Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
NEW DEADLINE JULY 23rd 2026! Details below:
💥 Fire up your cameras and create a stop motion animation based on the FALL OF REACH! 💥
FULL RULES
The theme is the FALL OF REACH! ⚠️
Create a stop-motion animation between 30secs and 5mins long.
⚠️ NO AI ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ⚠️
Additional CGI and special effects are encouraged but the main animation style must be stop motion animation. Voice acting is strongly encouraged. 3D printed models is encouraged.
You can use ANY Mega Construx figures and any faction but it must be focussed on the Fall of Reach. It does not need to be UNSC VS Covenant and could tell a different, untold conflict. ANY generation of vehicles and Halo Mega sets are welcome (e.g a Mantis on Reach is acceptable)
You can base your story around any form of media (tv show, comics, anime etc) or your own lore all together.
Lego and other brick brands are allowed for terrain and scenery ONLY. Some use of Lego vehicles is allowed.
You don’t specifically need Reach figures and can use any that you have.
ONLY official Halo music is allowed but NO Halo 4! You can, however use your own music that you have recorded / synthesised yourself but MAKE SURE to specify that your animation has your own music when submitting.
♦️ EVERY Halo Reach track: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmjcmy0WOQTjIvJQK8IthpIKmRCGCJI1S
Keep your animation appropriate - NO explicit language and not too graphic.
Your entry must be a new video, not re-used content. All languages are accepted.
Last year’s winners ARE allowed to enter.
YOU CAN ENTER TWICE -
ONE LONG FORM (30 seconds to 5 mins landscape)
ONE SHORT FORM (60 seconds portrait)
YOUR ANIMATION WILL BE JUDGED LIVE
YOUR ANIMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN A CINEMATIC MONTAGE
YOUR ANIMATION WILL BE SHOWN AT HALOFEST2026
Awards:
LONG FORM
1st, 2nd, 3rd
THREE Honorable Mentions
Judge Highlights
SHORT FORM
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Judge Highlights
WE ENCOURAGE:
- High frame, fluid motion
- Use of VFX and SFX, both practical and digital
- Retelling of moments from the Fall of Reach
- New stories set around the same time period
- Prologues and epilogues
PRIZES ANNOUNCED SOON
SUBMISSION GUIDE
1. Upload your video to YouTube. We encourage you to leave it as an unlisted video until after the contest.
2. On the subject of the email type either SHORT FORM or LONG FORM or BOTH so I can easily sort entries.
3. Give your entry a badass title.
4. Make sure to specify if you have used your own recorded music in your animation.
5. Submit the link to halocontest101@gmail.com
DEADLINE - July 23rd
JUDGING - July 26th
🚨GOOD LUCK, SPARTANS 🚨
🔥EVERY Toymation Video: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLof5jjPFV_4hRsqt9irMX2yhnh8jffV0p
🔥How to Animate: youtu.be/mdBZ2m0Gj3Y
🔥2025 Judging: youtube.com/live/vr5fvgtsfXs
🔥2025 Winners: youtu.be/ghjcEy3BdPE
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
2020:
Best Animation: Pugziyer1
Best Effects: LoboZacatecas
3rd Place: Frosty Custard
2nd Place: PrimeTime Animations
1st Place: Willstar123
2021:
Best Action: Vibe Studios
Best Animation: Loft Studios
Best Story: WillStar123
3rd Place: Stinger11 Studios
2nd Place: Sassy Crocodile
1st Place: Dank Motion Studios
2022, Squad 45:
Best Action: Yalo Chief
Best Animation: Andreas Warmaster
Best Story: Mjolnir Studios
3rd Place: WillStar123
2nd Place: Loft Studios
1st Place: Crustier
2024, The Outbreak:
3rd Place: Danxiky Studio
2nd Place: Bohrok321
1st Place: Yalo Chief
2025, The Mega Schism
Bronze: Jay18Films
Silver: AnimatorXStudios
Gold: StandOffStopMotion
3rd: Sassy Crocodile
2nd: Bohrok321
1st: Ultra_Studios 🚨
NEW DEADLINE JULY 23rd 2026! Details below:
💥 Fire up your cameras and create a stop motion animation based on the FALL OF REACH! 💥
FULL RULES
The theme is the FALL OF REACH! ⚠️
Create a stop-motion animation between 30secs and 5mins long.
