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Takarajimasha has started a new manga award called the Kono manga ga sugoi award.

The award will only take original submissions that have not been released yet, though original manga that were released as doujin or web comics are also allowed. Submission requires approximately 100 pages, 1st prize 8,000,000 yen (US$86,890), and professional mangaka are allowed to join too.

It looks like Takarajimasha is thinking of seriously getting into the manga publishing business as they state that all the manga that get an award will be published and there is a possibility of serialization.

They’ve also started a light novel award where the top prize is 5,000,000 yen (US$54,300).

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