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The illustration, manga, and novel April posting event "Hairstyle Makeover 2024" opens on Thursday, April 25th, 2024!
For the illustration, manga & novel posting event "Hairstyle Makeover 2024", we invite you to post your works on the theme of hairstyles.
All types of work and all genres are okay.
Freely create an illustration, manga, or novel (including poetry, tanka, essays, and more) using your preferred method and style.
Hair is a powerful player in the game of first impressions. Experiment with colors with underlayers and highlights, play around with updos, or dare to go for the chop... Create a transformation that's uniquely you.
Of course, we're also looking for to novels that weave the emotional rollercoaster of getting a haircut, the excitement of trying a new hairstyle, or those captivating expressions revealed through locks dancing in the wind.
We eagerly await a wide range of works themed around hair and hairstyles!
30 winners will be chosen by raffle from among all participants to receive an Amazon gift code (1000 JPY value).
[Entry Period]
Thursday, April 25th - Sunday, June 9th, 2024, 11:59 pm JST
How to Participate
Post your works to pixiv with the contest tag "HAIRCHANGE2024".
Contest tag (required): HAIRCHANGE2024
Entry Format
Illustration/Manga category
- Original work and fan art are both okay.
- There are no restrictions on the size of the artwork for web submission.
- Only All-Ages works are accepted.
- Works that were entirely or largely generated by AI must be marked as "AI-generated work". Creators are allowed to submit one AI-generated work per person. Contestants who enter more than one AI-generated work will be disqualified.
Novels category
There are no format restrictions (short story, long story, series, etc.) on the novels you can submit. However, there should only be one work (one series) per submission.
You can submit unfinished works.
Only All-Ages works are accepted.
Both original works and fanfiction are okay. In addition to novels, you can also submit tanka, haiku, and other types of poetry.
Works that were entirely or largely generated by AI must be marked as "AI-generated work". Creators are allowed to submit one AI-generated work per person. Contestants who enter more than one AI-generated work will be disqualified.
Prizes
Lottery (30 winners)
- Amazon gift code (1000 JPY, approx 7 USD value)
Contest Term
Works that fall under the conditions listed below may be disqualified.
- Posting after the contest period has ended.
- Not matching the theme of the contest.
- Not having the contest tag attached.
- Setting the privacy level of your entry to “My pixiv”, “Private”, or "URL restricted".
- Works containing content unsuitable for viewers under age 18
- Works that have been posted after the entry period has ended, or works that have been edited after the entry period has ended (including titles, captions, and outlines). This also includes minor edits to fix typos, etc.
- Works posted by companies or multiple creators.
- Works that violate pixiv's Terms of Use, Article 14 "Prohibited Conduct"
- Multiple postings of the same work.
- Works created via third-party commission, or via pixiv Requests (including request rewards).
- Any works based on existing work/goods, works/goods scheduled to be released, works/goods that have already been submitted for other contests, or works/goods that have already won other contests .
- Works that violate the Application Guidelines
- When the contestant does not respond within a set time frame after being contacted by pixiv.
- Works that pixiv Inc. finds disagreeable with adequate reason may also be disqualified.
Please read the Application Guidelines on the contest works page for more details.
We look forward to seeing all your entries!
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