How to Enter

Submission Criteria

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)

• 8-16 page original work
• Comic / Bande Dessinée: Color
  Manga: Black-and-white or color
• Submissions may be formatted for right-to-left or left-to-right reading.
• There are no restrictions on language depicted in works.
• File Formats: PNG, JPEG, CLIP (CLIP STUDIO format), less than 32MB per page
• You can create your comic in any size, but we recommend using 300 dpi resolution for color comics and 600 dpi for black-and-white works.

• An original webtoon (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). Download the template below.
  Webtoon Category Template
• Color
• There are no restrictions on language depicted in works.
• File Formats: PNG, JPEG, CLIP (CLIP STUDIO format), less than 32MB per page

• A 4-8 page monochrome manga, comic, or webtoon drawn according to the supplied storyboard text.
• Other requirements are the same as the Comic, Manga, Bande Dessinée, and Webtoon categories.
• You can edit the storyboard text (lines, characters, etc.) as needed.
• 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)

• An original color illustration
• PNG or JPG format, less than 5MB.
• There are no size restrictions, but we recommend the following:
  A4 sheet, 300 dpi (2480 x 3508 pixels)

Submission Rules

• Applicants must be students aiming to debut as a creative professional, for example, as a manga artist or illustrator, at the time of application.
• Submissions must be unpublished, original artworks that have not won other contests and must be suitable for all ages. (You may submit artwork that has been published in fanzines or on websites that do not offer compensation for artwork.)
• There is no requirement to delete the items that have already been posted or published on social media or art sharing sites before the time of application, but please refrain from submitting or publishing until the examination results are announced.
• Winners will have the opportunity to have their work critiqued by judges and sponsors. These comments will be uploaded to the organizer’s official website. Parts of the works may be publicly reproduced for the sake of these critiques.
• A teacher must register on behalf of the school or program in order for students to be eligible. If your status as a teacher cannot be confirmed, you will not be able to register your school for participation. Students will need to enter the school ID (issued by Celsys when a school is registered) when submitting their artwork.
• Supporting companies may also contact contest participants for permission to display the artwork in their media. A participants’ name, age, email address, and school in which they are enrolled may be shared with these entities in such an event. In order to be eligible to receive any awards, you are required to consent to a written agreement, which includes responding in good faith to communications from the sponsors. Winners’ addresses will also be shared with sponsors for the purpose of shipping prizes. We appreciate your understanding of these rules when submitting your works.
• The winning entries may be used in promotional materials for Celsys, Inc. and collaborating companies.
• Text within entries may be translated into other languages to present the artwork to an international audience.
• Works are not eligible for submission or judging in the following cases:
• - If not suitable for all ages.
• - Content that infringes on copyright or intellectual property.
• - Offensive or objectionable content.
• - Other entries may be deemed inadmissible by the organizer. In such cases, the reasons for exclusion will not be given.
• Contest entries will be posted online after results are announced. Entrants’ artist name, school name, country name, and work title will be displayed along with the work.
• If you are a digital artist and a winner of the Comic, Manga, Bande Dessinée, or Webtoon categories, please send us the data with separated layers so that we may translate your comic. As much as possible, save the data before merging layers.
• A single applicant may submit multiple entries.
• Joint works may be submitted if all the creators are students. Please choose one student to be the group representative and submit the entry. If the entry wins, any prize money and other prizes will be sent to this representative.
• Prize money will be transferred to your Paypal account.
• Celsys may send information about sponsor companies to the school email address provided when registering.
• Entries that do not meet the contest rules/conditions, such as contestants not registered with a participating institution, will be accepted in the Free Category.

How to Enter

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.

Participant School Registration

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.

Required Information:

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.

To confirm that you are a school teacher, you need to attach a copy of a form of identification to prove your status when applying. The following forms of identification are accepted:

- your business card, teacher identification card, or other documentation.

Teacher

Participant School Registration

School ID sent by e-mail

How to Apply (Comic / Manga / Bande Dessinée / Webtoon Categories)

Students should submit their work individually using their school’s ID.

• Creating a Clip Studio Account
  Please create a free Clip Studio account to upload comic submissions. All you need is an email address to register an account.
  If you already have a Clip Studio account, skip to Step 2.
  

  Student

  Clip Studio account

  Create a Clip Studio Account
• Upload your comic
  Upload your comic to Clip Studio SHARE. Clip Studio SHARE is an electronic viewer for easily embedding and reading comics and manga.
  When uploading to Clip Studio Share, please use the following settings:

  Visibility:Lock with a secret phrase. Please send us the secret phrase when submitting your entry.
  Comments: Turn off commenting
  

  Upload Your Comic

  
  Upload your Comic
• Fill in the application form below and enter the URL of the entry published on Clip Studio SHARE.
  You will need your school ID when submitting your artwork.
  

  Enter your submission URL and school ID in the entry form

  Entry

How to Submit (Illustration Category)

Students should submit their work individually using their school’s ID.

• Fill in the application form below and upload your illustration.
  *Please save the file name as: SchoolID_PenName.jpg/.png
  Example: ClipStudioHighSchool_ShoujoKitty.png
  

  Student

  Enter your submission URL and school ID in the entry form

  Submit an Illustration

Application FAQ

• Q1: Can student applicants register their school?
  A1: No, a school teacher must register their school for participation.
• Q2: My school doesn’t have a website. Can I still apply?
  A2: Yes, you can apply even if there is no school website. Please attach a copy of your business card, teacher identification card, or other documentation proving your status as a teacher when applying.
• Q3: What’s the difference between the Comic, Manga, and Bande Dessinée categories?
  A3: Submissions are accepted for each category. Please submit to the category you personally believe your work fits in best with. However, note that color comics can be submitted for the Comic, Bande Dessinée, and Manga categories, but black-and-white submissions will only be accepted for the Manga category.
• Q4: Can I enter works that have been in other contests?
  A4: Yes, if they have not won any awards at other contests.
• Q5: Can I publish my work on social media or online after entering?
  A5: If a piece has already been published on social media or a website, it’s not necessary to delete it. However, please refrain from uploading an entered piece before the results announcement.
• Q6: I'm homeschooled. Is there a way for me to register my homeschool?
  A6: Yes, on the school registration form, please fill out questions 5 and 11 in the following manner.
  -Question 5: Please select "Other (please specify)" and enter "Homeschool" in the text field.
  -Question 11: Please upload any documents that can prove that you are a homeschooled student.