The AMV department meeting was last night. Here's what I can tell you.
October 1 is a "soft" deadline, meaning that if there are problems with existing entries or those who have requested need an extra day or two to upload, the ABSOLUTE cutoff date would be October 6. In other words, no NEW requests will be taken after October 1.
Apparently, entries have been streaming in quite consistently as of late (procrastinators UNITE!

), but that was expected. T-Mac just sent out the last of the latest batch of FTP emails last night so sound off if there are any questions.
As for the mailed submissions, our con chair has to deliver the physical entries by Saturday, whereupon I will receive a list of
everyone whose entries have been received so far. I will post that list here once I get it. If you don't see your name on it, don't wait another minute to let us know.
We previewed the category bumpers and contest intro from Studio Blaquefeather. The word "epic" comes to mind. Y'all are gonna love this year's batch of new animations.
Finally, I saw the trophy for the second place winners of each category and it is n-i-i-i-i-c-e! It's a heavy glass panel with frosted lettering, logo, and design on a wood base with a gold-tone metal plate denoting category. It's a heavy piece of hardware, and the first place version is actually larger than the one I saw. Seriously, this is something worthy of formal display when you get it home. There will be additives to the trophy prizes but I won't spoil the whole thing. Suffice it to say aspiring AMV editors and potential entrants for next year will look at these things and think, "Damn, I'd like to have one of those..."
We're working to make sure everything is taken care of and that no one is left out for reasons other than disqualification (trolling, content violation, etc). Bear with us as this year marks a first in many ways for this contest...
