Now accepting entries for the International Comic / Manga School Contest 2023!

[CLIP STUDIO PAINT] 1. We’re ready for your entries! With six different entry categories and plenty more awards, there are so many chances to win! Get started on your entry early to be sure to make the deadline! Fabulous prizes As well as generous cash prizes, you could also win graphics tablets like the Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 (DTH167), or app codes to help you with the future of your digital art! Critiques from the pros Prizewinning entries will also have the chance to have their work critiqued by industry professionals and real-life comic editors! [See critiques from last year’s contest]( Get scouted by big-name publications! Have your work seen by contest sponsors who have real connections in the comic and manga world! Read the contest rules [Contest page]( 2. Let’s take a walk down memory lane Take a look at all the entries submitted from all over the world from previous years’ contests. You’re sure to get inspiration from the unique ideas and art styles from your fellow artists from years past! All of the entries are listed on the contest page and this year will be no exception! Your work will be seen by people from all around the world! (Note: entries are only posted once the contest is over) 3. Messages from sponsors! This contest receives support from a number of very influential sponsors in the comic industry. Check out the latest from each sponsor and their messages to you all! [Léviathan Vol. 1, an SF thriller from Ki-oon, released in Japan!]( [Léviathan]( the harrowing space thriller, having entered the top 10 in the manga charts in France is now making a splash as it touches down in Japan! Released in August on the famous [Jump+]( website (Kaiju n°8, Spy x Family, Dandadan, etc.), Léviathan garnered more than a million views on its first day of release and stayed at the top of the charts ever since. [Volume 1]( hit the stands on October 4 in Japan, and Volume 2 is slated for release on January 4, 2023! Readers in France can already access the first two volumes from Ki-oon. Official Ki-oon website: [www.ki-oon.com]( Ki-oon Twitter : [@ki_oon_Editions]( [pixiv]( pixiv is a social networking service that allows creators to communicate through the artwork they post and to publish and exchange illustrations, manga, novels, and other works. We are also running an event to encourage your first contributions to pixiv! Join us! [( [SHUEISHA]( SHUEISHA is a Japanese publisher that specializes in manga, fashion magazines, and literary books. They publish a variety of comic magazines from Weekly Shonen Jump and Weekly Young Jump to Ribbon in Japan. As well as being the publisher of the worldwide smash hit, One Piece, SHUEISHA also provides manga fans with the Shonen Jump+, Manga Mee, and YoungJump! apps. [KADOKAWA]( An all-around entertainment company, KADOKAWA, runs a wide range of businesses in publishing, videos, games, web services, education, merchandising, intangible services, and inbound sales. The company’s free comic site, [Comic Walker]( features popular KADOKAWA manga. It boasts more than 4,000 titles ranging from mixed-media works to popular isekai comics. [BookLive is looking for original comic artists!]( Top all-round Japanese e-book store, BookLive, is looking for authors to write for two new collections: COMIC Ambre, a seinen manga anthology aimed at adults regardless of their gender, and COMIC Etoile, a collection of manga for women, offering realistic love stories that excite and delight in an isekai setting. Whether professional or an amateur, we look forward to falling in love with your entries! [Wacom]( Pioneer of pen and display tablets made for creatives, used to create the world’s most exciting digital art, films, special effects, fashion, and design. Click [here]( to learn more about educational use. [MangaPlaza]( MangaPlaza is one of the largest providers of digital manga in the U.S. Boasting over 76,000 titles from 40+ publishers, users can discover exciting works, including platform exclusives. We also offer a monthly plan that grants users access to 21,000 chapters for a great deal. Begin your journey on MangaPlaza and find your next favorite series! [FUNGUILD: On the lookout for talented creators!]( FUNGUILD produces and edits original comics that resonate with readers for consumption on a wide variety of digital comic sites in Japan and around the world. We are on the hunt for the next big talent in Girls’, Boys’, and Women’s manga. If you have the skills, we can guarantee you a series and immediate debut! We’re also looking for webtoon (vertically scrolling comics) creators and look forward to seeing all your entries this year! (Enter at: [( [Planeta Cómic]( Planeta Cómic (Grupo Planeta) was founded in 1982. We offer a wide range of the world's best shonen manga: Dragon Ball, My Hero Academia, Naruto, One Piece and Kaiju No. 8, as well as kodomo, seinen, shojo, yuri, and BL manga. We also have our own successful magazine: Planeta Manga. As for North American comics, our Star Wars books and independent works deserve special mention. Both our collection of national graphic novels (Los pacientes del doctor García, Voces que cuentan, Cuatro poetas en guerra) and international graphic novels (From Hell, The Hunting Accident, The Eternaut) are all highly acclaimed. [DUPUIS]( Dupuis is a Belgian publisher with over 100 years of history, and the main creator of many great Franco-Belgian comic heroes, such as Spirou, the Marsupilami and Gaston Lagaffe, to name a few. It is also known as the publishing house with the most diverse library in Europe, with titles in teen & young adult comics, manga, webtoons, graphic novels, news and many other genres. [Webtoon publisher RED SEVEN: on the lookout for international creators]( RED SEVEN is a company founded with the combined powers of REDICE STUDIO, creators of "Solo Leveling," and L SEVEN, creators of "Omniscient Reader." They aim to provide a superior media experience for our readers and set the full potential of both companies into motion. With works such as "King of Excavation", "The Great Mage Returns After 4000 Years" and "Lady Devil", RED SEVEN aims to realize the potential of both and provide readers with an elevated reading experience. They are looking for all sorts of manga works, beyond the webtoon genre they’re known for and look forward to your entries. [SORAJIMA Inc.]