17th International Cartoon Festival Dedicated to the New Year /Russia2026

Organized by the Ural Cartoonists' Club "Cranberry" and the Caricature Museum, Russia

Topics:

1- Winter Fun

2- The Horse – the Symbol of 2026

3- New Year’s Theme

Participation:

- Open to both professional and amateur artists from all over the world.

- Children’s artworks (+6) are also accepted and will be displayed in a special children’s section.

Send your works to:

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Important Dates:

Submission deadline: December 10, 2025.

Winners announced: December 25, 2025.

Awards & Recognition:

Participants will receive an electronic certificate and a festival booklet (brochure).

Special art prizes will be awarded from the Cranberry Club Cartoon Museum.

Technical Requirements:

- Format: A4.

- Technique: Free (including collage & digital art).

- File: JPG, max 3 MB, resolution 300 dpi.

- Each entry must include: Name – Country – Category:

Example: Nikolay Chernyshev — Russia — A

Every email should also include:

· Full name, age, contact info (phone, email, postal address), artist photo or caricature, and a short CV.

Terms & Conditions:

· Copyright infringement is prohibited.

· Correspondence: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

· In case of violation of the Contest Terms and Conditions, cartoons will be disqualified from the competition without explanation.

· Participants' cartoons may be used by the contest organizers for exhibitions, publications in the media, promotion of cartoon contests, and the website.

· Submission of works to the contest constitutes the author's agreement to these terms and conditions.

Media Partners:

- Pionerskaya Pravda newspaper, Moscow.

- Yuzhnouralskaya Panorama newspaper, Chelyabinsk.

- Krasnaya Burda humor magazine, Yekaterinburg.

- Snezhinsk Segodnya newspaper, Snezhinsk.

- Vestnik Mayaka newspaper, Ozersk.

- Metro newspaper, Snezhinsk.

- CARTUNION International Cartoonists' Forum

https://www.cartoonblues.com/forum/

Organizing Committee & Jury:

- Russian Academy of Arts, Igor Alekseevich Smirnov, project curator, cartoonist, Moscow.

- Humor magazine "Krasnaya Burda", Vladimir Maurin, journalist, Yekaterinburg.

- Ural Cartoonists' Club "Cranberry", Sergey Sokolov, cartoonist, Snezhinsk.

- Humor magazine "Krasnaya Burda", Vladimir Loginov, journalist, Yekaterinburg.

- Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Mayak", Olga Aksenova, artist and designer, Ozersk.

- Ural Cartoonists' Club "Cranberry", Mikhail Chernyshev, cartoonist, Snezhinsk.

Exhibition Curator:

Nikolay Chernyshev – Director of the Caricature Museum, President of the Ural Cartoonists’ Club "Cranberry", Ozersk.

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Join the 17th International Cartoon Festival and let your creativity shine worldwide!

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