WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. is celebrating fandom with the WEBTOON Video Contest. Starting today, fans can show their passion for webcomics and bring their favorite WEBTOON series to life by creating TikToks or YouTube Shorts inspired by their favorite WEBTOON Originals titles. One winner will take home a $30,000 Grand Prize, along with multiple $10,000 Diamond-level prize winners, $5,000 Platinum-level prize winners, and more than 10,000 additional cash and coin prize winners.
To enter, participants can create a one-minute video inspired by select WEBTOON Originals, share it on TikTok or YouTube Shorts, and submit the link on the WEBTOON Video Contest submission page. Entries can be submitted in one of six exciting categories: Live Action, Animation, Original Music, Explainer/Recommendation, Reactions, and Wild Card. Full contest entry guidelines, including video and social post requirements, are available on the contest rules page.
Submissions can share their fandom for one of the following WEBTOON Original series:
- Bailin and Li Yun (Romance)
- Castle Swimmer (Romance/Fantasy)
- Eleceed (Action)
- Homesick (Thriller)
- I’m the Queen in This Life (Drama)
- Jackson’s Diary (Drama)
- Love 4 a Walk (Romance/Drama)
- Marionetta (Drama/Fantasy)
- Maybe Meant to Be (Romance)
- Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint (Action/Fantasy)
- Operation: True Love (Romance/Drama)
- Ordeal (Action/Fantasy)
- School Bus Graveyard (Thriller)
- Teenage Mercenary (Action)
- The Greatest Estate Developer (Drama/Fantasy)
- The Ki Sisters (Comedy)
- The Mafia Nanny (Romance)
- The Remarried Empress (Fantasy)
- unOrdinary (Action)
- Vampire Family (Comedy)
- Wind Breaker (Action)
The WEBTOON Video Contest prize pool includes (up to):
- One Grand Prize Winner: $30,000
- Three Diamond Winners: $10,000
- Three Platinum Winners: $5,000
- 10 Gold Winners: $1,000
- 10 Silver Winners: $500
- 100 Bronze Winners: $100
- 10,000 Coins Winners: WEBTOON Coin Packs
Entries open on February 10 (at 3:01 pm PT) and close on April 14 (at 11:59 pm PT), and will be evaluated by a team of judges from WEBTOON Entertainment. Winners will be announced in June 2025. Additional details and full contest guidelines can be found on the WEBTOON Video Contest submission page.
The WEBTOON Video Contest is the latest in a series of high-profile contests celebrating creators and fandom, including the WEBTOON Webcomic Legends Contest and the Monster Hunter Wilds Webcomic Contest in collaboration with CAPCOM.
Source: Press Release