Dear DeviantARTISTS!

Take out your tools of the trade!

To celebrate the first mini-convention being launched by a blossoming new organization, ACG North America is holding its first contest!


|What’s ACG North America?| ACG=Anime, Comic, Gaming

ACGNA is an organization striving to spread and promote the Pop Cultural world of the three genres to North America, where it is not as predominant as it is in East Asia. For more information, please visit: acgnorthamerica.com



|The Contest!|

To help promote the word and nature of ACGNA, we are hosting an Illustration Contest! The winning entries will be turned into staff T-shirts, buttons, and banners for the company (and such sorts). Contest entries will be required to draw the official ACG Mascot and incorporate one OR all three themes of anime, comic and gaming.



|Who is the Mascot?|

ACGNA’s mascot is Anzu Chigusa. A darling girl who really gets excited over her hobbies (anime, comics, games) and has high community spirit. Anzu loves to promote her hobbies to encourage the young and the old to get together with friends and family to enjoy time with one another and to share the same interests.






|What are the Expectations?|

Entries must showcase the mascot, Anzu Chigusa. But you are free to add in any of your own or other characters from games, comics, or anime (Disney excluded). However, no copyrighted images may be used, the image must be 100% your work.
Entries must include the URL of ACGNA, acgnorthamerica.com, somewhere in the image.
Entries must incorporate one OR all of the three themes: anime, comic, gaming.
You may dress Anzu in whatever outfit you wish as long as you stick with the ACG colours: Orange, Brown, White, however it is more preferred that you draw her in her official outfit.
Degrading or inappropriate entries will be deemed invalid.
Entries can be done in any medium; however, the final submission must be digitally mailed, therefore, Online Entries Only.
Entries submitted must have the minimum resolution size of 8.5x11” (300DPI) or 2550x3000 pixels ready to provide. However, the entries you choose to submit may of course be a reduced preview size.
All contestants must be 13 or over in order to participate.
You may submit more than one entry.
By submitting the entries, you are legally entitling ACGNA to use your images for its purpose.



|Who’s Judging? Where Do I submit to? The Deadline? Questions?|

All entries will be judged by ACG North America’s Art Director (Holly Shinguji) and the creative assistant, Qing Han.

Please upload your entries onto DeviantART or ACGNA’s Facebook group or other public image hosting websites (we would like to promote the word of ACG NA) and send an email to: "[link]" contest1@acgnorthamerica.com with the subject title: ACGNA CONTEST ENTRY and a URL(s) linked to your uploaded entry. Please DO NOT add attachments unless you were specifically asked by us to provide a higher resolution of the entries.


The Submission Deadline is: September 30th, 2008, 6PM EST (Toronto, ON, Canada time zone)

DEADLINE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM THE 15TH to 30TH!

Winning entries will be announced as soon as possible. All decisions are final.



|Now for the part everyone wants to read: THE PRIZES!|

1st Place Winner will receive…
A brand new Nintendo DS!!!
A T-shirt of their entry.
Button(s) of their entry.
A VIP Artist Alley Table at the next ACGNA convention (applicable to residents of Toronto/GTA only. Some restrictions may apply).
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA’s website.
1 detailed CG illustration of your request drawn by Kaze-Hime.
Any print of your choice from Kaze-Hime’s gallery.



2nd Place Winner will receive…
An anime figurine from kctoysshop.com of their choice (some restrictions apply, winner will be notifed)
A T-shirt of their entry.
Button(s) of their entry
1 chibi CG illustration of your request drawn by Kaze-Hime.
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA’s website.
Any print of your choice from Kaze-Hime’s gallery.

3rd Place Winner will receive…
A T-shirt of their entry.
Button(s) of their entry
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA’s website.
Any print of your choice from Kaze-Hime’s gallery.

Top 12 Runner Ups will receive…
A place in the Hall of Fame at ACGNA’s website.




Good luck, contestants!

Visit ACG's website for more info