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Hey friends!

Exciting news! This year we will be looking for intermission hosts to host our gaming & cosplay contest segment. If you’ve got a bubbly personality, friendly, and love to game/cosplaying then get ready!

We will be opening up our forms in August 2025.

Cosplay Contest

The Rising Stars Awards are hosting their first cosplay contest this year! The contest is open to individuals aged 18 and older, and there is no application fee. The grand prize winner will receive $50, while the second-place contestant will receive $25.

Please ensure that all entries adhere to our policy: absolutely no inappropriate cosplays will be tolerated, no offensive, discriminatory, or vulgar cosplays, no double entry, and please respect all participants hard work and creativity. We are eagerly looking forward to seeing your cosplays!

Applications will be opening up in July!

2024 Cosplay Winners

  • Eclipse, 1st Place

    Eclipse is an alien of many titles; from being a cosplayer, a gamer, a weeb, a makeup enthusiast, & digital artist. She always does what she believes is best for everyone who lives amongst our skies. She’s also in a stream team and they are called the Cozmic Creaturez!

  • Vanillachai, 2nd Place

    I’ve been cosplaying since 2017. I first fell in love with this by going to local cons and my passion only grew once joining the TikTok scene! As someone who is a really shy person and struggles with social anxiety, cosplaying has been an amazing outlet for expressing myself! Not only do I get to pretend to be someone else for a while, it's the perfect way to show love to characters I personally connect with. I've learned so much, developed new skills and have made soooo many kind and talented friends. I'm so thankful that I've been able to be part of this world and only hope to continue spreading the love surrounding all that is cosplay!!

  • Quartsy, 3rd Place

    Hi there, I'm Quartsy and I've been cosplaying for over a decade now. From the start, it was a way to express my creativity and engage with special interests. I wasn't super skilled as a seamstress, or with makeup to start, so I was bullied for outfits that weren't up to par, or because I'm plus size. It's been an incredible journey discovering myself through this craft, as well as making friends and building community over the years. Since my very first pre-bought cosplay from 2008, I've honed my skills and sewed dozens of outfits from my favorite video game, movie, comic, anime, and ttrpg series. I had a difficult time choosing my top three, but it's an honor to showcase some of my proudest work from skills that did not come easy! I occasionally cosplay on stream and would love to do more in the future.