🇸🇰 EX LIBRIS AD PERSONAM HLOHOVEC and Homeland museum in Hlohovec announces the 16th biennial international cartoon contest "FRAŠTACKY THORN" 2026.
📌 Contest conditions:
Theme:
A) Artificial intelligence.
B) Free theme.
1. Contestant is obliged to send minimum 4 works (2 works on topic A and 2 works on topic B).
2. Works should be originals, however, the jury will also accept entries sent by email.
3. Size of the work is free - we recomend A4.
4. Works created using artificial intelligence (AI) will not be accepted.
5. The drawing technique is free.
6. It is advisable that the works do not contain text or comments.
7. Write, please, your name, age, profession, address, telephone number and email on the back side of the work.
8. The participant declares that he/she is the author of the work submitted to the contest and has unlimited ownership rights and dependent rights to use the work.
9. Works awarded in other contests will not be evaluated.
10. Awarded works will become in the possession of the organisers.
11. Other entries can be returned to the request of the author.
12. All contest works can be used for promotional and other purposes.
13. The participants accept the conditions of the contest by sending their application.
14. Foreign participants are required to communicate in English in their correspondence.
15. The deadline for sending the contest works is August 14, 2026, to the address:
EX LIBRIS AD PERSONAM HLOHOVEC
Závalie 3/A, P.O.BOX 58, 920 01 Hlohovec
Slovakia
16. write, please, on envelope: FRA ŠTACKÝ TŔŇ 2026.
17. The jury session will be held on August 24, 2026. Awarded contestants will be informed about results by letter.
🏆 Prizes:
🥇 1st Prize: 500 EUR
🥈 2nd Prize: 250 EUR
🥉 3rd Prize: 100 EUR
⚖️ The jury reserves the right to award other prizes or not to award a prize if the contest works do not reach a satisfactory level.
📅 The ceremonial announcement of the results of the contest and opening of the exhibition will be held on October 2, 2026, in Hlohovec, The Homeland Museum Gallery, Rázusova st. 6.
📞 More information:
👤 František Bojničan
📱 +421 905/352 506
📧 info@elap-hlohovec.sk
🌐 https://www.elap-hlohovec.sk/