Summary

JUMP Next Generation Battle Manga Award offers cash prizes up to $3400 US & publication opportunities in Shōnen Jump.
Top mangaka judges Gege Akutami, Tite Kubo, Yuki Tabata, Kōhei Horikoshi will preside over the competition.
Winners of this manga contest will secure a serialization spot on Shōnen Jump+, Jump GIGA, or Weekly Shōnen Jump.

On Monday, Shueisha announced the commencement of the JUMP Next Generation Battle Manga Award, a manga contest that will accept one-shots from new artists in order to find the next poster child of Weekly Shōnen Jump. Professionals as well as amateur mangaka are invited to submit any battle-themed manga for a chance at publication and serialization in Shōnen Jump magazine.

This big contest comes at a very interesting time for the magazine as the new gen manga titles that rose to prominence after the end of the Big Three era have closed out their serializations or moved to other publications.

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Information About The Next Generation Battle Manga Award

Four Mangaka With Highly Successful Jump Serializations Serve As Judges

JUMP Next Generation Battle Shonen Manga Award Judges Tite Kubo Kohei Horikoshi Yuki Tabata Gege Akutami BLEACH My Hero Academia Black Clover Jujutsu Kaisen

The JUMP Next Generation Battle Manga Award is a contest accepting entries from professionals or amateurs presenting any battle-themed manga. Entries can have a maximum of 47 pages, with the grand prize being ¥1 million (approximately 6900 US$), with other cash prizes for the runner-up, third place and honourable mentions ranging from ¥10 000 to ¥500 000 ($70 – $3400 US).

The contest will be presided by judges Gege Akutami, author of Jujutsu Kaisen; Tite Kubo, author of BLEACH and BURN THE WITCH; Black Clover author Yuki Tabata, and My Hero Academia author Kōhei Horikoshi, who provided the promotion illustration for the competition featuring the protagonists from each author's most famous work.

Winners of first, second, and third-place positions are guaranteed a serialization in Shōnen Jump's digital platform, Shōnen Jump+; while first and second place are also guaranteed publication in the Jump GIGA special edition, while first place gets a spot in Weekly Shōnen Jump itself.

Those who receive an honourable mention and those who were "one step away from being a finalist" will get assistance from an editor of one of the four judges' manga, with the first place winner also getting a recommendation from one of the judges on an obi after publication. The deadline is January 20, 2025, with winners to be announced in March.