Cheese!'s monthly newcomer prize, feeding Shogakukan's shōjo/josei pipeline (Cheese!, Premier Cheese!). All genres accepted; original, unpublished work only. Premium Debut Prize ¥1,000,000 + laptop + immediate debut in Cheese!. Multiple secondary tiers, including a "Try Again" prize for creators who have submitted to other magazines but not yet debuted.
Rules
Format
- All genres.
- Original, unpublished work.
- Submit by post or via the official online form.
Prizes
- Premium Debut Prize ¥1,000,000 + laptop + immediate debut with the winning work.
- Debut Prize ¥150,000 + debut with winning or next work + 360° camera.
- Debut Expectation Prize ¥50,000 + ¥2,000 book card.
- A-Class Prize ¥10,000 + ¥500 book card.
- B-Class Prize ¥5,000 + ¥500 book card.
- Editor-in-Chief Expectation Prize ¥20,000.
- Fresh Prize ¥10,000.
- Gag Special Prize ¥10,000.
- Under18 Encouragement Prize ¥5,000.
- Over30 Encouragement Prize ¥5,000.
- Try Again Prize (open to creators who have submitted to other magazines but not yet debuted; the outcome is either the Debut Prize or higher, or no prize).