Cosplayer & Content Creator


About the "Birb"

Alison "Birbz" is an East Coast cosplayer, Vtuber, and content creator. Over the past ten years, Alison has created 20+ cosplay costumes winning multiple awards and has attended over 20 events as a cosplay Guest and/or Judge.


Cosplay Judging & Experience

Alison started her professional cosplay career attending Overwatch League events in 2018 when she was invited to the Grand finals at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, she has been an invited guest at multiple...


Awards & Past Appearances

About the "Birb"

Alison"Birbz" is an East Coast local cosplayer, Vtuber, and content creator. Over the past ten years, Alison has created 20+ cosplay costumes winning multiple awards and has attended over different 20 events as a cosplay Guest and/or Judge. She brings a high quality eye for detail, EVA foam expertise, production and stage knowledge, and an infectious positive attitude.Since the start of her cosplay career in 2013, Alison has paid homage to her favorite video game and anime characters through a specialization in EVA foam and armor. Through a natural willingness to share her passion with others, a new world of opportunities opened up to her after appearing as professional cosplay talent to the first Overwatch League Grand Finals in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, Alison appeared at a multitude of events, big and small, and judged a variety of conventions on the East Coast.Her passion lies in judging the next generation of talent in cosplay contests along the east coast! Her dream is to travel abroad for cosplay and meet different people as passionate about cosplay as she is!Outside of cosplay, Alison loves reading and writing. She also creates content under the Vtuber persona "BirbzVT" creating tutorial content and fostering a "Comfy Chaos" stream environment.
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Cosplay Judging & Experience

Alison started her professional cosplay career in 2018 when she was invited to the Overwatch League Grand finals at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Since then, she has been an invited guest at Overwatch league events including Fusion Homestands, The OWL Grand Finals in Philadelphia in 2019, and the digital Grand Finals this past year. In 2020, Alison became an officially sponsored cosplayer of the (formerly) Philadelphia Fusion Esports Team.During this time, Alison started attending by guesting at conventions in the NJ and Greater Philadelphia area. As her experience increased, Alison attended her third and final Overwatch League Grand event in 2022, where she was flown out to Anaheim California to attend the finals and visit the Blizzard campus.All of her experience culminated in 2023 when Alison was a Cosplay guest at Fan Expo Philadelphia on the year of her 10 cosplay year Anniversary. Alison Debuted her first cosplay ever 10 years ago at Wizard World Philly, which is now Fan Expo. Cool right?Since then, Alison has found her passion in judging cosplay competitions big and small.Click the button below to see a list of past appearances and accolades!

Past Appearances & Awards

Past Appearances In order by Most Recent

  • Fan Expo Boston 2025- Philadelphia, PA

  • Too Many Games 2025 -Oaks, PA

  • Castle Point Anime Con 2025 - Secaucus, NJ

  • AnimeWild 2025 - Wildwood, NJ

  • TineeCon 2025 - SpringField, NJ

  • AnimeNJ++ 2024- Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

  • Fan Expo Philadelphia 2023- Philadelphia, PA

  • Contropolis Pensylvania 2023- Oaks, PA

  • Overwatch League Grand finals 2022 - Anahiem, CA

  • League of Legends LCS Worlds NYC 2022 - New York, NY

  • Derpycon 2022 - New Brunswick, NJ

  • Puchicon PA 2022 - Camelback ,PA

  • Thy Geekdom Con 2022 - Oaks, PA

  • Thy Geekdom Con Online 2020 - Online

  • "Battle of Brotherly Love" Homestand 2020 - Philadelphia, PA

  • Rutgers Camden (Welcome Event) - Camden, NJ

  • Local Gamestop Event - Deptford NJ

  • Overwatch League Grand Finals 2019 - Philadelphia, PA

  • Gap-con 2019

  • A Video Game con 2019 - Parsippany, NJ

  • Thy Geekdom Con 2019 - Oaks, PA

  • Overwatch League Grand Finals 2018 - Brooklyn, NY


Awards

  • Best Masters- Too Many Games 2024 || Vampire Hunter Brigitte

  • 1st place Masters (Bumped) - Craftsmanship Granite State Comic con Online Contest 2020 || Death Knight Brigitte

  • Third Place Novice- Otakon Online Cosplay Contest 2020 || Fusion Brigitte

  • Organizer/Door award- Animenext 2019 ||Fusion Brigitte

  • 2nd Place Journeyman (Bumped) - Thy Geekdom Con 2018 || Imp Mercy

  • 3rd Place Performance- A Video Game Con 2018 || Aranea Highwind

  • Judges award- AnimeNext 2018 || Aranea Highwind

  • Judges award Performance (group) - Katsucon 2018 || Aranea Highwind

  • Judges Award Performance (Group) - Katsucon 2017 || Necromancer Umbreon V1