XX Smiles from the World 2025, Italy

SMILES FROM THE WORLD

XX EDITION | Festival dell'Economia - Trento | 22-25 MAY 2025

RISKS AND FATAL CHOICES. EUROPE AT THE CROSSROADS

Dear Friends, 

We invite you to participate in the international exhibition Smiles from the World, organized in the framework o the 20th edition of the Festival of Economy to be held in Trento from May 22 to 25, 2025. 

Our association, for this special edition, will take part in the Festival's program with a humoristic and satiric space where it'll be possible to look at the theme from a different perspective, discussed by international members of the politics, economics and information world. 

Andromeda will be present with a stand in Piazza Fiera where it'll be possible to join activities and meetings, also in the company of national cartoonists, and Andromeda will also curate the exhibition "Smiles from the world", at Palazzo Trentini, that will display cartoons about this XX edition's theme. 

The public will be invited to vote their three favorite artworks among those in the exhibition. 

The winner of the first public's prize will win typical products from the Trentino-South Tyrol region. 

The exhibition will also be visible online, on the Andromeda Art Studio website www.studioandromeda.net starting May 22, 2025 

Theme: 

RISKS AND FATAL CHOICES. EUROPE AT THE CROSSROADS 

The title echoes the major changes that the outcome of the elections in the United States will bring to the international chessboard, starting with the global geopolitical and macroeconomic checks and balances. There are several risks, but also choices that need to be made and that will impact Europe. These are crucial issues that the Trento Festival of Economics will address with the contribution of the brightest minds in the economic, academic, and political world at national and international levels. This special edition will mark the 20th anniversary of the event. 

Read the manifesto 2025> 

Deadline: 

May 5th 2025 

Sending address: 

economia@studioandromeda.net 

Works requirements: 

Each participant may submit no more than 3 works 

Dimension: Max 1 MB, 300 DPI, .JPG 

Name file: Name Surname_Nation 

Requirements: 

Works must be relevant to the theme of the manifesto for this 20th edition. Works that are considered off-topic, with different format from the one indicated and/or lacking the required information will be excluded from the exhibition. 

Greetings to everyone, 

Studio d'Arte Andromeda 

studioandromeda.net .

Annual Cartoon Contest, Olen 2025, Belgium: The Artist

Annual Cartoon Contest

Rules and regulation 2025

1. Participation 

All contestants will be admitted with no distinction made regarding nationality or age. There are two categories: 

• Youth category up to 15 years inclusive; 

• Adult category: 16 years and older. 

Both professional and non-professional cartoonists are allowed to participate in this contest. 

2. Theme 

The main theme is ‘the artist’. This year Amnesty International offers the best cartoon with the theme ‘Right to everyone who needs shelter'. 

3. Entries 

• Contributions have to be digital works. They shouldn’t contain an explanation of the drawing. 

• The digital works have to be sent in JPEG format with a minimum of resolution of 300 dpi (2480 x 3543 pixels). 

• Dimensions including any passe-partout 21 x 30 cm (A4). 

• Number of entries per contestant: maximum five for each theme. 

• You have to record your contact details through www.olensekartoenale.be. 

• You can sign up your participation from 1 July 2025. 

• Your curriculum vitae and a photograph will be asked and must be sent to kartoenale@olen.be within 2 days after the request of the organization. 

4. Property rights 

Prize-winning works will become the property of the organizer or theme sponsor. All works selected may be used by the organizers to promote the contest and the village of Olen. 

5. Evaluation 

The jury consists of artists, cartoonists and laymen. Decisions made by the jury cannot be challenged. 

6. Catalogue/Cartoon book 

Selected works will be considered for inclusion in a catalogue. The authors of these works will receive a free copy of the catalogue during the prize ceremony or it will be send afterwards by mail. 

7. Deadline: 12 September 2025 

The deadline is 12 september 2025 at 12.00 AM midnight. The entry form you can find on www.olensekartoenale.be where you also can upload your works. Do not sent your works to kartoenale@olen.be. 

8. Prizes 

For the adult category: 

1st prize: 1500 euro 

2nd prize: 700 euro 

3rd prize: 400 euro 

4th prize: 300 euro 

Prize of the city of Bialogard (only for Polish participants): 200 euro 

Special prize Amnesty International: 500 euro 

For the youth category: 

Prize for best international work: 250 euro 

Prize for best Belgian work: 250 euro 

9. Prize Ceremony and Exhibition 

The prize ceremony will take place at Friday 14 November 2025 at approximately 20.00 h in the council room of the town hall of Olen, Dorp 1, 2250 Olen. Every participating artist will be welcome on that occasion. Only the winners are personally invited. 

