Campus Enterprises and University Housing joined forces for the second consecutive Fan Cave Challenge, a competition that is designed to award N.C. State fans with the most creatively decorated N.C. State-themed rooms.

Competitors are split into three sub-categories: on-campus students, off-campus students and alumni and friends. 

Gregg Zarnstorff, director of Trademark Licensing at N.C. State, said the judges won’t just be looking at who has the most merchandise, but who also displayed it in a visually attractive way.

This year, Campus Enterprises partnered with University Housing for this event to help get more people involved, Zarnstorff said.

“Last year we launched the fan cave challenge…and we really launched it kind of late, without too much prep,” Zarnstorff said.

Zarnstorff said that the organizers from Campus Enterprises and University Housing are more prepared this year, and he hopes that the new partnership will add more competitors from the dorms on campus.

According to Zarnstorff, the challenge came to be because of the success of the N.C. State Tailgate Championship, which also began last year and ran during the past two football seasons.

Zarnstorff said the Fan Cave Challenge is meant to give recognition to those fans that support N.C. State in the privacy of their homes and dorms.

“I bet you there’s a lot of cool fan caves out there that the public just didn’t see,” Zarnstorff said.

The website and Facebook page for this competition are already up, but Zarnstorff said the competition’s organizers will be putting out flyers and updating campus billboards soon.

To enter this competition, you need to go to the event’s website and fill out the application form and submit photos of your “fan cave.” 

Registration for this competition began on Jan. 1, and all photos and applications must be submitted by Jan. 31. Judging will begin in February, and the rooms will be voted on by four judges, mostly from Campus Enterprises and University Housing.

Zarnstorff said the biggest prize will be recognition, but other prizes will be awarded to the winners as well, including a basketball signed by the N.C. State Men’s Basketball Coach, Mark Gottfried.

To submit an application, go to http://campusenterprises.ncsu.edu/wolfpack-fancave/the-challenge/.