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ANIMENEXT ANNOUNCES FAN-FICTION AND FAN-COMIC CONTEST FOR FABULOUS PRIZES
Winners to Receive VIP Status at the 2008 Event

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - December 5, 2007 - Last year, they gave her a name. Now, this year, the AnimeNEXT attendees may also give its mascot Minae a life.

Universal Animation, Inc., the parent company of AnimeNEXT, is proud to sponsor a contest for all of its creative writing and/or artistic attendees by offering them the chance to tell Minae's story--in their own words and images.

Starting on January 1, 2008 interested attendees can either choose between writing a 1,000 word short original story or a single page of original comic sequential art with Minae in the leading role. The winners of the contest in each category will have their work published in the AnimeNEXT 2008 Program Guide as well as receive VIP status at the 2008 convention, held between June 20 and June 22.

"Many of our attendees are also writers or creators of fan-fic or dojinshi," stated director of publicity Trisha L. Sebastian.
"Harnessing their creative talent to help promote our convention and flesh out Minae as a character seems like a win-win situation for everyone!"

The green-haired cyberninja was originally created by Meridith Mulroney for the 2001-2002 convention. Other artists such as Lisa Lahmut and current AnimeNEXT staff artist Ben Rodriguez have influenced her style in recent years, while Kelly Johnston provided her with a name in the 2007 contest.

Complete contest rules, deadlines, entry forms, and all stipulations will be available at http://www.animenext.org/contest starting January 1, 2008.