A selection of the cartoons will also be exhibited at the same address and can be visited: 

• All working days from Monday 17 November 2025 till the end of December 2025 during the opening hours of the town hall: 

o Monday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 13.00 u – 16.00 u 17.30 u – 20.00 u 

o Tuesday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 

o Wednesday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 13.00 u – 16.00 u 

o Thursday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 

o Friday 09.00 u – 12.00 u 

Main theme: ‘The Artist’ 

Behind a conformist façade (as seen in René Magritte) or an extravagant image (such as Salvador Dalí and Vincent van Gogh) hides the struggling artist. Overwhelmed by an ever-growing mountain of information and drifting in an ocean of inner sensations, they search for that universal image that is meaningful in itself. 

The artist seeks the momentum between conscious action and automatism, between acquired skills and the abandonment of conventions. Some achieve museum-worthy status, while others must settle for a mere footnote in the newspaper—or not even that. 

For 40,000 years, visionary artists have amazed the world with images that explore harmony, emotion, threat, and mystery in original ways. Plenty of inspiration to tempt cartoonists. 

Theme ‘Right to everyone who needs shelter' 

Every day, all over the world, people make one of the most difficult decisions of their lives: they leave their homes in search of safety or a better life. These are people fleeing armed conflict, severe weather and other difficult circumstances. Some of them feel unsafe because they are being targeted by their governments, because of who they are, who they love or what they believe in. 

 People on the run are at great risk of having their human rights violated. If countries do not allow them to apply for international protection, they risk finding themselves in situations that are dangerous to their safety and their lives. 

It is the duty of governments to protect these people and to offer them a life of dignity, safety and freedom, regardless of their residence status. Everyone has the right to apply for international protection and to find shelter where they can stay in safety. 

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The 19th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphics “Bucovina”, Suceava 2025, Romania

The National Museum of Bucovina invites you to participate at

the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphics "Bucovina",

the 19th Edition, 2025.

The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphics has a theme:

"Electric Car"

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

1. We are open to all professional and amateur cartoonists over the age of 18 from all over the world.

2. You can submit a maximum of five cartoons to the contest.
3. Please attach the participation form in .doc format with your name and surname, the exact address, and e-mail.
4. Exhibition awards:

Bucovina Prize = 500 € + diploma 

First Prize = 400 € + diploma 

Second Prize = 300 € + diploma 

Third Prize = 200 € + diploma 

10 Mentions = diplomas.

5. The cartoons must be sent to the e-mail address: competition@muzeulbucovinei.ro, it is necessary to have a resolution of 300 dpi (maximum 2 Mb) and the maximum A3 format, made in any technique: black and white or color.

6. All events related to this exhibition will be published on the website of the National Museum of Bucovina. All artists selected for the exhibition will receive the printed catalogue of the exhibition.

7. If you want to participate in this event, please send your cartoons by 31 May 2025.
8. The results of the exhibition - contest will be announced at the beginning of June. Cartoonists who win the Bucovina Prize, First Prize, Second Prize or Third Prize must send the original works (made by hand) by 30 June 2025, the date of postage, at the following address:

National Museum of Bucovina, 

str. Stefan cel Mare, no. 33, 720003

Suceava, Romania 

International Exhibition of Satirical Graphics "Bucovina"

9. The exhibition will be open to the public at the National Museum of Bucovina in July 2025. The National Museum of Bucovina - muzeulbucovinei.ro reserves the right to use the works sent to the contest to promote the contest and its results. 

10. CARTOONS PRODUCED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT ACCEPTED!!!

Judging Panel: 

Mihai Panzaru PIM – cartoonist 

George Licurici – cartoonist www.licurici.eu 

Ovidiu Ambrozie Borta BOA – cartoonist www.artboa.ro boa-caricatura.eu . 
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Entry Form cartoon Bucovina - Romania 2025 on source: muzeulbucovinei. 

The 33rd Festival of Humour in Art (BIUMOR), Tolentino 2025, Italy

ART. 1 – SCOPE 

The Municipality of Tolentino convenes and organises the 33rd Biennale Internazionale dell’Umorismo nell’Arte (33rd Festival of Humour in Art) – a prize contest focused on humour in art. 

The contest is divided into two sections: 

1. “Premio Internazionale Città di Tolentino” (“City of Tolentino International Award”) dedicated to humorous art on the theme “UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY.” 

An oversight, an error, a slip of the tongue or an uncoordinated action. That is how a discourse, a situation or a context may morph into comedic instances, occasionally bordering on the absurd or grotesque, yet invariably hilarious. Unintentional comedy manifests in many forms, from unexpected characters and in the most unpredictable situations. The reaction of those watching, unavoidable and merciless, is laughter. 

