Application Opens: 1 September, 2023; Deadline: 4 December, 2023
LOCATION: Japan
The SILENT MANGA AUDITION® (SMA) is the world’s biggest manga audition, exclusively with manga without dialogue. Through silent manga, talented international creators have the same chance as Japanese creators to join the manga world. Draw your characters’ expressions full of emotion and heart to work towards your dream debut!
ELIGIBILITY:
The competition is open to anyone.
Theme: Memorable Smile: People can have many different kinds of smiles: happy, amused, sad, confused, embarrassed, threatening…What memorable smiles will you show in your SMA20 entry?
The competition is free to enter.
Number of pages: 5 – 17. Reading order from the right to left, monochrome only.
BENEFIT:
Grand Prix: ¥500,000
Grand Prix Runner-Up: ¥300,000
Excellence Award: ¥100,000
Exellence Runner-Up: ¥30,000
Honourable Mention: ¥10,000
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