Atari has teamed up with IGN and Scion to bring you the "Champions Online Character Creator Contest"! Head over to IGN's contest page to register for the contest, and then log into the "Scion" server to create your character. Current subscribers can access the server from their current launcher, while newcomers can download a special launcher through IGN's site. There is no need to purchase Champions Online in order to enter the contest, and each participant may submit up to five entries. IGN will narrow down the submissions to their top 200 characters, and Cryptic will choose the top ten to be posted on IGN's site. From there, everyone can vote on their favorite, and the winner will have his character implemented into Champions Online in the future, and will receive a brand new Scion XB! Good luck!
I've already entered my first toon. According to the fine print, they'll enter your most recent 5 creations in the contest, so make sure and build more than just one.
When you build them for the contest it doesn't give you option to write up a bio, or pick a framework. Also, once you create a character, it seems to vanish into the ether. You'll never see it again. It doesn't show you your list of created characters, you can't go back and edit one you've already created, and you can't create a whole bunch of them then weed out the less-awesome ones to just submit the best 5.