2. “Premio Luigi Mari” (“Luigi Mari Award”) for caricatures of illustrious figures. 

The contest comprises: 

• A selection of the competing entries by a qualified jury. The artworks so singled out will be exhibited at the venue of the 33rd Biennale Internazionale dell’Umorismo nell’Arte, from July 12, 2025, through January 6, 2026. 

• Publication of a complimentary catalogue that will be presented to the authors of the selected works. 

• A prize-awarding event. 

ART. 2 – HOW TO PARTICIPATE 

The contest is open to contemporary artists of any nationality and any age, who are allowed to enter a maximum of three works. These works must be unreleased, authentic, and free in size and technique. The entries can take any form of visual art, material, or support – including painting, graphics, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. Videos (maximum duration: 10 minutes) and computer-aided digital visuals are also allowed. 

Images must be in JPG format min 150 dpi resolution, saved in high quality, max 3 MB weight per single file. Videos must be in MP4 format 720p resolution, max 500 GB per single file. 

Each author is required to attach the participation form, completed in full and duly signed. Each work must be accompanied by the appropriate label. 

The participation form and coupon can be downloaded from the website www.biumor.com. 

The jury-selected works for the exhibition will be requested from the author in their original form. The Municipality will promptly inform the author, asking for the original/material version to be sent by the deadline that will be communicated. 

ART. 3 – DEADLINE 

The deadline to enter the contest is May 12, 2025. 

ART. 4 – THE JURY 

Admission of the works, their selection for display, and the awarding of prizes are the exclusive competence of the jury nominated by the Municipality of Tolentino in consultation with the Artistic Director. The jury’s decision is final and irrevocable. 

The Jury is constituted as follows: 

Enrico Maria Davoli – Andrea Gualandri – John McCourt – Matteo Nannini – Ilaria Pezone – Roberto Semprini – Agnese Tonelli 

ART. 5 – AWARDS 

The Jury will award the following prizes: 

o “Premio Internazionale Città di Tolentino” (“City of Tolentino International Award”) for humour in art on the topic of “Unintentional comedy”: 

* 1st Prize – Winner of the Biennale € 3,000.00. The winner of the 33rd Festival will be the guest artist for the following Biennial (2027) with their own exhibition (max. 20 works). 

* 2nd Prize – € 1,000.00. 

* 3rd Prize – € 500.00. 

o “Premio Luigi Mari” (“Luigi Mari Award”) for caricatures of illustrious figures: 

* 1st Prize – € 1,500.00. 

Other special commendations may possibly be awarded by the jury. 

All monetary awards are subject to gross taxation. 

ART. 6 – RETURN OF WORKS 

The prize-winning works will not be returned and shall remain the property of the Municipality of Tolentino. They will become part of the collection of MIUMOR – the International Museum of Humour in Art. 

The works selected for the exhibition, if expressly donated by the author, shall remain the property of the Municipality of Tolentino, which may freely dispose of them. 

The works not expressly donated can be collected personally by the artist or their delegate. Alternatively, they can be returned, no earlier than the thirtieth day after the scheduled closing date of the exhibition, unless extended, if specifically indicated. 

ART. 7 – LIABILITY 

The Municipality of Tolentino, in its capacity as organizer of the event, pledges to the greatest care, custody, and supervision over the length of time the works will be at the venue of the Biennale Exhibition and during transportation. However, it declines all responsibility for theft, fire, damage, or loss that may occur due to unforeseen causes. 

ART. 8 – USE AND REPRODUCTION OF WORKS 

Contestants allow the Municipality the right to reproduce any of the selected works free of charge for publication in the official catalogue of the Exhibition, in as many copies as the Municipality shall deem appropriate. This includes publication on the website and any other form of communication and promotion. 

The City is authorized to publish the works on any support, even for commercial purposes. In case of reproductions, the author will be mentioned in the customary ways. The author allows the free use of their work for popularization, cultural, and recreational purposes, as well as for public enjoyment. The author must expressly renounce all rights to any compensation. 

ART. 9 – CONSENT 

Contestants expressly authorize the Municipality of Tolentino to process their personal data in accordance with personal data protection law, so as to include them in databases operated directly by the local administration or a third party appointed by it. 

As organizer of the 33rd Biennale Exhibition, the Municipality is entitled to adopt final decisions on all matters not mentioned in these regulations. 

These regulations are published on the website www.biumor.com in Italian, English, French, and Spanish. In case of controversy, the Italian text shall prevail. Participation in the 33rd Biennale Internazionale dell’Umorismo nell’Arte implies unconditional acceptance of all items contained herein. 

INFO: 

Website: www.biumor.com 

Tel: +39 0733 901365 / +39 375 5995865 

Email: info@biumor.com .

