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Manga & drawing contests

The contests worth entering.

Every ongoing manga and drawing contest, with the organizer, jury, prize, and deadline at a glance. Updated weekly.

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Major5 days left

Young Magazine Monthly Newcomer Manga Award — Round 553 (May 2026)

Kodansha Young Magazine's monthly seinen newcomer award.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥800,000 + immediate publication
Major5 days left

JUMP Shin Sekai Manga Award — May 2026 (110th)

Monthly newcomer award for Shonen Jump+.

Prize1st place ¥2,000,000 + serialization
Major5 days left

28th Monthly Shōnen Magazine Comic Award Debut!

Monthly Shōnen Magazine's newcomer pipeline.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥1,000,000 + tablet + 3-yr Clip Studio Paint EX
Major5 days left

MANGA Plus Creators — Monthly Award

Shueisha's rolling monthly cycle for global creators.

PrizeGold ¥1,000,000 + Jump+ & MANGA Plus publication
Standard5 days left

Shinshokan BL Manga Award 2026

Shinshokan's annual BL-focused newcomer manga award.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥300,000 + guaranteed debut + tankobon
Major9 days left

Jump SQ. SPARK New Manga Award — June 2026

Shueisha's Jump SQ. newcomer award. Monthly cycle.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥1,500,000
Flagship35 days left

20th Japan International Manga Award

The Japanese government's global manga prize. 20th anniversary edition.

PrizeGold Award + 7-day Japan trip & publisher visits
Major35 days left

Mangadraft × Clip Studio Paint Global Comic Awards (Round 8)

Mangadraft & Celsys's Europe-anchored global comic award.

PrizeManga & Webtoon Grand Prizes €2,000 each + 3-yr Clip Studio Paint EX
Major57 days left

KMA Award: Mangaka Discovery 2026

Kodansha Manga Academy's new global manga award.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥300,000 + Tokyo ceremony invitation
Major83 days left

YanMag Painter Award 2026

New Young Magazine award aimed at non-manga drawing pros.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥1,000,000
Cheese! Manga Grand Prix — Round 314
Major90 days left

Cheese! Manga Grand Prix — Round 314

Shogakukan Cheese!'s monthly shōjo/josei newcomer prize.

PrizePremium Debut Prize ¥1,000,000 + laptop + immediate debut
Flagship112 days left

Shogakukan 99th Newcomer Comic Award

Shogakukan's flagship newcomer contest, feeding all its manga magazines.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥2,000,000 + tablet + 3-yr Clip Studio Paint EX
Flagship127 days left

Tezuka & Akatsuka Awards — Lower Term 2026

Shueisha's twin flagship gateways into Weekly Shonen Jump.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥2,000,000 + Weekly Jump publication
MajorOpens in 36 days

Silent Manga Audition — SMA24 (next round)

Coamix's wordless global manga contest — the route to a Japanese debut.

PrizeCoamix publishing pathway + editor pairing
MajorEnded 16 days ago

Ultra Jump New Manga Award — Round 16

Ultra Jump's any-genre, any-length newcomer award.

PrizeGrand Prize ¥500,000 + Ultra Jump publication

Every active manga & drawing contest, in one place.

M2W Contests tracks every major manga and drawing contest currently open for submission, plus the contests opening soon and the ones that just closed. Each entry lists the organizer, sponsors, judges, prize, deadline, and submission link — straight from the organizer.

What you'll find here

Shonen Jump's Tezuka & Akatsuka Awards (Shueisha), the Jump SQ. SPARK New Manga Award, Ultra Jump New Manga Award, JUMP Shin Sekai Manga Award, the rolling MANGA Plus Creators Monthly Award, Kodansha Manga Academy's Mangaka Discovery, Coamix's Silent Manga Audition, the Pixiv × CLIP STUDIO PAINT Global Comic Awards, the 20th Japan International Manga Award (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan), the Manga Taisho, and the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Contests open to non-Japanese artists

Most contests we list accept entries from anywhere in the world. The Japan International Manga Award is dedicated to non-Japanese creators; the Tezuka & Akatsuka Awards, Kodansha Mangaka Discovery, Silent Manga Audition, MANGA Plus Creators, and the Pixiv × Clip Studio Global Comic Awards all accept international entries.

How fresh is this?

Deadlines and prize amounts come directly from each organizer's announcement and are re-verified weekly. Sign up for email notifications to be alerted when new contests open or when a matching deadline is approaching.

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