If you are a manga artist, either amateur or professional, you now have the chance to enter the competition for the 5th International Manga Award. The purpose of the award is to promote manga overseas.
The Gold Award of the Fifth International MANGA Award will be given to the best MANGA and approximately three works of merit will receive the Silver Award. Winners will be invited to Japan for around 10 days as supplementary prize for the award ceremony (without Bronze Award). The award ceremony will be held in Tokyo in March 2012.
The application form and guidelines can be found here. Please note the deadline is 31st August, 2011.
Applications should be sent to either 1) or 2) below.
1) P.O.Box MBE 125
The Fifth International MANGA Award Executive Committee,
Tokyo Toranomon Building 1F, Toranomon 1-1-18, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 105-0001, JAPAN
2) Japanese Embassies or Consulates General.
Two copies of the works must be submitted. Additional copies may be requested for works which win the award. Please ensure the entry form, filled in either in English or Japanese, is attached to the works.
