๐ฎ๐น The organizers of the World Humor Awards 2026 have officially announced the finalists of the eleventh edition of the prestigious international competition.
๐ This year, the competition received an impressive participation of 250 artists from 70 countries, including 142 cartoonists who submitted 253 works in the Cartoon category, and 108 artists who submitted 177 works in the Caricature category.
๐จ Cartoon Theme: Kindness and courtesy, reality or appearance.
The theme explores the concept of kindness and good manners as an essential starting point for environmental sustainability and the harmonious development of our planet.
๐ญ Caricature Theme: Six Characters in Search of an Author.
Artists were invited to create caricatures inspired by six internationally recognized personalities from politics, sports and entertainment: King Felipe VI - Jacinda Ardern - Usain Bolt - Jasmine Paolini - Keanu Reeves - Meryl Streep.
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Cartoon Finalists:
๐ธ๐ฆ Ameen Alhabarah - Saudi Arabia
๐ช๐ธ Manuel Arriaga - Spain
๐จ๐ณ Bilig Ba - China
๐ฎ๐น Cristina Bernazzani - Italy
๐ท๐บ Viktor Bogorad - Russia
๐ฉ๐ฐ Niels Bo Bojesen - Denmark
๐ฒ๐ฝ Angel Boligan - Cuba / Mexico
๐ฆ๐ฟ Seyran Caferli - Azerbaijan
๐น๐ท รmer รam - Turkey
๐น๐ญ Tawan Chuntra - Thailand
๐จ๐ฟ Evzen David - Czech Republic
๐ฎ๐น Fabrizio Fabbri - Italy
๐จ๐ณ Fan Lintao - China
๐ฎ๐น Mariagrazia Quaranta - Italy
๐ฎ๐น Giorgio Giunta - Italy
๐น๐ท Hicabi Demirci - Turkey
๐ญ๐บ Istvร n Kelemen - Hungary
๐ฎ๐ท Marzieh Khanizadeh-Abyaneh - Iran
๐ต๐ฑ Patrycja Longawa - Poland
๐ง๐ท Silvano Mello - Brazil
๐ฎ๐น Milko Dalla Battisia - Italy
๐ฎ๐ท Ali Miraee - Iran
๐จ๐บ Michel Moro Gomez - Cuba
๐ฆ๐น Klaus Pitter - Austria
๐ฑ๐บ Pol Leurs - Luxembourg
๐จ๐บ Ramses Morales Izquierdo - Cuba
๐ณ๐ฑ Tjeerd Royaards - Netherlands
๐ต๐ธ Safaa Odah - Palestine
๐น๐ท Engin Selรงuk - Turkey
๐ฑ๐ป Gatis Sluka - Latvia
๐ช๐ธ David Vela - Spain
๐ฎ๐น Daniele Zordan - Italy
๐จ๐ด Raul Zuleta - Colombia
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Caricature Finalists:
๐บ๐ธ Sue Ahn - USA
๐ฎ๐น Virginia Cabras - Italy
๐ฎ๐ฉ Armen Amatiran - Indonesia
๐ง๐ท Carlos Amorim - Brazil
๐ช๐ธ Asier Sanz - Spain
๐ฎ๐น Benny Nicolini - Italy
๐ฆ๐ท Roberto Bianchi - Argentina
๐ฎ๐น Antonio Bottone - Italy
๐ช๐จ Francisco Cajas - Ecuador
๐ฎ๐น Angelo Ciaramella - Italy
๐ฎ๐น Marco D’Agostino - Italy
๐ฎ๐น Francesco Davide - Italy
๐ช๐ธ Monica Ruiz Rituerto - Spain
๐ง๐ท Luiz Carlos Fernandes - Brazil
๐ฏ๐ต Hitomi Ishiara - Japan
๐ฌ๐ช Niko Kemularia - Georgia
๐น๐ผ Liu Chia Hui - Taiwan
๐ฎ๐น Marzio Mariani - Italy
๐ช๐ธ Ivan Mata Tamayo - Spain
๐ฆ๐ท Juan Miranda - Argentina
๐ช๐ธ Maria Picasso Piquer - Spain
๐ช๐ธ Ernesto Priego - Spain
๐น๐ผ Wang Rui Min - Taiwan
๐ต๐ฑ Lukasz Szostak - Poland
๐ฌ๐ท Theodosios Teneketzidis - Greece
๐ช๐ธ Matias Tolsa - Spain
๐บ๐ธ Zach Trenholm - USA
๐ต๐ช Omar Zevallos - Peru
๐ผ️ The exhibition of finalist artworks and the official awards ceremony of the 11th World Humor Awards will be held in Fidenza, Italy during the last weekend of August 2026.
๐ Awards will include First, Second and Third Prizes in both categories, along with three prestigious Lepidus Excellence Trophies in the Cartoon section.
๐️ In the Caricature category, a special prize dedicated to the memory of renowned Fidenza artist Rino Montanari will be awarded to an Italian participant.