Online reader voting until the 19th of next month... Starting this year, prize money will be awarded to winning works.
Quick Look
- The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency announced that they will hold the '2026 World Webtoon Awards' at the Byeolmadang Library at Starfield COEX Mall in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on December 3.
- This year, the third year, 20 films, including 'True Education', 'Omniscient Reader's Perspective', and 'Severe Trauma Center: Surgeon Baek Kang-hyuk', were nominated for the main prize, and online reader voting will be held until the 19th of next month.
- This year, for the first time, prize money will be awarded to the main prize winners: the grand prize is 15 million won, the judges' prize is 13 million won, and the remaining main prizes are 10 million won.
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Why It Matters
The World Webtoon Awards is an event that selects and awards excellent works to strengthen the country's status as a webtoon leader in the global market and to inspire pride among those working in the webtoon industry.
Online reader voting until the 19th of next month... Starting this year, prize money will be awarded to winning works.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lim Soon-hyeon = The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency announced on the 17th that they will hold the '2026 World Webtoon Awards' at the Starfield COEX Mall Byeolmadang Library in Gangnam-gu, Seoul on December 3rd.
The 'World Webtoon Awards' is an event that selects and awards excellent works to strengthen the country's status as a webtoon leader in the global market and to inspire pride among those working in the webtoon industry.
This year, the third year, 20 films, including 'True Education', 'Omniscient Reader's Perspective', and 'Severe Trauma Center: Surgeon Baek Kang-hyuk', were nominated for the main award.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Content Agency will hold an online reader vote to select the final winners on the official website (www.webtoonawards.kr) from the 17th to the 19th of next month.
The 10 final winners of the main prize are selected by combining the judges' evaluation scores (50%) and the results of online readers' voting (50%).
This year, for the first time, prize money will be awarded to the winners of the main award. The prize money is 15 million won for the grand prize, 13 million won for the judges' prize, and 10 million won for the remaining main prizes.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Creative Content Agency will also hold the 'World Webtoon Festival' in the COEX area in Gangnam-gu, Seoul from December 2nd to 6th in line with the World Webtoon Awards. It operates various programs such as special exhibitions, experience events, and webtoon pop-up stores.
Choi Seong-hee, director of content industry policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, “Through fair screening, we will make the ‘World Webtoon Awards’ a festival that will raise the status of the country that is home to webtoons,” adding, “We ask readers to participate in the online vote to select the best webtoon with their own hands.”
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During the World Webtoon Festival, various programs such as special exhibitions, experience events, and webtoon pop-up stores will be operated.
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Open Questions
- How does online reader voting work?
- What are the judges’ evaluation criteria?
- When is the schedule for announcing the winners?
