Admiration
Nov 10 (Tues), 2020 ~ April 20 (Tues), 2021 9:00 (GMT)
Jan 12 (Tues) ~ April 29 (Thurs), 2021 9:00 (GMT)
Early July 2021
Entries will be accepted for the following six categories. The theme for all categories is Admiration.
Comic Category (Color) | An original color comic for all ages (8-16 pages, including cover). |
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Manga Category (B&W/Color) | An original black-and-white or color comic/manga for all ages (8-16 pages, including cover). |
Bande Dessinée Category (Color) | An original bande dessinée for all ages (8-16 pages, including cover). |
Webtoon Category (Color) |
An original webtoon for all ages (sized 800 x 40,000-72,000 pixels or a height ratio of 50 to 90 for an image 800 pixels or less when the width is set to 1).
A template will be available for download. Webtoon Category Template |
Storyboard Category |
A 4-8 page monochrome manga, comic, or webtoon drawn according to the supplied storyboard text.
Storyboard Text 1 (Courtesy of BookLive)
A girl with crutches rides the same bus every day, carrying with her a photo album. Draw a short interaction of her with the bus driver. Storyboard Text 2 (Courtesy of Shueisha) "One day, my childhood friend suddenly came to school in a girls' uniform... " (From “A blue we don’t know (Bokura no shiranai aoi)” from RIKIMARU on TanZak, a Shueisha short story app) |
Illustration Category | An original color illustration for all ages (no size requirements). |
Please apply after reading and understanding the application details.
Clip Studio Paint EX application deadline: Monday, April 12, 2020, 09:00 GMT
Cash prize: US$3,300
・Wacom Cintiq 16, a 15.6" Full HD Creative Pen Display
・Three years of the paint tool for computers, tablets, and smartphones, Clip Studio Paint EX for a single-device*
Cash prize: US$1,700
・Wacom One, a 13.3" pen display
・Three years of Clip Studio Paint EX for a single-device*
・Three years of Clip Studio Paint EX for a single-device*
Cash prize: US$2,200
・Wacom One
・Three years of Clip Studio Paint EX for a single-device*
・Three years of Clip Studio Paint EX for a single-device*
Cash prize US$550
・Wacom One
・Three years of Clip Studio Paint PRO for a single-device*
・Three years of Clip Studio Paint PRO for a single-device*
Note: If you already use Clip Studio Paint, you will be reimbursed with Gold points for the brushes, 3D data, and other materials downloaded to complete your submission.
Materials publishing and download site: Clip Studio ASSETS
Theme: Admiration
You can submit artwork made with any digital or traditional tool or software. Submissions may be created using any drawing tools or software. If you create your submission using traditional tools, please submit a digital scan of the artwork. (Paper submissions will not be accepted)
A teacher must register on behalf of the school or program in order for students to be eligible. Students will need to enter the school ID (issued by Celsys when a school is registered) when submitting their artwork.
Please enter the necessary information below in the application form. The contest organizer will send a school ID via e-mail at a later date for submitting contest entries. It may take up to five business days for your registration to be accepted. School IDs issued for previous contests cannot be used. If you have registered your school for previous contests, you still must register separately for this event.
School name, type of school, teacher’s name, e-mail address, phone number, school website URL, school’s logo file*
* Logo is optional. Provided school logos will be displayed on the official website at a later date.
- your business card, teacher identification card, or other documentation.
Teacher
Participant School Registration
School ID sent by e-mail
Students should submit their work individually using their school’s ID.
Student
Clip Studio account
Upload Your Comic
Enter your submission URL and school ID in the entry form
Students should submit their work individually using their school’s ID.
Student
Enter your submission URL and school ID in the entry form
Contest submissions will be judged by an artist panel and sponsor companies.
