WITTYWORLD'S DIRECTORY OF International Cartoon Festivals, Competitions, and Awards Cartoon competitions and festivals have been springing up in every corner of the world. From small exhibitions accommodating 50 artworks to large shows with hundreds--some-times over a thousand--cartoons on display, there is a wide variety of events boosting interest in cartoons and satirical art. Some of these festivals - the most popular word used for these show/competition combinations - work with substantial capital and a big apparatus; others are operating on a shoestring budget and their exhibition is no bigger than the size of a classroom. The awards also vary. Cash prizes are offered from $200 to $25,000, the average festivals putting up awards worth around a couple of thousand dollars. Some give no awards, but organize symposia for professionals and mount prestigious shows attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors. While some organizations are known for drawing in the public, others are better known for attracting artists and cartoonists. WittyWorld has researched and found over 150 cartoon festivals, competitions, and awards in 41 countries that held at least one event, but some of which now may be defunct or on hold. Many of these festivals or award-giving bodies operate only for a few weeks or months each year or two. Most are inefficient in providing the latest information in a timely manner. Therefore we also use other sources to track down all relevant information and to complement data already available. However, contacting a festival for its latest brochure before entering a competition is always recommended. Some of the information are incomplete in their current form. Please bear with us while we are working on bringing each and every entry completely up to date. - UPDATES - CHECK OUT OUR CALENDAR BELOW FOR A CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OR CLICK ON ANY OF THE FLAGS TO FIND CARTOON FESTIVALS, AWARDS, AND COMPETITIONS IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY CALENDAR OF EVENTS  JANUARY Charles M. Schulz Award [USA] Knokke-Heist International Cartoon Festival [Belgium] Moscow Open Cartoon Festival [Russia] National Headliner Awards [USA] Overseas Press Club Award [USA] Salon National de la Carte Postale [France] Umoristi a Marostica [Italy] Velocartoon [Lithuania]  FEBRUARY Arctic Comics Festival & Competition [Finland] Premio Satira Politica [Italy] Pulitzer Prize [USA] Sigma Delta Chi Award [USA] Satyrykon [Poland] V PortoCartoon World Festival [Portugal]  MARCH Ankara Cartoon Festival [Turkey] Golden Helmet Krusevac International Festival of Humor and Satire [Serbia] Guinness International Cartoon Festival - Rathdrum [Ireland] Pernambuco International Festival of Humor and Comics [Brazil] Reuben Award [USA] Vercelli Biennial Cartoon Exhibition [Italy] Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards [USA]  APRIL Cartoonists Rights Network Competition [Romania] Cvorak International Cartoon Salon [Croatia] Dutch Cartoon Festival [Netherlands] International Cartoon Exhibition at the Tehran Book Fair [Iran] John Locker Memorial Award Competition [USA] Molla Nasreddin International Cartoon Contest [Azerbaijan] National Press Club of Canada Int'l Editorial Cartoon Comp. [Canada] Seoul International Cartoon Festival [Korea] Seoul World Cartoon Contest [Korea] World Cartoon Gallery [Macedonia] Zagreb Biennial International Cartoon Exhibition [Croatia]  MAY Barcelona International Comic Salon [Spain] EuroCARtoons [Russia] Goulden Mouflon International Cartoon Competition [Cyprus] Hamburg International Comic Salon [Germany] International Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts [Bulgaria] International Salon of Press Drawings [Brazil] Internet Cartoon Contest [Iran] Köpenick Cartoon Summer [Germany] Nasreddin Hodja International Cartoon Competition [Turkey] Peace with Nature Cartoon Contest [Turkey] Razgrad International Cartoon Exhibition [Bulgaria] Simavi International Cartoon Competition [Turkey]  JUNE Annual Int'l Upstate Cartoonist League of America Festival [USA] Asaf Koçak Cartoon Competition [Turkey] Bahia International Humor Contest [Brazil] Daejeon International Cartoon Contest [Korea] Editorial Humor Cartoon Contest [USA] Environmental Media Awards [USA] Erlangen International Comic Salon [Germany] Expoterrestre [France] International Biennale of Cartoons, Písek [Czech Republic] Nasreddin Hodja International Cartoon Contest [Turkey]  Sanremo International Salon of Humor [Italy] Tolentino International Exhibition of Satire and Humor [Italy] Wolfsberg International Cartoon Festival [Austria]  JULY Beringen International Cartoon Exhibition [Belgium] Coffs Harbour Rotary Cartoon Awards [Australia] Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest [USA] International Manga Festa [Japan] J & B Cartoon Contest [Spain] Salao Nacional de Caricatura (International Festival of Humor [Portugal] Tehran International Cartoon Biennial [Iran]  AUGUST Best Cartoons of Nippon [Japan] Eurohumor, International Exhibition of Humor [Italy] Foligno Humourfest [Italy] Helsinki Comics Festival [Finland] Human Rights Int'l Political Humor Contest [Cuba] International Festival of Comics [Poland] John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition [USA] Niska Banja International Cartoon Competition [Serbia] Piracicaba Int'l Salon of Humor [Brazil] Ranan R. Lurie International Political Cartoon Award [USA] Rhodes International Cartoon Festival [Greece] Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival [Korea] St. Just Salon International Dessin Presse et Humour [France]   Thomas Nast Prize [Germany] and [USA]  SEPTEMBER Antalya International Cartoon Competition [Turkey] Buenos Aires International Cartoon Exhibition [Argentina] George van Raemdonck Kartoenale [Belgium] Hanna-Barbera Storyboard Contest [USA] Humor Exhibition of Piauí [Brazil] Jose Guadalupe Posada Biennial [Mexico] Kiev International Cartoon Contest [Ukraine] Kragujevac Salon of Anti War Cartoons [Serbia] Olense Kartoenale [Belgium] Prokuplje International Salon of Cartoons [Serbia] River Plate Festival [Argentina] Trento Int'l Exhibition of Satire and Humor [Italy]  OCTOBER Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoonists [USA] Bienal Internacional De Quadrinhos do Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] Ecocartoons: Int'l Contest of Ecologiocal Graphic Humor [Peru] Fascination Comics - Frankfurt International Book Fair [Germany] International Festival of Graphic Humor [Italy] Kaposvár International Thematic Cartoon Contest [Hungary] Tenerife Int'l Caricature and Humorous Drawing Contest [Spain] Yomiuri international Cartoon Contest [Japan]  NOVEMBER Angoulême Salon Int'l de la Bande Dessinee/ Int'l Comics Fest [France] Cyprus International Cartoon Contest [Cyprus] Euro Kartoenale [Belgium] FrauenWelten Int'l Cartoon Competition [Germany] International Exhibition of Humor [Brazil] Tulip Cartoon Parade [Netherlands]  DECEMBER International Hall of Humor [Mexico] Krasnodar International Cartoon Competition [Russia] Leng Mu International Cartoon Competition [China] Tallinn International Cartoon Competition [Estonia]