Jump Universal Manga Contest

[Zpreader]

So another day another contest.

This time it's Shuisha and Medibang teaming up for the contest in celebration of Jump's 50th anniversary and the launch of the Jump Paint app.

Here's the basics:

Deadline: January 5th, 2018

55 pages maximum

Prizes:

1st Prize: 1,000,000yen (~9000USD) + a Jump feature

2nd Prize: 300,000yen (~2,750USD) + a Jump Plus or special edition feature

3rd Prize: 50,000yen + (~450USD)

Must read right to left.

For printing purposes, 600dpi would be necessary

For more info you can go here

(That's my fourth manga contest thread. At this point I'm not sure if it's just that no one else cares or that I just have some uncanny knack for stumbling onto these things early )

[mg78]

600dpi damn
btw i entered the kodansha contest few years ago. was quite cool as experience...

[Tanisha]

It's good to post on here anyway! I guess people just don't have much to say half of the time.

I can't seem to find it though, what size should the pages be? Submission paper size? Shonen Magazine size?...

[Zpreader]

I reckon that page size isn't specified because it has to be submitted digitally through medibang. I think they're just assuming that you are going to work digitally (at least partially)

That being said as someone who has the software I know that there is a comic page template labeled "professional" with 18x27cm safe line dimensions, the same as the B4 manuscript paper. I would assume that if they are looking for a certain size, that would be it.

[Tanisha]

Okay that's the size I was assuming! Since in case you win you would have to have the print ready files in hand so it's weird that they don't specify?? Thank you though!~^^b

[333]

So, what happens when you get first place and become a Jump featured?
Do you have to post content weekly or something? I'm so confused :c

[Zpreader]

That's a good question. The thing is while I use the word "feature" here it actually uses the word "serialization" on the official site. That said, I assume that they would never give someone a multi-chapter serialization for winning a contest given how intensive the standard process of submitting to Jump is. I think it is just a one chapter thing and the word serialization is just a broader term in Japan than in the west.

[Luminosophy]

There's also this template from Ka-blam. I don't know if it helps.

Manga-Sized Page Template

[DrawGasm]

@Zpreader Thanks so much for the heads up!!! I think this is an awesome opportunity. I most certainly will probably not win. But... You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. I have some time to improve before the deadline though. Literally getting into Jump would be my dream.

[okellymx]

I'll probably end up entering 4-5 different one-shots just because.