Press release_Kakao Piccoma Piccoma holds the 3rd Piccoma Novels Grand Prize, one of the largest novel contests in Japan with a total prize money of 20 million yen. Recruitment for the first season will begin at the same time. The grand prize of th

[Press release_Kakao Piccoma] Piccoma holds the 3rd Piccoma Novels Grand Prize, one of the largest novel contests in Japan with a total prize money of 20 million yen. Recruitment for the first season will begin at the same time. The grand prize of the year is a prize of 10 million yen and a guaranteed SMARTOON(R)︎! ​
Kakao Piccoma Co., Ltd. Press release: November 28, 2024 Piccoma holds the 3rd Piccoma Novels Grand Prize, one of the largest novel contests in Japan with a total prize money of 20 million yen. Recruitment for the first season will begin at the same time. The grand prize of the year is a prize of 10 million yen and a guaranteed SMARTOON(R)︎!
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Piccoma holds the 3rd Piccoma Novels Grand Prize, one of the largest novel contests in Japan with a total prize money of 20 million yen ・Works that pass the first screening will be guaranteed to be serialized on Piccoma, a platform with 10 million monthly MAUs (manuscript fee part of the work’s revenue will be paid) ・In the future, we will more actively promote SMARTOON from Piccoma Novels serialized works ・Management Secretariat: “We are looking forward to receiving works that are fun both as novels and as SMARTOON, and that Piccoma readers like.” Kakao Piccoma Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Kim Jae-ryong) will hold the novel contest “3rd Piccoma Novels Grand Prize” on the electronic manga/novel service “Piccoma” operated by the company. . At the same time, we have started accepting entries for the first season from November 28th (Thursday) to February 28th, 2025 (Friday). The Piccoma Novels Grand Prize is a novel contest sponsored by Piccoma that is held in four seasons throughout the year. In the first round of judging, users selected based on Piccoma usage data will act as “reader judges,” and after the second round of judging by the management office, the annual grand prize will be decided. A major feature of the series is that all works that pass the first screening will be serialized on Piccoma, regardless of whether they win an award or not.To date, a total of 35 works, including the first and second editions (*up to season 2), have been distributed successfully. In the third edition, in order to focus more on “novel works suitable for SMARTOON,” in addition to the recruitment theme, we have set a new “sub-theme” that is popular among SMARTOON readers. Furthermore, the best work of the year will receive a cash prize of 10 million yen and a “SMARTOON commitment” as a supplementary prize. (Annual Grand Prize 10 million yen, Annual Excellence Award 3 million yen, Honorable Mention 1 million yen) [3rd Piccoma Novels Award Recruitment Theme] Season 1 recruitment period: November 28, 2024 – February 28, 2025 Recruitment theme 1. Western-style fantasy x redoing the strongest protagonist 2. Western-style romance fantasy x divorce of an aristocratic woman Season 2 recruitment period: March 3, 2025 – May 7, 2025 Recruitment theme 1. Modern dungeon x the strongest protagonist’s swift attack 2. Western-style romance fantasy x marriage of an aristocratic woman Season 3 recruitment period: May 14, 2025 to July 7, 2025 Recruitment theme 1. Game world x rise of a talented protagonist 2. Western romance fantasy x tragic evil woman redo Season 4 recruitment period: July 14, 2025 to September 8, 2025 Recruitment theme 1. An exhilarating battle of modern times and reversal of hierarchy 2. Modern romance x adult female love drama *Schedule is subject to change without notice. For details and requirements of the contest, please check the “Piccoma Novels Grand Prize Official Website” 3rd Piccoma Novels Grand Prize Official HP
​ At the time of this recruitment, we will also upload an article about the roundtable discussion by the management office. Mainly, there are changes from the 3rd round of recruitment, the works that the Piccoma Novels Award is looking for, and a message to all applicants that will give you hints on how to pass the screening, so please be sure to check them out as well. Click here for the secret to increasing your examination passing rate ​ In September 2024, the first Best of the Year Award-winning work “The Result of Leaving a Divorce Letter for the Future of My Younger Husband” was converted into SMARTOON and ranked in Piccoma’s overall SMARTOON/novel ranking. Both achieved first place (as of September 29, 2024). In addition, the second edition of SMARTOON has been decided, and the work that also won the first annual excellence award, “Princess Sveta’s Political Marriage – The Strongest Princess Wants to Marry the Second Prince, Not the Crown Prince”, is scheduled to be released in 2025. It is currently under production. In the future, Piccoma Novels will actively consider and promote SMARTOON not only for award-winning works. Why not make your work soar on Piccoma, an e-manga/novel service with 10 million monthly MAUs? We look forward to receiving many applications from you. [Comment from the Piccoma Novels Award Management Secretariat] “In the 3rd recruitment guidelines, we are reflecting more than ever what Piccoma’s SMARTOON readers like.We hope you will study the “key points of readers” along with the reference works introduced for each season. We are looking forward to receiving your works, which are fun both as novels and SMARTOON, and are full of charm that will make you want to follow the series every week! ” [What is the Piccoma Novels Award] A novel contest sponsored by Piccoma, an electronic manga/novel service operated by Kakao Piccoma Co., Ltd., is held over a total of four seasons throughout the year. Two themes are set for each season. Introducing the works currently being converted to SMARTOON from the works submitted for the 1st Piccoma Novels Grand Prize
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3707/666/3707-666-2dde626c04451c2ffa99311237113aeb-1104×1560.jpg (C)️Tate no Yoko Yukiko/Piccoma “Princess Sveta’s political marriage – The strongest princess wants to marry the second prince instead of the crown prince” 1st Piccoma Novels Grand Prize Annual Excellence Award Winner Author: Tate no Yoko Work page:
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URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/3707/666/3707-666-fe0ca51aedd51176800777180b52bb50-500×500.png About Piccoma This is an electronic manga/novel service where you can read popular manga, novels, and original works for free by simply waiting every day. The app version of “Piccoma” has exceeded 45 million downloads since its service release on April 20, 2016. *The cumulative number of downloads is the total for iOS/Android as of May 2024. ●“Piccoma” service overview Service name: Piccoma Platform: iOS / Android / Web Usage fee: Free (some in-service charges may apply) App download: http://piccoma.com/web/redir/853 Official website: https://piccoma.com/web Official X (old Twitter):
https://twitter.com/piccoma_jp Management: Kakao Piccoma Co., Ltd.