Webtoon and Game Company IP Collaboration... Kakao Entertainment and Pearl Abyss Host Web Novel Contest

Kakao Entertainment and Pearl Abyss announced on the 26th that they will hold the 'Black Desert X KakaoPage Web Novel Contest.'

The contest, with a total prize of approximately 70 million KRW, will be held for 8 weeks starting from the 24th of next month. Black Desert is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) created by Pearl Abyss. The contest is open to any work written on a free theme, as long as it uses materials appearing in Black Desert.

The contest is divided into two categories. The web novel mid-length category, hosted by KakaoPage and Pearl Abyss, and the synopsis category, hosted by Pearl Abyss. Both the winning web novel mid-length works and synopsis works will be reviewed for the possibility of creating secondary works, and discussions for contracts to create secondary works will take place. From the grand prize to the bronze prize winners in the web novel mid-length category will be given the opportunity to serialize their works on KakaoPage under the 'Free if you wait' business model (BM).

This contest is the first case of collaboration between a webtoon, web novel platform, and game company under the shared goal of 'intellectual property (IP) expansion.' A Kakao Entertainment official said, "We are honored to hold a web novel contest utilizing the globally beloved Black Desert IP," adding, "We will continue to plan and promote various projects to discover and expand IPs in new ways."

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