All non-commercially produced works, regardless of their applicant's status (professional, amateur, corporate, organization or individual), are eligible for the awards.
Products that are winners or current or past entrants of other contests (except the previous CESA GAME AWARD INDIES) are also eligible for entry as well as fully completed products.
However, products also entered in other contests which ban multiple contest entries will be ruled invalid (including products whose copyright has been transferred to the organizers of other contests).

1. All computer entertainment games are eligible, including those operable on consumer-oriented home videogame systems (stationary or portable-type) or personal computers regardless of platform type.
   
   
2. Games must comply with CESA ethics codes.
   
   
3. Products must be at a playable stage of development.
   
   
4. All rights related to any game for entry must belong to the applicant. Owners of any product which includes a third party's work, portrait, trademark or any other item which can be regarded as the property of a third party must have first received legitimate agreement of any such item's usage.

No restrictions are imposed on the age, gender, nationality or status (professional, amateur, corporate or organization) with the exception that all applicants must be current residents of Japan.
Any number of products can be accepted for entry.

An application form must be received between Saturday, April 1 and Tuesday, July 25, 2006.

Please refer to the CESA website.

□　Grand Award (1 title) Award money: 500,000 yen
□　Award for Excellence (number unspecified) Award money: 50,000 yen

Several products will be nominated by the judges from the total field of entries during a first-stage evaluation session.
Following this, a final judging session will be held to determine the winner of the "Grand Award", and other highly judged entries to receive an "Award for Excellence."

Those selected for entry in this category will be the winners of the first-stage evaluation session, as well as the winner of the CESA Students Game Awards. The "Indies Division of Japan Game Awards" is a contest open to members of the public other than students, while the "Students Game Awards"is oriented to students, and has awarded a number of excellent products each year. The winner of the "Indies Division of Japan Game Awards"will be chosen from a field of selected exceptional entrants which also includes the Grand Award winner of the "Students Game Awards".