3 weeks left to submit to HUMP! porn film fest

It’s that time of year again, folks: the Pacific Northwest’s much-loved HUMP! amateur porn film festival is on the horizon. The deadline for submissions is Friday, October 5th, which, believe it or not, is coming up fast! It’s just 3 weeks away, so if you want to submit a film, you’ll want to get crackin’!

HUMP!’s aim is to let you be a porn star for a weekend, not for life. All genders, sexual orientations, and most fetishes are welcome, as are all styles of film, such as hardcore, softcore, live action, and even animated. Films are screened for three weekends in November at theaters in Portland, Seattle, and Olympia, then destroyed in front of the audience at the final screening.

Best of all, there are cash prizes! There is a $1,000 first prize and $250 runner-up for the categories Best Humor, Best Kink, and Best Sex, and a whopping $5,000 grand prize for Best in Show. Winners are determined by audience ballot, which is always fun.

The extra credit props this year are sweater vests, lesbian sex, and packing peanuts. Submissions must be no more than 5 minutes long and can be dropped off or mailed to the Stranger or Mercury offices. Awesomely, there are no entry fees whatsoever, and anyone who submits a film (no matter if their film is chosen or not) gets two free tickets!

Want to make something for HUMP! but need more people to participate? Check out the new HUMP! classifieds, where you can connect with potential cast, crew, and filmmakers.

For inspiration, behold the winner of Best Humor at last year’s HUMP!, a film about a centaur fetish that the filmmakers decided to put online for all to enjoy. We were dying laughing at this one last year.