SHIBUYA MAGIC INTERNATIONAL MANGA CONTEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS 2023
Invitation announcement from Shibuya productions:
Since 2017, Shibuya Productions and SHUEISHA Inc. have been sponsoring a manga creation competition as
part of the Monaco Anime Game International Conferences (MAGIC) in partnership with Shibuya International. The winner and runner-up will post their award-winning work online on the Shônen Jump website.-shonenjump.com/
Moreover, the winner will also have the chance to spend a month in Japan, where he/ she will meet with mangaka, a Shueisha publisher (tantô), and get the opportunity to extend the partnership with the publisher for one extra year!
The contest is free and open to anyone over age 18.
Register right now for the 2023 edition!
Important dates:
- From June 15 to October 14, 2022 – Registration start date, story submission open
- October 25, 2022 – Final deadline for story submission to the e-mail address mangacontest@magic-ip.comAll entry forms submitted after October 25, 2022, at 12:00 am CET will be rejected.
- From October 26 to November 15, 2022 – Shortlist of 10 stories selected by the shortlisting panel judges
- Tuesday November 17, 2022 – Announcement of the selected stories
- From November 18 to December 18, 2022 – Translation of the selected 10 stories into Japanese
- December 19, 2022 – Submission to SHUEISHA Inc.
- Tuesday January 17, 2023 – Announcement of the 5 finalists
- Saturday February 25, 2023 (MAGIC) – Contest final: deliberations of the judges in the presence of the selected artists to determine the winner and the runner-up.
Assessment criteria:
The contest mainly looks to highlight:
• The universality of the works, i.e., the fact that a reader from any cultural and background can relate to the story and the emotions in it.
• The artistic universe
• The script and its construction • The texts quality (spelling and syntax)
• The graphic quality
• The technical skills
• The manga’s potential with readers from all around the world
DETAILS ABOUT THE WORKS
A/ Generalities
Length: 31-45 pages story
Style: Manga in black and white
Languages: French, English or Japanese (Participant’s choice)
The sent project must be in its original version, no previous commercial exploitation is allowed, whatever it is (as sales on the internet or sales in conventions) in the past, nor been presented and awarded in another competition.
B/ Technical information:
a- For the shortlisting process
Participants should submit their 31-45 pages story in low definition.
– File Format: PDF with all the pages in one document
– 764 px, 822 px or 844 px in width
– 1200 px in height
– Paper size: A5 and A4 accepted
b- After the result announcement of the pre-selection
The 10 finalists must send their pages without text with the following format:
TIFF or PSD, 600 DPI for grey shades, without texts
– 764 px, 822 px or 844 px in width
– 1200 px in height
– Paper size: A5 and A4 accepted
– Careful: each page must be alone, except for plates on two pages (double-pages)
We also need:
– Synopsis of the project in French and in English (pay attention to the spelling and the syntax)
The text shall be 700 characters long maximum, including spaces.
– An illustration of the work print and web format
c- After the final result
The contest winners will have to send us:
– Their files in PSD format for their publication on Shonen Jump +
– A biography (700 characters long maximum, including spaces) with a list of their favorite manga.
The winner will also have to send a message addressed to the jury and the future readers of his manga. This text shall be approximatively 300 characters long.
It may be used in the press releases that will be sent to announce the contest results.
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Our 2022 winners:
1/ Watchaland by Théodore Magloire Ekane Ekane (Cameroon)
Published online on Shônen Jump + HERE
2/ Re:Coil by Maria Enjelia Villanueva (Philippines)
Published online on Shônen Jump + HERE
3/ Jury’s favorite
True Ikigai by Loïck Ngue (France)
Published online on Shônen Jump + HERE