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Chris Hardwick is a stand-up comedian, chart-topping podcaster, television personality, contributor for Wired magazine, and creative head of the multi-platform media behemoth known as Nerdist Industries.

Chris is the founder of Nerdist Industries, which has grown to include the Nerdist.com website; a premium YouTube channel (youtube.com/nerdist) with several hundred thousand subscribers; the Nerdist News daily e-newsletters; 1.9 million Twitter fans; a podcast network including the flagship Nerdist Podcast that averages 4.8M monthly downloads; and most recently The Nerdist, a comedy-variety talk show broadcast on BBC America.

Additionally, Nerdist hosts live events such as The Nerdist Podcast Live! and Course of the Force, an annual Comic-Con lightsaber relay in partnership with Lucasfilm LTD.

On top of his Nerdist responsibilities, Chris is the face of AMC’s live after show Talking Dead, which discusses the highly-rated show The Walking Dead. He was recently featured in a one hour stand-up special “Chris Hardwick: Mandroid” on Comedy Central in November 2012, which is now available on DVD.  Nerdist Industries is headquartered at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood.

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A group block has been arranged at the Hilton Garden Inn Durham Southpoint. To make your reservation, please call the hotel directly at 919-544-6000 and ask for the NC Comicon 2013 group block. Our group rate is $109 plus taxes for a King or Queen/Queen room and there is a 2 night minimum length of stay. Make your reservation by October 8, 2013 in order to receive the group rate. Information for the hotel is provided below.

Hilton Garden Inn Durham Southpoint

7007 Fayetteville Road Durham, NC 27713

919.544.6000

Click Here To Book Your Stay!

Rules

1. No costume is not a costume.  Please be dressed appropriately for a family friendly convention!
2. This Craftsmanship competition is judged based on the assessment of the costumer’s skill at making a costume. Any costume that consists mostly of bought, unaltered, items (i.e. buying regular street clothes that require no changes) will not be considered for the Craftsmanship Contest.
3. All genres of costuming are accepted in this costume contest!
4. Please bring reference material for your costume.  We are not familiar with all of the characters in every universe, so having a reference picture will help us in assessing your craftsmanship skill and ability to recreate a look.  Original design costumes will be accepted for competition, but having a sketch or reference art for your idea would still be useful.  If you do not have access to a printer, using an Iphone or other device to show us your reference picture is perfectly acceptable.
5. Judging will be based on the quality of your construction and how closely it resembles the reference art.
6. Each contestant will have about three minutes to come in and talk briefly to the judges about the construction of their costume, so it may be helpful to have thought about your points of discussion prior to judging.
7. The Winners will be announced at the Costume Contest Panel on Sunday afternoon.
8. Judging will begin at 11AM Saturday Morning and will continue throughout the weekend.

Level Classifications

Youth:  Any costumers under the age of 16 may enter in this category.  We would like for you to have made at least 50% of your costume.  Youth participants are allowed to have had help with the construction of their costume.  If this is the case, please try to have your parent or helper there to explain what they helped you with.  Youths who have costumes that were made either by their parents, or that they didn’t make at least 50% of by themselves, are not eligible for the craftsmanship part of this costume contest, however, they are encouraged to participate in the costume showcase on Sunday afternoon!

All participants in the other Craftsmanship categories must have made at least 75% of their costume.

Placement in the categories is based on experience and Craftsmanship awards won at previous conventions.  Qualifying awards that are used to place you in your category are: a place award (1^st, 2^nd, or 3^rd) or Best in Show at any other convention, in any skill level division.

We ask that you take your skill level into account when placing yourself in a category.  If you have been sewing and making costumes for many years and just have not entered a competition before, please consider placing yourself in a category above the Novice division. If we feel that your skill level far exceeds the category you have been placed in, we reserve the right to move you up a level for prize recognition.

If you have won awards in craftsmanship contests before, please do not place yourself in a category any lower than your highest level award.  For example, if you have won 1^st place novice at one show, and 2^nd place journeyman at another show, please do not register for any class lower than Journeyman, since it is your highest level award.

Please do not enter a costume that has already won a placement award in any craftsmanship competition.  Costumes that have won Honorable Mentions, or Judges awards are still eligible for competition.  Costumes that were not judged based on craftsmanship, but have won awards in Masquerade skits are also eligible for competition.

Contestants are welcome to place themselves in a higher category if they feel confident in their craftsmanship skills.  The higher the level, the bigger the prize!

Novice:  Any participant who has not entered a costume contest before may enter in the Novice category.  Likewise, if you have won less than 3 awards for craftsmanship, you may enter in the novice category.  Anyone who has just started sewing, or made less than 5 costumes may want to consider entering into the novice division.

Journeyman:  This category is for any participant who has won between 3 and 7 awards for craftsmanship.  This is also the correct category for any participant who has been sewing for a while and has made 5-15 costumes

Master:  This level is for participants who have won more than 7 awards for craftsmanship.  Participants who have been sewing for many years and have made more than 15 costumes may want to consider entering in Master Class.

Group:  The group category is separate from the other categories, and requires no placement.

Awards

Best In Show: $300

1^st Place Master Class:  $250

1^st Place Journeyman:  $150

1^st Place Novice:  $100

Group:  Best Group $200

Youth Prizes, and other placement prizes will be provided by Ultimate Comics!!!  So look forward to some super cool Comic Swag!

Valiant Entertainment

BOOM! Studios

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