Valentine’s Day is upon us, and as such we’re announcing a Strip for Valentine’s Day contest!  Don’t worry, it’s not what you think!

Starting from today, we’re running a month long comic strip contest! To enter all you need to do is create a comic strip themed around the idea of ‘love’. Have somebody you haven’t spoken with in a long time?  Want to tell your parents how much you appreciate them?  Want to express your love of donuts?   Anything goes!

Rules: Of course there are rules to follow in our strip contest!

• One Entry Per Person.
• Entries must be posted to MangaMagazine.net.
• Fan works will not be allowed.
• All entries are due by March 14th!

Prizes: What do the winners get?

• 1st Place - $100
• 2nd Place - $50
• 3rd Place - $25

Judging: We’re super excited to see all the creative strips that you guys can create! As such we’ve assembled an elite team of judges to pick out the very best entry!  They are:

• Cassandra Jean - Author of the Premium series Land of Lions. She has also worked on many other published works, including Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and the manga adaption of Beautiful Creatures. Her next project with Yen Press is The Secret Treasons.
• Novil - Writer for both the Premium fantasy series Gaia as well as the Premium comic strip, Sandra and Woo.
• nikki - Author of the Premium series THIS IS NOT FICTION and illustration student at Maryland College of Art.
• MAD - Author of the Featured series SAKANA and currently is working on Regular Show: Skips by Boom Studios.

How to participate:  Upload your entry to your illustrations, then simply leave a comment on this blog post with the link to your comic strip!

The fine print:
Prizes will be paid via Paypal so you must have a Paypal account!

Have fun comicking and may the best stripper win!

-The MangaMagazine.net Community Team.