2026 World Webtoon Awards Names Its 10 Main Winners
The December 3 ceremony in Seoul will select the grand prize and Judges' Award recipients.
South Korea announced the 10 main winners of the 2026 World Webtoon Awards on November 3. Each receives a trophy and 10 million won (about US$7,200).
South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA) announced this year's winners on November 3.
The 10 main award recipients are:
- Return of the Blossoming Blade
- Cry, or Better Yet, Beg
- Omniscient Reader
- My S-Class Hunters
- Jakdu: Shaman's Blade
- Debut or Die!
- On the Way to Meet Mom
- The Greatest Estate Developer
- Killer Peter
- A Man's Man
Each winner will receive a trophy and 10 million won (about US$7,200).
The awards ceremony will take place on December 3 at Starfield Library in COEX Mall, Seoul. Organizers will select the grand prize and Judges' Award winners from the 10 main recipients at the ceremony.
The grand prize winner will receive an additional 5 million won (about US$3,600). The Judges' Award winner will receive an additional 3 million won (about US$2,200).
The World Webtoon Festival will run from December 2 to 6 at COEX Hall B and the surrounding Starfield COEX Mall area.
The festival will feature special exhibitions of domestic and international webtoons and intellectual property. It will also offer events and activities for creators and fans, YNA reported.
Organizers announced the 20 finalists in September. This year's awards received 7,318 nominations from 4,038 fans worldwide, with 941 works submitted in total.
Now in its third year, the World Webtoon Awards honors outstanding webtoons worldwide. Creators' nationalities and the regions where their works run do not restrict eligibility.
Sources: World Webtoon Awards via ANN
