The Ninth International manga award Guidelines for Application

1. 
   Purpose
   

1. 
   The Gold Award of the Ninth International MANGA Award will be conferred upon the best MANGA work and the Silver Award will be granted to the next three excellent works.
   
2. 
   The Gold Award and the Silver Award winners will be invited to Japan on the occasion of the award ceremony for around 10 days as complementary prize.
   

3. 
   Conditions of Entry
   

1. 
   The MANGA works (24 or more pages) must have been produced outside Japan. The works which have received the past International Manga Awards are excluded.
   
2. 
   Both published and unpublished works are eligible, but the MANGA works should have been produced within three years proceeding the date of application(2012-2015).
   
3. 
   The works must be submitted in printed form (In certain instances, submission of data may be required later on.).
   
4. 
   Publishing companies overseas can also apply for the Ninth International MANGA Award only after confirmation that their MANGA artists agree to their works being submitted.
   
5. 
   Each applicant can submit only one work
   

In case your submission is a collection of short stories, you can submit only one story.

Duplicate application will be invalid.

3. 
   How to Apply
   

1. 
   Application Period
   

(2)Applications be sent to either i) or ii) below:

i) Japanese Embassies or Consulates General (Please check the website for the relevant address.)

ii) P. O. Box

MBE335　The Ninth International MANGA Award Executive Committee

1F　MOF Kandaiwamoto-cho Bbldg.

3-8-16 Iwamoto-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, JAPAN, 101-0032
(3) The number of copies

Two copies of your work must be submitted.

(Additional copies may be requested for works being considered for an award.)

(4) Others

Please ensure the entry form, filled in either English or Japanese, is attached to your work.（Write in Block Letter）

Please ensure that the page number is indicated on every page.

If your work is not in the form of a booklet please indicate clearly if there are

3. 
   Return of Works
   

3. 
   Selection