🇧🇪 The 26th Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem in Belgium invites cartoonists from around the world to participate in its latest edition under the theme: The Power of Humor: Its Impact on People and Society.
📋 The Rules
🎭 The theme: The Power of Humor – Its Impact on People and Society
🎨 We challenge cartoonists to show how humor can affect people and society. We are looking for cartoons that reveal what humor can trigger, change or set in motion.
🖼️ A funny drawing alone, without a clear connection to this impact, does not meet the theme requirements.
1. Cartoons
- Each participant may submit a maximum of five cartoons. All graphic techniques are permitted.
- Submitted works must not have previously received an award in any other competition and must not contain any caption or text.
2. Creative integrity
- Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem attaches great importance to human creativity and artistic integrity.
- Plagiarism, the reproduction in whole or in part of the work of others, and the use of generative AI to create the cartoon or essential parts of it are not permitted.
- By participating, the cartoonist declares in good faith that the submitted work was created by the cartoonist and complies with these conditions.
- Where there are reasonable grounds for doubt, the jury may request additional information about how the work was created, as well as sketches, intermediate versions or working files as evidence.
- If, after the prizes have been announced, it becomes apparent that this rule has been violated, the jury may, after deliberation, withdraw the prize.
3. Submission of cartoons
- The deadline for sending your work is the 6th of January 2027.
💻 Online
💻 Online
- You register online and upload your cartoons via our participant platform: https://register.ecc-kruishoutem.be
- Digital works must have a resolution of 300 dpi and must not exceed 3 MB.
📮 By post
- You must send your cartoons to the following address:
Euro-kartoenale
René D’Huyvetterstraat 5C
9770 Kruishoutem
Belgium
- Works submitted by post must be in A4 format and must state the following details on the reverse: the participant’s full name, email address and postal address.
- For submissions from outside the European Union, please take account of customs formalities and indicate that your entry is a gift. The organisation does not pay import duties and is not liable for damaged or lost submissions.
4. Prizes
🏆 There are 6 principal prizes:
🥇 1st prize: €2,100.00 + trophy
🥈 2nd prize: €1,700.00 + trophy
🥉 3rd prize: €1,500.00 + trophy
🏅 Best Entry European Union: €1,000.00
🏅 Best Belgian entry: €1,000.00
🎖️ Prize of the ECC: a solo exhibition at the ECC in 2028
- The jury may decide to award additional honourable mentions in addition to these prizes.
- All winners will be invited to a three-day stay in Kruishoutem for the award ceremony, including hotel accommodation, meals and sightseeing excursions.
- Travel expenses (airplane, train,…) are at the winners’ own expense.
5. Exhibition
- A selection of 150 cartoons will be exhibited at the European Cartoon Center Kruishoutem from 28 March till13 June 2027.
- The participant lends the works to the organisers for smaller travelling exhibitions until the end of 2028.
6. Catalogue
- A catalogue containing approximately 100 selected works will be published. Participants may request one free copy. They must pay the postage themselves or collect the copy from the European Cartoon Center.
- Cartoonists whose cartoon is included in the catalogue will automatically be sent a copy.
7. Copyright and publication rights
- The cartoonist retains copyright at all times.
- Participants grant Euro-kartoenale the right to publish the submitted works in the catalogue and to use them to promote the exhibition. The cartoonist’s prior permission will be sought for any other use.
- Original works will be returned upon written request. - Original cartoons that have not been requested back and the high-quality prints made for the exhibition will be retained by the European Cartoon Center. The cartoonist may, however, ask the organisers to destroy the print of the cartoon.
- Euro-kartoenale and the European Cartoon Center may use the winning and selected cartoons for their own exhibitions.
8. International jury
- The international jury of professional cartoon experts will meet live in Kruishoutem on 29 January 2027.
- The full composition of the jury will be announced on the website after the deadline for entries has passed.
9. Award ceremony
- The prize giving ceremony and opening of the exhibition will take place on Saturday 27 March 2027.
- The exhibition at the European Cartoon Center will run from 28 March till 13 June 2027.
10. Agreement to the Rules
- By submitting cartoons, the cartoonist agrees to these rules.
🌐 For more information, please visit the official website: https://ecc-kruishoutem.be/en/euro-kartoenale