World Webtoon Awards 2026 has published its ten main-award winners, including Omniscient Reader and Return of the Blossoming Blade. The ceremony will take place on December 3 at Starfield Library in Seoul’s COEX complex. Inclusion in this list does not mean a work has already won the event’s highest award.
Omniscient Reader follows Dokja, an office worker whose favourite web novel suddenly becomes reality. His knowledge of the story gives him a chance to change its course and survive what comes next. The webtoon is based on singNsong’s original work, adapted by UMI with art by Sleepy-C.
The ten main-award winners
The official list contains the following works. Each link leads to the publication platform linked by the awards website, helping readers locate the webtoon rather than a source novel or another adaptation.
- My S-Class Hunters
- Debut or Die!
- A Man’s Man
- On the Way to Meet Mom
- The Greatest Estate Developer
- Cry, or Better Yet, Beg
- Jakdu: Shaman’s Blade
- Omniscient Reader
- Killer Peter
- Return of the Blossoming Blade
Jury scores and reader votes both count
The ten winners were selected from twenty finalists. According to the selection information published by the Korea Manhwa Contents Agency, jury assessments account for 50% and online reader voting for 50%. The results are therefore not determined by reader votes alone.
Voting ran from September 17 to October 19, 2026 in Korean time. Eligible nominated works had to be serialized on domestic or overseas webtoon platforms between January 1, 2025 and May 31, 2026.
The ceremony begins at 4 p.m. KST on December 3, equivalent to 2 p.m. in Vietnam. It is linked to World Webtoon Festival, which runs from December 2–6.
Sources: World Webtoon Awards — tác phẩm đoạt giải · Lễ trao giải · Trang giải thưởng · Korea Manhwa Contents Agency — cách chọn giải · WEBTOON — Omniscient Reader
