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2025 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 of Day - Saturday 

  • Best of Day - Sunday

  • Best of Show - Friday thru Sunday


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 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​​

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