2024 KumoriMarket Small Press Application

The Kumoricon Small Press Section welcomes freelance artists and creators by providing space to sell their personal works at the convention. Kumoricon defines the Small Press section as independently-developed artist businesses featuring original content. This includes companies that focus on fashion apparel, tabletop games, webcomics, plushies, and much more!
Applications for the Kumoricon 2024 Small Press will open at 8:00am Pacific Time on Monday, May 27, 2024, and will close on or before Friday, May 31, 2024, at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Applications may close early if the quantity of applications exceeds the overflow limit. A decision regarding your application will be completed by our selections jury on the week of July 29, 2024.
Application Jury ProcessKumoricon’s 2024 Small Press will be juried. The jury process will begin following the close of Small Press applications with notifications going out to all applicants (whether accepted, rejected, or waitlisted) by the week of July 15. The jury process will be based on (in order of importance):
- Adhering to the Small Press rules and guidelines based on information in the application (incomplete applications are disqualified)
- Variety of products/offerings/artwork (categories of many types)
- Professionalism and completeness of portfolio

Exhibitors should be ready to provide:- Basic contact information, including an up-to-date email address
- Examples of work through photos or videos of booths at prior events (this is highly preferred), DeviantArt/YouTube tutorial/websites with example art, or any online link that gives examples of work.

Sharing a Booth
Up to two creators may share a single booth in the Small Press section. If you wish to do so, do not apply separately - apply as a single applicant. On the application, be sure to utilize the Secondary Email Address and Portfolio URL questions within the application below for the shared exhibitor. Shared booths will be juried as one applicant with an average score between the two being assigned as the result. While there is no difference in fees between solo and shared Small Press booths, bear in mind that there are still only two badges given per table unless additional badges are purchased separately.

Artist Collectives or Groups beyond two individuals are not allowed to share a single booth and must apply separately. Be sure to review our subletting policy on the contract outlined below - the artwork or merchandise of creators/exhibitors not on your original application are not allowed to be sold, distributed, or displayed at your table.

Pricing and Applications
Full Small Press spaces include 2 complimentary full weekend memberships (valued at $120–$160), and will have a cost of $450 for standard booths ($400 base fee plus $50 corner value). For Kumoricon 2024, all Small Press booths are “corner” booths, meaning at least two of its four sides are open. Up to two additional badges (for a total of four) may be purchased below, if desired.
Small Press booths are 10-foot by 10-foot corner booth spaces with 8-foot tables with a 2-foot width and two chairs. Each artist booth comes with 2 full weekend memberships to the convention.
PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION BEFORE APPLYING!
Small Press is intended to be a showcase of independent businesses and original art (not fan creations based on industry characters). You may only display, distribute, or sell items which are wholly original creations of the artist(s) at the booth. These original creations may not include, as any element of their design, intellectual property not created by the artist(s) at the booth. If your portfolio or website contains fan art (used for other events or artist alleys that allow it), please acknowledge that, if accepted as a Kumoricon 2024 Small Press exhibitor, you will be omitting the fan art in question from sales in the “additional information” section at the bottom of this application. Failure to do so may result in your application being automatically declined.
If you have any questions, please email small.press@kumoricon.org and we will be happy to assist you.

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Kumoricon 2024 Small Press Contract linked below. Please read the contract and email us any questions you have regarding our policies at small.press@kumoricon.org.