International Comic/Manga School Contest 2023

CELSYS Inc. is hosting a manga, comic and illustration contest open to students worldwide, on the theme: Light and Darkness.

This is a manga, comic, and illustration contest open to students worldwide. Winners are eligible for cash prizes, digital creation software, pen tablets, and chances to be featured in the media too!

The contest is also an opportunity to have your work judged and critiqued by professional creators and boost your skills. There are loads of categories to choose from and many opportunities to win prizes.

Entries will be accepted for the following six categories. The theme for all categories is Light and Darkness.

  • Comic Category (Color): An original color comic for all ages (8-32 pages, including cover).
  • Manga Category (B&W/Color): An original black-and-white or color comic/manga for all ages (8-32 pages, including cover).
  • Bande DessinĂ©e Category (Color): An original bande dessinĂ©e for all ages (8-32 pages, including cover).
  • Webtoon Category (Color): An original webtoon for all ages
  • Storyboard Category: A 4-16 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).

Artists can submit artwork made digitally or traditionally. 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!

For the Comic, Manga, and Bande Dessinée categories, please submit your work to the category you believe is most appropriate. However, each category specifies whether color and/or black-and-white entries are accepted.

There are no requirements for language depicted in works. However, English-language works tend to reach the widest audience.

Entries will not be made public until the results of the judging are announced.

It’s free to enter!

Contest theme (all categories):

Light and Darkness

Submission period

December 1, 2022 – April 10, 2023, 09:00 UTC

Winner announcements

Early July 2023 (tentative)

https://www.clipstudio.net/promotion/comiccontest/en/

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