Summer Animation Jams 2021

Summer Animation Jams 2021 is a collections of animation jams on Newgrounds that was made from July to September of 2021, and is a revival of the Summer Animation Jams events that start in 2016. It was hosted by BrandyBuizel, a prominent member of the community at the time. 
==The Rules==
The event consisted of 4 to 5 rounds where individual creators were scored and awarded according to the animation ranking by judges in each round: with winners who make the best animations being rewarded with points. The one with the most points by the end of the event was crowned the winner. 
==Summer Animation Jams by round==
===Round 1: STAY AWAKE!===
The first round of Summer Animation Jams was announced and began on June 4th, and the first theme for the jam was Staying awake.
Major submissions include When you're sleeping but people keep coming in by DongffTK, Stay awake, young mom by Temorinki, and Stay Awake by tomonaku.
===Round 2: Saturday Morning Newgrounds===
The theme of the second round was Saturday Morning Newgrounds, tasking users with reimagining flash animations as 80's-styled cartoons. FLARE145 would end up winning the contest with Tankforce Action Heroes (a Tankmen parody of a 80s action-figure toys animations and commercials), taking 1st place, followed by Those Good Ol' Golden Wonder Days by Awful-Ike (which was praised for it's usage of mixed-media) at 2nd place, and the 3rd place goes to BigVinnieBoe's Madness 7 but it's an old cartoon (SEIZURE WARNING). Another notable entries include Dr. Fulp: Professional Newgrounds Therapist by Buhlboy and Pico and The Masters of Newgrounds by JCaluger 
This round was also streamed on YouTube, as seen on NewgroundsTV, with many bumpers made for the live-stream. 
===Round 3: Game Fan ===
The third round was announced on July 28th. The theme for this was "Game Fan Jam".
With the entry has to be a fan-animations based upon a original games that were made this year. With Stradomyre's music video, UGBY MUMBA, THE THIRD coming in 1st place, and Dieter Theuns Sporotrichosis receiving 2nd place for it's surreal take on Sporelunk.
===Round 4: Never Ending Dancing===
The fourth round was announced on August 18th, with the theme for this was "Never Ending Dancing". This is much different from the previous three rounds, as this was an animation collabs where users had to make an looping animation set to the song "Plugs and Play" by ConnorGrail and milkypossum.
The winner of the contest were Stradomyre with his entry CLUB HELL coming at 1st place, with tomonaku Mugen Bucket coming at 2nd. But the most notable and iconic entry in the collab were Pirate Queen by Cutsu-Art (Formerly known as Derpidraws). 
===Round 5: Epic Trailer===
The fifth and final round was announced on September 4th. And the theme for this was "Epic Trailer Jam". Users had to make an animated trailer based on a property that hasn't been existed yet. 
Stradomyre, tomonaku, Buhlboy, and Temorinki returned with their entries, SPACETIME THE TRAILER, Monkey Kicks Trailer, The Gamers Journey and 4 Motherfrickers: Saving Party Trailer respectively. 
== External Links ==
* Summer Animation Jams 2021
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