GoAnimate.com, the online platform that enables everyone to create their own customizable animations, today announced that it has expanded its roster of official Star Trek characters to include several characters key to the Star Trek backstory, in honor of the new hit film.  GoAnimate.com has collaborated with CBS Consumer Products to add five new classic characters to its already stellar Star Trek channel - Nurse Chapel, Gorn, Mara, and two Klingon crewmen.

And to celebrate the addition of these new characters, in conjunction with honoring the theme of the new film, GoAnimate.com today announces its latest contest - "The Backstory".

Each contest submission must tell the backstory of either Nurse Chapel, Gorn, or Mara. How did they first come to interact with the members of the Enterprise? Why did Nurse Chapel choose to work aboard the Enterprise? What is Gorn's home planet like? Why did Mara choose to marry Kang?

The contest dates are 12:01 AM June 3, through 11:59 PM June 17. Any animations made before or after these dates are ineligible. Up until 11:59 AM June 23 users will have the opportunity to continue to share their and other users' animations. Winners will be announced Wednesday, June 24.

Rules:
1.   Entries may feature the backstory of Nurse Chapel, Gorn, Mara, or a combination of the three. These three characters will be made available for the duration of the contest, after which point they will be made premium characters available for GoPoints.
2.   Four Grand Prizes will be given for the best Nurse Chapel backstory, the best Gorn backstory, the best Mara backstory, and the best combination backstory.
     i.   The Four Grand Prizes will be selected by a panel of judges from the staffs of CBS and GoAnimate.
3.    Four First Prizes will be given - one for each of the categories mentioned in (#2).
     i.   The Four First Prizes will be given to the Most Shared Animations (animations shared on outside networks).
4.   Animations must be at least one minute long.
5.   Animations without music and/or sound effects will not be considered.
6.   Animations may feature characters from all licensed channels.
7.   Entries must be tagged with "backstorycontest" in order to be eligible.

Prizes:
1.   Four (4) Grand Prize Winners will receive copies of Star Trek UNO, Star Trek SceneIt, and a Blu-Ray Star Trek DVD
2.   Four (4) First Prize Winners will receive a choice of Star Trek Scrabble OR All About Star Trek Trivia

(Source PRWeb)

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