🇧🇷 The organizing committee has officially announced the 22nd International Humor Salon of Limeira 2026, inviting cartoonists and comic artists from around the world to participate in one of Brazil's long-running international humor competitions.
🌍 Participation is free and open to artists working with both traditional and digital techniques. Original and unpublished works are accepted in four categories: Caricature, Cartum, Charge, and Comics.
📋 Competition Rules
📏 Artwork size: minimum A4 and maximum A3 – 300 dpi – JPEG only.
🖼️ Maximum 3 artworks in each category (up to 12 works in total).
📧 Entries must be sent in one e-mail together with the completed application form to: piuhumor@hotmail.com.
📅 Deadline: August 30, 2026.
🏆 Awards
🏅 Caricature: Digital Certificate + Trophy
🏅 Cartum: Digital Certificate + Troph
🏅 Charge: Digital Certificate + Trophy
🏅 Comics: Digital Certificate + Trophy
🎖️ Ten artists will receive Honourable Mentions with Digital Certificates.
🖼️ The 100 selected works will be included in the permanent virtual exhibition of Editora O PIU, while the results will be announced in October 2026.
📌 Suggested Themes
🌹 The Rose – Women
🗳️ Democracy – Who Is in Control?
📱 Loneliness in the Digital Age – Never Have We Been So
Connected and So Isolated
🌊 Marine Pollution – Can We Wrap Up Our World?
💧 Water – The Blue Gold
🌙 The Dark Side of the Moon – Which Side Are You On?
🔮 What Will Tomorrow Be?
🏠 The Exhibition
🖼️ The 100 selected works will be presented in the permanent virtual exhibition on the Editora O PIU Blog.
🌐 www.jornalopiu.blogspot.com
📚 All submitted works will become part of the Editora O PIU Collection.
⚖️ The ownership, use and all other rights related to the submitted works shall be transferred to Editora O PIU, which reserves the right to use them in any manner it deems appropriate.
👤 submitting an entry, the participant automatically declares full acceptance of all the terms and conditions set forth in these Regulations.
📝 Application Form
01 – First Name:
02 – Surname (Last Name):
03 – Date of Birth (Day / Month / Year):
04 – Street Address and Number:
05 – District / Neighborhood:
06 – City:
07 – State / Province / Region:
08 – Country:
09 – ZIP / Postal Code:
10 – E-mail Address:
11 – Number of Submitted Works:
12 – Date of Submission: