○ Who Can Participate
This contest is open to all registered pixiv users who have read and agreed to these Application Guidelines. (Entries from companies or made through the collaboration of multiple creators will not be accepted)
*Underage contestants should obtain the consent of a guardian before entering.
○ Selection Process
Entries will go through a rigorous judging process before winners are decided.
○ How to Participate
Draw illustrations according to the theme, tag them appropriately and post them to pixiv.
○ Contest Terms
Your submission will serve as an acceptance of the terms outlined throughout this entire document. Please be sure you have read them before submitting your works.
(1) If your entry, including your nickname, falls into the statements below, it will be considered invalid. Furthermore, if a work is determined to be in violation of the rules even after having been selected as a winner, it will be disqualified.
・Works that violate the ownership rights of the Company, pixiv Inc., pixiv users, and other third parties; as well as intellectual property rights, including copyright, privilege, trust, and other privacy rights.
・Works that contain obscenity, torture, discrimination, explicit sexual themes, and other elements that are potentially offensive.
・Works that violate public order and morals.
・Works that the Company deems unsuitable for public display.
・Any works based on existing work/goods, works/goods scheduled to be released, works/goods that have already been submitted for/won other contests.
・Works with omissions or errors in the required information.
・Works that the Company finds inappropriate with adequate reason.
(2) The copyright of the submitted work belongs to the contributor. However, the copyright of the works that won the Most outstanding, Production Team Prize and Award of Excellence and Popularity Award . In addition, for the works selected for the Special Award, the contributors will authorise us (including additional rights) in a free and non-exclusive manner to use them in any form such as exhibitions and albums, regardless of the method.
(3) Winners will not exercise “author’s personal rights” against the Company, pixiv Inc. as well as pixiv Inc. related parties.
(4) Contestants will not be informed directly when the selection results are announced. The winners will be announced on websites and official social network accounts managed by the Company and pixiv. Winners may have their entries and pixiv nicknames posted to the Company’s website and both the Company's and pixiv's official social network accounts.
(5) Contestants, regardless if they win or not, may have their entries, comments about their entries, and pixiv nicknames (either in their entirety or partially), posted to pixiv’s official X, Facebook, and other social network accounts, the Company's website, displayed at exhibitions, and published in magazines or books. The work may be adapted or edited.
(6) Contestants who remove their entries during the contest will forfeit the contest and their work will no longer be accepted as an entry.
(7) The Company will not be responsible for any charges contestants may incur during the submission of their entry.
(8) The Company entrusts the operation of this contest to pixiv Inc. All contest-related information provided by contestants will be received by pixiv Inc. pixiv Inc will use the contestant's information solely for the purpose of communicating with the contestants during the selection process. pixiv Inc will protect individuals’ information according to their privacy policy（
https://policies.pixiv.net/#privacy）.
(9) Winners may be contacted separately regarding the selection and the procedure to receive their prize. If winners do not respond within a certain period of time after being contacted, they may not be able to receive prizes.
○ Disclaimers
(1) Contestants assume responsibility for their own submissions.
(2) The Company will not be responsible for any disputes that may happen between the contestants and other individuals, regardless of the reason.
(3) The Company and pixiv Inc. reserve the right to suspend or terminate the Contest if they deem it necessary for any reason, including system maintenance.
(4) The Company will not be liable for any damages incurred by the contestants, including but not limited to contest interruption, suspension, or cancellation.
(5) The Company's disclaimer of liability set forth in these Application Guidelines shall not apply in the event that the direct cause of the damage was caused by the Company's willful misconduct or gross negligence.
○ Contest Related Inquiries
(1) If you have any questions or feedback about the contest, feel free to contact us
here.
(2) Please include your e-mail address, nickname, inquiry, and the subject “Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium 'A Day in the Life of Idol Yoohee' Global Illustration Contest" before submitting your inquiry.
(3) Replies will not be given to any phone calls regarding support issues.
(4) Replies will not be given to any questions regarding the Contest results.
○ Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The Contest and its terms shall be governed by Japanese law. Furthermore, the Tokyo District Court shall be the mutually-agreed court for any proceedings, with jurisdiction for the preliminary trial in the case of any disputes over contest terms or matters between the Company and the contestants.
