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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