One Store's Fantasy and Martial Arts Contest with a 170 Million Won Prize

[Asia Economy Reporter Joselgina] App market One Store announced on the 16th that it will hold the ‘One Store Books 2020 Fantasy·Martial Arts Web Novel Contest’ with special prizes worth a total of 170 million KRW, including opportunities for webtoon adaptation and overseas expansion.

One Store prepared this contest to discover promising authors and solid web novels with strong stories that have potential for utilization in various forms of content in the future. The total prize money is 90 million KRW, and special benefits such as an advance payment of 80 million KRW guaranteed for winning works are provided.

Anyone can participate regardless of whether they are new or established authors, and there is no limit on the number of submissions. The genres targeted are six categories: fantasy, martial arts, modern fantasy, game fantasy, fusion fantasy, and alternate history. Even works preparing for publication can be submitted with the consent of the publisher if they are unpublished.

The submission period is from September 23 to October 28. Participants can either serialize works of 20 episodes or more through One Store Books Studio or submit works of more than 5,000 characters via email. Twenty works that pass the preliminary round will be serialized for 15 days on One Store Books web novels during the final stage, and the final winners will be selected through a comprehensive evaluation of reader response, serialization sincerity, popularity, creativity, and artistic quality.

The prize money includes 30 million KRW for one grand prize winner and 10 million KRW each for six finalists. In addition to the prize money, winners will be offered official publication through One Store Books’ original fantasy publishing brand ‘Ocho,’ as well as opportunities for webtoon adaptation and overseas expansion. The final winners will be announced on December 23.

More detailed information about the contest can be found on the detailed guide page (https://bit.ly/2GQjRRg).

Meanwhile, One Store Books is actively securing IP and nurturing domestic authors by steadily publishing original content through the original fantasy publishing brand Ocho and the original romance brand ‘ROO.’

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