Silent Manga Audition Contest 2025

Silent Manga Audition Contest 2025 is now open for entries!

Silent Manga Audition Contest 2025 : The Silent Manga Audition Contest 2025 hosted by manga Japanese publisher Coamix Inc. has been recently opened for entries inviting all manga creators to submit they best works this time on the themed “Seized with Rage”.

Short description

The Silent Manga Audition is an international manga competition hosted by manga Japanese publisher COAMIX Inc..

Open to anyone worldwide, this contest invites you to submit a story told entirely through illustration, without the use of dialogue. It serves as a canvas for creators to express intricate emotions, intricate narratives, and captivating moments through the medium of illustrations.

The absence of dialogue emphasizes the power of storytelling through images, making the competition accessible to artists from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

The 2025 edition of the competition, themed "Seized with Rage", challenges participants to convey intense emotions like anger, frustration, or passion, solely through visual elements. Artists are tasked with creating manga that resonate universally, allowing readers to engage deeply with the story through the characters’ expressions, body language, and creative use of onomatopoeia and symbolic imagery.

You can submit 5 – 17 pages in reading order from the right to left, monochrome only.

The legendary SMA judges will evaluate your artistic skills, your ability to build drama with an effective climatic twist, and your paneling/directorial skills.

With the judging criteria centered around emotions, originality, and composition, participants are encouraged to embark on a creative exploration that transcends cultural boundaries and resonates with a diverse global audience. Beyond its competitive aspect, the event fosters a sense of camaraderie among creators, allowing them to engage in the art of storytelling through a lens that reverberates with the essence of humanity itself.

This competition has launched the careers of several international manga creators, making it a prestigious platform for those aspiring to make their mark in the world of manga.

Who may enter?

This competition is open to anyone worldwide.

Prize:

➜ Grand Prix: 500,000 YEN
➜ Grand Prix Runner-Up: 300,000 YEN
➜ Excellence Award: 100,000 YEN
➜ Excellence Runner-Up: 30,000 YEN
➜ Honourable Mention: 10,000 YEN

Special prizes include merchandise for selected entrants. All entrants receive professional editorial feedback and a free 3-month trial of Clip Studio Paint EX.

Winners also gain the opportunity to collaborate with professional editors and potentially debut their work in Monthly Comic ZENON, a leading manga magazine.