The Eighth International MANGA Award

Guidelines for Application

                                                       

　

1. Purpose                                                                                                                                                                             

　

　

To Spread MANGA culture overseas and promote international cultural exchange through MANGA.                                 

　

2.  Prizes

　

(1) The Gold Award of the Eighth International MANGA Award will be conferred the best MANGA work and the Silver Award will be granted to the next three excellent works.

　

(2) The Gold Award and the Silver Award winners will be invited to Japan on the occasion of the award ceremony for around 10 days as complementary prize.

　

3. Conditions of Entry

　

(1) The MANGA works (24 or more pages) must have been produced outside Japan. The works which have received the past International Manga Awards are excluded.
　

(2) Both published and unpublished works are eligible, but the MANGA works should have been produced within three years proceeding the date of application (2011-2014).
　

(3) The works must be submitted in printed form (In certain instances, submission of data may be required later on.).
　

(4) Publishing companies overseas can also apply for the Eighth International MANGA Award only after confirmation that their MANGA artists agree to their works being submitted.
　

(5) Each applicant can submit only one work under one title (or series).
In case your submission is a collection of short stories, you can submit only one story.
Duplicate application will be invalid.
　

 

4. How to Apply

　

(1) Applications should be sent to either i) or ii) below.

　

(i) Information and Culture Center, Embassy of Japan in Egypt

2F, 81 Corniche El Nil Street, Maadi, Cairo

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*Application Deadline: Sunday, 18 May 2014 (entries must arrive by 15 May)

　

(ii)  P.O.Box   MBE310

The Eighth International MANGA Award Executive Committee
１F MOF Kandaiwamoto-choBbldg.
3-8-16 Iwamoto-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JAPAN
101-0032

*Application Deadline: Saturday, 31 May 2014 (entries must arrive by this date)

　

(2) The number of copies
Two copies of your work must be submitted.
(Additional copies may be requested for works being considered for an award.)

(3) Others
Please ensure the entry form, filled in either English or Japanese, is attached to your work.
-Please ensure that the page number is indicated on every page.
-If your work is not in the form of a booklet please indicate clearly if there are any specific two-page spreads in your work.
　

 

5. Return of Works

　

The submitted works will not be returned to applicants. Therefore, if your work has not yet been published, make sure that a copy is submitted and the original is retained by you. We might donate submitted works, or exhibit them.

 

6. Selection

　

The Eighth International MANGA Award Evaluation Committee is in charge of the selection process.

　

 

7.  Award Ceremony

　

The award ceremony will be held in Tokyo in January, 2015.

 

＜For More Information>
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Press Release
http://www.mofa.go.jp/p_pd/ca_opr/page22e_000345.html
International MANGA Award
http://www.manga-award.jp/