Results announced: Early July 2021 (tentative)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlie_adlard/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieAdlard
Charlie has been a “veteran” of the comic industry for over 25 years. He’s spent the majority of his time since 2003 working on The Walking Dead, which finished in 2019, and has received many industry awards for his work on the series culminating in winning the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art in 2019. In his time as a cartoonist he has worked on many other projects as far reaching as Mars Attacks, the X-Files, Judge Dredd, Savage, Batman, X-Men, Superman etc and creator-owned projects closer to his heart like Astronauts In Trouble, Breath Of The Wendigo, Codeflesh, Rock Bottom, Vampire State Building, and White Death.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simz.art/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/simzart/
I'm Simone Ferriero, (in art SimzArt) an illustrator and comic book artist based in Italy. I always loved drawing and I've been passionate about art since I have memory. I'm currently working on different projects, like a web-comic series called Falling in the Blue.
https://www.shueisha.co.jp/english/
After graduating from Tokyo University of the Arts, he joined Shueisha. After working at a women's magazine & portal site, he participated in digitizing manga. He planned and developed the Comics Digital Archives, which archives and manages a database of major comics published by Shueisha. He was involved in the digitization of manga production for manga magazines like Shonen Jump. After being transferred to the Digital Business Department, he founded Manga Factory and SSDB (Shueisha's comprehensive database).
https://booklive.jp/
https://www.manga-nino.com/
After being assigned to the Seinen manga magazine in a major publishing house, he worked on manga production as a founding member of a bi-weekly magazine. He also has experience working on collaborative manga projects with companies and TV series adaptions. He then worked as an editor-in-chief in a media start-up and founded a manga label for an app. He is also responsible for the publication of a weekly manga magazine, which belongs to a major newspaper, and is a lecturer at a prominent manga school. Since January 2020, he has been head of the BookLive Content department.
Official website: http://www.ki-oon.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kim_ki_oon
Ki-oon Tokyo Office Representative. After working at Kodansha’s International Business Bureau for four and a half years, she once returned to France where she worked for three and a half years as editor-in-chief for PIKA, a major French manga publisher, before coming back to Japan in October 2015 as the head of Ki-oon’s Japan office.
Editor-in-Chief of Weekly Shōnen Sunday, SHOGAKUKAN 2nd Comic Bureau.
Joined in 1997 and launched Monthly Shōnen Sunday in 2009.
Became Editor-in-chief of Weekly Shōnen Sunday in 2015.
https://comic-walker.com/
https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/category/comic/
Takashi Hijikata is the senior manager of KADOKAWA's Comic Editorial Department. As a comic and light novel editor and designer, he was involved in the launch of "Comic α," "Monthly Comic Flapper," "MF Bunko J," and "Monthly Comic Alive." He later launched "Monthly Comic Gene" and "COMIC BRIDGE" as editor-in-chief. He is currently involved in production of new media.
Shueisha is a Japanese publisher that publishes manga, fashion magazines, and literary books. They have published comic magazines such as Weekly Shonen Jump, Weekly Young Jump, Ribon, Margaret, and Bessatsu Margaret. They have also published internationally renown comics such as One Piece.
KADOKAWA is a comprehensive entertainment company that is involved in a wide range of businesses, including book publishing, movies and animation. Comic Walker is a free comic site that offers many popular KADOKAWA manga in one place. From the latest media mixes to popular sci-fi comics, more than 3,000 works are posted here free of charge.
SHOGAKUKAN is an all-around publisher of comic, children's, information, and women's magazines as well as literary and picture books. The company has comic magazines covering a wide readership from young boys and girls to adults, including "Corocoro Comic," "Weekly Shōnen Sunday," "Sho-Comi" and "Big Comic." They also run the "Manga One" comic app, which boasts over 20 million downloads.
