Entry Rules

Submission Criteria

Theme: Gift
You can submit artwork made with any digital or traditional tool or software. If you create your submission using traditional tools, please submit a digital scan of the artwork.

• An original color or black-and-white comic of 8–48 pages
• Webtoon style comics are also accepted (min. 30 panels, max. 690 x 20,000 pixels)
• You can submit comics in any language.
• However, you may get more likes if your comic is in English or another language understood by many people.
• Accepted 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 comics.

• An original color illustration
• Accepted file formats: PNG or JPG format, less than 5MB.
• You can create an illustration in any size, but we recommend A4 illustrations at 300dpi (2480 x 3508 pixels).

Entry Rules

• Artists are free to use any art medium to create their submission. Submissions must be unpublished original artworks that have not won other contests and must be suitable for all ages.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.)
• Contest entries will be posted online. Please be aware that entries will be displayed online and that supporting companies may contact you to display the artwork in their media.
• 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.
• The following cases are not eligible for submission or judging.
• - Content that infringes on copyright or intellectual property.
• - Offensive or upsetting content.
• - Other entries may be deemed inadmissible by the organizer. In such cases, the reasons for exclusion will not be given.
• Entries will be displayed via Facebook in order of submission after the contest organizers have reviewed them. (May 16 update: Comic entries will now be published on the Clip Studio website.)
• Pen name, school name, country and artwork title will be shown alongside each artwork.
• “Manga” contest entries should be submitted with all dialogue on a separate later so that winning entries can be easily translated. Please save your files with layers intact and without flattening the image.
• A single applicant may submit multiple entries to each category.
• Celsys may send information about sponsor companies to the school email address provided when registering.

How to Apply

A teacher must register on behalf of the school or program to receive a school ID for submitting contest entries. Students will need to enter this school ID when submitting their artwork.

School registration *The school registration period ended on May 6.

• To register, a teacher from the school or program should send the below information to the contest organizer.
  Email subject line: School Registration to International Comic/Manga School Contest
  Please include the following information: Country name, school name, department/subject*, teacher’s name, e-mail address, phone number, school website URL, the name of the club or afterschool program*, school’s logo file*
  * Optional
• The contest organizer will respond with a school ID for submitting contest entries. It may take a few days for your registration to be accepted.
  

  Teacher

  Contest organizer

How to submit entries to the Comic Category

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

• Create 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.
  

  Clip Studio Account

  Create a Clip Studio Account
• Upload your comic
  Upload your comic to Clip Studio SHARE. Clip Studio SHARE is a electronic viewer for easily embedding and reading comics and manga.
  

  Upload your comic to Clip Studio SHARE

  Upload your comic
• Submit via entry form
  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

  The submission period has ended.

  Submit a Comic

How to apply to the Illustration Category

• Students should submit their work individually using their school’s ID.
  Fill in the application form below and upload your illustration.
  

  Student

  Upload your submission file and enter your school ID

  The submission period has ended.

  Submit an Illustration