{"id":15150,"date":"2017-04-02T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T08:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=15150"},"modified":"2017-04-02T16:34:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T08:34:19","slug":"japan-embassy-in-ph-invites-artists-to-join-the-11th-japan-international-manga-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/04\/02\/japan-embassy-in-ph-invites-artists-to-join-the-11th-japan-international-manga-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Embassy in PH invites artists to join the \u201811th Japan International MANGA Award\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a manga artist or an illustrator who wants his work to be recognized? This is your chance to let the world know your story by joining the \u201c11th Japan International MANGA Award\u201d and by submitting your entry until June 16, 2017.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15151 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/manga.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/manga.jpg 222w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/manga-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Japan International Manga Award was introduced in May 2007 upon the initiative of then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Taro Aso. It aims to reward manga creators for their contributions toward spreading manga and Japanese culture overseas and to further promote international cultural exchanges through manga art.<\/p>\n<p>For those interested to join the contest, here are the steps you need to follow:<\/p>\n<p>1. To join, interested participants must submit a completed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp\/files\/000240893.docx\">ENTRY FORM<\/a>\u00a0and TWO (2) NON-RETURNABLE HARD COPIES of their own MANGA work composed of more than 16 pages. Kindly include page numbers on every page of the printed material. Also, an English or Japanese translation must be provided if the MANGA is written in the artist\u2019s local language.<\/p>\n<p>2. Note that only one work per applicant and only entries produced within the last three years (2014-2017) will be accepted. Both published and unpublished works may be submitted.<\/p>\n<p>3. Entries will be accepted until Friday, June 16, 2017. Please mail your applications to either of the following addresses:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/add.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/add.png 2000w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/add-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/add-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/add-1024x306.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. The Eleventh Japan International MANGA Award Evaluation Committee will be responsible for the selection procedures.<\/p>\n<p>5. The Gold Award of the Eleventh Japan International MANGA Award will be given to the best MANGA work and the Silver Award to three other excellent works. Gold and Silver Award winners will be invited to Japan for an awarding ceremony, which will be held around February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image grabbed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp\/itpr_en\/00_000290.html\">ph.emb-japan.go.jp<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ph.emb-japan.go.jp\/itpr_en\/00_000290.html\">ph.emb-japan.go.jp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manga-award.mofa.go.jp\/info\/japan_entry_form_11th_e.html\">manga-award.mofa.go.jp<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you a manga artist or an illustrator who wants his work to be recognized? This is your chance to let the world know your story by joining the \u201c11th Japan International MANGA Award\u201d and by submitting your entry until June 16, 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[2954],"class_list":["post-15150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-news-and-current-events","tag-11th-japan-international-manga-award"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/04\/manga.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15150"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15159,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15150\/revisions\/15159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}