⚠️ NO AI ALLOWED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ⚠️
Additional CGI and special effects are encouraged but the main animation style must be stop motion animation. Voice acting is strongly encouraged. 3D printed models is encouraged.
You can use ANY Mega Construx figures and any faction but it must be focussed on the Fall of Reach. It does not need to be UNSC VS Covenant and could tell a different, untold conflict. ANY generation of vehicles and Halo Mega sets are welcome (e.g a Mantis on Reach is acceptable)
You can base your story around any form of media (tv show, comics, anime etc) or your own lore all together.
Lego and other brick brands are allowed for terrain and scenery ONLY. Some use of Lego vehicles is allowed.
You don’t specifically need Reach figures and can use any that you have.
ONLY official Halo music is allowed but NO Halo 4! You can, however use your own music that you have recorded / synthesised yourself but MAKE SURE to specify that your animation has your own music when submitting.
♦️ EVERY Halo Reach track: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmjcmy0WOQTjIvJQK8IthpIKmRCGCJI1S
Keep your animation appropriate - NO explicit language and not too graphic.
Your entry must be a new video, not re-used content. All languages are accepted.
Last year’s winners ARE allowed to enter.
YOU CAN ENTER TWICE -
ONE LONG FORM (30 seconds to 5 mins landscape)
ONE SHORT FORM (60 seconds portrait)
YOUR ANIMATION WILL BE JUDGED LIVE
YOUR ANIMATION WILL BE INCLUDED IN A CINEMATIC MONTAGE
YOUR ANIMATION WILL BE SHOWN AT HALOFEST2026
Awards:
LONG FORM
1st, 2nd, 3rd
THREE Honorable Mentions
Judge Highlights
SHORT FORM
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Judge Highlights
WE ENCOURAGE:
- High frame, fluid motion
- Use of VFX and SFX, both practical and digital
- Retelling of moments from the Fall of Reach
- New stories set around the same time period
- Prologues and epilogues
PRIZES ANNOUNCED SOON
SUBMISSION GUIDE
1. Upload your video to YouTube. We encourage you to leave it as an unlisted video until after the contest.
2. On the subject of the email type either SHORT FORM or LONG FORM or BOTH so I can easily sort entries.
3. Give your entry a badass title.
4. Make sure to specify if you have used your own recorded music in your animation.
5. Submit the link to halocontest101@gmail.com
DEADLINE - July 23rd
JUDGING - July 26th
🚨GOOD LUCK, SPARTANS 🚨
🔥EVERY Toymation Video: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLof5jjPFV_4hRsqt9irMX2yhnh8jffV0p
🔥How to Animate: youtu.be/mdBZ2m0Gj3Y
🔥2025 Judging: youtube.com/live/vr5fvgtsfXs
🔥2025 Winners: youtu.be/ghjcEy3BdPE
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
2020:
Best Animation: Pugziyer1
Best Effects: LoboZacatecas
3rd Place: Frosty Custard
2nd Place: PrimeTime Animations
1st Place: Willstar123
2021:
Best Action: Vibe Studios
Best Animation: Loft Studios
Best Story: WillStar123
3rd Place: Stinger11 Studios
2nd Place: Sassy Crocodile
1st Place: Dank Motion Studios
2022, Squad 45:
Best Action: Yalo Chief
Best Animation: Andreas Warmaster
Best Story: Mjolnir Studios
3rd Place: WillStar123
2nd Place: Loft Studios
1st Place: Crustier
2024, The Outbreak:
3rd Place: Danxiky Studio
2nd Place: Bohrok321
1st Place: Yalo Chief
2025, The Mega Schism
Bronze: Jay18Films
Silver: AnimatorXStudios
Gold: StandOffStopMotion
3rd: Sassy Crocodile
2nd: Bohrok321
1st: Ultra_Studios 🚨
