Hi everyone! I know it's not super common to post contests here for specific geographic regions, but we have less than a week until the deadline and we still need more submissions, so I'm hoping we can find some folks here that we might not be able to find through our usual promotional avenues.
Anyway, PILCON is a free annual comic/fandom convention held at the Peabody Institute Library in Peabody, Massachusetts. Both previous years have seen over 200 attendees, and we're expecting a similar number this year. We've regularly held a fan video contest since the first PILCON (we call it a "fan video contest" instead of an "AMV contest" since it's not restricted to anime). The first year's contest was open to everybody, so we posted about it here and on other AMV sites, but since then, the contest has been restricted to New England residents in keeping with the administration's wishes to use this convention to highlight local creativity. Last year's contest still received enough submissions with the new rule and was run successfully, so we're hoping to continue that success this year.
If you live in New England and have finished an AMV within the past two years, or if you have something that you could finish up this weekend, we would love to see your work! You don't have to attend PILCON to participate or win (although you should attend- it's free!), but if you do win, you'll need to be in attendance to win a physical prize. Click here to see the full rules and submit your videos, or here to learn more about this year's event.
Thank you for reading this, and we hope to see you there!