Registration is NOW OPEN!
2025 Tattoo Contest Schedule
Please keep in mind:
Contest Entry Fee: $10 per tattoo entered
Must be FULLY HEALED except for:
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Best of Day - Friday
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Best of Day - Saturday
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Best of Day - Sunday
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Best of Show - Friday thru Sunday
Sign Up at the Info Booth 15 Minutes Prior To Contest!
Contest rules:
1. All tattoos MUST BE FULLY HEALED before entering the contest (does not apply to Best of Day or Best of Show contests -- see #3 and #4 below).
2. Tattoo contests are open to all sizes of tattoo, whether large or small.
3. Best of Day tattoos must be started on the day of judging.
4. Best of Show must be started not earlier than October 3rd, 2025, and must have been worked on solely during the Portland Tattoo Expo, and exclusively at the Expo Center.
Friday the 3rd of October 2025
@4:30 pm:
Best Asian
Must be healed work
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@5:15 pm:
Best PORTRAIT
Must be healed work
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@6:00 pm:
Best GeometRIC
Must be healed work
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@6:45 pm:
Best SLEEVE
Must be healed work
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@8:00 pm:
Winners Announced
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@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
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Saturday the 4th, October 2025
​@3:30 pm:
Best LETTERING
Must be healed work
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@4:15 pm:
BesT Back
Must be healed work
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@5:00 pm:
Best Realistic
Must be healed work​​​​​​​​
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@6:30 pm:
BesT Black & Grey
Must be healed work
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@7:15 pm:
Best Color
Must be healed work​​
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@8:00 pm:
Winners Announced
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@9:00 pm:
Best of Day Tattoo
*Must be FRESH work and Tattoo MUST BE Started and Ended on Saturday the 4th of October 2025 at the event
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Sunday the 5th of October 2025
​​@3:30 pm:
Best Tribal
Must be healed work
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@4:15 pm:
Best Traditional
Must be healed work​
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@5:45 pm:
Winners Announced
@7:00 pm:
Best of Day Tattoo
*Tattoo MUST BE Started and Ended on Sunday the 5th of October 2025 at the event
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@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 3rd and Sunday the 5th of October 2025​​