🇷🇸 The 11th International Cartoon Contest Animal Cartoon 2026 invites cartoonists from around the world to participate in this prestigious international competition dedicated to the art of cartoon and satire.
🦁 Organized by the Animal Cartoon Portal (www.animalcartoon.net), Informatika Belgrade, and the Zoological Garden in Belgrade, the contest aims to celebrate creativity and artistic expression through humorous and thoughtful interpretations of the theme "Domestic Animals".
📜 RULES
A. Participation
👥 The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world, over the age of 18, regardless of nationality, religion, gender and education.
B. Cartoon theme:
🐶 DOMESTIC ANIMALS
C. Artworks:
· Send by e-mail on address: info@animalcartoon.net.
· Only the original artworks (up to 5) in digital form send by e-mail will be accepted.
· Digital works (A4, up to 300 dpi, JPEG or TIFF (NOT Png!) , the maximum length per one artworks 3 MB - Biggest artworks than 3 MB will not be opened niether accepted) with personal information - name, address, e-mail, cartoonist photo and brief CV (.doc format, NOT PDF) should be sent by e-mail.
· Condensed file zip, rar, etc... WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
· The cartoons must not be previously awarded.
· Arrived submissions that passed the pre-selection will be immediately published on the portal Animalcartoon.
D. Deadline
⏰ Entry deadline is August 31, 2026.
E. Prizes and awards
🥇 1st prize: 300 € - neto
🥈 2nd prize: 200 € - neto
🥉 3rd prize: 150 € - neto
🏅 Special Prize: "Lazo Sredanović Dikan" 200 € - neto, only for Serbian cartoonists.
🎖 It will be also awarded 10 diplomas.
F. Exhibition
🎨 The exhibition will be staged in Zoological Garden Belgrade (BEO ZOO VRT) from October 02, 2026 to October 02, 2027.
🖼 The exhibition will be shown in other towns in Serbia and abroad.
G. Catalog
📚 All participants of the competition will be able to download the catalog in PDF format from our portal.
H. Other conditions
· The organizers reserve the right to use them for various purposes without any obligation to compensate for it.
· The works will be included in the permanent exhibition and archive portal Animal Cartoon.
· By submitting works is considered that the authors accept these rules.
· Arrived artworks remain the property of the organizers.
👤 Špiro RADULOVIĆ, cartoonist
🖥 Manager of Portal Animalcartoon
📧 info@animalcartoon.net