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CATEGORIES
Each category will a winner, second place and third place:
FOR WRITERS
- Best ‘one page’ unproduced comic book script
- Best single issue unproduced comic book script (18-24 pages)
- Best unproduced graphic novel script
- Best comic book pitch
FOR ARTISTS and ANIMATORS
- Best unpublished one page comic (fully drawn and lettered)
- Best unpublished short comic (2-10 pages)
- Best comic book trailer
- Best motion comic
- Best action figure
- Best statue
Special Sub-Awards
- Best minority voice
- Best student work
- Best indigenous voice
- Best female talent
- Best solo award
- Best new voice
- Best LGBTQI work
- Best Black-and-White comic
- Best environmentally-themed work
- Best disability-awareness work
- Honorable mention
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Award winners will receive:
- Printed copies of the script anthology (for writers)
- Printed anthology of the comic anthology (for artists and creative teams)
- Trophy (for Steelkilt winners), certificate (for second and third place, and honorable mentions)
- Cash (amount determined in August)
- Written interviews for all winners in all tiers and in all categories
- Video interviews for first place winners, sub-award winners
Application dates and types:
- Early bird, standard entry, and late entry dates
- Different categories for amateurs and professionals
- Student discounts
- Scholarships available for undeserved or financially constrained applicants, minorities, indigenous applicants, or others with special circumstances.
Sub-Awards
- Best minority voice
- Best student work
- Best indigenous voice
- Best female talent
- Best solo award
- Best new voice
- Best LGBTQI work
- Best Black-and-White comic
- Best environmentally-themed work
- Best disability-awareness work
- Honorable mention
It is free to enter your work for a sub-award. But note – you MUST apply for a main category to be able to submit your work for a sub-award.