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Check out our cosplay.com thread: HERE for the latest info.

MomoCon 8 - Anime/Gaming/Comics/Costumes/Sci-Fi Convention
Dates: March 16-18, 2012
Location: Marriott Marquis (Atlanta, GA). Click Here for the Hotel Discount Code.

Membership Details:
Pre-Reg: $25 (before March 2,2012).
At the Door-
3-Day Badge: $30
Single Days: Fri $15, Sat $20, Sun $15

* Special Offer: Two free memberships with a two-night
booking at the Marriot Marquis ($139/night). Click Here. Offer ends when the room block is full.
* 2011 Donars: Free memberships to anyone who donated $25 or more for MomoCon-7.

Staff and Recruitment Meetings
* Sunday, Feb 19th, GaTech Student Center, room 343 2pm)
* Saturday Mar. 3rd, Atlanta Marriot Marquis, room TBA 2pm)
Volunteers receive a free weekend badge plus other perks.

Full Panel and Events Schedule:
Facebook Version
Web Version (coming soon)

Costume Contest Rules and Entry Forms
Friday Closet Costume Contest
Saturday Craftsmanship Contest

MomoCon returns for it's 8th year to the city of Atlanta. While Georgia Tech wishes we could stay, our monumental growth has outpaced campus's ability to accommodate everyone of our attendees. As such, we have made the difficult decision to move venues and begin charging for admission.

However, we are still commited to bringing you the best value we can! For the first time since the first Momocon in 2005, the entire convention will be located in one building. The new space is over 60,000 sq. feet larger than the 2011 space, giving us room to grow. That's nearly two football fields of additional space over this past year! No more walking outside, no more far off buildings or confusing maps. Food options exist both inside the hotel and within walking distance. And no more threats of rain hanging over the outdoor events.

For the first time ever MomoCon will welcome industry and voice actor guests. We can finally address requests to bring a variety of stars to MomoCon, and we hope you are as excited about it as we are!

We are adding more concerts, bigger panels (and panel rooms), better sound systems, late-night programming, and by popular demand a rave-style dance, all included with admission.

We are also adding a whole extra day! MomoCon is now a 3-day convention: Friday thru Sunday.

Don't worry, we have not forgoten our roots. We will be giving away a large number off free badges throughout the upcoming months via social media and giveaways at our appearances at other conventions. Be sure to check us out on our
Forums
Twitter,
Facebook,
Livejournal and
MomoCon.Com

The Guest Announcements - Click Here *Cough* Voice of Glados* *cough* Voice of Faye from Cowboy Bebop*

MomoCon On Tour: Winter Ball
a semi-formal event
January 7th, 2012
Georgia Tech
Student Center Ballroom
$10 entry

Join MomoCon for our annual Winter Ball, a dance event to be held January 7th, 2012 in the Ballroom at Georgia Tech. Dance the night away to tunes new and classic, with light hors d-oeuvres and good friends!

Have a song request? Tweet it to @momocon

Dress Code: The standard for the event is Semi-Formal ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-formal)[/url], generally meaning button-down shirt and tie or suit for men and long or short dress for women (or vice versa in the case of crossplay). Costumes ARE allowed, so long as they are semi-formal.
Acceptable alternatives include:
-Formal military wear (or costumes of formal military wear)
-Full kimono, properly worn
-Cocktail dresses

NOT acceptable attire includes:
-T-shirts, jeans, men without either tie or jacket, tennis shoes or other inappropriate footwear. Converses/Chuck Taylors are not acceptable footwear.
-Large props or ANY type of weapon (real or prop)
-Extremely short skirts or dresses
-Long robes/jackets that are not considered semi-formal, such as shinigami cloaks or improperly worn kimono

Hey artists, just a reminder that the deadline for submissions to our Open Call for Art is one month away: January 7th 2012.

Click here for all the details and technical specs.

You can enter multiple pieces for all the items we are looking for: badges, program book, t-shirt, and promo. If we use your work, you will get a 3-day badge to the con, credit in the program book, and a gift package.

