Program Type:
Arts, Culture, & LiteratureProgram Description
Event Details
Calling all super sleuths, master detectives, Waldo seekers, and excellent finders (Hufflepuffs, we’re looking at you)! Put your scavenging skills to the test and you could win a prize! Starting June 23, your local libraries will each have 1 awesome FanCentral poster featuring one of Dallas Public Library’s finest cosplayers and a special code word.
Find 7 separate code words in all and submit them HERE by July 24 to enter into a drawing for a chance to win a prize. Cosplayers wanting to get in on the fun can take a picture with any of the posters and use the hashtag, #FanCentral2021 and @Dallaspubliclibrary. You might just be featured on Dallas Public Library’s social media!
- While we would love for you to visit all library locations, it's not necessary! Find the location nearest you with one of the 7 posters. Each of the following sets of 4 library locations has the same poster.
- Mountain Creek Branch, Kleberg-Rylie Branch, Grauwyler Park Branch, Fretz Park Branch
- Polk-Wisdom Branch, Skyline Branch, Oak Lawn Branch, Audelia Road Branch
- J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Hampton-Illinois Branch, Timberglen Branch, Vickery Park Branch
- Arcadia Park Branch, Martin Luther King Jr. Branch, Skillman Southwestern Branch, Park Forest Branch
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Lancaster-Kiest Branch, Prairie Creek Branch, Lakewood Branch, Bachman Lake Branch
- North Oak Cliff Branch, Pleasant Grove Branch, Preston Royal Branch, Lochwood Branch
- Dallas West Branch, Highland Hills Branch, Forest Green Branch, White Rock Hills Branch
Deadline: June 23 to July 24 at 6 p.m. CST
Submit Your Answers starting June 23 to http://bit.ly/FanCentralCodes
Cosplay Contest
Attention Cosplayers! Let your creativity and skills shine! Show us what you've got for FanCentral's Cosplay Contest, because what is a fan experience (even virtually) without a chance to show off some of your hard work and fab costumes! That's right, this virtual convention will be accepting submissions online through Instagram or email.
Strut your stuff, virtually!
- Guidelines:
- Submissions open from June 23 to July 24 at 12 p.m. CST.
- Submitting via Instagram
- Valid submissions will have the hashtag #FanCentral21 and tag @Dallaspubliclibrary!
- In the description put your name, age, the character you are cosplaying, and what category you're submitting to.
- Submitting via email
- Email submissions to libraryprograms@Dallascityhall.com
- In the email, put your name, age, character information, and what category you're submitting to.
- Categories- Best Group, Best in Show, and Most In-Character (likeness). Entries will be divided into two age groups.
- In the email, put your name, age, character information, and what category you're submitting to.
- Email submissions to libraryprograms@Dallascityhall.com
- Entries must be family-friendly
- Deadline:
- To be considered for the contest, all entries must be posted/submitted by Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 10 p.m. CST.
Not sure your cosplay is just right? Learn insider tricks with Cosplay Hacks on July 23 at 3 p.m.
Winners Announced:
Winners will be announced at the Geek Central After Party on July 24, 2021 at 8 p.m.! Attendance is not required to receive your prize.
Part of FanCentral: Fuel Your Obsession! generously supported by the Friends of the Dallas Public Library