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MAD CAVE STUDIOS 2024 TALENT SEARCH

Welcome to Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search!

This year marks Mad Cave’s 7th annual talent search. With submissions open to creators all across the world, we are always blown away by the breadth of talent submitting. By running this talent search our goal is to give aspiring creators the opportunity that many people can only dream of; having their work published!

This year Mad Cave is searching for two writers, two illustrators, two colorists, and two letterers to work on an upcoming project. This search is specifically for underrepresented talent with a unique voice that has never worked with or been distributed by a major publisher.

Each submission must be based on one of these Mad Cave titles to qualify: Battlecats (Fantasy), The Devil That Wears My Face (Horror), Nottingham (Historical Fiction), or Hunt. Kill. Repeat. (Mythology).

Each creator may send one submission, but keep in mind that the project you could potentially be working on may or may not be set in the same universe as your submission.

*Note: To any artist who chooses to submit an entry for only Battlecats; any series that you may potentially be working on may or may not feature anthropomorphic creatures.

The contest begins in June 2024, and runs through August 15, 2024. Each entry will be considered by members of our editorial team at Mad Cave Studios. The eight winners will be announced in September! If you are not selected this year, don’t worry, we will be running this talent search again next year. So put your nose to the grindstone and hone your craft!

Please follow the submission guidelines below. Only submissions that follow these guidelines and are submitted through Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search: Submission Form will be reviewed.

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

1) Each creator may submit one entry.

2)
You must submit through Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search: Submission Form.

3)
Must be 18 years or older to enter.

4)
Submissions are only open from June 1st, 2024 through August 2024. Any submission received before or after will be disregarded.

5) Eight winners will be announced in September 2024.

WRITER Submissions Guidelines

Format:
Link a Microsoft Word Document or PDF.

Content:
At least five comic script pages set in one of these Mad Cave worlds to qualify: Battlecats (Fantasy), The Devil That Wears My Face (Horror), Nottingham (Historical Fiction), or Hunt. Kill. Repeat. (Mythology).

Submission:

Send your submission through the Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search Submission Form

ARTIST Submissions Guidelines

Format:
Link JPG or PDF of pages.

Content:
At least three pages of sequential art set in any one of these Mad Cave worlds to qualify: Battlecats (Fantasy), The Devil That Wears My Face (Horror), Nottingham (Historical Fiction), or Hunt. Kill. Repeat. (Mythology).

Submission:
Send your submission through the Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search Submission Form

COLORIST Submissions Guidelines

Format:
Link JPG or PDF of pages.

Content:
For Colorists (3 pages of inks)

Submission:
Send your submission through the Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search Submission Form

LETTERER Submissions Guidelines

Format:
Link JPG or PDF of pages.

Content:
For Letterers (3 Pages of Colors & The Script)

Submission:
Send your submission through the Mad Cave Studios’ 2024 Talent Search Submission Form

Each submission must be based in the world of any Mad Cave Studios’ title: Battlecats, The Devil That Wears My Face, Nottingham or  Hunt. Kill. Repeat, etc.

MAD CAVE STUDIOS' 2024
TALENT SEARCH: SUBMISSION FORM

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