Global Comic Awards 2025
In partnership with the drawing software Clip Studio Paint, this competition involves producing an one-shot (Manga or Webtoon) on the theme of "First love".
Each project will be judged by the readers and then by a jury made up of the French author Anne Lise Nalin and Frédéric Toutlemonde (Manager at Euromanga).
International one-shot contest :
Manga, Comics, Webtoon.
Theme : "First love"
One shot : Colour or black and white
Number of pages :
Manga / Comics : From 8 to 16 pages max + 1 cover (i.e. between 9 and 17 pages including cover).
Webtoon : From 40 to 80 panel maximum.
Style : Free
Tools : Free (choice of traditional or digital).
Dimensions : Minimum width of 800px required for uploading to Mangadraft
Reading direction : No obligation - your choice
General public : Your project must not contain any erotic, pornographic or bloody scenes.
Language : French or English
Other : A 500 x 500px thumbnail should be added for your project sheet. You can crop a page of your project to use it as an thumbnail instead of creating one specifically for your project.
No art tools? No problem!
We are giving away three-month Clip Studio Paint EX codes to all who fill out a survey!
Anyone who doesn't have drawing tools and participates in this contest can request a single-device three-month Clip Studio Paint EX code. Please use it when creating your contest entry.
Answer the survey to claim itAfter finishing the survey, the code will be sent to you via email. Please note that it may take a few business days for us to contact you.
Clip Studio Paint EX code application deadline: May 29th, 2025, 17:00 (UTC/GMT)
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Clip Studio Paint is the artist's drawing, painting, comic, webtoon, and animation tool, loved by professionals. Please take this opportunity to try out Clip Studio Paint.
How can you take part?
Then you can complete your project file and start adding content.
Details and conditions
Registration is free
The same author may submit only one work. It must be original, made for this competition and for all ages.
The use of AI is prohibited and will result in disqualification.
Entries that have been featured in commercial magazines or won prizes in other competitions will not be accepted. We also ask that works submitted to this competition not be entered simultaneously in other competitions.
The consent of a parent or guardian of a participant under the age of majority is required to enter the contest.
The winning works may be used by CELSYS and the other sponsoring partners for the promotion of the competition (excluding sales. No commercial use will be made without your agreement).
An entry will not be valid in the following cases:
- If the content infringes the rights of others.
- If the content infringes the intellectual property rights of a third party.
- If content contrary to public order and morality is included.
The prize in Euros will be transferred to each winner's bank account by Mangadraft within 15 days of the jury's final results (End of July, 2025) and after communication of the winners' contact details.
Charges (deducted from the amount transferred) may apply if the transfer is made outside the SEPA zone. Your bank account must accept international payments if your bank is outside SEPA.
The winners' prizes
# 1 CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX activation code, 1 device, 3 years
# Privileged access to Mangadraft's Original Program.
# 1 CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX activation code, 1 device, 3 years
# Privileged access to Mangadraft's Original Program.
# 1 CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX activation code, 1 device, 3 years
# Privileged access to Mangadraft's Original Program.
5 honourable mentions will be awarded.
# 100 € (Euros)# 1 CLIP STUDIO PAINT EX activation code, 1 device, 6 months
# Privileged access to Mangadraft's Original Program.
Selection of winners
An initial selection will be made by the public, with readers able to vote for their favourite projects. These votes, together with various interaction statistics (Views, Likes, Readings, Shares, ...), will be used to determine the PUBLIC PRIZE.
Then will come the jury votes, where each member will choose their top 3, leading to the selection of the MANGA/COMIC GRAND JURY PRIZE, WEBTOON GRAND JURY PRIZE and the JURY’S FAVORITE, as well as 5 honourable mentions.
If one of the jury's choices is the same as the Public Prize, the jury will prevail and the Public Prize will be awarded to the 2nd Public Prize. This is to ensure that the Public Prize can still reach the top podium if the jury so decides.
The jury
The jury is made up of French author Anne Lise Nalin and Frédéric Toutlemonde (Consultant Celsys, Inc, manager of Euromanga L.L.C, publisher of Tezucomi magazine).
Anne Lise Nalin
Born in Marseilles in 1992, it was at the age of 16 that she left high school and opened her comic blog.
This enabled her to share her work and take part in comic strip competitions and collectives, and she entered the world of publishing and began her career as an illustrator.
She works on novels, for the press and on children's series for several publishing houses (Bayard, Milan, Rageot, Syros, Dupuis, Nathan...); she also works as a comic strip author, publishing “Journal d'un enfant de lune” with éditions Kennes and “Le Cœur en Braille” with éditions Dargaud.
Frédéric Toutlemonde
Born in France in 1978. Has lived in Tokyo since 2003.
Manager of the Japanese publishing house Euromanga.
Freelance editor for the Japanese magazine Tezucomi.
European representative for Tezuka Productions.
Consultant for Celsys, Inc.
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Tokyo International Comic Festival
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