We're looking forward to seeing what you all have created.

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And news for all, over half the MomoCon room block at the Marriott is gone. When we run out of rooms, the great free pass deal ends too. Hotel booking link.

Plus our Winters Ball is also coming up on Jan 7th. Here's a link to the Facebook Event

Black Friday Special:
Every MomoCon pre-registration completed and paid on Black Friday (Friday, November 25th, EST) will receive a special swag bag at the con, filled with figures, candy, plushes, DVDs and random assortments of cool stuff! - Just Click Here

and

Cosplayers on Ice '11
Who: Open to all
What: Ice Skating & Photoshoot
When: Saturday, Dec. 3rd. 3pm - 6pm
Where: Centennial Olympic Park Ice Rink
Costs: Photoshoot, free. The park charges a rink fee and a small skate rental fee, if you wish to skate

MomoCon will be invading Centennial Park for a fifth year of fun on-and-off the ice! Door prizes will be given away, including free passes to MomoCon, courtesy of MomoCon on Tour. A photographer will also be onsite to capture the days events. Cosplayers are asked to leave all weapon-props at home for this very-public event.

We heard you guys might like certain Abridged Series....

So MomoCon is happy to welcome Little Kuriboh to our 2012 event as a featured guest! 

Details here

MomoCon Artists Alley tables are available for purchase starting next Wed., November 16th at 9pm EST via the Artists page on the website.

=)

Here is the link to get the Convention Rate for the Atlanta Marriott Marquis. Your 3-day badge(s) will be given to you at check-in.

More than earning a free badge, it's your chance to make MomoCon better through your ideas, your enthusiasm, and your effort. Not to mention a con shirt, access to the Staff Exclusive Raffle, and joining a crew of awesome people.

Sat. Oct. 15th, 2011
2pm - 4pm
Rm. 343 in the Student Center at Georgia Tech

Sat. Nov. 19th, 2011
2pm - 4pm
Rm. 343 in the Student Center at Georgia Tech

Sun. Dec. 4th, 2011
2pm - 4pm
Rm. 343 in the Student Center at Georgia Tech

Full details on our staffing page.

MomoCon 2012 is now ready to take open submissions for our programming booklet, badges, promo material, and souvenir t-shirt. We will be accepting more than one piece for each item, so multiple submissions are encouraged.

General Requirements
Theme: Dinosaurs (Cause really, who wasn't obsessed with dinos at one time or another?)

Reference to a past t-shirt design (not a requirement to stick to those styles or to the Girl): https://sites.google.com/site/momoconmedia2/MomoWallA800.jpg

Do not place the text "Momocon 2012" on any submissions. Our internal designers will place that based on final layout of the various materials.


T-Shirt: The shirt itself will be black. No more than 5 additional colors. PSD file type or layered TIFF, with each of the 5 colors as its own layer (if possible). Colors have to be CMYK color space. 8in wide, 10 in tall at the smallest. Up to 3in more in each direction for max dimension.


Badge: 2.5 in wide, 4 in tall. 300dpi resolution in CMYK color space. High quality file types, PSD, TIFF, BMP. No jpeg or compressed files.


Program Book Art: The books are half a page, so 8.5 inch tall, 5.5 inch wide. Image needs to be half in larger in both dimensions, so 9 tall, 6 wide to allow for scaling. 300 dpi, CMYK color space. Images can be larger as long as it maintains that ratio or 3:2 (height:width), so that it may also be used for posters/banners.


Submission deadline: Jan 7th 2012
Submit completed works or questions to: MomoCon.Art@gmail.com with [Submission 2012] in the subject line. If files are too big for email, contact send an email to MomoCon.art@gmail.com for IM or FTP information for direct transfers.

Artists whose works are accepted will be notified by email as soon as possible after the decision is made. All artists whose materials are used for any purpose will be receive a free admission badge, be fully credited in the program book, website, and will receive a prize package of assorted merchandise.