'GIGAZINE Manga Award' for those who want to serialize manga that suits their style in the new era Started recruitment in May 2020 & top drawing making looks like this
The new year, like the rough waves, was already in May. Whether you are new to the company or have entered a new school, or if the time has passed without realizing it, check out the GIGAZINE Manga Awards, which allows you to open new doors with your own hands.
How are you doing it remotely? You can peek behind the scenes in the article below.
How do you go from meeting to sharing the completed manuscript in the completely remote manga production? -GIGAZINE
◆ Click here for the 'GIGAZINE Manga Award' application guidelines
I already read the application guidelines, so apply! If you are interested, please use the application form .
◆Click here for the original script recruitment guidelines
If you are thinking of applying in a novel or script format, please check the application guidelines from the link above.
◆ May 2020 GIGAZINE Manga Award Top Drawing Illustration
Yuncho- san gave me the top illustration for May 2020. It is an artistic piece with colorful graffiti and fashionable characters.
Below is the making of the illustration.
Yuncho 'I tried to draw a contrast with the profound feeling of Japanese while making me feel the fresh green of May and early summer. I dared to hide the front of the canvas. Imagine what is drawn I want'
Yuncho 'Unlike Rough 1, it's a person-based rough. I wanted to draw Sukajan, so I thought about the background and composition according to the costume.'
Both of the two proposals were nice and rough because they felt 'art', but I decided with Rough 2 that the brightness can be seen even on a small screen, and asked for detailed retakes such as colors and themes. The image is the final decision rough.
Yuncho 'I draw line drawings while being careful not to go crazy. I draw only the characters, I will draw the clothes patterns later.'
Yuncho 'Since it was completed to some extent from the rough stage, I will correct some places and add dirt to the concrete.'
Yuncho 'I will paint with reference to clothing materials. I try to be especially aware of the light and darkness.'
Yuncho 'Because it's the illustration for May, I put a carp streamer and a nemophila embroidery on the character's jacket to remind me of May. It's completed by adjusting the colors.'
◆Application Guidelines for “GIGAZINE Manga Award”
・When you serialize manga on GIGAZINE...?
・Complete remote & work timing
・Since the serialized manga will be posted on GIGAZINE, you can read it first
・There is no strict deadline and it is easy to schedule
-No restrictions on genre or target, anything is OK if it is interesting
・Completion of assistant who can entrust you with color painting and background (no need to pay your own expenses)
・Because it is a young label, opinions and requests can be passed easily like a venture company!
etc. If you have any other questions like 'How is this?',
・Basic conditions:
・It is assumed that it can be read on a smartphone (no spreads, vertical scrolling standard)
・Full color, full digital (black and white are treated as 'original')
・The genre is free and the completed manuscript of 'Episode 1' and its making materials . For the making materials, in addition to character design and settings, please send a synopsis of the whole story in the range of about 200 to 800 characters. Please note that the screening may not proceed if there are insufficient entries.
・Original format:
Please refer to ' Princess and Gamer ' for aspect ratio, file size, and resolution.
-Number of originals:
freedom. Any page is OK.
・Other:
・Primary creation already announced by other media and platforms
-A work that was published in a magazine but was not published in a book or that was cut off due to strange circumstances on the way is also OK. Please do not give up.
・'Drawing only' is OK if you can show the URL of the portfolio and the work collection. For those that pass the first stage examination, we will have you actually draw a trial original in the second stage examination, and after passing, we will go to the final stage voting examination.
·The deadline:
Sunday, May 31, 2020, 23:59:59
・Review process:
After the first selection by the editorial department, the following screening process is planned.
Stage 1: GIGAZINE Secret Club Evaluation that can be viewed only by members and evaluation by the editorial department including making materials
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Stage 2: Examination after creating additional necessary items such as 'Episode 1 manuscript' and 'Plot to final episode' in a format that is more serialized. At the stage we have reached this point, we promise to serialize in some form or another.
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Final stage: Serialized manuscript will be judged by the GIGAZINE editor-in-chief + GIGAZINE secret club member's evaluation + GIGAZINE serialized writers will judge the guests and determine the grand prize winner overall. We will assure serialization when the final stage is reached.
・Reward:
To commemorate the new development of GIGAZINE Manga from March 2020, the rewards including the prize amount have been renewed as follows. It is clarified, including the question 'How far can I proceed to serialize?' so please do not miss it. The left side of the arrow is the conventional setting, and the right side is the reward from March 2020.
All passed the first screening and selected for the first stage:
Prize money 10,000 yen → Prize money 30,000 yen
Second stage entry:
Additional prize money 20,000 yen → Additional prize money 20,000 yen + editing in charge for serialization
Finalists:
Prize money only when winning or winning the grand prize → Additional prize money of 50,000 yen (100,000 yen in total) at the final stage advancement + serialization commitment after brushing up the submitted work
Prize:
Prize money 50,000 yen → Prize money 100,000 yen + serialized commitment
Grand Prize:
Prize money 100,000 yen → Prize money 500,000 yen + serialized commitment with the submitted work as it is
・Results of selection of submitted works
For works that go through the first stage screening, we will contact the e-mail address at the time of application by the end of the month following the application month for details of the screening.
In other cases, please note that we do not basically notify the examination results.
・Flow after winning
After finishing the serialization on GIGAZINE, it will be sold as an electronic book on Amazon. We will pay the prescribed manuscript fee and royalty respectively. GIGAZINE is responsible for selling and advertising electronic books.
・Question acceptance form:
If you have any questions about applying, please click here to contact us. If similar questions continue, we will summarize them as a FAQ, so please understand and cooperate.
・Manga Award application form:
Click here
◆Original script recruitment guidelines
-In addition to the first episode manuscript , prepare the plot (synopsis) from the first episode to the last episode . Synopsis Please describe in detail the flow of the whole work, from 100 to 800 characters, and write it on the first page of the manuscript.
・In the first screening, we will look at the fun of a simple story and the completeness of one story. If you proceed from the second screening to the final screening, we will judge whether you can consistently create a script written in G up to the final story, in consideration of actually creating the original manga.
・In the case of 'Original only' and only characters are applied, it is okay if you paste the text in the Google document and then enter the address of the shared link in the application form. In that case, please do not edit the document after applying.
Click here for application form
There is 'GIGAZINE secret club (GSC) closed examination' in the selection process of the Manga Award. Not only GSC members but also those who are not yet members, please take this opportunity to become a member of GSC and witness the birth of future masterpieces. Click here to register for the GIGAZINE Secret Club.
We look forward to receiving applications from creators. Thank you.
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