COSPLAY CONTEST

No Kai Productions event is complete without a cosplay competition! Continue reading to find out more about our rules, regulations, and judging criteria.

REGISTRATION

• Registration Deadline: 

• Eligibility: The cosplay competition is open to any competitor entering a costume that has been sourced from works of fiction. Both Western and Eastern sources are eligible to enter!

• Registrants will appear in the contest in order of registration.
   

CONTEST RULES AND JUDGING CRITERIA

• Participants must sign an Entry Form. This will include initials for media release (optional) and liability waiver (not optional).

• Interested participants must sign up at the Registration/Info Booth before the registration deadline.

• Contestants are suggested to submit an electronic image of their source material with their application.

• No messy substances that might ruin the costume of another contestant will be allowed. If you are wearing body paint or make-up, please make sure it will not come off in casual contact with others.

• Please remember that we are all here to have fun. Please enjoy yourselves and refrain from doing things that may ruin other attendee’s rights to have a good, safe, and enjoyable time. Failure to do so may result in you being asked to leave the premises.
   

Judging Criteria

Judging will be based on a stage performance, where contestants will present themselves in front of the judges and a live audience. Cosplay Contest contestants will be judged on the categories described below. The winner and subsequent runner-ups will be announced based on the judges' deliberation from all categories.​​​

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• JUDGING CRITERIA​

  • STAGE PERFORMANCE

    • The performance (includes but is not limited to: dance, song, or pose) that the contestant presents utilizing their cosplay costume.​

  • ACCURACY​​

    • ​How detailed or accurate to the actual source material of the costume based on a picture of the source material.

  • CRAFTSMANSHIP Bonus

    • ​A bonus will be awarded based on how much of the cosplay is crafted.

Prizes

• 1st Place: $300 cash prize

• 2nd Place: $200 cash prize

• 3rd Place: $100 cash prize

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Additional prize packages may be announced prior to the Cosplay Competition.