Calling all editors! Entries for the Kumoricon 2025 AMV Contest are NOW OPEN!
We look forward to seeing your creations!
To see past winners and official rules, please visit: https://www.kumoricon.org/amv-contest
Thank you to all the editors who participated in our AMV Contest and attended our livestreams in 2024. We appreciate all the support — we seriously cannot do this without you. Our audience is as excited as ever to see the new edits you've created, and we’re looking forward to hosting again soon!
New Theme Award
This year, we are proud to announce a new "Nekomancy" theme award to commemorate Kumoricon taking place on Halloween weekend. Whether you create a classic horror AMV or something fun, spooky, and filled with cats, as long as you celebrate the spirit of Halloween, your AMV will be in the running for this award.
AMV Contest
Here are this year’s important rules to follow. All additional rules can be found on the Kumoricon AMV Contest submission page.
We only allow 2 entries per person, with no more than 1 entry per Category. An editor may submit an additional entry if it is submitted to Melting Pot, Trailer, or Guilty Pleasures.
Our freshness rule now includes all entries that have premiered or been created no earlier than October 1, 2024.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
To submit, you MUST UPLOAD your file to the Kumoricon AMV Contest page.
DEADLINES:
Entries MUST be submitted by 11:59pm Pacific Time on August 2, 2025 (UTC 6:59am on August 3, 2025).
A panel of judges will convene to review all entries and select up to six AMVs per category. The judges' decisions on the playlist are final.
Entries that have been finalists in previous Kumoricon/DigiKumo contests are excluded from the 2025 contest.
PRIZES:
Prize options are remaining largely the same, with the addition of requesting a comped badge for the Kumoricon weekend (if you plan to attend and your entry is selected as a finalist).
*Small prizes are either an anime DVD/Blu-ray, a manga/art book, and/or a small figure.
**Large prizes are a premium merchandise item or a large figure.
Email questions to: amv@kumoricon.org.
