World Cosplay Summit
Australian Preliminary Competition 2025

Entries are now open for the 2025 World Cosplay Summit Australian Preliminaries!
Entries close 5:00PM (AEST) the 15th of June 2025.
This year, World Cosplay Summit Australia and SMASH! are proud to host the
WCS Australian Preliminary Competition in
Sydney, Australia on the 12th and 13th of July 2025.
The Winning Cosplay Team will be invited to compete in the
World Cosplay Summit Championship as
Team Australia 2026!
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What does the WCS Australia Preliminary Competition involve?
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A Team of two Cosplayers compete in a skit based competition
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The costumes are handmade
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The work must be a Japanese manga, anime, video game, or tokusatsu character
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Stage performance judging time is 2 minutes and 30 seconds
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Background screen can be used as a stage direction
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Rank will be determined by the sum of the costume and stage performance judging
TEAM BUILD BOOK Resources
Here are some resources designed by WCS Australia to help any Cosplay Team wishing to compete to create, format, and submit a comprehensive Team Build Book as required for entry into the 2025 WCS Australian Preliminary Competition.
Please review the RULES, REQUIREMENTS & GUIDELINES as well as the Guide and Template below.
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