Nineteenth Annual Costume Contest
Welcome to JN's Nineteenth Annual Neopets Costume Contest! For those who have not participated in our previous contests, our annual costume contest lets you dress up your pet for Halloween, and then Jellyneo users vote on the best costume! If you need some costume ideas, look no further than our wearable previews!
How It Works
When you have your costume ready, you can submit your dressed up pet to be considered for the contest. Throughout the submission period, the JN Staff will make sure each costume is following our contest rules. (See below!)
After that, we'll put all entries up for viewing, and then you'll get to vote for pets that you like. The top 75 pets will move on to round two, where you'll get to vote again for your favourites, and the top 30 will move into the final round of voting where you will vote for the best costume. The pet with the most votes will become the first place winner and have eternal bragging rights!
Contest Entry Rules
You will need a jnAccount to enter, so make sure that you register if you don't have one.
- You may only enter one (1) of your Neopets. You may not use multiple jnAccounts to enter more than once. (We're keeping our eyes out for multiples!)
- Your pet should have an actual costume. We won't approve pets that are wearing a hodgepodge of clothing with no theme.
- The costume, particularly your description of the costume, must be appropriate for the Neoboards and follow all Neopets rules.
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Wearable minimums and maximums:
- A maximum of five (5) Neocash items can be worn.
- A minimum of one (1) Neopoint wearable must be worn.
- A minimum of one (1) piece of actual clothing that is not a background, foreground, or trinket. (In other words, no naked pets!)
- By extension, this also means no Pet Styles or full-body overlays (like Black Kadoatie Wearable or Summer Fun Usuki Wearable) are allowed.
- If you enter a basic costume (like "Ghost" or "Jhudora"), it may be rejected if we've already received too many similar entries.
- If your pet earned a trophy in any of our previous costume contests, and you plan on re-entering that same pet, you must use a significantly different costume.
- Similarly, your costume may not mimic or significantly copy any of our top three winners from the previous year.
Apart from the above wearable limitations, anything else that fits your pet is a go!
Once you submit your Neopet, we will review to ensure it's following the rules. Make sure everything is perfect when you press that submit button—when you submit, we save a copy of your Neopets' outfit, so you won't be able to make any modifications unless your entry is later rejected by our judges.
Entry Suggestions
Want to improve your chances of moving into the final round, or perhaps receiving a coveted staff pick? Here are some suggestions based on our many previous years of judging entries.
- Avoid entering a "premade" outfit, such as outfits released for Pet Days or from the NC Mall. These generally don't do well if they're common wearables.
- Avoid basic costumes, like "Ghost" or "Jhudora". We get at least 10 or more "Jhudora" entries each year—and we reject most of these entries to reduce repetitive entries.
- Try going for a costume that is topical or from pop culture. These entries are generally more fun and get the highest number of votes.
Dates To Remember
Here are the important dates for 2025's contest:
- September 22nd - Submissions open. You can submit your pet here.
- October 7th - Submissions close at 11:59pm NST.
- October 8th - Round 1 voting begins midday.
- October 16th - Top 75 pets move on to Round 2 and voting begins midday.
- October 23rd - Top 30 pets move on to Round 3 and voting begins.
- October 29th - Round 3 voting ends at 11:59pm NST, winners tabulated.
- October 31st - Top picks are announced and receive much Halloween glory!
