1. Theme:
🎯 Democracy (popular sovereignty, rule of law, free elections, separation of powers, pluralism).
2. Deadline:
⏰ April 5, 2026.
3. Prizes:
🥇 1st prize:1500 €
🥈 2nd prize: 1000 €
🥉 3rd prize: 500 €
🎖️ 3 honorable mentions
4. Entries:
📤 Each participant can submit up to 4 artworks in digital format by submitting them via internet to the address: cartoon@caricature.eu
📝 The author must include the following details in their e-mail: first name, surname, complete address, e-mail address, phone number and the number of each artwork.
📐 The specifications for these electronic artworks are as follows: JPEG format, high resolution (300 DPI), maximum 1.5 MB per image.
🖼️ Out of these artworks, 80-120 artworks will be selected.
📘 Only selected award-winning artists will be asked to mail the original. All these artworks will be shown as prints at the exhibition and in the catalog.
🖌️ Original artwork must be between A4 (210 × 297 mm) and A3 (297 × 420 mm) in size.
5. Medium:
🎨 Open to any technique (black and white or colour). No subtitles or text allowed.
6. Prizes and Exhibition:
🏆 Prizes and honourable mentions will be announced on 25 April 2026, in the Castle of Vianden.
📍 The exhibition will take place in the Hall Jemmy Koltz of the Castle of Vianden from 26 April until 26 May 2026.
🏛️ Selected artworks may also be exhibited at the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden and in other locations in Luxembourg or internationally.
7. Catalog:
📘 The authors whose artwork are selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail or in pdf format.
8. Results:
📆 The results will be published on the website caricature.eu on 26th April 2026.
🏆 The winners selected by the jury will be personally informed via e-mail or by phone.
👤 The jury’s decisions are final and binding.
9. Copyright:
©️ By participating, artists grant the organizer the right to use selected artworks for promotional materials, catalogues and exhibitions. Award-winning artworks become the organizer’s property and may not be entered in other contests or published elsewhere after results are announced.
10. Further information:
📩 cartoon@caricature.eu
11. Address for sending the originals of the awarded artworks:
📮 Musée de la Caricature et du Cartoon de Vianden 48 Grand-rue, L-9410 Vianden
Luxembourg
