{"id":7364,"date":"2022-06-02T15:03:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T22:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/?p=7364"},"modified":"2022-06-02T15:03:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T22:03:47","slug":"webtoon-comics-contest-open-submissions-call-to-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/?p=7364","title":{"rendered":"WEBTOON Comics Contest Open Submissions: Call to Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WEBTOON, the world&#8217;s largest comics publisher, is hosting the Call to Action Contest &#8211; and\u00a0<strong>submissions just opened<\/strong>!\u00a0We&#8217;d be thrilled for UCLA Students and Alumni to take part!<br><br>To support students and alumni entering the contest, WEBTOON teams have developed\u00a0<strong>this educational resource<\/strong>, which covers technical paneling and other skills used in WEBTOON vertical scroll comics fight scenes and Action genres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1ffa7wpaM3Oupj1rM-8QcAd7DjTiNMQbM\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WEBTOON Fight Scenes &#8211; Panel Types&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a>(linked here)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to keep this resource on hand, or pass it on to classes, fellow faculty, students, or alumni!&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Ll2x2S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WEBTOON&nbsp;Call to Action Contest<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/webtoonofficial\/status\/1532165107924578304?s=20&amp;t=XMdPD91-BkK3kWALL2I-DQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Animated Promotion<\/a>&nbsp;linked here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submit a fight scene for the chance to win prizes and become a WEBTOON Originals Creator! Submissions should include 1 episode, featuring 60+ panels and 2+ characters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prizes<\/strong>: Starting with a&nbsp;<strong>Grand Prize of $50,000<\/strong>, a WEBTOON Originals publishing offer + an animated short of their fight scene!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many more prizes are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Submissions:<\/strong>&nbsp;open June 01 &#8211; July 31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More Prizes, FAQ &amp; Rules:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Ll2x2S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/3Ll2x2S<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and alumni of every background, grade or major are invited to take part.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entrants maintain their rights when posting to WEBTOON CANVAS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner of our previous Short Story Contest was from an animation background! Check out his WEBTOON Originals Series &#8211;<strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webtoons.com\/en\/sf\/space-boy\/ep-1\/viewer?title_no=400&amp;episode_no=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>Space Boy!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s WEBTOON?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webtoons.com\/en\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WEBTOON<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is the world&#8217;s largest comics publisher, with over 82+ million monthly active readers across 65 different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone can tell their story with WEBTOON through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webtoons.com\/en\/challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WEBTOON&nbsp;CANVAS<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;our self-publishing platform, where Creators can monetize their series and comics. We source&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webtoons.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>WEBTOON&nbsp;Originals&nbsp;Series<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; officially published and contracted titles &#8211; from CANVAS. WEBTOON Originals Creators can access additional opportunities for their series through Wattpad WEBTOON Studios and WEBTOON Unscrolled.&nbsp;Through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.webtoonstudios.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Wattpad&nbsp;WEBTOON&nbsp;Studios<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;we form partnerships with industry leaders to develop WEBTOON comics into Animations, Tv\/Streamed Series, Films and Games.&nbsp;<strong>WEBTOON Unscrolled<\/strong>&nbsp;is our Graphic Novel imprint, launching Fall 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEBTOON, the world&#8217;s largest comics publisher, is hosting the Call to Action Contest &#8211; and\u00a0submissions just opened!\u00a0We&#8217;d be thrilled for UCLA Students and Alumni to &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7365,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7364\/revisions\/7365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.art.ucla.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}