Terms and conditions of participation
Key dates
Start of the application phase: 20.01.2025
End of the application phase: 09.03.2025
Cosplay Contest: 12.04.2025
Rules
- Participation is only possible from the age of 18.
- To participate in the contest, you must take part in a pre-judging event (Prejudging) and an appearance on stage (Catwalk). If you do not participate in either of these events, you will be disqualified.
- The competition is based on costumes. This means that the stage show will not be judged.
- The use of purchased costume pieces is allowed, but they must be mentioned to the judges in the Prejudging and will not be judged as highly as self-made pieces.
- The costume may be made by more than one person, this must be mentioned to the judges in the Prejudging.
- Intentional false statements about the own costume will lead to disqualification from the Cosplay Contest, even afterwards.
- The stage performance can be done by several persons together, but the costumes will still be judged individually.
- The costume can be based on a known template as well as on an own character.
Privacy
Only the personal data necessary to achieve the purpose will be processed on the basis of consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and deleted after the purpose has been achieved.
Only the artist name will be communicated to the outside world. No private data will be disclosed to the outside world; this is for internal purposes only. The submitted photos are also only for internal pre-selection and will not be communicated or published externally.
The specified social media channels will be published and linked on the official CAGGTUS social media channels and the website. Furthermore, these can be shown during the cosplay contest.
The photos and video recordings made on site as part of the cosplay contest will be played and published on the official social media channels of CAGGTUS Leipzig and on the website.