( SORAJIMA Inc. is a manga studio with the largest share of Webtoons produced in Japan. What’s more, while developing its global and multimedia offerings, the studio is also taking on becoming a platform provider and putting effort into its new manga app, SORACOMI, all built in-house. [Mangatari]( We are a Manga Artist Entertainment Production company with a vision to create the stage where the next generation of manga artists can be active and accelerate the evolution of Japanese manga. Working closely with manga artists' careers, we push the envelope on manga as an artform. For companies, we provide services such as the Original Story Advertising Manga "Orist" service, which produces manga for commercials. We also deliver manga to publishers through our Team-based Serialization and Comic Production "Manpro" business. [SHOGAKUKAN]( SHOGAKUKAN is a general publishing company that publishes magazines such as comic magazines, children's magazines, information magazines, women's magazines, books and picture books. The comic magazine genre covers a wide range of readers from boys and girls to adults, such as CoroCoro Comic, Weekly Shonen Sunday, Sho-Comi, and Big Comic. The company also runs the comic app, Manga One, which has been downloaded over 20 million times. [BOOK WALKER Global]( BOOK☆WALKER Global is one of the world's most popular eBook stores and apps for reading over 29,000 digital Manga & Light Novels. Experience and enjoy the latest manga and light novels, mainly from Japan on your iOS and Android devices and/or the web viewer. [EVER GLORY PUBLISHING CO.,LTD.]( Founded in June 1991, Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd. has mainly had educational- and entertainment-oriented children’s books published and distributed. It once gained authorizations from SHOGAKUKAN, Kodansha, SHUEISHA, and Akita Shoten to issue Chinese versions of comics in Taiwan. As part of its recent focus on training manga artists and holding original manga contests regularly, the company also welcomes aspiring authors to submit their comics and novels whenever possible. [POCKET COMICS]( Pocket Comics is a manga app with a large selection of full color webtoons, known as comico in Japanese, Korean and Thai. In English, French, German and Traditional Chinese it is known as Pocket Comics and has been downloaded over 41 million times worldwide. [SILENT MANGA AUDITION®]( One of the biggest international manga competitions, exclusively without dialogue. It is organized by COAMIX Inc., a manga publisher founded by iconic creators such as Tetsuo Hara and Tsukasa Hojo. The competition aims to discover, nurture, and publish the next generation of international manga creators through exclusive opportunities, such as the MasterClass and Kumamoto-based Artists Village projects. [Minto Studio]( Minto Studio is a webtoon specialist, which built up a unique production system through its vast global creator network and 10 years of content production knowledge. It produces works in collaboration with a number of platforms including Kakao Pikkoma, with whom it has a business alliance with. At the moment, they are recruiting storywriters and other comic creators, and depending on your ability, there is a chance for an immediate debut and serialization deal! [Tokyo Name Tank]( 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." A creator agency whose mission is to change each and everyone's world through the power of storytelling. The agency aims to create a world where comics can shine brightly, where excitement is generated from creators and fans connecting directly and building a model for entertainment that goes beyond traditional publishing and distribution. In line with this mission, we aim to build the next generation of entertainment models with "Cork Studio," where new manga artists and editors team up to create works, and "Cork Lab Manga Senka," which trains professional manga artists whose main area of activity is through social media and fan communities. [LINE WEBTOON]( LINE WEBTOON is a new global digital comics platform available on both computer and mobile devices. The Traditional Chinese version was released in July 2014 and is dedicated to providing readers with manga content that you won’t want to put down once you start reading! LINE WEBTOON also strives to nurture Taiwanese creators. For more information, see their official website: [( [Japan Cartoonists Association]( The Japan Cartoonists Association was established in December 1964 as the only nationwide organization of Japan's manga artists at that time and became an Incorporated Association in 1985 before becoming a Public Interest Incorporated Association in 2014. It is 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. [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. [Contest Website]( [Twitter @clipstudiopaint]( [Facebook @celsys.clipstudiopaint]( [Instagram @clipstudioofficial]( [CLIPSTUDIOPAINTchannel]( CLIP STUDIO PAINT Channel]( [TikTok @clipstudioofficial]( [( Studio Support]( [Official Tips and Tutorials]( From: CELSYS, Inc. [( This mail is sent by Celsys to those who have entered a contest, purchased Clip Studio Paint, or signed up for a free trial. If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, you can [unsubscribe here](. If you are unable to unsubscribe with the above link, please reply to this email with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line. Copyright © CELSYS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [View in browser](