Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism – Korea Manhwa Contents Agency, ‘2024 Korea Comics Criticism Contest’ held < Culture < Culture < Main article - Joongbu Ilbo

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency announced on the 25th that they will hold the ‘2024 Korea Cartoon Criticism Contest’ to create an in-depth comic culture foundation.

This contest invites criticism written on a free topic of approximately 14,000 characters by selecting one of four fields: ▶Artist theory ▶Work theory ▶Policy theory ▶Industrial theory. Anyone can apply, regardless of qualifications, including established players and newcomers.

The final 6 winning works are selected after review by relevant experts such as comics researchers and critics. The awards are divided into 1 grand prize winner (6 million won in prize money), 1 first prize winner (4 million won), and 2 excellence prize winners (2 million won each). Won), and two Rookie Award winners (1 million won each).

In addition, the winning works will be published in the cartoon criticism magazine ‘Now, Comics’ and ‘Cartoon Kyujanggak Webzine’, and the winners will be given the opportunity to participate as writers of cartoon criticism and columns published by the Korea Cartoon Video Agency.

Applications for the contest will be held from September 2nd to 6th through the Korea Cartoon Video Promotion Agency’s integrated business management system. For more information, please contact the Korea Cartoon Video Agency website or the Archives Business Team (032-310-3053).

Lee Mi-jeong, head of the archive business team at the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency, said, “In addition to this contest, we will continue to conduct projects to establish comics as a cultural content representing Korea through various discourses and criticisms about comics, such as the publication of ‘Now, Comics’ and a contest for special serial columns. “We plan to operate it as such,” he said.

Reporter Jeong Kyeong-a