2025 AMV Contest (deadline 4/12/25) and HAMV Contest (deadline 5/3/25) - Open for Entries!

[LantisEscudo]

Hello, everyone!

I'm happy to announce that the AMV Contest for Anime Boston 2025 is now open and accepting entries!

There's been a few changes this year, so please make sure you read the rules before submitting. The high points of the changes:

• The deadline for submissions to be uploaded to our servers is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on April 12, 2025.
• Freshness cutoff is one year before the convention. Videos publicly available before May 23, 2024 are not eligible.
• Content is restricted to a PG-13 rating.
• Category descriptions have all been updated to hopefully improve clarity.
• Fun/Comedy and Romance/Sentimental have been renamed to Fun/Humor and Sentiments to better describe the types of videos the categories are intended for.
• The Trailer/Commercial category has been retired. Trailers and Commercials can still be entered, but they'll compete in the most appropriate category for their content (Drama for serious ones, Fun/Humor for comedic ones, etc.).
• Minimum duration for videos has been increased from 30 seconds to 60 seconds.
• A new Shorts category has been added for videos between 15 and 60 seconds in duration.
• The maximum number of entries an editor may contribute to has been updated to a maximum of two main category videos (one per category) and up to five Shorts.
• Generative AI content is prohibited, in particular "deepfake" audio.

The full rules are available here.
The submission form is available here.

Also this year, the Hentai AMV Contest is returning!

• The deadline for the Hentai AMV Contest is 11:59 PM Eastern Time on May 3, 2025.
• The freshness rule for the Hentai AMV Contest is two years before the convention (May 23, 2023).
• The additional rules for Hentai AMV Contest are available here.
• The submission form for the Hentai AMV Contest is available here.

Thanks in advance to everyone that submits, and I can't wait to see what people have come up with this year.

[AimeeGreen]

Thank you for sharing this information with everyone.

[Peter I]

I have a question. If your video that you want to submit has no 18+ content except for the music, which contest do I submit it to HAMV or AMV or NONE???

[LantisEscudo]

I have a question. If your video that you want to submit has no 18+ content except for the music, which contest do I submit it to HAMV or AMV or NONE???

If your music would exceed a PG-13 rating, it can't be submitted to the main AMV Contest.

The HAMV Contest is intended for videos that exceed a PG-13 rating for sexual content, not just language and not for violence at all. If your audio would fit that criteria, the HAMV Contest would be your correct place to submit.

Otherwise, there's unfortunately not a contest available for videos beyond a PG-13 rating for language or violence. However, the Fan Creations staff do run a late-night showcase block of videos that exceed a PG-13 rating for language. If your video would fit there, I'd suggest using the Contact Form on the website to contact the Fan Creations Co-Coordinators to see if they'd be interested in including your video in that block.