Update January 1st – The contest is over and thank you to all who entered. Winners will be announced later today!

Update Dec 16 – New due date is Dec 30 due to a few people wanting an extension.

Typically, past contests were just for stickfigure creators, and also – they were only for Halloween. But now we’re going to change things up with a good ol’ fashion Holidays-themed animation free-for-all.

Rules and stuff

• Enter by creating a proper animation, uploading to Youtube, and making a post about it in the #Christmas2020 Animation Contest Group.
• Submissions must be animated with Stick Nodes.
• Post-processing is allowed. For example, adding music, adding extra effects/color correction, etc. As long as all actual animation is done with Stick Nodes.
• Animations should be no longer than 90 seconds. Absolute maximum of 120 seconds (2 minutes). No longer, no exceptions. Short and sweet.
• One entry per person. If you want to make a new entry, declare that you’re submitting a replacement in your group post.
• Animations can be about anything (action, humor, a side-story of your existing lore, a parody, etc) as long as it is Holidays-related. Christmas, Hannukah, Santa – or even New Year’s-related (2020 vs 2021?). Things like Halloween vs Christmas or similar themes are okay too. Be creative.
• Theme is vague to allow for creativity, but anything  that strays too far from the point will be disregarded. For example, an RHG-style fight where the characters are wearing Santa hats – and nothing else – will not be considered “Christmassy”-enough for entry. However, maybe they are battling Santa? Or stealing presents/climbing a Christmas tree? That would be better.
• Criteria for judging: Number one, entertainment value. Action, humor – it’s up to you, just make it entertaining. Think and plan before animating. Second criteria will be quality of animation/visuals.
• Due Date: Your post in the #Christmas2020 Animation Contest Group must be made by December 30th.

Winning and Prizes

Winners will be chosen by the Three Admins™ plus two extra honorary judges, who will deliberate for hours, again, on who deserves to win.

The winners should be announced on Christmas Eve, there will be a new post made on the homepage here.

The three chosen winners will all receive $100 via payment of their choosing. Some runner’s-up may be selected for smaller prizes as well.

Payments could be via Paypal, Steam, or any gift card that I can purchase for you from the USA.

Alright, that’s everything. Go animate something.