Bucheon-si's 'All Webtoon Contests' Receive Record 422 Applications

Two Award-Winning Works Each Receive 30 Million Won... Webtoon Convergence Center to Open Next Year

Bucheon City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Bucheon City, Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 14th that the '2022 All Webtoon Contest' received a record-breaking total of 422 applications.

The 'All Webtoon Contest,' co-hosted with Naver Webtoon and the webtoon production company Redice Studio, is being promoted to establish a solid support system for nurturing the webtoon creator ecosystem.

The city plans to discover excellent webtoon IPs (intellectual property) centered around the contest, support the selected creators to focus on their creations, and back them through production and platform serialization to foster the growth of creators.

The two grand prize winners of this contest will receive an opportunity to serialize on Naver Webtoon along with a creative support fund of 30 million KRW each.

In particular, from the early stages of creation, top domestic webtoon content developers will participate in producing (mentoring) to enhance the completeness of the works and support serialization.

Additionally, the selected creators will be able to continue their creative activities in a stable workspace by moving into the Webtoon Convergence Center, which opens in May next year.

The city plans to announce the final winners in August after a month of in-depth evaluation through expert work reviews, creator interviews, and discussions on serialization plans and workspace residency.

Mayor Jo Yong-ik of Bucheon said, "The power of excellent content comes from talent," and added, "We will do our best to create a creative ecosystem where the talents and works discovered through the contest settle in the Webtoon Convergence Center and grow into super webtoons."

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