Information on the previously reported Kodansha International Manga Competition is now available on Kodansha's official website:

www.e-morning.jp/imc

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its manga anthology Morning, Kodansha has announced a new International Manga Competition to look for new manga talents from around the world.

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The winners of Manga Jouhou's Win Before You Can Buy Contest has been announced.

Manga Jouhou has announced a "Chain Mail – Win It Before You Can Buy It Contest," where eight copies of the new novel Chain Mail from Tokyopop will be given to those who can write the best "Tanka" (a kind of Japanese poetry).

Update (2007-01-12): Please check the official rules page for the most up-to-date information.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its manga anthology Morning, Kodansha has announced a new International Manga Competition to look for new manga talents from around the world.

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ANN has announced the winner of its 2006 Holiday Logo Contest.

ICv2 announced the winners of its drawing for subscribers to the free daily ICv2 e-mail:

- Funhouse Games and More: Over $1,000 in Magic: The Gathering cards
- Jetpack Comics: Over $1,000 in graphic novels from Del Rey
- Tenthpenny: Over $1,000 worth of anime figures from Southern Island

Tokykopop has announced the winners of the 2nd TOKYOPOP Rising Stars of Manga competition for the United Kingdom and Ireland:

Grand Prize:
- "Knives" by John Aggs of West Sussex, England

Second Place:
- "Poison" by Selina Dean of Cambridge, England

Third Place:
- "Beyond" by Hannah Saunders of the Isle of Wight

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Anime News Network has announced its 2006 Holiday Logo Contest.

Anime News Network is proud to announce the 2006 Holiday Logo Contest. As with year's past, from December 20, until January 1, ANN will replace our usual logo with a more festive one, appropriate for the holiday season. And, as with past years, we're inviting our readers to submit the holiday logo.

June Manga has announced a new Christmas Contest. Participants must be over 13, and the contest will last until January 15th, 2007.

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Two months ago Shogakukan, Yahoo! Japan, and TV Asahi announced the "Doraemon Magic Project," the largest Doraemon Tool Design Contest ever. In the past two months, Shogakukan received 26,611 letters, TV Asahi received 11,116 letters, and Yahoo! Japan received 3,382 letters, which amounts to a total of 41,109 letters. Judges were surprised by the number of entries. Also worth noting is that many people chose tools that

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