This is the place to enter our Suvudu Cage Match 2012 Art Contest! Each March, we pit our favorite science-fiction and fantasy characters against one another in a bracket-style fight to the death! But we need your help...

We're looking for awesome original art of some of your favorite science-fiction and fantasy characters, which we can use to illustrate each combatant's profile over on Suvudu.com. So here's the deal: submit your fan art to each character's gallery and we'll select a winner. Eachwinner will have their deviantART profile linked-to on Suvudu.com for the duration of Cage Match.

Here's the full list of characters for this year's Cage Match:

Anasûrimbor Kellhus - R. Scott Bakker's THE PRINCE OF NOTHING Series
Anomander Rake - Steven Erikson's MALAZAN: BOOK OF THE FALLEN Series
Atticus O'Sullivan - Kevin Hearne's IRON DRUID CHRONICLES
Aurest - Paula Brandon's THE TRAITOR'S DAUGHTER
Babcock - Justin Cronin's THE PASSAGE
Bast - Patrick Rothfuss' THE KINGKILLER CHRONICLES
Bram - Lia Habel's DEARLY DEPARTED
Caine - Matthew Stover's ACTS OF CAINE series
Carnival - Alan Campbell's SCAR NIGHT
Chess Putnam - Stacia Kane's CHESS PUTNAM series
Claire Haskell - David J. Williams' AUTUMN RAIN series
Darian Frey - Chris Wooding's RETRIBUTION FALLS
Granny Weatherwax - Terry Pratchett's DISKWORLD series
Evangeline Stone - Kelly Meding's DREG CITY series
Erevis Cale - Paul S. Kemp's EVERIS CALE TRILOGY
Felix - Ted Kosmatka's THE GAMES
Ferro Maljinn - Joe Abercrombie FIRST LAW TRILOGY
Gale Hawthorne - Suzanne Collins' HUNGER GAMES series
Gimli - J.R.R. Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS
Gray Mouser - Fritz Lieber's SWORDS AND DEVILRY
Greg Mandel - Peter Hamilton's MANDEL FILES
Harry Potter - JK Rowling's HARRY POTTER series
Havemercy - Jaida Jones and Dani Bennett's HAVEMERCY
Horned King - Lloyd Alexander's THE CHRONICLES OF PRYDAIN
Iorek Byrnison - Philip Pullman's HIS DARK MATERIALS series
Jardir - Peter Brett's DEMON CYCLE
Jean Tannen - Scott Lynch's GENTLEMAN BASTARDS series
Jonathan Strange - Susanna Clarke's JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. NORELL
Juan "Johnny" Rico - Robert Heinlein's STARSHIP TROOPERS
Julia Wicker -- Lev Grossman's THE MAGICIANS
Kelsier - Brandon Sanderson's MISTBORN series
Kull - Robert E. Howard's CONAN THE BARBARIAN
Kylar Stern - Brent Weeks' NIGHT ANGEL series
Lady Jessica - Frank Herbert DUNE series
Mellorin Rebaine - Ari Marmell's THE CONQUEROR'S SHADOW
Moiraine Damodred - Robert Jordan WHEEL OF TIME series
Morrolan e'Drien - Steven Brust's VLAD TALTOS series
Mr. Wednesday - Neil Gaiman's AMERICAN GODS
Napoleon on a dragon - Naomi Novik's TEMERAIRE series
Paksenarrion - Elizabeth Moon's DEED OF PAKSENNARION
Peter Grant - Ben Aaronovitch's MOON OVER SOHO
Rachel Morgan - Kim Harrison's THE HALLOWS series
Randur Estevu - Mark Charan Newton's LEGENDS OF THE RED SUN series
Ray Lilly - Harry Connolly's TWENTY PALACES
Raylene Pendle - Cherie Priest's BLOODHSOT
Revan - Drew Karpyshyn's STAR WARS: THE OLD REPUBLIC novels
Richard Rahl - Terry Goodkind's SWORD OF TRUTH series
Ringil Eskiath - Richard K. Morgan's THE COLD COMMANDS
Saphira - Chris Paolini's INHERITANCE series
Seregil - Lynn Flewelling's NIGHTRUNNER series
Sparhawk - David Eddings' ELENIUM/TAMULI series
Stony Mayhall - Daryl Gregory's RAISING STONY MAYHALL
Susannah Dean - Stephen King's DARK TOWER series
Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs' TARZAN books
Tattoo - China Mieveille's KRAKEN
The Dagda Mor - Terry Brooks' SHANNARA series
The Escapist - Michael Chabon's THE ADVENTURES OF CAVALIER AND CLAY
The Fool - Robin Hobb's TAWNY MAN TRILOGY
Tomas - Raymond Feist's RIFTWAR SAGA
Tyrion Lannister - George R.R. Martin's A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE series
Waylander - David Gemmell's WAYLANDER series
Wicked Witch of the West - Frank L. Baum's OZ series
Y.T. - Neal Stephenson's SNOW CRASH
Zaphod Beeblebrox - Douglas Adams' HITCHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

