Theme

🎭 Bipolar Disorder: between euphoria and darkness

Mental health is one of the most urgent topics of our time, and humor is a lens through which we can reflect, empathize, and demystify.

Bipolar disorder, characterized by extreme emotional swings between mania and depression, is both invisible and profoundly real — a perfect metaphor for art that oscillates between lightness and gravity.

Deadline

📅 September 1, 2025 – March 25, 2026

🖼️ Exhibition: March 30 – April 15, 2026

Regulations

Open to artists worldwide (18+), amateur or professional.

Only unpublished works may be submitted; previous awarded works not allowed until closing date.

Each participant may submit 1 work per category among four modalities:

1️⃣ Cartoon – Theme: Bipolarity

2️⃣ Caricature – Theme: Bipolar Disturb (vertical portrait of a historical celebrity)

3️⃣ Editorial Cartoon (Charge) – Theme: Public Figures

4️⃣ Comic Strip – Theme: Bipolarity (text in Portuguese, English, or wordless; 1 page max.)

Size: A4 (21×30 cm), JPEG, 300 DPI

Technique: Free (traditional or digital)

Printed A4 works accepted

AI-generated artworks not allowed 🚫

Works must be original and unpublished

Delivery (Brazil): Atelier Laqua Parla – Rua João Carlos Figueiredo, 94 – bairro Guabirotuba, Curitiba – PR

To register & send artworks:

🌐 https://capivarahumor.com.br/en-1o-salao-internacional-de-humor-de-curitiba/

Awards

💰 Total prizes: R$ 12,000 (Brazilian reais)

🎖️ Awards

🥇 1st place: R1,500(percategory)–totalR 1,500 (per category) – total R1,500(percategory)–totalR 6,000

🥈 2nd place: R1,000(percategory)–totalR 1,000 (per category) – total R1,000(percategory)–totalR 4,000

🥉 3rd place: R500(percategory)–totalR 500 (per category) – total R500(percategory)–totalR 2,000

🏅 Trophies for top 3 in each category

📜 Certificates for 3 honorable mentions per category

Only one award per author per category.

Jury may allocate or transfer prizes among categories or create a special prize.

Ownership & Rights

All submitted works (awarded or not) become part of Capivara Humor Collection / Instituto Ocellaris.

They may be exhibited in traveling shows, published in print, digital, or audiovisual media.

Participation implies full agreement with the regulation.

By registering, the author assigns full copyright of submitted work(s) under Brazilian Copyright Law No. 9610/1988, permanently and universally.

Rights relate only to the awarded works for cultural and promotional purposes.

Contest Link

🌐 https://capivarahumor.com.br/en-1o-salao-internacional-de-humor-de-curitiba/