Diogenes of Sinope 4th International Cartoon Competition, Sinop 2025, Turkey

DIOGENES OF SINOPE 4TH INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION

1- The competition is open to all amateur and professional artists from all over the world. 

2- The subject of the competition has been determined as “Environment”. 

Along with the population growth, the industrialization that people have developed in order to meet their needs faster has also brought about waste problems. Applications such as industrial wastes that are left to nature without being separated and the endless destruction of soils with the savage methods used in mining threaten natural habitats. 

Our country, and therefore Sinop, also receives its share(!) of environmental destruction to a great extent. After the threat of the nuclear power plant that started to be built in Sinop, the allocation of a very large area in our Boyabat district as a “Copper Mine Exploration Area” has paved the way for the destruction of tens of thousands of trees, the extinction of endemic plants, the pollution of water and the endangering of people’s health… 

Only those who knew Kemal, who lived in Sinop between 1925 and 2004, who was the last representative of the cynic philosophy in Sinop after Diogenes, who was described by some as crazy because he walked around naked in modern environments almost like Tarzan due to his protest stance (Tarzan), could imagine what Kemal would do if he saw the environment he fought for throughout his life being massacred in Boyabat. 

Like Tarzan Kemal, who has spent his life trying to make known for years that environmental pollution poses a danger not only to humans but also to all living things, and that uncontrolled environmental pollution can cause irreversible and endless harm, the sensitive Sinoplu citizen will also resist harmful practices in Boyabat or anywhere in the world together with the warming environmentalists. 

Our expectation from the contestants is; to draw people's attention to the environmental ban that makes the natural environment livable and prevents sustainable life, and to contribute to the environment with beautiful products. 

We would like to thank all the artists in the world who will support our struggle for a "Livable Environment" by participating in the contest... 

3- The technique is free for the works that will participate in the competition. Artificial intelligence products will not be accepted to the competition. The works must not have received an award in any competition before. 

4- A digital certificate will be sent to all participating artists. 

5- Participants can send as many works as they want. However, a cartoonist will not be given more than one award. 

6- The cartoons to be sent must be at most A3 (29.7 cm x 42 cm) in size, 300 dpi resolution and in jpg format. 

7- The works to be participated in the competition must be sent to “sinopludiyojencartoons@gmail.com” by e-mail until May 19, 2025. 

8- All artists must send their names, postal addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, short biographies and a photograph along with the works. 

9- The exhibition and award ceremony of the competition will be held in Sinop on June 5, World Environment Day. The awards of those who cannot attend the ceremony will be sent to their addresses. 

10- Awards: 

Grand Prize: 15,000 TL/Plaque 

4 Success Awards: 2,500 TL/Plaque 

Special Awards to be Given by Various Institutions: Plaque 

11- The selection committee consists of sculptor Eşref Baş (Turkey), writer Tufan Bilgili (Turkey) and cartoonists Adnan Taç (Turkey), Altan Özeskici (Turkey), Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey), Cemal Odabaşı (Turkey), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), Fan Lintao (China), Leila Alaiy (Iran), Lütfü Çakın (Turkey), Marian Avramescu (Romania) and Musa Keklik (Turkey). 

12- Whether or not the cartoons participating in the competition win an award, they can be used by the institutions organizing the competition in non-commercial publications such as Exhibitions, Posters, Books, Albums, e-Albums, Calendars, Brochures, etc. They can be published on the internet. Apart from this, all rights of the works belong to the artists. 

13- The results of the competition will be announced on June 1st. 

14- Cartoonists participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted the above conditions. 

15- The competition is organized by Sinop Municipality and Sinop Writers, Poets and Artists Association. 

33. International Festival of Satire and Humor "City of Trento" 2025, Italy

XXXIII INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SATIRE AND HUMOR “CITY OF TRENTO”

INVISIBLES

Invisible is not only what we do not see, but often what we do not want to look at. Who are they, where are they and how many are the invisibles in the world? 

From children to the elderly, the invisibles are distributed in all age groups. According to UNICEF: “About 150 million children in the world remain without a legal identity, deprived of fundamental rights and vulnerable to serious forms of discrimination and abuse.” These children work in the most degrading conditions, beg exploited by gangmasters, are abandoned on the streets. 

The invisibles are among us and not only in the most exploited and degraded regions of the world, but also in our glittering cities and sometimes not only we do not see them, but their presence bothers us so much that some municipal administrations take measures to clean up the “good living rooms” of the cities by removing the homeless and the marginalized. 

