Artists of all nationalities can participate in the competition. There is no age limit however underage candidates need parents’ authorization. Every candidate is allowed to submit only one brand-new work. Works which have been awarded prizes previously will not be accepted.

Any medium and technique is allowed.
Each artwork must be square-shaped, not smaller than 25×25 centimetres and not bigger than 40×40 centimetres.
If the artwork is applied on a panel or frame, it must not exceed 3 mm in thickness.
In case of a digital image it should be 31×31 centimetres (300 dpi – JPG format – best quality).

In order to take part in the contest, candidates can choose between two ways:

They can fill in the form that can be found on the following web address:illustationcontest.tapirulan.it

They can send their work by mail together with the relevant form which must be filled in and signed as well as the receipt for payment of the subscription 

fee to the following address:

All works must be sent by October 18, 2019.
Works sent by post must arrive by (or before) the same date.

If you are a member of “Associazione Tapirulan” for the current year you can take part in the contest freely.

A jury will select, by an unappealable decision, 48 artworks to be published in the catalogue and to be displayed in the exhibition. Among the 48 works selected, 12 will also be published on the calendar. Then a 2.500 euros prize will be awarded. The prize winner will be invited – in the next edition – to be part of the jury and to exhibit his works in a solo show at Spazio Tapirulan in Cremona. The 48 artworks selected by the jury will be published in the exhibition catalogue and on line on the following website: illustationcontest.tapirulan.it. All the registered subscribers of tapirulan.it will be able to express their preferential votes. The artist who will get most of the votes will be awarded a 500 euros prize. If the most voted candidate is also the winner selected by the jury, the prize will be awarded to the artist who came in second according to the on line vote.

Bruno Bozzetto, illustrator, director

Debbie Bibo, literary agent and editorial producer
Francesco Ceccarelli, Co-Founder, Creative Director, CEO of Bunker agency
Mariaflora Giubilei, director Musei di Genova-Nervi
Joey Guidone, illustrator (winner of 14th edition)
Grégory Panaccione, illustrator, cartoonist
Agathe Sorlet, illustrator
Elisa Talentino, illustrator
Fabio Toninelli, president of Associazione Tapirulan

2.500 euros – First prize awarded by the jury. The winner will be invited for a solo exhibition at Spazio Tapirulan in the next edition of the competition and will be published in a personal catalogue.
The winning work will also be published on the Annual of the “Autori di Immagini” Association
500 euros – Prize awarded by the registered subscribers in Tapirulan website.
The 48 artists whose works will be published in the catalogue will receive a copy of the catalogue and a copy of the calendar.
All the candidates will be given a free copy of the calendar during the prize-giving ceremony.

The exhibition “SUPER” which will include the 48 selected works and all the works of the former winners, will be set up from November 30 2019 to January 26 2020 at Santa Maria della Pietà – Cremona (Italy). During the inauguration of the exhibition the winners will be awarded their prizes. The results will then appear on line (www.tapirulan.it). After the exhibition in Cremona, the exhibition will continue in the halls of the Museums of Genoa Nervi from March 2020 to June 2020.
All the competing works will be exhibited permanently on line.

The artist who take part in the contest must give up their publication rights both in case of publication in the calendar, in the catalogue and in other papers of Association or in the website. They must also give up their rights if a copy of their works is put in a frame/structure for promotional purposes of the contest and “Tapirulan”.
It goes without saying that royalties go to the artists.
Should the artists decide to use their own works for other purpose, they are required to notify the publication of their works in the Tapirulan 2019 catalogue.
The winning works will be owned by “Tapirulan”. The others works will be returned by the end of 2020 to the owners on request charges forward.