CATDOLL: The first college student original mobile cartoon competition was launched, with royalties up to millions

On September 22, 2015, the "First College Student Original Mobile Cartoon Competition" jointly sponsored by China Youth Daily, China Mobile Migu Comics, and Magic Screen Comics, hosted by China Youth Online, China University Media Alliance, Qingyun.com, and co-organized by Wandoujia, held a press conference in the lecture hall of China Youth Daily, announcing the official launch of the competition. This competition is a prize-winning selection activity for college students across the country to solicit submissions, with no restrictions on the theme and form of creation.

The China Youth Daily on September 23 gave a large-scale report on the event.

The submission period is from September 1 to November 25, and the voting period is from September 1 to December 30. Universities across the country are divided into six competition areas: Beijing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Xiamen, and Chengdu. There will be three rounds of competition: regional auditions, national top 60 semi-finals, and national top 10 finals. The promotion and ranking of each round are jointly determined by readers' votes and judges' ratings and recommendations.

Magic Screen Comics will invest 1 million yuan as prize money and royalties for the winning works and to help contracted authors set up studios.

The author who wins first place in the final will receive a cash prize of 50,000 yuan, and the winning work will be signed to Magic Screen Comics for serialization.

The second to fifth place authors will receive a bonus of 5,000 yuan and the opportunity to become a contracted author of Magic Screen Comics first.

The fourth to tenth authors will receive a bonus of 2,000 yuan and the opportunity to become a contracted author of Magic Screen Comics first.

Submission method:

1. Submit your work through the upload function of the Magic Screen Comics client

2. Upload your submissions through the official website of Magic Screen Comics (www.mhmp.cn/vote/)

Eligibility:

1. The author status of this competition is limited to Chinese nationals currently studying at colleges, universities and postgraduate schools.

2. Multiple people can collaborate and register based on their work.

3. When uploading, you need to provide the name of the school and the author’s contact information.

4. The author must have full copyright to the work, and multiple submissions of the same manuscript are not allowed.

Submission Category:

　　Story comics, picture books, four-frame comics 36 pages or more, strip comics 10 pages or more. (Can be uploaded in multiple times, the number of pages is based on the number of pages at the submission deadline on November 25)

Voting method:

The voting channels are the Magic Screen Comics APP and the official web homepage of the competition.

Each user has one voting opportunity per day.

The judging panel of the competition is composed of 30 people, including well-known comic authors Zhou Hongbin, Yan Kai, Mao Xiaole, and Shijiufan, comic industry media professionals, animation college tutors, and leaders of the organizing unit.

Review Process:

Audition

Voting period: September 1 to November 25

Promotion rules: the top ten in each division will advance to the top 60 in the country

Each of the 20 university judges will recommend 1 work from entries not from their own region; each of the 3 corporate judges and 3 media judges will recommend 1 work from entries from each region; and each of the 4 author judges will recommend 2 works from entries from each region.

Among the works recommended by the professional jury in each competition area, the top 3 with the highest number of votes will advance to the next round.

The remaining works will be promoted according to the top 7 votes in each competition area.

60 to 10 competition

Voting period: November 26 to December 10

Promotion rules: The top 10 teams will advance to the finals regardless of region.

Each of the 20 university judges will recommend 1 work from entries not from their own region, 3 corporate judges and 3 media judges will recommend 2 works each, and 4 author judges will recommend 3 works each.

Among the works recommended by the professional jury, the top 10 with the highest number of votes will advance

If the professional jury promotes less than 10 works, the one with the highest number of votes will be promoted.

Top 10 PK Competition

Voting period: December 11th to December 30th

Promotion rules: Players draw lots for 1 vs. 1 public voting PK, each PK lasts 2 days, a total of 5 games and 10 days, the PK winner advances to the top 5

The professional jury members voted to determine the ranking of the top 5. Works recommended by university judges received 1 point, works recommended by corporate judges and media judges received 3 points, and works recommended by author judges received 5 points.

The final top five rankings will be determined by the score of each work (if the scores are the same, the total number of votes will be considered)

For more information, please follow the competition homepage, Weibo and WeChat. You can also participate in the event and vote for the entries on the competition homepage, Magic Screen Comics APP and WeChat.

Competition homepage: www.mhmp.cn/vote/

Official WeChat subscription account of the competition: Magic Screen Technology

Official Weibo of the competition: Magic Screen Comics

QQ group for consultation and discussion of contestants: 481172651

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