Otakuthon Fanfiction Contest

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Otakuthon is Quebec's largest festival celebrating Japanese animation (anime), graphic novels (manga), related gaming, and pop culture.

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The first of its kind in Montreal, Otakuthon is a full-fledged, fan-run, bilingual anime convention that features a number of special guests as well as many activities and events spotlighting anime, manga, video games, artwork, and Japanese culture.

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For all registration questions, please contact registration@otakuthon.com. Pre-registration is closed but weekend and single day badges can be obtained on site during the convention.


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Otakuthon's Fanfiction Contest is back!  This year, we'd like to hear about stories involving our convention mascots: Otakuthon's Yurika, her brother Yatsumi (yaiothon), their cousin Yuki, and her friend Yumi (Yurithon). Have fun!

This year's theme: A Family Gathering

Contest Rules:

  1. One submission per person.
  2. The fanfiction must be written in either English or French.  Proper grammar and spelling must be observed for the chosen language.
  3. Stories may be based off of an anime, video game or manga series.
  4. Stories should be a minimum of 2000 words and a maximum of 2500 words.
  5. Content should be appropriate for a G or 13+ audience.
  6. Stories must be complete and stand-alone.  No multi-tome volumes or "to be continued" endings.
  7. No "Mary Sues" (i.e. inserting yourself into the story as a character) or original/author-created characters.

Submissions will be judged by the following criteria: use of the theme, flow of the story, interest, and spelling & grammar. 

Winners will be chosen and notified before the convention.  The winners will be announced in the Contest section of the Otakuthon website.  Prizes will be awarded to the first, second and third place winners. 

The winning entries will be printed and be made available during the convention at the Otaku Anime Manga Library for attendees to read.

Submissions:

Submissions will be accepted via email only.  Please attach your fanfic as a .txt, .doc, or .html file.  Submissions should be sent with "Otakuthon Fanfiction Contest" as the e-mail subject line and include the following information:

  • Title of works:
  • Author name:
  • Real name:
  • E-mail address:
  • Summary (less than 100 words):

Please submit entries to: contests@otakuthon.com

Deadline for submission: July 1st, 2011

If you have any questions about the Fanfiction Contest, please contact the Contests staff at contests@otakuthon.com.