50th Italian Lies championship Bugia Cartoon Competition/2026

Theme: PINOCCHIO, THE KING OF LIARS, AND HIS FRIENDS.

Deadline: 25th June 2026.

The Italian Championship of Lies was born in 1966. The reasons that led to the creation of this competition are to be found in the traditions of our little village over the Pistoia’s mountains, on the Italian Apennines, when in the last century people used to meet in front of a fireplace to tell stories that mixed reality and fictious. The Italian Lie Academy, in occasion of the 50th Italian Lies championship, declares the graphics section contest dedicated to Lie.

This year theme is: PINOCCHIO, THE KING OF LIARS, AND HIS FRIENDS.

1. The competition is structured in a single section.

2. Participation is free. Deadline for cartoon submission is 25th June 2026.

Each participant can send up to 2 cartoons and each cartoon must have a title or an explanation.

3. The entry form below must be completed in all its parts and sent along with the presentation of the works that take part in the competition.

4. The paper must be sent by postal mail to: Accademia della Bugia - via della chiesa, 27- 51100 Le Piastre PT, Italy.

Otherwise you can use our electronic mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

5. The comics can be written in italian or in english, but you can make a simply drawn cartoon, without any text.

6. Italian Lie Academy will award the top three as follows:

1st place: Gold Bugiardino.

2nd place: Silver Bugiardino.

3rd place: Bronze Bugiardino.

The Bugiardino is the symbol of the Championship: the bell tower of the village with a long nose, like the Pinocchio’s one.

7. All the winning cartoons will be published on the website of the Italian championship of Lies (www.labugia.it).

8. The authors waive any fee related to copyright.

9. Prizes will be delivered during of the 50th Italian Championship of Lies taking place in to Le Piastre on 1 and 2 August 2026.

10. The works will be judged by a jury headed by the italian cartoonist Marco Fusi.

ENTRY FORM:

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