Cosplay Information
Applications for the costume contest and masquerade are opening soon!
2024 Cosplay Judges
Announcement coming soon!
Cosplay Contest Rules and Guidelines:
All cosplays must adhere to all Hazard Con safety rules and guidelines obtaining to obscenity and weapon/prop safety and protocol. If you are unsure your cosplay adheres to these rules please check here.
Hazard Con’s Cosplay Contest will be divided into 2 divisions: “Novice” and “Professional.”
Hazard Con’s Cosplay Contest will be divided into 2 divisions: “Novice” and “Professional.”
Masquerade Contest Rules and Guidelines:
All Masquerade Contestant’s Cosplays must adhere to all Hazard Con rules and guidelines obtaining to obscenity and weapon/prop safety and protocol. If you are unsure your cosplay adheres to these rules please check here.
Contestants in the Masquerade Contest will not be judged by the quality of their cosplays but instead by the ability to entertain and behave as their character. All skits must adhere to the following rules:
Contestants in the Masquerade Contest will not be judged by the quality of their cosplays but instead by the ability to entertain and behave as their character. All skits must adhere to the following rules:
Masquerade Contest Rules:
- Contestants will be performing in a Prewritten Skit.
- A Prewritten Skit is a small scene you memorize or perform to show your adaptation of a character. Each skit must have a premade script which will be submitted to the judges prior to the contest to ensure it adheres to Hazard Con guidelines. “Winging” it will not be allowed.
- A skit may contain up to 6 cosplayers. No larger groups are permitted.
- Each skit may only by 5 minutes long with a 30 second grace period. Anything that happens over the 30 second grace period will not be judged.
- No projectiles are allowed in your skits.
- No props may remain on the stage, you or a “stage ninja” must remove the prop before the end of the skit.
- You may only participate in one Masquerade skit.
- Judges will watch your performance and grade it in the following categories:
- Appeal:
- Did the audience enjoy it?
- Did they laugh or cry if necessary?
- Was it entertaining?
- Did the audience enjoy it?
- Preparation:
- Did the performers prepare themselves or were they clearly just messing around on stage?
- Stage Presence:
- Did the performers do an adequate job of playing their characters?
- Originality:
- Did the performers put clear care into what they were performing or did they do something we’ve seen before?
- Appeal:
Contest and Masquerade Applications
Applications are opening soon!