The Ninth 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
Ninth International MANGA Award will be conferred upon 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(2) Both published and unpublished works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 (2012-2015).
(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 Ninth 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:
Monday, 1 June 2015 (entries must arrive by 1 June)
(ii) P.
O. Box MBE335
The Ninth International MANGA Award Executive Committee
1F MOF Kandaiwamoto-cho Bbldg.
3-8-16 Iwamoto-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JAPAN, 101-0032
*Application Deadline:
Friday, 12 June 2015 (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 Ninth 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, 2016.
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