Submissions are invited for the Kyoto International Creators Award 2023. Submit entries by August 31, 2023, and win exciting prizes!

About the Kyoto International Creators Award 2023

Kyoto International Creators Award is an international competition for aspiring creators and manga artists, who want to make their professional debut through Kyoto.

Theme of the Award

The theme for the manga is anything you want. Please submit your best manga!

Sections of the Award

There are 3 sections to the Kyoto International Creators Award!

Story Manga Section

Draw a manga on any theme. It is also possible to enter with the Name (rough sketch) if the drawing would not be finished by the deadline! 

Drawing Section

Ink and finish a Name of a manga (2 pages) and submit it! You can draw and submit either page if you find it difficult to finish all 2 pages! Using the name as a base, express your originality with character designs or additional drawing lines.

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Panel Layout Section

Read the story here and create a rough manga sketch (Name) with layout panels based on the story! Any changes or additions to character names and genders, settings, lines and plots are welcome. You can also just create a Name of the scenes you like!

Prizes

Story Manga Section

  • Grand Prize (1 winner): 50,000 JPY (approx. Rs. 29k) + invitation to the award ceremony.
  • Excellence Award (1 winner): 30,000 JPY (approx. Rs. 17k) + invitation to the award ceremony.
  • Finalist (1 winner): 10,000 JPY (approx. Rs. 6k).
  • Special Jury Award (for one or more works that did not win a prize, but have a distinctive art that caught the jury’s eye): 10,000 JPY (approx. Rs. 6k) + invitation to the award ceremony.

Drawing Section

  • Finalist (1 winner): 10,000 JPY (approx. Rs. 6k).

Panel Layout Section

  • Finalist (1 winner): 10,000 JPY (approx. Rs. 6k).

Prize Ceremony

  • The winners will be invited to Kyoto for the awards ceremony! (Residents of Japan only).
  • The results will be announced on this page in October, and the winners of the Grand Prize, the Excellence Award and the Special Jury Award will be invited to the awards ceremony to be held in Kyoto City in November!
  • The round-trip transportation expenses and accommodation fees (for one person per prize) will be taken care of by the organiser.
  • Instead of an invitation for the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair, they would like to send traditional crafts of Kyoto if someone living overseas wins the prize.

How to Submit Your Entries?

There are 4 easy steps to enter the competition. Read them here.

Click here to read the official notification of the Comic Contest: Kyoto International Creators Award 2023 [Total Prizes of Rs. 70k].

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