Acting upon the fact that caricature, which is a universal language, is an active force in the creation of a peaceful and tolerant world, the Association of Cartoonists and Akşehir Municipality have been co-organizing the Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest since 1973, which has the characteristics of an international forum and is open to all cartoonists worldwide.

We deemed it appropriate to identify the theme for the contest organized for the 45th time this year directly based on the peaceful identity of Nasreddin Hodja.

The theme of 2025 International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest is ”Peace with Nasreddin Hodja”. With his broad tolerance, stance against war and violence, and peaceful face smiling at the world, Nasreddin Hodja should be the main theme for the cartoons of the participants. 

THE CONDITIONS

WORKS PRODUCED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN OUR COMPETITION.
The subject of the Competition is “Peace with Nasreddin Hodja”.
The cartoons to be sent to the Competition must be drawn in 2025.
The Competition is open to caricaturists from all ower the world.
The caricatures must not be awarded by another competition.
The caricaturists can participate at the Competition maximum with three caricatures.

Deadline 1 June 2025
Jury Meeting Date: 3 June, 2025
Announcement Date of the Prizes: 10 June, 2025

Award Ceremony: The award ceremony will be held on July 5, 2025 in Akşehir during the 66th International Nasreddin Hodja Festivities.
The awarded cartoon artists will be invited to the cartoon and humor events ceremonies to be held in Akşehir, where Nasreddin Hodja’s Tomb is located, on July 5 / 8, 2025.
Transportation, accommodation expenses of the awarded cartoon artists will be covered by the competition organization. 

The dimensions of caricatures shall be in A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists who will participate in the competition should write their name, surname, address, telephone number, country on the back of their works. Artists should add their short biographies (short CVs) to their cartoons.
We kindly request that those who will participate in our contest digitally send their cartoons to karikaturculerdernegi34@gmail.com attached as a .doc in A4 size, 300 dpi, JPEG or TIFF format, a maximum 3 MB per cartoon, and including their personal information (name, surname, mailing address, e-mail address, short biography, photo) .

All caricatures send to the Contest shall be kept the Cartoonists Association in the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cartoon and Humor Center.

The person participating in the competition accepts that they will be consented to transferring the intellectual rights for non-commercial use of each work they sent, to the Akşehir Municipality and Cartoonists Association. Accordingly, Akşehir Municipality and Cartoonist Association will have the rights, includes but not limited to, the rights to reproduce, disseminate and process the cartoons participating in the competition. These rights can be used through third parties. Cartoon artists participating in the competition are considered to have accepted all these conditions.

THE PRIZES
Grand Prize: 2000 US Dollars
Achievement Awards: (4) 750 USD
Special Awards 

ADDRESS FOR SUBMISSION OF ORIGINAL CARICATURES 
45th INTERNATIONAL NASREDDIN HODJA CARTOON CONTEST;
KARİKATÜRCÜLER DERNEĞİ, ANKARA TEMSİLCİLİĞİ
Meşrutiyet Cad. Konur Sk. No: 31/4 Kat: 2 Kızılay 06420 ÇANKAYA – ANKARA / TURKEY