The Stranger's beloved and heartwarming porn festival is back! And this year we're celebrating… HUMP-O-WEEN! HUMP! 4, Seattle's biggest, best, and ONLY amateur and locally produced porn festival goes down at the end of October.

People just like you! HUMP! is safe, fun, and anonymous. You make a film, you give it to us, we make only two screening copies, and return the originals to you. Our only copies are destroyed live onstage after the final screening. We've hosted DOZENS and DOZENS of HUMP! screenings over the last three years with ZERO leaks! HUMP! allows you to be a porn star for a weekend-not for life!

Of course! Two $2,000 first-place prizes will be awarded: Best Hardcore Entry and Best Erotic and/or Humor Entry. And this year, for the first time, we will be awarding prizes for Best Actor ($500) and Best Actress ($500). HUMP! audiences choose the winners!

Of course not! Erotica, animation, instructional videos, mechanical dogs, and sexy, nonexplicit shorts all have a home at HUMP!

You've got plenty of time! The deadline for HUMP! submissions is Wednesday, October 1, 2008.

A jury of local sex experts, sex-positive film critics, and sex-obsessed porn fans select HUMP! entries for inclusion in the festival. We look for hotness and humor-films don't have to be slick, just hot and/or funny-and entries that are made especially for HUMP! are likelier to make the cut. To prove that you made your film just for HUMP!, include one or more of these props and/or locations in your HUMP! submission:

• Red Square at the University of Washington
• A jack-o'-lantern
• Dino Rossi (yard sign, T-shirt, or actual candidate)
• Mars Hill Church (exterior shot, interior shot, or actual pastor)
• Bellevue (exterior shot, interior shot, or actual suburb).

How to Enter

• All submissions must be received by Wednesday, October 1, 2008 and delivered in person to The Stranger offices at 1535 11th Ave, 3rd floor, Seattle, WA 98122.
• Films can be no longer than 8 minutes. Eight minutes maximum! Entries must be clearly marked with the name of the film and contact information, including telephone number and mailing address.
• Films can be submitted in DVD or VHS format.
• Tapes should be cued to the start of the film.
• Each submission must be accompanied by a signed license, a signed release form, and proof of age for all participants in the film (photocopy of both sides of a state-issued ID, driver's license, or legal passport). Entrants and participants must be 18 years or older.

Resources for Filmmakers

• Ask a question
• Download a license
• Download a release form

Fine Print

Entries can run the gamut from gentle erotica to hardcore porn. Material that is illegal will not be considered. No poop. No kids. No animals.

Extra Credit

A jury of local sex experts, sex-positive film critics, and sex-obsessed porn fans select HUMP! entries for inclusion in the festival. We look for hotness and humor-films don't have to be slick, just hot and/or funny-and entries that are made especially for HUMP! are likelier to make the cut. To prove that you made your film just for HUMP!, include one or more of these props and/or locations in your HUMP! submission:

• Red Square at the University of Washington
• A jack-o'-lantern
• Dino Rossi (yard sign, T-shirt, or actual candidate)
• Mars Hill Church (exterior shot, interior shot, or actual pastor)
• Bellevue (exterior shot, interior shot, or actual suburb)

Extra-extra credit for any film that uses all of the above. No one is obligated to include this silly crap in a new film.