Editors! Entries for the Kumoricon 2026 AMV Contest are NOW OPEN!
We look forward to watching your creations!
Check out the full rules and submit here: kumoricon.org/amv-contest
A huge thank you to all who entered our 2025 AMV Contest and tuned into our contest streams! We couldn’t run these events without you. Your support means everything, and the talent on display is phenomenal. Our Kumo community is always so impressed, and we can’t wait to do it all again soon. Best of luck to every participant!
AMV Contest
Here are this year’s important rules to follow. All additional rules can be found on the Kumoricon AMV Contest 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, 2025.
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 16, 2026 (UTC 6:59am on August 17, 2026).
A panel of judges will convene to review all entries and select up to five 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 2026 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.
