World Championship LOLCAT Contest

The word LOLCAT refers to a humorous Internet meme that depicts an image of a feline with a caption, often reflecting what the kitty may be thinking at the moment when the image was created. In the cat's own words. So to speak.


Let's take LOLCATS to a whole new level! Both parts of this contest will test your ability to make something creative and artistic with a sense of humor. It may not be an easy feat, but we assure you that the prizes will be worth your time and effort...

Anatomy of a LOLCAT:

Part 1 - The funny kitty photo In this part of our LOLCAT World Championship, you'll be challenged to submit your silliest, wildest, most hilarious LOLCAT stock photos! These stock photos will be judged on merits of technical quality, silliness, and awwwdorability. Part 2 - The funny caption The second half of our LOLCAT World Championship will test your skills in creating text art to caption the stock photos collected from Part 1 of the contest. These images will be judged on technical skill, goofiness, and charm.

You may enter just one of these contests, or you can try your luck with both parts of the LOLCAT World Championship!! Any member of deviantART may enter.

Educational Links:

lolcat.com icanhascheezburger.com Learn to Speak LOLCAT Wikipedia: LOLCAT

Rules of Engagement:

Animal cruelty isn't funny. No one will laugh, so please don't be mean to any kitties for the sake of a silly contest.

Entries must be new, submitted after midnight of Monday, August 23, 2010.

Each entry should indicate in the Artist's Comments that they are STOCK IMAGES. You may set your own terms of use, but this rule is necessary for the LOLCAT Caption Battle below. Text artists will need to be able to use your entries to enter the Caption Battle, so please: no watermarks.

Entries must be a minimum size of 600 pixels on the smallest side in accordance with FAQ #809: What are DeviantArt's stock image guidelines?

Be silly! Find a cat with a good sense of humor, and snap some photos.

Submit unlimited entries to the official contest gallery no later than Monday, September 20, 2010 by 11:59 PST.

PRIZES - The winner will be crowned as the World LOLCAT Stock Champion, and this Champ will receive the following prizes:

dA PRO Camera Bag
1 year subscription to deviantART

_Judges:

^{Orangen-Stock - Founder of Feline-Resources
Anoya - Gallery Moderator of Animal Photography
FantasyStock - Gallery Moderator of Resources & Stock Images}

Rules of Engagement:

Your LOLCAT captions must be based on  Entries from the Stock LOLCAT Championship.

You must credit and link back to any stock resources you use in the artist's comments.

Bring the funny, and make us laugh!

Submit unlimited entries to the official contest gallery no later than Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by 11:59 PST.

Entries received before midnight on Tuesday, September 21, 2010 will be disqualified.

PRIZES - The winner will be crowned as the World LOLCAT Caption Battle Champion, and this Champ will receive the following prizes:

Laptop Messenger Bag
Complete Set of Emoticon Stress Balls
1 year subscription to deviantART

_Judges:

^{Orangen-Stock - Founder of Feline-Resources
pica-ae - Gallery Moderator of Text Art
FantasyStock - Gallery Moderator of Resources & Stock Images}