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On July 31, the Rookie Award Art Contest "P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012" opens.
This contest is held to give young and talented users a chance to be recognized as artists.
Entering its third consecutive year, "P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012" aims to find aspiring, passionate rookies who wish to have their artwork admired by audiences. If you dream of being a talented and popular illustrator, then join this contest to have a chance at winning that dream!
This contest will be divided into two stages: the Preliminary stage, and the Final stage. The final winner will be chosen based on votes from viewers and from a selected jury.
■P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 Preliminary Stage
【Contest Period】
July 31 (Tuesday) to August 31 (Friday), 23:59 (Japan Standard Time)
Winners will be chosen based on view count of their submitted works and the region they represent.
【Requirements】
（１）The contest theme this time is "Four Seasons".
Choose a season out of the following: "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" or "Winter" as your theme, and create an original illustration based on it.
（２）Please use the following tags when submitting your entry. Once you've completed your illustration and submitted it, your entry registration is complete.
Tag：P1グランプリ2012, P1予選2012 + Region name
【Tag Examples】
If you are representing, or were born in Tokyo, please use the tag P1予選2012東京. For participants outside of Japan, please use the tag P1予選2012海外.
※Entries without both tags attached will be not be counted as entries.
※There is no size limit for web submission.
※You may enter as many times as you wish, but each entry must be unique.
For each area, 3 contestants will be chosen as representatives for their respective areas. For areas outside Japan, depending on the number of submissions, the max number of representatives will be 5. The selected participants for each area is based on the view count on their submitted works, and 50 works with the most views will be picked as successful entries for the preliminary contest.
■ P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 Final Stage
■ FINAL Stage Production Period
Sept 3 (Monday) to Oct 15 (Monday) 23：59 (Japan Standard Time)
50 contestants who passed the Preliminary Qualification Stage、will be given a set time frame to produce an artwork for the final selection starting Sept 3 (Monday) onwards, and the deadline for the illustration will be on October 13 (Thu), 23:59 (JST). The work should be sent directly to the pixiv staff instead of uploading as normal submission.
Submitted works for the final selection will be shown in a debut exhibition from November 2 (Friday) to November 4 (Sunday) at pixiv Zingaro, a joint art gallery by pixiv Inc. and Kaikaikiki Inc.
Judging by votes will be conducted during that exhibition. The final winners will be decided on according to the votes gathered from the exhibition along with the judging from the special juries.
※ After the end of the debut exhibition day on November 4, participants will upload their works to pixiv with the P1本戦2012 tag attached. Those who missed the chance to attend the exhibition may get their next chance to view their works on pixiv.
The following juries selected for the P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 are as follows:
The List of Juries (sans honorifics）
Akaringo（Illustrator, Designer）
Takanori Aki（Good Smile Company, President）
Annin Tofu（Illustrator）
Masahiko Ootsuka（TRIGGER Inc., Executive Director）
Masaaki Oomura（Enterbrain, Inc., Character Content Division Chief)
Hidari（Freelance illustrator）
Erina Mano（Singer, Actress）
Range Murata（Illustrator, Designer）
HERO（Office worker, Illustrator）
mebae（Illustrator, Manga artist, Animator）
【Prizes】
◆P-1 GRANDPRIX
・Cash prize of ¥200,000
・P-1 Trophy
・Artwork will be published in Quarterly pixiv
・A special request to draw an artwork
◆Excellence Award
・Cash prize of ¥10,000
・Star Trophy
・Artwork will be published in Quarterly pixiv
◆Honorable Mention
・Cash prize of ¥50,000yen
・Star Trophy
・Artwork will be published in Quarterly pixiv
◆Contest Outline
◆Contest Entries
◆Terms and Conditions
◆P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 Official Page (Japanese)
This contest is held to give young and talented users a chance to be recognized as artists.
Entering its third consecutive year, "P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012" aims to find aspiring, passionate rookies who wish to have their artwork admired by audiences. If you dream of being a talented and popular illustrator, then join this contest to have a chance at winning that dream!
This contest will be divided into two stages: the Preliminary stage, and the Final stage. The final winner will be chosen based on votes from viewers and from a selected jury.
■P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 Preliminary Stage
【Contest Period】
July 31 (Tuesday) to August 31 (Friday), 23:59 (Japan Standard Time)
Winners will be chosen based on view count of their submitted works and the region they represent.
【Requirements】
（１）The contest theme this time is "Four Seasons".
Choose a season out of the following: "Spring", "Summer", "Autumn" or "Winter" as your theme, and create an original illustration based on it.
（２）Please use the following tags when submitting your entry. Once you've completed your illustration and submitted it, your entry registration is complete.
Tag：P1グランプリ2012, P1予選2012 + Region name
【Tag Examples】
If you are representing, or were born in Tokyo, please use the tag P1予選2012東京. For participants outside of Japan, please use the tag P1予選2012海外.
※Entries without both tags attached will be not be counted as entries.
※There is no size limit for web submission.
※You may enter as many times as you wish, but each entry must be unique.
For each area, 3 contestants will be chosen as representatives for their respective areas. For areas outside Japan, depending on the number of submissions, the max number of representatives will be 5. The selected participants for each area is based on the view count on their submitted works, and 50 works with the most views will be picked as successful entries for the preliminary contest.
■ P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 Final Stage
■ FINAL Stage Production Period
Sept 3 (Monday) to Oct 15 (Monday) 23：59 (Japan Standard Time)
50 contestants who passed the Preliminary Qualification Stage、will be given a set time frame to produce an artwork for the final selection starting Sept 3 (Monday) onwards, and the deadline for the illustration will be on October 13 (Thu), 23:59 (JST). The work should be sent directly to the pixiv staff instead of uploading as normal submission.
Submitted works for the final selection will be shown in a debut exhibition from November 2 (Friday) to November 4 (Sunday) at pixiv Zingaro, a joint art gallery by pixiv Inc. and Kaikaikiki Inc.
Judging by votes will be conducted during that exhibition. The final winners will be decided on according to the votes gathered from the exhibition along with the judging from the special juries.
※ After the end of the debut exhibition day on November 4, participants will upload their works to pixiv with the P1本戦2012 tag attached. Those who missed the chance to attend the exhibition may get their next chance to view their works on pixiv.
The following juries selected for the P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 are as follows:
The List of Juries (sans honorifics）
Akaringo（Illustrator, Designer）
Takanori Aki（Good Smile Company, President）
Annin Tofu（Illustrator）
Masahiko Ootsuka（TRIGGER Inc., Executive Director）
Masaaki Oomura（Enterbrain, Inc., Character Content Division Chief)
Hidari（Freelance illustrator）
Erina Mano（Singer, Actress）
Range Murata（Illustrator, Designer）
HERO（Office worker, Illustrator）
mebae（Illustrator, Manga artist, Animator）
【Prizes】
◆P-1 GRANDPRIX
・Cash prize of ¥200,000
・P-1 Trophy
・Artwork will be published in Quarterly pixiv
・A special request to draw an artwork
◆Excellence Award
・Cash prize of ¥10,000
・Star Trophy
・Artwork will be published in Quarterly pixiv
◆Honorable Mention
・Cash prize of ¥50,000yen
・Star Trophy
・Artwork will be published in Quarterly pixiv
◆Contest Outline
◆Contest Entries
◆Terms and Conditions
◆P-1 GRAND PRIX 2012 Official Page (Japanese)
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