That's right, folks!

The Avant-Garde contest deadline is nearly upon us...it's time for the trailer contest.

• The deadline for this contest will be July 16, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. UTC.

• Trailers submitted must be no longer than 3 and a half minutes, as per the typical upper limit of real trailers.  You would do well to consider making your trailer much shorter than that, of course.

• Though teaser trailers are allowed, some actual footage must be present in the trailer -- no entries consisting entirely of text and music, please.

• The same content restrictions as in the main Avant-Garde contest apply.

• You may not submit a trailer you have already posted publicly.

• Your trailer must correspond to an entry to the 2010 Avant-Garde contest itself.  If you submit a trailer but do not submit a corresponding contest entry, your trailer will be disqualified from competition.

• To submit your trailer, send a private forum message to Trailer Contest with a link to the film.

• In your PM include the film's title, your name (or online username), and a link to the film.

• Entries can be hosted just about anywhere, YouTube is acceptable.

• Entries can be submitted any time beginning July 10.  This will allow you to publicly upload your trailer entry to a site like YouTube if necessary.

• After a period of user voting, the winning trailer will be announced shortly after the Avant-Garde main contest deadline, to allow for disqualification of entries that did not have a corresponding film.

• The winner will receive a BiM T-Shirt of his or her choice in color and size (based on availability).

Good luck, and remember to think outside the b(l)ox!