As we celebrate the Spring Festival and the Year of Snake, the longest-running annual beatmapping contest for novice mappers is back again!
The Newspaper Cup is originally a Chinese mapping contest to promote novice mappers, which had its first iteration in 2015. Through the past years, the Newspaper Cup has become a renowned contest for encouraging fresh blood into mapping and finding new talents across the entire mapping community, and it will always be the core value of Newspaper Cup.
Newspaper Cup 2025, the 11th occurrence of this annual event, will be hosted by Mafumafu, Fycho, and Atrue. We strongly encourage and welcome novice mappers to participate!
For Chinese contestants: 点击此处查看中文版主题。
Event | Dates |
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Beatmapping | January 29 to March 2 (23:59 UTC) |
Judging | March 2 to March 24 |
Results | March 30 |
The schedule is subject to change according to the progress of the contest.
You are free to choose any track listed in the Featured Artist library. Reasonable cutting is allowed.
Placement | Prizes |
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1st | 12 months of osu!supporter, $50 USD, NPC 2025 profile badge (pending) |
2nd | 6 months of osu!supporter, $30 USD |
3rd | 6 months of osu!supporter |
4th and 5th | 4 months of osu!supporter |
Besides that, we will also have lucky draws of osu!supporter for those who successfully participated (excluding prize winners). Make sure to join our Discord server so that you can get involved!
One lucky contestant from all qualified non-prize winners will receive 1 month of osu!supporter.
We sincerely thank the generous sponsors that made Newspaper Cup 2025 possible:
Before you start working on your submission, please make sure you familiarise yourself with the rules below.
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file exported from the osu! in-game editor. You must submit at the designated submission site.Category | Details |
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Expertise (50%) | Expertise refers to how well the map reflects the music elements, with an emphasis on music reflection, pattern/rhythm consistency, coherence, and playability. As NPC is for novice mappers, judges will focus more on solid fundamental execution as the very first objective. |
Creativity (35%) | Creativity refers to how the map stands out compared to current mapping trends and other submissions to this NPC. Generic maps or copy-paste concepts are discouraged. Creativity built on top of solid expertise is more than important as well. |
Judge's Impression (15%) | Judges can award or deduct points based on specific noteworthy aspects as they deem appropriate, such as outstanding sections and hitsounds or vice versa. |
Submissions are anonymous to judges, and the judging scores will be standardised.
Now that you are familiar with the rules and judging criteria, it's time to submit your works via the Newspaper Cup 2025 contest listing! You can reupload your submissions as many times as you want up until Monday, March 3 (23:59 UTC), so be sure your final versions are submitted by then.
Feel free to join our Discord server to receive news and future updates. For further information, please refer to the following:
Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters, and good luck mapping!
—Mafumafu, Fycho, Atrue
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