First-ever Graphic Novels to Be Funded by Cartoon Museum & SelfMadeHero

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London’s Cartoon Museum and British graphic novel writer SelfMadeHero have launched The First Graphic Novel Award for 2023.

The Guardian newspaper has been a sponsor of the Guardian First E-book Award for a very long time, honoring one of the best debut ebook by a author. Chris Ware obtained the award in 2001 for his work “Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Child on Earth”. Now, London’s Cartoon Museum and British graphic novel writer SelfMadeHero have launched The First Graphic Novel Award for 2023, solely for debut authors who haven’t been beforehand revealed. Furthermore, the successful work can be revealed by SelfMadeHero.

The First Graphic Novel Award invitations authors to submit 15-30 pages of a fiction or non-fiction graphic novel in progress. The chosen creator will obtain help from SelfMadeHero to finish the work for publication and a £500 prize sponsored by the bks Company. The deadline for submissions is September 14, 2023. The undertaking has obtained help from the Authors’ Licensing and Gathering Society (ALCS), the Lakes Worldwide Comedian Artwork Competition (LICAF), Thought Bubble Competition, and The bks Company.

The judging panel consists of Ayoola Solarin, a graphic novel editor, Mark Wallinger, an artist, Steve Marchant, Studying & Outreach Officer on the Cartoon Museum, Alex Fitch, a broadcast journalist, Sabba Khan, a graphic novelist and creator of the award-winning “The Roles We Play”, and Emma Hayley, Director of SelfMadeHero. The longlisted creators’ work can be reviewed by James Spackman at The bks Company.

This announcement follows the information of the Caliburn Prize, which supplies $2500 and help to unpublished British comics creators.

The First Graphic Novel was initially established in 2012 by Myriad Editions because the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competitors. Along with publishing books by the 4 finalists, Myriad has revealed works by six different shortlisted authors. Corinne Pearlman, undertaking chief and choose, has guided the award since its inception as Myriad’s former Artistic Director. Earlier winners embody Gareth Brookes, Jade Sarson, Jenny Robins, and Veronika Muchitsch. Corinne Pearlman has now established the award as an unbiased platform with funding from the Authors’ Gathering and Licensing Society (ALCS). She states, “I’m thrilled to proceed this award with the help of latest companions The Cartoon Museum, SelfMadeHero, and ALCS. Myriad’s acclaimed listing of graphic novels has enormously benefited from this initiative, and now we will share that have with others. Because of the sponsors, the bks Company, we will provide the winner a prize of £500.”

Emma Hayley, Director of SelfMadeHero, feedback, “The UK wants extra of this. As the long run writer of the successful entry, SelfMadeHero stays dedicated to nurturing and provoking new expertise. I’m very enthusiastic about our involvement on this award.”

Joe Sullivan, Director of the Cartoon Museum, provides, “The First Graphic Novel competitors has an extended and unbelievable historical past of discovering one of the best new expertise. The Museum is devoted to showcasing rising artists and eagerly anticipates discovering our new favourite graphic novels later this yr.”

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