Clip studio Paint has announced the theme ‘Admiration’ for its International Comic / Manga School Contest 2021.
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International Comic / Manga School Contest 2021
We will hold a worldwide student comic & illustration contest! Winners are eligible for cash prizes, digital art software, pen tablets, & chances for media features!
Registration for participating schools opens today & entries will be accepted soon, so start your project now!
Contest theme: Admiration
Participant School Registration: Nov 10 (Tues), 2020 ~ April 20 (Tues), 2021 18:00 (Japan time)
Work Submission Period: Jan 12 (Tues) ~ April 29 (Thurs), 2021 18:00 (Japan time)
Winner Announcement: Early July 2021
Application Guidelines
Comic Category (Color)
An original color comic for all ages (8-16 pages, including cover). Aimed at American-style comic entries.
Manga Category (B&W/Color)
An original black-and-white or color comic/manga for all ages (8-16 pages, including cover). Aimed at Japanese-style manga entries.
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 50–90x that of the width (max. 800 pixels width)).
Storyboard Category
A 4-8 page monochrome manga, comic, or webtoon drawn according to the supplied storyboard text.
Illustration Category
An original color illustration for all ages (no size requirements).
Awards and Prizes
Comic / Manga / Bande Dessinée / Webtoon Categories
General Grand Prize (1 winner)
– Cash prize: US$3,300
– Wacom Cintiq 16
– Clip Studio Paint EX Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Category Awards (1 Winner each)
– Cash prize: US$1,700
– Wacom One
– Clip Studio Paint EX Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Runner-up (3-5 Winners each)
– Clip Studio Paint EX Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Storyboard Category
Grand Prize (1 winner)
– Cash prize: US$2,200
– Wacom One
– Clip Studio Paint EX Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Runner-up (3-5 Winners)
– Clip Studio Paint EX Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Illustration Category
Grand Prize (1 winner)
– Cash prize US$550
– Wacom One
– Clip Studio Paint PRO Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Runner-up (3-5 Winners)
– Clip Studio Paint PRO Activation Code (Single-device plan, 3 years)
Judges
Charlie Adlard
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/charlie_adlard/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieAdlard
British comic artist with over 25 years of experience in the industry Named the UK Comics Laureate from 2017 to 2019. Known for “The X-Files” and “The Walking Dead.”
Simone Ferriero (Artist Name: SimzArt)
Instagram：https://www.instagram.com/simz.art/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/simzart/
Comic Artist and Illustrator active in Italy. Currently working on various projects, including the “Falling in the Blue” webcomic.
Additionally, one judge, each from Shueisha, KADOKAWA, SHOGAKUKAN, BookLive, and KI-OON, will participate.
Special Sponsors
Shueisha
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 renowned 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
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.
BookLive
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.”
Wacom
Pioneer of creative pen tablets and displays that are being used to create some of the most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashion, and designs around the world.
KI-OON
Ki-oon is a 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. The Tokyo office has been given the mission of working directly with authors to produce original works in France. These works are initially published in France and then licensed for worldwide distribution (including Japan).
Sponsors
FUNGUILD
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.
Solmare Publishing
(NTT Solmare Corp.)
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.
Amutus Corporation
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.
Tapas Media
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.
J-POP Manga
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 (Promised Neverland, Tokyo Ghoul) to masterpiece collections by authors such as Go Nagai, Osamu Tezuka, Riyoko Ikeda, Moto Hagio, Taiyo Matsumoto, Junji Ito, and Kazuo Kamimura.
UOMO
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.
Glénat
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). Pioneers of manga publishing in France, Glénat remains the leader of this market today.
Collaborators
Hakusensha
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.
SILENT MANGA AUDITION®
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
“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.
CoAket
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 Co., Ltd.
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.
Support
Japan Cartoonists Association
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
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.
Digital Manga Association
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.
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