the Masquerade Costume Contest, including location, time, deadlines, and rules, please click here.
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Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant
Director: Eric L. Watts
The 2007 Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant is open to any qualified attending female member of the 2007 Dragon*Con who agrees to abide by the posted rules of this contest, now and in the future. There is no registration fee nor any additional cost to participate. Members and relatives of the TrekTrak Staff, TrekTrak Programming Committee and/or Dragon*Con General Staff are ineligible to participate. Membership in or affiliation with any Klingon-oriented organization (i.e., KAG, KLAW, etc.) is not required.
For more detailed information on the Miss Klingon Empire Beauty Pageant, including registration, rules and deadlines, please visit their website at: http://www.trektrak.com/2007/07pageant.htm
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Star Wars Costume Contest
Director: Cathy Bowden
Calling all Bounty Hunters, Sith, Jedi, Empire, Rebels, Senators, Expended Universe and Families dealing with Star Wars Universe to the 11th Star Wars Costume Contest. There is a limited number of contestants, so please register early. Deadline is Saturday at 1:00pm. For registration please email Cathy Bowden. May the Force be with You!
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Robot Battles ™
Director: Michael 'Shaggy' Macht
Hosted by: Kelly Lockhart
When Battlebots debuted on Comedy Central, the heretofore "underground" sport became a national obsession. Robot Battles ™, which had already been around for several years before that time, responded by adding weight categories and reaching out to schools and universities to bring in new contestants, especially younger ones. The result was incredibly positive, and continues to this day.
There are more teenage and younger contestants participating in Robot Battles ™ than any other robotic combat event in the country, and they are competing quite well. In fact, the current record for youngest winner is nine years old, and he just barely broke the old record of ten years old. That's not to say the older, most experience builders and engineers are being left out. There are still some "old lions" making a lot of noise and winning a lot of awards.
Come join the entire Robot Battles ™ crew for their seventeenth year at Dragon*Con, lead by founder and host Kelly Lockhart along with Blade Robotics' Stephen Chapman, Team Desade's Terry Talton and fan favorite Jason Brown from Evil Robots, Inc. Sunday features the "Microbattles" where the one and three pound robots face off in a full arena, while Monday the main event takes place with the ever-popular twelve and thirty pound bots taking the open stage in single combat.
For more detailed information, including the complete list of rules, please visit their website at: www.robotbattles.com
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