Clover Aura is an international recognized cosplayer and performer from Detroit, MI with over 10 years of experience participating in cosplay and idol events. Her most note worthy award is Team USA for Cosplay World Masters 2025.  She is a self-taught seamstress that often drafts her own costume designs, as well as manages stage and video production for her projects.  She is also a co-founder of the Chocolate Idol Network, a group that connects over 100 Black idols from across the world that offers a safe space for networking, event organization, promotion, and mentoring opportunities.  

Bird King (she/they) is a cosplay info-dumper, poofy dress aficionado, and professional designer. They’ve been cosplaying since 2011 and love sharing the bits of sewing knowledge they’ve picked up along the way, whether that’s through detailed build threads or very long DMs. Last year, they were part of Team USA for GICOF with their Little Goody Two Shoes skit.

Bird is excited to help judge the cosplay contest at SnowFest 2026, and hopes to see you there!

Cat is an award-winning cosplayer from the East Coast who has over 10 years of experience. Her favorite things to make are foam armor builds with intricate propwork. She is always seeking to learn new cosplay techniques and loves experimenting with materials. Cat is most well known for her video game cosplays, especially from Fire Emblem and Xenoblade Chronicles. She cannot wait to see everyone's amazing work and their passion for cosplay! 

Guess who's back in the house to be your Master of Ceremonies? Why it’s EarlCrayTea of course! As a cosplayer, with over a decade’s worth of knowledge on crafting and performing, he’s found a home and identity within the hobby. With the belief that cosplay should be a love letter of self expression to the media we hold dear, he vows to make sure everyone on stage shines like the stars they are! 

Joshua Waters is a voice actor, pikmin super-fan, and living paper mario encyclopedia based in Texas that voices characters spanning from video games such as Phainon in Honkai Star Rail, Gilbert in Unicorn Overlord, and Edward in Fire Emblem Heroes, to anime like Miyano from Sasaki and Miyano, Shuto Sendou from Blue Lock, and Inu-Oh from INU-OH, and even indie works like Eddie Dear in Welcome Home, Steve Cobs in Inanimate Insanity, Onyn Ring from Chikn Nuggit, and Stone from Ramshackle alongside many more! Joshua is passionate about their craft, streaming, making song covers, and working their best to make cool things people enjoy.

Molly Zhang is a purveyor of memes, dreams, and voiceover things! She is best known for voicing Seele (Honkai: Star Rail), Astra Yao (Zenless Zone Zero), Gyokuyou (Apothecary Dairies), Emul (Shangri-La Frontier), Ena Saito (Laid-Back Camp), Bao Huang (One Piece), Mulan (SMITE), Akane Nishimura (My Clueless First Friend), Young Xie Lian (Heaven Official’s Blessing), and much more!

Voiceover ventures aside, Molly spends most of her time avoiding grass, reading novels, and playing video games. Watch her ramble and lament over her gacha pulls @mollozhang on Twitter/Twitch/IG!