Contestants -
both professional and student - are asked to create original animated bumpers
lasting :30 or less. Three "Super Star" winners will receive $1,000
each, with one "Supreme Super Star" grand-prize winner being awarded
an additional $1,000. Six winners from the "Rising Star" student
category will receive $500 each, and one of the student winners will also be
crowned "Supreme Rising Star," receiving a professional portfolio review
by Interspectacular, Victor Newman of Freestyle Collective, and Michael Waldron
of Nailgun.
Submissions (www.MyToons.com/blastoff)
will be accepted until January 21,
2008. The nine winners will be announced on February 8th. Content will be
judged by Interspectacular founders/creative directors Luis Blanco and Michael
Uman.