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2024 Tattoo Contest Schedule

Please keep in mind:
Contest Entry Fee: $10 per Tattoo Entered
Must be FULLY HEALED except for:

  • Best of Day - Friday

  • Best Small Black & Grey, a Metanoia Tattoo Gathering Benefit contest

  • Best Small Color, a Metanoia Tattoo Gathering Benefit contest

  • Best of Day - Saturda

  • Best of Day - Sunday

  • Best of Show - Friday thru Sunday

Best Of & Metanoia Tattoo Gathering Benefit contests are only FRESH tattoos -- started and finished at PTE 2024 (Check out our FAQ page why that is)!
Sign Up at the Info Booth 15 Minutes Prior To Contest!

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Contest rules:
1. All tattoos must be FULLY HEALED before entering the contest (does not apply to Best of Day, Best of Show, or Metanoia Tattoo Gathering Benefit contests -- see #3 and #4 below).
2. SMALL tattoos are any piece under 8"x8" (64" squared); LARGE tattoos are any pieces over that size.
3. Best of Day/Metanoia Tattoo Gathering Benefit tattoos must be started on the day of judging.
4. Best of Show must be started not earlier than October 4th, 2024, and must have been worked on solely during the Portland Tattoo Expo, and exclusively at the Expo Center.

Friday the 4th of October 2024

@4:30 pm:

Best Asian

Must be healed work

@5:15 pm:

Best PORTRAIT

Must be healed work

@6:00 pm:

Best GeometRIC

Must be healed work

@6:45 pm:

Best SLEEVE

Must be healed work

@8:00 pm:

Winners Announced

@9:00 pm:

Best of Day Tattoo

*Must be FRESH work and Tattoo MUST BE  Started and Ended on Friday the 4th of October 2024 at the event

Saturday the 5th, October 2024

@2:00 pm:

Best Large Black & Grey

Must be healed work

@2:45 pm:

Best LETTERING

Must be healed work

@3:30 pm:

Best LARGE Color

Must be healed work

@4:15 pm:

BesT Back

Must be healed work

@5:00 pm:

Best Realistic

Must be healed work

 

All entry fees for the Mother Tattooer contests will be given back to Metanoia and put toward sponsoring more mothers to attend the event! The winner of this tattoo contest will receive a free pass to MTG 2025 as well as a trophy.

 

@6:30 pm:

Best Small Black & Grey

Must be FRESH work, started at PTE and worked on Saturday only!

 

@7:15 pm:

Best Small Color

Must be FRESH work, started at PTE and worked on Saturday only!

@8:00 pm:

Winners Announced

@9:00 pm:

Best of Day Tattoo

*Must be FRESH work and Tattoo MUST BE  Started and Ended on Saturday the 5th of October 2024 at the event

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Sunday the 6th of October 2024

@2:00 pm:

Best Tribal

Must be healed work

 

​​​​Best Military Tattoo contest will be judged by US Army (Vancouver) Recruiting Station Officers, whom we sincerely thank for their service.

 

 

@2:45 pm:

Best military tattoo

Must be healed work

@3:30 pm:

Best Small Traditional

Must be healed work

@4:15 pm:

Best Large Traditional  

Must be healed work

@5:45 pm:

Winners Announced

 

@7:00 pm:

Best of Day Tattoo

*Tattoo MUST BE  Started and Ended on Sunday the 6th of October 2024 at the event

@7:30 pm:

Best of Show Tattoo

*Must be FRESH work and Tattoo MUST BE  Started and Ended at the Portland Tattoo Expo between Friday the 4th and Sunday the 6th of October 2024

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