Since its establishment in 2011, BookLive! has been one of the largest comprehensive e-book stores in Japan, with a selection of around one million books, including manga, novels, novellas and magazines. From coupon gacha and other unique campaigns to the highly-rated bookshelf function and a number of payment options, we strive to provide readers with an easy-to-use platform. There are over 10,000 titles available to read for free without even needing to register for an account! Give it a go with your favorite manga and see how easy it is to use. We also produce original e-books, aiming to create manga that will tickle the hearts of the "smartphone manga generation".
Pioneer of creative pen tablets and displays which are being used to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashion and designs around the world.
Ki-oon is a French publishing house founded in 2003 by two people who love Japan. They are currently the fourth largest publisher in France publishing "My Hero Academia," "Jujutsu Kaisen," "A Bride's Story," "Prophecy," "BEASTARS," and many more. In addition to purchasing licenses, they also produce and publish original works in a variety of genres.
These works are initially published in France and then licensed for worldwide distribution (including Japan).
A comic book publisher with a mission to "bring FUN to life through the power of stories." FUNGUILD plans and edits original comics to meet the needs of their readership of girls, women, and young men, and distribute them to various online comic sites in Japan and abroad.
Mecha Comic, one of Japan's largest e-book sites, plans and produces with its production partners the original brand "Mecha Comic Original," which is distributed on e-book sites in Japan and abroad. Note: With the exception of Mecha-Comic, books are sold in bookstores under the Amucomi brand.
Operator of Japan's largest e-book store, Comic cmoa. The store’s specialist e-comic editorial team, the Solmare Editorial Department, is responsible for the store. The department fully supports author debuts and the creation of hits, including the production of many media works.
Tapas Media is a next-generation media company offering bite-sized content through its online mobile platform, Tapas. Tapas Media properties, which consist of the Tapas mobile app and Tapas.io, boasts over 6 billion content views to date, from over 3 million readers, primarily in North America. Tapas Media provides a best-in-class reading experience for story fans on mobile devices and the web.
A men's fashion magazine published by Shueisha that targets men in their 40's with a keen interest in everything from fashion to culture.
J-POP, Edizioni BD’s manga imprint, is one of Italy's leading manga publishers. Since its launch in 2006, J-POP Manga has offered a diverse lineup of more than 3,000 titles ranging from popular shonen manga such as Promised Neverland and Tokyo Ghoul to masterpiece collections by authors such as Go Nagai, Osamu Tezuka, Riyoko Ikeda, Moto Hagio, Taiyo Matsumoto, Junji Ito, and Kazuo Kamimura.
Established in 1969 by Jacques Glénat, Glénat is a French publisher specializing in bande dessinée, manga, American comics, and books on leisure topics (sea, mountains, gastronomy, cultural heritage, children and youth). A pioneer of Japanese manga publishing in France, Glénat remains the undisputed market leader in France today.
Hakusensha is the publisher of "Young Animal," "Young Animal ZERO," “Le Paradis.” They also publish Shojo magazines such as "Hana to Yume," "LaLa," "MELODY," "The Hana to Yume," and "LaLaDX." They also produce online magazines for women's manga, "Love Silky," "Love Jossie," "Hana Yume Ai," young men’s manga, "Harem," and the and the "Manga Park" app.
One of the biggest and most successful manga competitions in the world. Organized by Coamix, Inc., founded by some of Japan's most iconic manga creators, the competition aims to find, nurture and publish the next generation of international manga creators.
“comico" is a manga/novel app that features a large collection of original vertical scrolling, full-color manga. In addition to the overseas versions in Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam, comico has recently begun offering its service in English-speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The app has been downloaded more than 35 million times worldwide.
Inspired by similar comics markets in Japan, CoAket is the first of its kind in Germany and is getting attention from local artists. Open twice a year in Hamburg, CoAket focuses on artist displays and publisher’s booths.
Our goal is to support everyone in creating their own manga while having fun drawing it. We have produced many award-winning and debut artists. In addition to storyboard lessons that cover how to structure a complete 32-page storyboard, we also hold individual consultations and storyboard exchange sessions to answer concerns about the creation of comics.
