Attention up-and-coming comics and/or manga creators: Yen Press wants you! In the recently posted November 2010 issue of Yen Plus magazine and on their website, Yen Press posted information about their New Talent Search for "any artist who has never been published."
My fiancé has two really good stories kicking around but no tablet/wacom-like tablet to draw her characters. If I could find someone to draw them for her (commissioned) that would be a great start for her.