Professional, semi-professional and amateur cartoonists can participate with one or more original cartoons, satirical drawings and comics/strips.
This year, OSTEN Skopje will award a Grand Prix for Lifetime Achievement of $1,500 (and sculpture), one First Award of $1,000 (and plaque), one Second Award of $500 (and plaque), five (5) third awards and five (5) special awards as plaques, and the Cico Award to one Macedonian cartoonist.
The organizer invites all participants to attend the opening of the exhibition and presentation awards ceremony in September 2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia.
For every edition of the World Gallery of Cartoons, OSTEN also publishes an exclusive catalog with the works of the selected cartoonists.
The theme and technique for 2022 are free and left to the author’s choice.
The awarded authors receive appropriate Certificates and printed copy of the catalog via post mail. Their works remain in the OSTEN Collection.
OSTEN is a recognizable brand in the area of art, emancipated thought and liberated creation since 1945. As great art admirer and passionate art collector, through the World Gallery of Cartoons and the World Gallery of Drawing OSTEN makes room for the artists of the world.
OSTEN’s World Gallery of Cartoons is the one and only event of such provenance in the Republic of North Macedonia, the oldest in the Balkan and one of the most long-standing in the world. It was established back in 1969, making artistic forms like cartoon, satiric drawing and comic strips available to the wider audience.
OSTEN 54th World Gallery Of Cartoons – Skopje 2022 – Submission Fee
Submission is free if your work remains in the OSTEN Collection. If you’d like your (unselected) works returned, a fee is $10 applies.