Art Contest Submission

Do you love to draw? Are your notebooks filled with doodles? The ToshoCON Art Contest is for you!

Enter the Mixed Media, Color, and/or Black & White categories for a chance at 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place—then get your friends to vote for your entry to become the Teen Choice artist.

Winners will be showcased on the ToshoCON web site and given prizes.

Please submit your art

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Before applying, please read and agree to the ToshoCON Art Contest rules above. By checking this box and applying, you acknowledge you have read, understood, and will abide by all ToshoCON Art Contest Rules. You understand that you may be disqualified or loose convention privileges if you fail to follow these rules.

Contest Rules

ToshoCON Art Contest Rules

  1. Entries must be related to anime, manga, Japanese culture, or video games
  2. One entry per contestant, per category
  3. Multiple entries by same contestant (using different aliases or email addresses) in a single category will be disqualified
  4. Winners will be selected from three categories:
    • Black and White scanned image or photo of hand-drawn art in black and white or grayscale (may not use any digital components like touching up or outlining using software, apps, digital tools, or mixed media digital platforms)
    • Color scanned image or photo of hand-drawn art in color (may not use any digital components like touching up or outlining using software, apps, digital tools, or mixed media digital platforms)
    • Mixed Media scanned image of mixed media (includes all electronic images, a scan or a photo, cosplay costumes, digital art, hand-drawn art incorporating digital components, using digital tools, apps, or platforms, 3D art, sculpture, etc.)
  5. Images must be uploaded in .jpg format cannot exceed 10 MB
  6. Entries must be wholly owned by entrant, and art must be the original work of the contestant, whether creating a well-known character or an original character in the anime style
  7. All entries must be submitted electronically via scan/email
  8. Submission Deadline: Contest opens at 12:01 am on Friday, July 2023, and entries are due by 11:59 pm on Saturday, August 2023
  9. Online voting for Best Teen Choice award will begins in August
  10. The use of voting bots associated with an art entry will lead to disqualification
  11. First, second, and third place awards for each categories will be determined by independent judges
  12. All prize winners will be announced at ToshoCON
    • Awards will be presented shortly after the end of the Contest
    • Prizes must be claimed on-site—No prizes will be mailed to any winners
    • Participants must live in Utah
    • Any unclaimed prizes at the end of ToshoCON must be picked up in person from a Salt Lake County Library branch by October 16, when they become the property of the County Library
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