Cork is a creative agency with a mission to "change the world, one person at a time, through the power of storytelling." The company is striving to redefine "editing" for a new era by working in collaboration with creators not only on an editorial level to design universal stories, but also on a community level to create enthusiasm while connecting directly with fans.
The Japan Manga Association was established in December 1964 as the only nationwide organization of Japan's manga artist at that time. It’s engaged in a variety of projects, such as research on comics, efforts in popularizing comics and comics culture, and comics cultural exchange with other countries. The group became a Public Interest Incorporated Association in 2014.
Manga Japan is an organization that aims to promote the development of manga culture and artists, contribute to society through the manga industry, promote international exchange and improve production environments for manga authors and others involved in the industry.
The Digital Manga Association is an organization of volunteers established to explore creative technologies for the creation of digital manga and comics and research copyright issues caused by digitization.
Note: The following list only shows schools that provided logos.
As of 12 February 2021
Germany
Japan
Philippines
Russian Federation
Republic of Korea
Japan
China
Republic of Korea
Costa Rica
Paraguay
Germany
United States of America
Germany
Netherlands
United States of America
Indonesia
United States of America
Japan
United States of America
Canada
Japan
Taiwan
China
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
France
France
Mexico
Canada
China
Taiwan
United States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
United States of America
Mauritius
United States of America
United States of America
Italy
Malaysia
Malaysia
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
Mexico
Greece
Republic of Korea
United States of America
United States of America
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Taiwan
United States of America
El Salvador
United States of America
Thailand
Taiwan
Malaysia
France
Taiwan
Canada
Greece
Taiwan
Taiwan
United States of America
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
United States of America
Indonesia
Russian Federation
Japan
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ireland
France
Spain
Belgium
Canada
Japan
Japan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
France
Spain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
France
United States of America
France
Malaysia
Indonesia
United States of America
United States of America
Taiwan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Chile
United States of America
United States of America
Taiwan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Japan
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
Thailand
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
United States of America
Malaysia
Spain
United States of America
Mexico
Indonesia
France
Japan
Spain
Germany
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
France
China
Indonesia
Australia
Mexico
United States of America
Republic of Korea
Russian Federation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Mexico
Japan
Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Brazil
France
Taiwan
Germany
Taiwan
Republic of Korea
Taiwan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Philippines
France
United States of America
Taiwan
France
United States of America
Japan
Taiwan
Germany
Australia
United States of America
Malaysia
Japan
Sweden
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Italy
Canada
United States of America
United States of America
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Japan
Poland
Russian Federation
Canada
France
France
United States of America
Spain
Bulgaria
Australia
Japan
France
Mexico
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bulgaria
Thailand
Turkey
United States of America
Taiwan
Germany
Mexico
Colombia
Costa Rica
Japan
Japan
France
Republic of Korea
Spain
United States of America
France
Canada
Republic of Korea
Indonesia
Taiwan
Indonesia
Canada
United States of America
Japan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
India
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
China
Taiwan
Mexico
Republic of Korea
Philippines
Taiwan
Taiwan
China
United States of America
Indonesia
Russian Federation
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
United States of America
Japan
Mexico
Taiwan
Mexico
Switzerland
Turkey
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
France
Canada
United States of America
Singapore
Canada
United States of America
Costa Rica
Canada
Japan
Taiwan
Japan
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Taiwan
France
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
United States of America
Japan
Thailand
Japan
United States of America
Argentina
United States of America
United States of America
Germany
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Japan
Japan
Pakistan
Taiwan
Japan
Canada
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Japan
Chile
United States of America
Indonesia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Japan
Mexico
France
Germany
Japan
Bangladesh
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Spain
Spain
Japan
Japan
Malaysia
The previous contest, held from January 2020 on the theme of “Promise,” received over 750 entries from 825 schools in 69 countries around the globe!
The winning entries received detailed advice from sponsors. Please feel free to reference them in your work.