30th Edition International Cartoon Competition "FAX FOR PEACE"/Italy 2026

Themes:

A) Peace

B) “Abbiamo in prestito il mondo” (we don’t own the world, we’re only borrowing it).

Deadline:Tuesday, June 30, 2026

It is open to students of all grades and types of schools and to professional artists from all over the world.

They are required to submit one or more works developing the themes of peace, tolerance, fight against any form of racism and of defense of human rights.

Each competitor may take part in two ways:

1) JPG format max 1,5 Mb one or more pictures or works of visual art.

2) Send short films and cartoons of maximum 5 minute length that could also be forwarded in compressed format. The videos can be shot/made in the most common formats (AVI, MPEG, Real Video, QuickTime, Video for Windows ecc.).

SENDING METHOD

by e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or by post to:

Istituto d’istruzione superiore di Spilimbergo Il Tagliamento

via degli Alpini, 1 - 33097 Spilimbergo (Pn) Italia

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK

• On each work it is necessary to indicate full name, name of school and grade/class (if students), telephone and e-mail address, city, country.

• Single students will also have to specify their school address, their age and the class attended.

• Competitors implicitly authorize the school to reproduce and use their works in the catalog and in different media for no-profit activities.

• The organization cannot be held responsible in case of theft, damage or loss of the works.

• Works will not be returned or retransmitted to their authors. A catalog will be printed, reproducing a wide selection of the works received after/following up, which later will be sent to competitors free of charge, previous formal request.

WHEN TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Starting at 8.00 a.m. on Saturday, March, 2026 until 24.00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30, 2026.

THE JURY

The jury of experts in communication, art critics and representatives of the school world will select 6 works among those received within the expiry date, according to their development of proposed themes and their effectiveness.

JURY FOR THE FIRST SELECTION OF WORKS

• Enrico Sarcinelli: Mayor of Spilimbergo.

• Costantino Ughi: Former student representative.

• Angelo Bertani: Art critic.

• Donato Guerra: President of the cultural association Il Circolo.

• Lucia D’Andrea: Headmistress of the Technical and Professional Schools of Spilimbergo Il Tagliamento.

NATIONAL JURY

• Gabriella Gallozzi: journalist and editor of Bookciak Magazine (Roma).

• Alice Milani: cartoonist (Pisa).

PRIZES

The following six prizes, will be awarded according to categories:

Best Work - Kindergarten and Primary Schools: € 300,00.

Best Work - Lower Secondary Schools: € 300,00.

Best Work - Secondary High Schools: € 300,00.

Best Work - Video or cartoon: € 300,00.

Best Work - Artists: € 300,00.

Best Work to satirical or humorous drawing on human and civil themes: € 300,00.

Special Prize: “Social responsibility”

- A 300,00 euro special prize, sponsored by Gruppo Bisaro, will be given to the author, the school or the institute who will submit the best work about the theme “Abbiamo in prestito il mondo” (we don’t own the world, we’re only borrowing it).

The aim is to identify within the broader theme of peace, the link between environmental sustainability and the preservation of the international human rights, as interdependent issues.

INFO

Istituto d’istruzione superiore di Spilimbergo Il Tagliamento

via degli Alpini, 1 - 33097 Spilimbergo (Pordenone) Italia

tel. + 39 (0) 427 40392 - fax + 39 (0) 427 40898

e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

www.faxforpeace.eu