Categories:

• 1. "The Epic Showdown!": art depicting a battle scene from FINAL FANTASY XIV
• 2. "Life in Eorzea": art depicting non-combat activities, an adventurous scene or role-play from FINAL FANTASY XIV
• 3. "Crafted Physical Entries": physical hand-crafted (non-drawn) art depicting something related to FINAL FANTASY XIV

Once we receive all qualifying entries, we’ll choose up to 45 finalists to display at our Art Gallery at Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas and also show on the live stream! Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas attendees will get the chance to choose the three grand prize winners from among the eligible finalists by popular vote.

Please note, that any entrants must be legal residents of the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec), and over the age of 13. Full Official Contest Rules and Guidelines are available here, so start on your masterpiece now!

Contest Entry Period

Friday, July 29, 2016 at 12:01 a.m. (Pacific Time) through Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Selection

The FINAL FANTASY XIV Development and Operations Teams will select up to 45 finalists based on creativity and overall execution according to the criteria listed above. Las Vegas Fan Festival attendees will select the ultimate winners from among the eligible finalists based on their own voting criteria at the event.

Winners will be announced on or around Friday, October 28, 2016.

Prizes

Three (3) Grand Prize winners, one (1) from each of the three (3) categories listed above, will each be awarded a Fan Festival prize pack consisting of the new FINAL FANTASY® XIV book of lore signed by director and producer Naoki Yoshida, a FINAL FANTASY® XIV Figure Pack consisting of miniature figures of Y’shtola, Alphinaud, Tataru and Ifrit, and a brand-new in-game item (to be revealed in the future).

All finalists chosen to have their work displayed at the show will receive a brand-new in-game item (to be revealed in the future).

How to Enter

Create an entry related to a specific category above, either drawn, created digitally, crafted or sculpted.

Once you’ve finished your piece, submit your entry information in an email to:

When submitting digital art entries, you must upload your image to an external website and provide us a link to view and download your art (such as Flickr, Imgur, etc.). Please note that some image hosting websites, such as Flickr, will delete images when an account is inactive for a certain amount of time, so make sure to verify this when choosing a site to host your entry image.

If entering the craft or sculpture category, send the physical entry to the following address:

• Square Enix, Inc.
• ATTN: Fan Festival 2016 Art Contest
• 999 N. Sepulveda Blvd., 3rd Floor
• El Segundo, CA 90245, USA

Please include the following information with your submission:

• • Square Enix Account username

  Note: Physical prize will be delivered to the address registered to the entrant’s Square Enix account. Please make sure your registered address is correct and up to date.

• • Character and World

  Note: In-game prize will be delivered to this character.

• • Art Category:
• • Title of the Art:
• • URL Location of the uploaded entry (if applicable):

Rules for Entry

• • Entrant must be an active FINAL FANTASY XIV subscriber at the time of entry

• • Users may submit digital entries electronically to the email address listed above. Finalists’ entries will be displayed at the Fan Festival.

  Digital image entries must be either a .jpg, or a .png; at a high resolution (minimum 150 dpi, 300 dpi preferred)

• • Entries may be submitted physically. Please mail physical entries to the Square Enix North America address listed above with ATTN: Fan Festival 2016 Art Contest
• • You may use image editing software to alter, enhance or otherwise style your entry
• • Physical entries will not be returned to the submitter and shall become property of Square Enix
• • A Fan Festival 2016 in Las Vegas ticket is not required to submit entries
• • Entrants do not need to be in attendance at the Fan Festival to be eligible to win a prize
• • Square Enix will consider all eligible entries, but Square Enix will display only finalists’ entries during Fan Festival

Please Note

• • One entry per person. If a person submits multiple entries, only the first submission will be valid.
• • You must be a legal resident of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec) and over the age of 13 to be eligible to win.
• • Square Enix reserves the right to judge whether or not material is appropriate for public display.
• • Square Enix reserves the right to remove or take down any content in its sole discretion.

Contest Entry Period

Friday, July 29, 2016 through Wednesday, August 31, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. (Pacific Time)

Selection

The Costume Contest judges will select winners based on overall creativity and quality.

