Hey guys!
My name is Holly (I go by hole on coscom) and I am a representative from Wonder Northwest. Just found out about this thread and would love to give you guys updates and answer any questions you may have. We are very excited to introduce a much needed comic and pop culture convention to Portland.
I noticed some talk about the "Each contestant may only enter one costume into competition" rule. This just means we only want one person per person to enter, this is to make sure everyone has a fair chance of winning. As we do not want a flood of costumes made or worn by one person. At the moment we don't have a group category under the prizes, in fact, it was something that had not occurred to us! Consider me and another organizer are both cosplayers who have entered into competitions as groups. This is something I feel should be revised, and I will get back to you guys as soon as possible about that. As far as entries, we will have sign up sheets available at the convention.
I am in charge of the Lolita Fashion show, and I am so excited to put this on! I know that Oregon has a pretty sizable lolita community, and I'm excited to show it off! There will also be entry forms available at the convention for signing up.
We have most of our guests lined up, but we have yet to complete the schedule list, this is something we are close to completing.
Our guests this year are
Craig Thompson, Kurt Halsey, Tim Seeley, Paul Guinan, Anina Bennett, Gus Lopez, Andy Mangels and Skot Kirkwood. You can find out more info about them at
http://wondernorthwest.com/guest.phpPlease check out our website (
http://wondernorthwest.com) as we have posted much more info since this thread was made. We also have a twitter
http://twitter.com/#!/wondernorthwest and a facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wonder-Northwest/160805697262956 you can visit.
Hope to see many of you there!