KADOKAWA CORPORATION is pleased to announce that KADOKAWA has launched a manga contest without texts, the “Wordless World Manga Contest” and welcomes entries from around the world.
The website (https://wordlessmanga.com/eng.html) is open on Friday, 4th October, and closes on February 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM JST. The winners can also aim for a manga serialization in Japan.
Normally manga has speech bubbles, but for the ”Wordless World Manga Contest” (hereafter referred to as “this Contest”), artists are expected to submit manga without speech bubbles or letterings.
There are two awards: the Themed Manga Award and the Original Manga Award.
This Contest is looking for manga artists who can work together with KADOKAWA to create Japanese manga, from across the globe, as we appreciate expressive and artistic skills beyond language barriers. Artists can submit their works from a minimum of 8 pages.
ENTRY CATEGORIES
Please create a work with the story of “Don Quixote.”
“Don Quixote”
Alonso Quijano is an old knight living in the Spanish countryside. Enthralled by old chivalric tales, he decides to embark on an adventure to right the wrongs of the world as the itinerant knight Don Quixote. He sets out with his neighbor Sancho Panza as his traveling companion. Don Quixote seems to confuse fantasy with reality; for example, he thinks windmills are giants and fights them. People around him laugh at his eccentricities, but he never gives up hope….
- You may create the rest of the story in your own way.
- You do not necessarily have to follow the above synopsis. You may depict the entire story of the original “Don Quixote” or excerpt some scenes from it.
- You may also alter the story in any way you like.
- You may change the setting as you like (different period, different country, different universe, etc.)
Original Manga Award
Any story can apply.
Action, comedy, romance, horror… any genre is accepted as long as it’s a “wordless manga!” Please show your ideas and what you want to express in your manga work.
AWARDS
Themed Manga Award
- Gold prize: $10,000 USD
- Silver prize: $5,000 USD
- Bronze prize: $3,000 USD
Original Manga Award
- Gold prize: $10,000 USD
- Silver prize: $5,000 USD
- Bronze prize: $3,000 USD
PARTICIPANT BENEFITS
- Manga editors will support winners to work on manga creation at KADOKAWA!
- There are no language barriers! Applications are welcomed from across the world!
- Winners are planned to be invited to the award ceremony and editorial department tour.
- Winning works will be released on KADOKAWA’s manga portal website KADOCOMI!
SUPPORTERS
Source: Press Release
