The 1st Anniversary Gene pixiv Fanart/Pixnyan Partner Contest starts October 27th 2015. The contest celebrates the 1st anniversary of Comic Gene and pixiv's web comic magazine, Gene pixiv and looks for fan art entries of stories published in Gene pixiv as well as a mascot character friend for Pixnyan.


【Contest Duration】
Tuesday, October 27th 2015 to Thursday, November 26th 2015 23:59 JST

【How to Enter】
■Gene pixiv published titles: Fanart Category
（1）Illustrate or create a comic or write a story of themes that relate to works published to Gene pixiv. It can be any one publication or several.
（2）Submit your work to pixiv with the below contest tag.

Contest tag: ジーンピクシブ1周年_ファンアート

*Your submission will become a Gene pixiv related submission.
As long as your work is related to one Gene pixiv published story, it will be accepted.

■Pixnyan's Partner Category
（1）Create an illustration or manga of Gene pixiv's mascot character, Pixnyan's potential new partner.
（2）Submit your entry to pixiv with the below contest tag attached.

Contest tag: ジーンピクシブ1周年_ピクにゃん相棒

【Submission Format】
You may submit at any size.

【Judging Process】
After a strict judging process, the winners will be decided.

■Gene pixiv Published Title Fanart Category
○Grand Prize Winner
Awarded autographs from the theme they used (If more than one theme, there may be several autographs.)
Their work published in the February edition of Monthly Comic Gene.
Awarded 10,000 yen.

■Pixnyan Partner Category
○Grand Prize Winner
Awarded 10,000 yen.
Their design used as Pixnyan's partner.

■Prizes awarded to either category
○Several First Place Prizes
Awarded autograph drawings from authors in Gene pixiv.

Looking forward to all your entries!

Other Gene pixiv contests are currently ongoing to celebrate the 1 year anniversary.
From the artist of the music video for Kagerou Project, Wannyanpu, comes a new manga series and a special publication of Iwawotobuneko's "Soineya Honpo."
Also, new stamps came out and are now accessible on pixiv's comment area, try them out!

◆1st Anniversary Special Page

◆Contest Outline
◆Submitted Entries
◆Terms and Conditions
◆Gene pixiv Official Homepage
◆Monthly Comic Gene