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 December 2023 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 2023 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’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 55th World Gallery Of Cartoons – Skopje 2023 – Submission Fee
Submission is free if your work remains in the OSTEN Collection. If you’d like your (unselected) works returned, a fee is $20 applies.