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HUMP! 4, Hump-O-Ween

Hump-o-weeeeen!

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 Friday, October 24th, and Saturday, October 25th, at On the Boards. Tickets go on sale WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 8th at 9am at brownpapertickets.com. Click here to buy tickets!

Who makes the films?

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!

Are there prizes?

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!

Does my entry have to be hardcore?

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

When are submissions due?

You've got plenty of time! The deadline for HUMP! submissions is Monday, October 6, 2008.

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).

Photo: Shena Lee
Models: Can Can Castaways

Friday, October 3, 2008

HUMP! 4: Deadline for Submissions!

Posted by Dan Savage at 4:21 PM
Submissions to HUMP! 4—Seattle’s biggest, best, and, uh, only amateur (and locally produced!) porn festival—must be in our offices by 5:30 PM on this coming Monday. (Psst! The HUMP! jury won’t actually be gathering to view submissions and decide what’s going into the festival until Tuesday night, so if you need an extra night to work on your film… take it. Just make sure we have your submission in our offices by 4 PM on Tuesday, which is the dropdeadline.) Tickets for HUMP! 4 go on sale Wednesday October 8. Watch this space—and that print edition we sometimes put…

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

It’s Hump Day

Posted by Kelly O at 5:31 PM
Hump Tip #3 Only 12 more days to make a HUMP! film! People are still trying to find each other HERE. Maybe you have camera, but no actors? Or maybe you have people but no cameraman… either way, it’s not too late. Not yet. Also, remember that you might not even need a bunch of actors - perhaps you just need ONE, and uh, a bunch of bananas, donuts, peaches, and Twizzlers……

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Thursday, September 18, 2008

HUMP! Tip #2

Posted by Kelly O at 4:54 PM
GET A CAMERA. Borrow, rent, or steal one. Okay, maybe not the latter. You can rent one HERE, HERE, or HERE. Also remember most new digital still cameras (and cell phones) have a video options. 17 More Days! Get HUMP!-ing….

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

It’s Hump Day

Posted by Kelly O at 4:20 PM
Wednesday, Sept 17th. And you know what? There’s only 18 more days to make a HUMP! film. EIGHTEEN. The clock is seriously ticking. I’m going to start posting tips, every day, to hopefully inspire you to be a HUMP! filmmaker, instead of just a HUMP! filmgoer. Sir Savage answers some FAQ in Savage Love this week, and there’s tons more information HERE. HUMP! Tip #1 CASTING. Don’t write some elaborate script that’s going to be impossible to cast. Find actors first. Remind them that part of the HUMP! protocol is destroying the film, onstage, at the final screening of the…

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Enclosure (in a Letter to the Editor) of the Day

Posted by Christopher Frizzelle at 12:35 AM
Uh, has this already been all over the web? I haven’t seen it, a Google image search isn’t giving me any matches to it, and the letter-to-the-editor writer (the email they sent is in a thread that mentions http://whatreallyhappened.com and alaskacafe.blogspot.com, though I can’t find it on either site) hasn’t gotten back to me. It’s gotta be fake, right? Did anyone else just put on Hall & Oates’ “Sara Smile”?…

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Friday, June 27, 2008

Today’s HUMP Classified Ad

Posted by Dan Savage at 2:45 PM
Gay Bondage and JO Porn for HUMP! We want to make a short film for HUMP that involves a bondage and JO scene. We’re looking for a hot guy with a nice dick who’s turned on by being tied down and edged. No oral, no anal, no nothin’ else. Filming will probably take two to three hours, and we’re willing to pay the right guy $200 (negotiable for the really right guy!), and we’ll give you a cut of the winnings if we win. Last year’s top winners were a lesbian bondage film and a gay humor film—this one…

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Today’s HUMP Classified Ad

Posted by Dan Savage at 4:41 PM
Have Camera and Editing Gear Need shooting and cutting, or both? Let me know. I have a bitchin HD camera and an equally bitchin Final Cut editing station. For the last 2 years, folks I know have talked big about doing HUMP, but nothing came out of it. If you have the idea and the personnel, I have all the tech goodies. You can respond to this ad here. More HUMP ads are here. And you can place your own HUMP classified here….

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Today’s HUMP Classified Ad

Posted by Dan Savage at 1:40 PM
Redhead male with small dick looking for once only extra role Hi, this is the first time i have done this. I have always wanted to be part of a Sex or Porn movie. I don’t think i am star material but think as an extra i could play the part. I am willing to do anything as an extra. I have a small uncut dick that measures 2.5 soft and 3.5 hard. it is small and some say cute. I am a redhead and good looking. Well i think i am…lol maybe a role as a humiliated husband…

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Monday, June 23, 2008

Today’s HUMP Classified Ad

Posted by Dan Savage at 4:17 PM
Female owned erotica publication seeking women to assist in HUMP video Erotic publication, BLAM! BLAM! is seeking women in the film industry to help us make a short film for Hump. We’d love to get women involved in the brainstorming session to help flush out a story. You are preferably involved in the industry and can provide ideas as well as talent, or assistance on some level. We are interested in dedicated amateurs and professionals. Must be 18+. We are a publication for the predominately hetero women and want to make an erotic film/porn that will appeal mainly to…

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Friday, June 20, 2008

“Liberty Wants To Be In Hump!!!!!”

Posted by Dan Savage at 12:52 PM
The indulgent management at Liberty, the best little cocktail-and-sushi lounge on 15th Avenue, is inviting filmmakers making pieces for HUMP to shoot at their bar. Liberty would be a great location for anyone that wants to add some local color—and perhaps some delicious sashimi—to their HUMP submission. Liberty’s HUMP classified ad is here. Full details on making and submitting a film for HUMP—Seattle’s amateur (and locally produced!) porn festival—are here….

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How to Enter

  • All submissions must be received by Monday, October 6, 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.

Central Casting

Need actors? Wanna act? Connect with cast, crew, and filmmakers in our FREE Hump Classifieds.

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.