December 7, 2007

ANIMATION CONTEST PROMISES CASH PRIZES

Contestants  - both professional and student - are asked to create original animated bumpers lasting :30 or less. Three "Super Star" winners will receive $1,000 each, with one "Supreme Super Star" grand-prize winner being awarded an additional $1,000. Six winners from the "Rising Star" student category will receive $500 each, and one of the student winners will also be crowned "Supreme Rising Star," receiving a professional portfolio review by Interspectacular, Victor Newman of Freestyle Collective, and Michael Waldron of Nailgun.

Submissions (www.MyToons.com/blastoff) will be accepted until  January 21, 2008. The nine winners will be announced on February 8th. Content will be judged by Interspectacular founders/creative directors Luis Blanco and Michael Uman.