SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Welcome aboard the gomanga.com online submissions page!
If you would like to submit sample work to Seven Seas Entertainment, please read this page in full before using the submissions form linked at the bottom of this page. If you still have questions after reading these submission guidelines, then you may ask them in the Q&A; thread found in our forum.
For all e-mail correspondence and inquiries not related to submissions, please use the form located on this page.
SUBMISSION REVIEW PROCESS
Due to the large quantity of submissions we receive, Seven Seas does not guarantee a response. While we do review all submissions, please do not expect a reply from our editorial department and do not contact us to ask about the current status of your submission. (We wish we could reply to everyone, but we're simply too busy making our own manga to respond to each submission.)
To clarify: Seven Seas does not send any form of rejection letter if your work is not accepted.
If we are interested in your work, we will contact you directly via the contact information you have provided. We are unable to post deal terms, page rates or schedules. Any such information pertaining to these topics will be discussed if we are interested in pursuing work with you.
ARTISTS
Seven Seas Entertainment is currently accepting sequential art related samples drawn by artists in authentic manga style. Penciled, inked and/or toned sequential artwork is preferable to pin-ups. Artists are welcome to link to samples of their work by using our submissions form (linked below) and to supply us with links to their online portfolio, further drawing samples and/or published works (this includes print and webcomic/webmanga).
WRITERS
For legal reasons, Seven Seas Entertainment will not accept any unsolicited series proposals and/or manuscripts.
ARTIST/WRITER TEAMS
If you have an existing webcomic/webmanga or other sequential art samples that are currently on the web, then you may follow the guidelines outlined in the artist section above. Again, for legal reasons, Seven Seas Entertainment will not accept any unsolicited series proposals and/or manuscripts.
TIPS FOR SUBMISSIONS
- Show us your sequential artwork (i.e. manga pages.) Pin-up illustrations alone do not allow us to judge your ability to tell a story in a visual medium.
- Supply us with a link to your website or online portfolio if you have one.
- Tell us how long it took to draw the samples you are submitting. Speed is a plus, but we know that artists get faster with practice. (Quality is more important to us than quantity. So if your work is great, we will not penalize you for being slow.)
- Make sure to submit your best work possible to attract our attention. Also, make sure that it looks like authentic manga. We seek only the highest quality.
- Any questions you may have about these Submission Guidelines can be asked in the Q&A; thread found in our forum.
SUBMISSION RELEASE AGREEMENT
I am today submitting for possible use or evaluation by Seven Seas Entertainment my Sample(s) in accordance with the understanding, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein. I acknowledge and agree that the Sample was created and/or written by me without any suggestion or request from Seven Seas Entertainment that I write or create the Sample. I am executing and submitting this agreement in consideration of your agreement to review the Sample with the express understanding that I limit my claim of rights to the features of the Sample as specifically synopsized or attached hereto.
1. Except as otherwise specifically stated herein, I represent that:
(A) The Sample is original with me;
(B) I have the exclusive right to grant all rights to exploit the Sample; and,
(C) I have exclusive rights in the title, if any, as regards its use in connection with the Sample.
2. Seven Seas agrees that we will not commercially exploit the Sample unless we shall first negotiate with you compensation for such use, but I understand and agree that Seven Seas' use of material containing features and elements similar to or identical with those contained in the Sample shall not obligate Seven Seas to negotiate with me nor entitle me to any compensation if Seven Seas determines that we have an independent legal right to use such other material which is not derived from me (either because such features and elements were not new or novel, or were not originated by me, or because other persons, including your employees, have submitted or may hereafter submit material containing similar or identical features and elements which you have the right to use).
with the above terms and wish to submit.