It's no great secret that the Mortal Kombat fan community has no shortage of artistic talent. From beautiful pieces of artwork to moving works of fiction, the fans have consistently stepped up to the plate to help enrich the world of Mortal Kombat. With a new Mortal Kombat game on the way, we decided to see who the best of the best truly is.

We are excited to announce the Mortal Kombat Online Fan Submission Contest! From now until August 19th, we will be accepting artwork and fiction revolving around the upcoming action-adventure game Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks! The competition will be split up into two contests: one for Fan Art, and the other for Fan Fiction! The grand prize winners for each contest will win a true collector's item: a copy of Mortal Kombat: Deception, signed by members of the MK: Deception development team!

Do you think you're the best artist or the best author on the site? Now is the time to step up to the plate. Show us and the community what you've got. GOOD LUCK!

Mortal Kombat Online Fan Submission Contest

Rules and Regulations

• This tournament is open to holders of Free and Flawless Accounts on Mortal Kombat Online. Staff, forum moderators, network site owners, and forum sub-moderators ("Shadow Priest" rank holders) of Mortal Kombat Online, and employees of Midway Games are ineligible.
• This contest will have two separate competitions. One will be for Fan Art, and the other will be Fan Fiction.
• In order for a Fan Submission to be considered, it must be related to Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. Therefore, any Fan Art must involve characters and/or backgrounds seen in Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks. Any Fan Fiction must take place in the timeframe of Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks and Mortal Kombat II.
• We will start accepting entries at 9 PM EDT on Thursday, July 28th, and continue accepting them until 11:59 PM EDT, Friday August 19th. Late entries will not be accepted.
• To enter your piece in the contest, submit it to the Fan Submission system located here, with the words CONTEST ENTRY in the submission title. Entries not labeled with "CONTEST ENTRY" will not be considered.
• Contestants are limited to one entry per category. Any entries after the first one in either category will not be accepted.
• The rules for standard Fan Submissions will apply to contest entries. Those rules are available here.
• Neither Fan Art nor Fan Fiction entries can concentrate on original or brand-new characters not yet seen in the Mortal Kombat universe. Any such entries will not be accepted. In addition, Fan Art must be original works; submissions coloring other artists' works and "fakes" using pre-created sprites from previous Mortal Kombat games will not be accepted.
• The winners will be announced the week of August 28th.

Official Prize List

//Fan Art Competition\\

Grand Prize Winner - Autographed Copy of Mortal Kombat: Deception by Mortal Kombat Development Team for Xbox Video Game System.
2nd Place - Collector's Mortal Kombat Online Ballcap, and a Mortal Kombat Online Flawless Account.
3rd Place - Collector's Mortal Kombat Online Ballcap

//Fan Fiction Competition\\

Grand Prize Winner - Autographed Copy of Mortal Kombat: Deception by Mortal Kombat Development Team for Playstation 2 Video Game System.
2nd Place - Collector's Mortal Kombat Online Ballcap, and a Mortal Kombat Online Flawless Account.
3rd Place - Collector's Mortal Kombat Online Ballcap

Competition Judges

Fan Art: AcjBizar, ~Crow~, Jonin01, RammSPOOn, Chan_Ming
Fan Fiction: ~Crow~, DArqueBishop, Jonin01, Chan_Ming, GhostDragon

UPDATE: September 6th -- We thank you all for your patience as we tallied the votes and discussed the pieces submitted. It is my great pleasure to present to you the winners of the Mortal Kombat Online Fan Submission Contest!

//Fan Art Competition\\

Grand Prize Winner -- JAX007
2nd Place -- Aculeus
3rd Place -- slickmkfan

//Fan Fiction Competition\\

Grand Prize Winner -- The_Truth
2nd Place -- liam616
3rd Place -- Bloodline666

Congratulations to our winners! Check your email; instructions for claiming your prizes should be in your inboxes now! Our thanks to everyone who participated in this event!

Two new pieces of concept art from Midway's upcoming Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks have been released. Over on the Midway Forums, an administrator going by the nickname Cinder has posted a pencil sketch of the three female Outworld assassins, Jade, Kitana, and Mileena!

The three ladies will be seen in their own boss battle in the game, where you have to fight all three simultaneously.

In addition, Cinder posted a "koncept render" of Kung Lao that was designed for the upcoming TV spot. In his post, Cinder says the full-size render "could make good wallpaper".

To see the thread in which the female assassin concept art was posted (plus get a full-size version), click here. To see the thread in which the Kung Lao concept render was posted (and again get a full-size version), click here.

Our thanks to forum/chat member DECEPTION for the heads-up on these pieces of concept art!

The official website for MK: Shaolin Monks has updated! There is now a pre-order page:


As you can see, the website mentions that the 2-pack of 6" Liu Kang and Kung Lao action figures, free with each pre-order, will each feature 16 points of articulation! To visit the pre-order page, either visit the main MKSM site and click pre-order, or click here. Thanks again to DECEPTION for another update!

As was first reported here back in E3 2005, there will be a playable demo of MK: Shaolin Monks available in the September 2005 issues of Official X-Box Magazine and also Official Playstation Magazine, on newsstands August 9th. Thanks to Mortal Kombat Guides, we actually have a picture of the demo disc that should be in stores everywhere:


That's correct, a simultaneous release of the demo in Europe is also available! To check out the website on the French X-Box Magazine with the MKSM demo, click here. Thanks to MK Online readers such as kubaidragon, DECEPTION, and Total-MK for the news! Pics of the PS2 Demo... koming soon?

Another exclusive video, this time from IGN, reveals even more behind-the-scenes and in-game footage about the upcoming MK action-adventure game, MK: Shaolin Monks. Check out these screenshots: The video is part of their ongoing weekly updates, starting today, titled Friday, Bloody, Friday. Check it out, you can also get their Shaolin Monks videos directly by clicking here. Thanks to MK Online forum/chat members DECEPTION and Buterbals for the word on this update!