Why are there the invisibles? The most common causes that lead to the invisible universe are being left without a job or home or without relationships like many elderly people, subjected to drug addiction, health problems, migration without welcome. No one knows exactly how many there are, but if we look at the reports of humanitarian organizations we find ever-increasing data. 

But the invisibles are not only those who bring us to human compassion, there are invisible people who are themselves the cause of the unfortunate: invisible are tax evaders, exploiters hidden behind corporate matryoshkas, white-collar mafiosi, secret societies that do not only exist in movies. 

We do not know if our Festival will make any difference, but we are certain that artists from all over the world, with their sensitivity, will be able to make visible some of these injustices, not only those that we cannot see, but also those ones that we are ashamed to look at. 

RULES 

Art. 1 

Studio d’Arte Andromeda announces the XXXIII International Festival of Satire and Humor “City of Trento“. 

The contest will identify three winning artworks for the satire/humor category (A) and one in the comics category (B). 

For each category there will be a cash prize. 

The jury will also select approximately 150 artworks that will form an exhibition that will be inaugurated in the course of 2025. 

Art. 2 

The participation to the contest is free and opened to italian and international artists from the age of 16. 

HOW TO PARTICIPATE 

Art. 3 

Every artist must register by filling and sending, with the artworks, the form attached to the last page of this document. 

Each author can send a maximum of three artworks, with the possibility to join both categories, as long as it’s specified in the form. 

The artworks must be in A4 or A3 (vertical or horizontal) and be sent in JPG or TIFF format with resolution of 300 dpi. 

Art. 4 

Every artist joining the contest takes responsability for the originality of the artworks and declares to be their author, relieving the Organization from possible requests of reimbursement coming, at any scale, from thirds. 

Artworks that are made with AI are not admitted in the contest. 

The Jury has the chance to take back any prize in case the selected artwork proves to be made with AI or in the case it has been awarded in other competitions. 

THE JURY 

Art. 5 

The artworks will be judged by a jury made of members of Studio d’Arte Andromeda and personalities of the world of satire, comics and illustration. 

The decisions of the jury are unquestionable. 

Art. 6 

The results of the jury selection will be announced to the participants via email. 

PRIZES 

Art. 7 

From all the artworks received will be selected three winners for the satire/humor category and one for the comics category. 

For the satire/humor category there will be a First Prize of the amount of 1.000€, a Second Prize of 500€ and a Third Prize of 300€. 

For the comics category there will be a First Prize of the amount of 500€. 

The jury will also signal seven artworks for the satire/humor category and two for the comics category. 

The jury has the possibility of assigning special mentions to worthy artworks. 

The jury will also award the Alessandro Alfonsi Special Prize, of the amount of 300€, in honor of our friend and member who prematurely passed away. 

THE EXHIBITION 

Art. 8 

For the final exhibition, the Organization will print at its own expenses every panel of the artworks selected from the jury. 

Art. 9 

The authors, joining the contest, give to the organization the non exclusive right for printing the artworks on any support to promote the Festival. 

The Organization commits to quote every artist’s name in each case. 

Art. 10 

The participation to the contest implies the approval of all the rules included in this document. 

THEME 

Invisibles 

DEADLINE 

1 June 2025 

PARTICIPATION 

The contest is opened to italian and international artists from the age of 16. Each artist can send maximum three artworks, not awarded or selected in other contests. 

CATEGORIES 

A) Satire/Humor - max 3 artworks 

B) Comics - max 3 artworks (each artwork con be made of one or two pages) 

SENDING THE ARTWORKS 

The artworks must be sent in A4/A3 format and be sent at 

rassegnatrento@studioandromeda.net 

Minimun resolution of 300 dpi, in JPG o TIFF. 

IMPORTANT NOTES 

Images sent by email must not be over 5MB, for bigger files use www.wetransfer.com 

PRIZES SATIRE/HUMOR CATEGORY 

First Prize 1.000€ 

Second Prize 500€ 

Third Prize 300€ 

PRIZE COMICS CATEGORY 

First Prize 500€ 

ALESSANDRO ALFONSI SPECIAL PRIZE 

300€ 

AWARD CERIMONY AND EXHIBITION 

The award cerimony and exhibition will be held in the course of 2025. 

DOWNLOAD THE CALL FOR THE FORM TO BE FILLED AND SENT (WRITE IN CAPITAL LETTERS) at studioandromeda .

The 14th International Cartoon Contest, Kyrenia 2025, Cyprus

KYRENIA MUNICIPALITY

CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION

24. INTERNATIONAL OLIVE FESTIVAL

INTERNATIONAL OLIVE HUMOR FESTIVAL

14. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2025

(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)

ATTENTION!!! WE ARE BACK TO THE ESSENCE OF CARTOON ART! 