Shoot over to the GALLERIES page to add or view pieces of art!

Here are the official rules:
Suvudu's 2012 Cage Match Art Contest - Official Rules
• How To Enter Suvudu’s 2012 Cage Match Art Contest (the “Contest”)
To enter, choose one or more characters from the Suvudu Cage Match 2012 list: [link] and submit an original visual depiction of each character to that character’s gallery in the deviantART group “Cage-Match-2012” [link] between 10:01 PM EDT Sunday, February 12 2012 and 11:59 PM on Sunday, February 26, 2012 [NOTE: Submissions to be accepted indefinitely]. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
• There is a limit of one (1) entry per character per person (regardless of whether a person has more than one e-mail address) per e-mail address (regardless of whether more than one person uses the same e-mail address) for the duration of the Contest. In other words, you cannot submit more than one illustration for each character, but you can submit one for each character- a total of sixty-four (64) illustrations.

• In the event of a dispute about entries submitted by multiple individuals using the same e-mail account, entry will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized subscriber of the e-mail account used to enter the Contest at the actual time of entry. The authorized e-mail account subscriber is deemed to be the natural person who is assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses or the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Sponsor is not responsible for telecommunications, network, electronic, technical, or computer failures of any kind, or for entries that are delayed by computer transmission. Entries that are late will not be accepted.
• The Contest is limited to original illustrations only. Copies, alterations, photoshopped images from other sources, including but not limited to books, movies, or games, will be disqualified.
• Submission of any image for the Contest will be considered as permission to use the image in our Cage Match features.
• Any pictures submitted or chosen for the Contest will NOT be the official representations of the characters they depict. The pictures, the Contest and the Suvudu Cage Match are for entertainment purposes only.
• Eligibility
The Contest is open to anyone with a deviantART profile. Don’t have a deviantART profile? No problem, you can start one here: www.deviantart.com/join/

• Contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations. Void wherever prohibited or restricted by law. Employees of Random House, Inc., its parent company, assigns, subsidiaries or affiliates; advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies; and their immediate family members and persons living in their households are not eligible to enter this Contest.
• Winning Winning pictures will be used for the image of the character during the course of the 2012 Cage Match proceedings. Credit will be given to each winning artist and a link will be provided back to the winning artists’ website and/or to their deviantART profile as a means of diverting traffic towards the artists. No other prizes are offered.
• Reservations
By participating, all entrants agree that Random House, Inc., and its parent companies, assigns, subsidiaries or affiliates, advertising, promotion, fulfillment agencies, and suppliers will have no liability whatsoever, and will be held harmless by entrants for any liability for any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind to person or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, misuse, or use of any of the submitted images, or by participation in this Contest. By entering the Contest, the artists consent to the use of the images, as well as their own names, likenesses, and biographical data for publicity and promotional purposes on behalf of Random House and deviantART with no additional compensation or further permission (except where prohibited by law). For the names of the Winners, available after February 27, 2012, or a copy of these Official Rules (please specify), please send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: Suvudu, 2012 Cage Match Art Contest, 1745 Broadway, MD: 8-2, New York, NY 10019. Washington and Vermont residents may omit return postage.

SPONSOR: Random House Inc. / 1745 Broadway / New York, NY 10019