Creators’ Column (Small Press)
Formerly known as Small Press, Kumoricon Creators' Column welcomes freelance artists and creators by providing space to sell their personal works at the convention. Kumoricon defines the Creators' Column 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 2025 Creators' Column will open as of April 25th, 2025 at 7:00pm Pacific Time, and will close on or before May 2, 2025, 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 15, 2025.
Application jury process
Application details have not been finalized for Kumoricon 2025. All details are subject to change.
Kumoricon's Creators' Column will be juried. The jury process will begin following the close of Creators' Column applications with notifications going out to all applicants (whether accepted, rejected, or waitlisted) by the week of June 20. The jury process will be based on (in order of importance):
- Adhering to the Creators' Column 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
Artists 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.
Pricing and applications: Full Creators' Column (Small Press) spaces typically include 2 full weekend memberships. Costs for Kumoricon 2025 Creators' Column (Small Press) are to be announced.
Creators' Column 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 typically comes with 2 full weekend memberships to the convention.
Please read this important information before applying: Creators' Column 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 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 2025 Creators' Column 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 creators.column@kumoricon.org and we will be happy to assist you.