Each year, the Embassy of Japan runs a comic-writing competition to unearth the best, freshest talent in comic short stories, and we’re thrilled to help launch the 2016 Manga Jiman contest with this very special panel event.
Now in its tenth year, the competition has two categories: Yonkoma Manga, a comic strip of four panels on one page, for entrants aged between 10 and 13; and Manga Jiman, a short story told across six-to-eight pages for anyone aged 14 or over.
Winners and runners up receive tremendous prizes: in 2015 the top prize included air tickets to Japan and inclusion in a special exhibition at the Embassy. To find out more about the competition, this year’s theme and how to enter, join our panel of artists and former winners as they give you all the info and inspiration you need to get started and some first-hand insight into what participating in and winning the competition meant for them.