Square Enix will announce the winners on or around October 14, 2016.

Prizes

The Costume Contest judges shall select up to twenty (20) finalists. Each finalist will receive a brand-new in-game item (to be revealed later), as well as an in-game item of their choice from among the options below:

• • Ahriman Choker
• • Mandragora Choker
• • Bluebird Earring
• • Scarf of Wondrous Wit
• • Noble Barding

From these twenty finalists, the Costume Contest judges shall select five winners to receive amazing prizes at the Las Vegas Fan Festival, starting with three runners-up, then one second place winner, and finally the grand prize winner!

The winners shall receive the following prizes:

• • Runners Up (3 winners):

  Mandragora Plush
  Mandragora Queen Plush
  Mysidian Rabbit Plush

• • Second place:

  Moogle Lamp
  Moogle Watch
  Mandragora Plush
  Mandragora Queen Plush
  Mysidian Rabbit Plush

• • Grand Prize Winner:

  Two pieces of FFXIV Merchandise
  Moogle Lamp
  Moogle Watch
  Mandragora Plush
  Mandragora Queen Plush
  Mysidian Rabbit Plush

All approved entrants will receive an in-game item of their choice from among the options below:

• • Ahriman Choker
• • Mandragora Choker
• • Bluebird Earring
• • Scarf of Wondrous Wit
• • Noble Barding

How to Enter

To register for the FINAL FANTASY XIV Fan Festival Costume Contest, please submit the following information via email to:

• • Square Enix Account username

  Note: Physical prize will be delivered to the address registered to the entrant’s Square Enix account. Please make sure your registered address is correct and up to date.

• • Full Name
• • Nickname
• • Character and World

  Note: In-game prize will be delivered to this character.

• • Name of the costumed character
• • Short description of the costume
• • Costume progress along with a photo (0%-100%)
• • Choice of in-game item

After sending this email, entrants must check-in in person at the Fan Festival costume check-in area at the Fan Festival on Thursday, October 13, 2016 or before 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 14, 2016 to be evaluated. Entrants must bring proof of costume creation (in the form of photos taken throughout the process) to the evaluation.

Additional Rules & Guidelines

• • Entrants must attend Fan Festival on October 14, 2016 to participate.

• • Entrants must have created most of the costume themselves. Entrants may use minor items that they did not create themselves, such as accessories or props.

• • Entrants must submit the required entry information within the contest entry period, check in for the evaluation by noon on October 14, 2016, and attend the scheduled evaluation appointment. Entrants must bring proof of costume creation (in the form of photos taken throughout the process).

• • Square Enix will accept no more than fifty entrants for the contest. Square Enix will accept entrants on a first come, first served basis. After Square Enix accepts fifty entries, Square Enix will place the next ten entrants on a waiting list in the order in which the entrant applied.

  Once the contest entry period closes, Square Enix will notify the fifty entrants that they have been selected to participate in the contest. Additionally, Square Enix will notify the ten additional entrants that they have been placed on the waiting list.

• • FINAL FANTASY XIV-related costumes only.

  Fan Festival attendees may wear non-FINAL FANTASY XIV costumes during the event, but these costumes cannot be entered in the contest

  Please avoid costumes unaffiliated with Square Enix products

• • Limited to a one entry per person

• • Costumes cannot be dangerous to the wearer or others. Square Enix may refuse to permit anyone possessing actually or potentially dangerous objects to enter Fan Festival at Square Enix’s sole discretion. Such dangerous objects include, but are not limited to, the following:

  Sharpened, pointed, or dangerous objects

  Large heavy blunt objects

  Corrosive, hazardous, flammable, or explosive materials, including liquids and gasses

  Loud objects such as emergency horns or alarms

  Any other objects that are, or that appear to be, dangerous to the wearer, to any other Fan Festival attendee, to Fan Festival staff, or to any other person or object.

• • Fan Festival attendees must be able to maneuver on their own, unassisted.
• • Entrants may not enter a costume that was used at one or more previous Fan Festival events.