Unleash Your Yellow with FOX's The Simpsons Poster Contest

An edible Milhouse?

FOX has invited fans of The Simpsons, celebrating its twentieth (yes, twentieth!) anniversary with a fan-based initiative called “Unleash Your Yellow” that runs between now and January 2010.

I'm already completely enchanted by The Simpsons Poster Contest, which has asked fans of everyone's favorite animated family to discover The Simpsons in their everyday life: "Whether it’s a cob of corn that reminds them of Marge, a billowing cloud that looks like Homer or a picket fence that resembles the spikes of Bart’s hair, inspiration can be found anywhere!"

Fans, who must be older than 18, can design and submit posters using their original art, which can also be combined with digital assets that can be found online at thesimpsons.com. The deadline to submit your entries is 11:59 PM ET on March 4th.

But that's not all. The Top Ten finalists, decided by FOX and producers of The Simpsons, will be posted on thesimpsons.com. The winner to be revealed online on April 5th and will receive a trip to Los Angeles to attend The Simpsons 21st season premiere party as well as tickets to “The Simpsons Ride” at Universal Studios Hollywood. Additionally, the winning artwork may be incorporated into the series’ Fall 2009 marketing campaign.

(I'm feeling extremely inspired by that towering cotton candy I saw the other day; it just screams Marge Simpson. But I still can't get that candy Milhouse out of my head. And, well, I'm more than a little curious to see how many people work Ralph into their posters.)

For official contest rules and more information, visit thesimpsons.com. And if you feel like sharing your Simpsons-based poster creations in the meantime, you can upload them here.

Comments

Anonymous said…

This is a fun idea, although I don't know if I could beat the candy Milhouse. The corn on the cob Marge is hysterical too.

2/06/2009

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