In line with the decision we made last year, WE ONLY ACCEPT cartoons sent to this contest WITH BLACK LINES ON A WHITE BACKGROUND. WE DO NOT ACCEPT GRAY SHADES EITHER!!! 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION 

1 – This contest is open to amateur or professional World cartoonists over the age of 18 or anyone who can draw cartoons – regardless of religion, language or race. 

2 – THEMES: 

A) Olive Subject 

Olive, Olive and Time, Olive and History, Olive and Mythology, Olive and Technology, Olive and Cyprus, Olive and Life, Olive and Peace, Olive and Conflict, Olive and War, Olive and Health, Olive and Women, Olive and Men, Olive and Children, Olive Oil, Olive Branch, Olive Tree, Benefits of Olive, Olive and Olive Mill/Press, Banning of Uprooting, Burning and Cutting Down Olive Trees and so forth. 

B) Free Subject 

Any topic can be drawn. 

3 – The works to be sent to the contest must be in cartoon style. Works in the form of paintings or illustrations will not be accepted. Cartoons must be without text. No brand, item or product name should be written on the cartoons. Only logos or symbols should be used. 

4 – Cartoons sent to the contest must be absolutely BLACK & WHITE and original. Grayscales are not accepted. Size A4 or A3. Each participant must write their name, surname, address, telephone, e-mail information on the back of the cartoon. A photo and a short CV must be sent. 

5 – The works to be sent to the contest may have been published before but should not have won an award. 

6 – After the evaluation of the International Selection Committee Members, the finalist works will be published on the official website of the contest. In addition, the finalist works will be brought to the attention and objection of cartoonists, cartoonist organizations, and international organizations established against similar, imitated and stolen cartoons. If it is documented that any work is similar, imitated or stolen or has previously won an award in another contest (with the date of publication), that work will be cancelled and the next highest scoring work will be taken into consideration. 

7 – It is possible to participate in the contest with any number of works (in Olive or Free subjects), however, a participant will not be given more than one award in each section. 

8 – CARTOONS PRODUCED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT ACCEPTED!!! Cartoons produced with Artificial Intelligence will be disqualified from the contest. Even if a cartoon that is later understood to be a product of Artificial Intelligence wins an award, its award will be deemed invalid. 

9 – The works must be sent to the specified address by normal or insured mail by 15 MAY 2025 at the latest. HAND DELIVERY IS NOT ACCEPTED. 

10 – The cartoons sent – whether they receive an award or not – will not be returned; they will remain in the archives of the “International Cyprus Cartoon Museum” to be established by the Cyprus Turkish Cartoonists Association. 

11 – In addition to the works that win awards in the contest, the works deemed appropriate by the Organizing Committee will be published in an album and exhibited within the scope of the 24th International Olive Festival 2025. 

12 – The results of the contest will be communicated to all participants and the press and media. 

13 – All cartoons sent to the contest can be printed and reproduced by the Kyrenia Municipality or the Cyprus Turkish Cartoonists Association using exhibition, card, poster, album, newspaper, magazine, calendar, book, CD and similar techniques. They can also be used on television, video, web pages and social media for promotional purposes. 

14 – By sending works to this contest, participants are deemed to have accepted the terms of the contest. If the works sent are used in the places specified in these specifications, participants accept that they will not seek financial compensation or copyrights today or in the future. 

PRIZES: 

OLIVE THEMED SECTION 

First Prize 800 Euros + Golden Olive Statue 

Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person. 

Second Prize 500 Euros + Silver Olive Statue 

Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person. 

Third Prize 300 Euros + Bronze Olive Statue 

Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person. 

Special Prizes for 10 to 20 Cartoonists. 

FREE SUBJECT SECTION 

First Prize 800 Euros + Golden Olive Statue 

Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person. 

Second Prize 500 Euros + Silver Olive Statue 

Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person. 

Third Prize 300 Euros + Bronze Olive Statue 

Incoming and outgoing flight ticket for one (1) person to attend the award ceremony and cultural events to be held within the scope of the International Olive Festival. Accommodation for one (1) person. 

Special Prizes for 10 to 20 Cartoonists. 

15 – If the invitation to the award ceremony is not responded to within 10 days, the award-winning artist will not be able to benefit from the transportation and accommodation facilities guaranteed in these specifications. 

DEADLINE: 

MAY 15, 2025 

SUBMISSION ADDRESS: 

Kıbrıs Türk Karikatürcüler Derneği 

14. Uluslararası Karikatür Yarışması 

Posta Kutusu: 455 (Post Code: 99000) 

Lefkoşa – Kuzey Kıbrıs (Turkey) 

IT IS AN ADVANTAGE TO SEND CARTOONS BY NORMAL OR INSURED MAIL. 

WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR RECEIVING PACKAGES SENT TO THE WRONG ADDRESSES. 

WEB PAGE:

http://www.zeytinkarikaturleri.com 

STEERING COMMITTEE.

25th World Press Freedom Canada International Editorial Cartoon Competition 2025

The theme of the 25th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is: 

It’s a Trump World 

At Trump’s first inauguration, it was easy to dismiss « alternative facts » about the size of those in attendance. Now with American big tech bosses bowing at his feet, « alternative facts » may become the only ones we know as Facebook eliminates fact-checking in the name of free expression and Twitter reinstates Trump’s account, making it increasingly difficult to discern the truth. 

Media outlets refuse to endorse opposition candidates by invoking political neutrality and live under the threat of expensive lawsuits. 

There may have been adults in the room during Trump's first mandate but his current circle appears to be catering to his every whim. 

Competition rules 

Three prizes will be awarded: 

• First prize: $1500 plus a Certificate from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO 

• Second prize: $1000 

• Third prize: $500 

All sums are in Canadian dollars. 

Ten additional cartoons will receive an Award of Excellence, which are not remunerated. 

Only one cartoon may be submitted by each participant, either in colour or black and white. It must not have won an award previously. 

World Press Freedom Canada reserves the right to use the winning cartoons for promotion of the Cartoon Competition. 

The winners of the Cartoon Competition will be announced on Thursday May 1, 2025, two days before World Press Freedom Day. 

The names of the winners and their cartoons will be posted on our website. 

The deadline for reception of the cartoon is midnight (Eastern Daylight Saving Time), Friday, March 29, 2025. 

Please submit your cartoon to: 

https://worldpressfreedomcanada.ca/cartoon-submissions/ .

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Source: bado-badosblog .

The 2nd LEA International Exhibition of Graphic Humor 2025, Greece

XVII LEA Festival

Call for entries – Competition

II International Exhibition of Graphic Humor LEA 

The XVII LEA Festival is pleased to invite you to the 2nd LEA International Exhibition of Graphic Humor, to be held in Athens from June 10th to July 17th, 2025 at the premises of the Cervantes Institute of Athens. 

 Rules 

A. Participation 

The competition is open to all cartoonists worldwide, over 18 years of age, regardless of nationality, religion, gender and education. 

B. Graphic Humor Theme: “The book as a reflection between cultures” 

C. Works and Shipping 

Send by e-mail to the following address: humorgrafico@lea-festival.com 

Each participant can send a maximum of 1 work in digital format to the e-mail address humorgrafico@lea-festival.com. Size (A4 21×29,5 cm, up to 300 dpi, JPEG, maximum length per work is 3 MB; works larger than 3 MB will not be opened). In the name of the file, the author’s name and nationality must be included. The following information must be included in the mail: name, address, e-mail and a brief CV of 100 words (.doc format, NOT PDF). Condensed zip, rar, etc. files WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. 

Graphic humor works that are not named as requested will be automatically discarded. 

Graphic humor works must not have been previously awarded. Only drawings will be accepted, not combined with photographs. Submissions that have passed the pre-selection will be published immediately on our event’s networks. 

D. Deadline 

The deadline for registration is March 3rd, 2025 (EXTENDED:) 20 MARCH 2025. 

E. Prizes and Awards 

First prize: Trip to Mexico to the Guadalajara Book Fair 2024 within the framework of the Encuentro Internacional de Caricatura e Historieta EICH and CUAAD : Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad de Guadalajara- Jalisco- Mexico (all expenses paid). 

Second prize: 500 euros donated by the Instituto Quevedo de las Artes del Humor of the Fundación General de la Universidad de Alcalá, Spain. 

Third prize: Diploma. 

F. Exhibition 

The exhibition will be held in Athens, Greece, at the Cervantes Institute of Athens from June 10th to July 17th, 2025. 

G. Catalog 

All participants will be able to download the catalog in PDF format from our website. 

H. Other Conditions 

The organizers reserve the right to use the works for various purposes without obligation of compensation. The works will be included in the archive portal and permanent exhibition. 

The exhibition will have an itinerant character and will be taken to various places in the country, the Ibero-American and other countries. 

By submitting works, the authors accept these rules. 

• Participation in this contest is voluntary and free of charge. 

• All participants must be of legal age. 

• Works that do not comply with the conditions specified in these rules or that are offensive, offensive, discriminatory, or promote racial, ethnic or religious hatred will not be admitted to the contest. 

• Each author shall send only one A4-sized work. 

• By participating in the contest, each author accepts the free transfer of the submitted works to the organizer and confirms that he/she is the author of the submitted works and that his/her submission to the contest does not infringe the rights of third parties. 

