Submission Due Date: All videos must be submitted ONLINE to the AMV Staff via the form to the right by midnight, May 19th, 2012. 

Title Bumpers: Please do not include title bumpers to your videos. Title bumpers are defined as anything before or after the video itself that says what the video is, or who made it. We will be adding uniform title bumpers to each video shown in the contest. If your video is submitted with a title bumper, the SoDak AMV staff reserves the right to edit out the bumper to comply with our standards. We have a tremendous amount of experience in this matter so there is little room to worry, but it is best that you make these cuts yourself rather than have us do it.

Submissions: All video submissions must be accompanied with appropriate video and editor contact information. Failure to providing full information can lead to disqualification of one or all of your videos. Please provide the following information.

• Editor
• Name
• Studio or Surname
• Mailing address
• E-mail address
• Phone number

Also for each video provide the following information:

• Title of the Video
• Name of the music or audio artist
• Title of the music or audio
• Name of footage used (if over 3 sources it is ideal to list as various)
• Name of category preferred to be entered in (Although please keep in mind that the AMV does reserve the right to move any video into any category they deem it is best suited for)

There are two methods in which you may send in your entries:

• You may submit your entries on-line by either email or the form to the right. You may email submissions to AMV@sdcon.org Please be sure to fill out the form in full with all of the required information depicted above or your video may be disqualified.
• Or you can mail your entry in on CD or DVD. If you mail your entry in by disc, please keep them in file format, not in a DVD Movie format. Please mail to: SoDak Anime Convention c/o AMVs 4022 Wild Flower Drive,Rapid City, SD, 57701

Video Formats: We would prefer that your file arrives as either a MPEG or AVI. Yes we can convert several types of formats such as .WMV and others, but we prefer that you handle the conversion yourself so you are happy with the quality output. We have a lot of hard drive space available and would rather sacrifice size over quality, so please do not be afraid to send us the best quality video you have, we are projecting on screens over 20 feet wide and we want your video to look as good as much as you do. Make sure the video editors name is in the file name when submitting a video. We take a great deal of care to match up the correct video with the correct editor, but it can be hard to distinguish files when they all read (BleachAMV.mpg) or (FFXvid.avi)

We will do our best to confirm each entry as quickly as we can, but please be patient with us if these confirmations are not immediate; the AMV staff has other responsibilities to attend to outside the contest as well. Also be aware that history has shown that a majority of videos will come in the last week leading into the deadline, as a result it becomes more difficult to confirm each video as it comes in as we prep the entire event.

We can't wait to see what you guys have up your sleeves!