• The submission of the work authorizes the LEA contest to use the images in exhibitions, publications, social networks and platforms or formats where the promotion of the event is required. 

• The specified deadline for submitting the work may be modified in favor of the participants and extended without the need to modify these rules. 

• The organizer will notify the participants of the change of deadline. 

• When judging the works, the jury will take into account, in particular, the artistic value of the drawing, its accuracy in the interpretation of the theme and its humorous aspect. If the organizer, co-organizer or members of the jury, after or before the awarding of the prizes indicated in the regulations, receive information that the work submitted to the competition constitutes plagiarism or violates the law or the provisions of these regulations, the organizer has the right to: 

– Suspend the prize or the awarding of the prize until such doubts are clarified. 

– Take the decision not to award a prize in the contest. 

• The winner of the second prize must be the same titular of the bank account in which the prize will be deposited. 

By participating in the competition, the entrant declares that he/she holds all copyrights to the submitted work and that the work does not infringe any personal rights, copyrights or other rights of third parties. In case of claims related to the submitted work, the participant releases the organizer from any obligation arising in this respect, agrees to join the organizer in disputes related thereto and will cover the costs incurred by the organizer in connection with third party claims related to the contest work. 

The organizer reserves the right to modify these regulations: 

• In case of modification of the relevant legal provisions, 

• In emergency situations that could not be foreseen in advance, 

• In each case for the benefit of the participants. 

The organizer is not responsible for the provision of incorrect or false data by the participants, which may prevent the prize from being sent. 

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The LEA Festival is organized by the non-profit company LEA Festival Intercultural Development and the Cervantes Institute of Athens. 

The organization of the LEA Graphic Humor Exhibition is in charge of the non-profit company LEA Festival Intercultural Development in collaboration with Encuentro Internacional de Caricatura e Historieta EICH and CUAAD: Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad de Guadalajara-Jalisco-México and the Instituto Quevedo de las artes del Humor IQH of the Fundación General de la Universidad de Alcalá de Henares-España UAH. The main venue for the exhibition is Cervantes Institute of Athens and the curator of the exhibition is the Colombian-Spanish cartoonist Adriana Mosquera (nani). 

The LEA Festival, since its foundation, counts with the collaboration of the Embassies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay and Venezuela and the Honorary Consulate of Colombia in Athens. 

The LEA Festival is the only major cultural event in Greece with a Hellenic-Latin American literary content. It is also one of the most outstanding literary events in the city of Athens since 2008, and has also been held since 2012 on the island of Lefkada; finally, since 2022 it has also taken place in Halkida, Nafplio, Thessaloniki and Crete. 

Sources: iqh & lea-festival. 

The 49th Italian Lies championship graphics section contest dedicated to Lie 2025, Italy

The Italian Championship of Lies was born in 1966. The reasons that led to the creation of this competition are to be found in the traditions of our little village over the Pistoia’s mountains, on the Italian Apennines, when in last century people used to meet in front of a fireplace to tell stories that mixed reality and fictious. The Italian Lie Academy, in occasion of the 49th Italian Lies championship, declares the graphics section contest dedicated to Lie.

This year theme is:

LIES GO TO SCHOOL: IMAGES FROM THE WORLD OF EDUCATION

1. The competition is structured in a single section.
2. Participation is free. Deadline for cartoon submission is 25th June 2025. Each participant can send up to 2 cartoons and each cartoon must have a title or an explanation. 
3. The entry form below (also in PDF on source: labugia) must be completed in all its parts and sent along with the presentation of the works that take part in the competition.
4. The paper must be sent by postal mail to: Accademia della Bugia - via della chiesa, 27 - 51100 Le Piastre PT, Italy. Otherwise you can use our electronic mail address: accademiabugia@gmail.com
5. The comics can be written in italian or in english, but you can make a simply drawn cartoon, without any text.
6. The Italian Lie Academy will award the top three as follows: 1st place: "Gold Bugiardino". 2nd: "Silver Bugiardino". 3rd: "Bronze Bugiardino". The Bugiardino is the symbol made in resin of the Championship and is the bell tower of the village with a long nose, like the Pinocchio’s one.
It will be awarded with the "International Bugiardino" the best cartoon coming from abroad or drawn by a foreign national.
7. All the winning cartoons will be published on the website of the Italian championship of Lies (www.labugia.it).
8. The authors waive any fee related to copyright.
9. Prizes will be delivered during the 49th Italian Championship of Lies that will take place in Le Piastre on 2nd and 3rd August, 2025.
10. The works will be judged by a jury headed by the italian cartoonist Marco Fusi.

Source: La Bugia. Also on facebook.