INTERNATIONAL CARICATURE COMPETITION OF CAMILO CASTELO
BRANCO
New Dead Line May 18th
As part of the “Camilo
Through the Inland Lands” project, which continues the celebrations of the
Bicentenary of Camilo Castelo Branco's birth, the Municipalities of Vila Real
and Ribeira de Pena are organizing an International Caricature Competition of Camilo
Castelo Branco, which will take place between April 6th and May 18th, 2026.
The objectives of this
competition are to celebrate the birth of Camilo Castelo Branco and his
connection to the municipalities of Vila Real and Ribeira de Pena, and to bring
Camilo's figure and work into contemporary daily life, seeking to stimulate the
(re)discovery and reading of his books.
The competition is open to
national and international artists, amateur or professional.
The works classified in first
and second place will be awarded prizes of €2,500 and €1,000, respectively.
The submitted works will be
exhibited in Vila Real and Ribeira de Pena on dates to be announced later.
Entries must be sent by e.mail
by May 18, 2026, to entrequemle@cm-vilareal.pt
and the address indicated in the Participation Rules.
The Participation Rules are
available here.
Municipality of Ribeira de Pena | Municipality of Vila
Real
Camilo Castelo Branco International Caricature Contest
Participation rules
As part of the celebrations
marking the bicentenary of the birth of Camilo Castelo Branco, the
Municipalities of Ribeira de Pena and Vila Real are organising a Camilo Castelo
Branco Caricature contest, which will run from April 6 to May 18 2026.
The objectives of this
contest are:
I. To celebrate the birth of
Camilo Castelo Branco and his connection to the municipalities of Ribeira de
Pena and Vila Real.
II. To bring the figure and
work of Camilo into everyday life today, seeking to encourage the (re)discovery
and reading of his books.
Article 1
Participants - This contest is open to national and international artists,
whether amateur or professional.
Article 2 Participation conditions
I. The caricatures must be
originals. Participants shall declare on their honour that the works they
submit to the competition are original and not created using Artificial
Intelligence tools.
II. Works considered by the
jury to be unoriginal or created using Artificial Intelligence will be
excluded.
III. Each artist may enter a
maximum of two caricatures.
IV. Only caricatures
accompanied by a declaration of copyright transfer for the purposes of this
contest and the exhibitions, publicity and merchandising related to it, now and
in the future, will be considered for evaluation.
V. The municipalities
responsible for this competition may publish the submitted cartoons, either now
or in the future, in digital or printed form, always crediting the authors.
Article 3 Requirements
I. Cartoons may be submitted
in physical or digital format.
II. Entries must be submitted
in A4 format, with a resolution of 300 dpi.
III. Any drawing or painting
techniques, whether manual or digital, are acceptable.
IV. Any words or text used in
the works must be in Portuguese.
Article 4 - Entries
I. Entries for the competition
must be submitted until May 18, 2026.
II. Entries must be sent by e.mail by May 18th
(to entrequemle@cm-vilareal.pt)
and at the same time, mail the work in digital format or on a USB drive to the
following address: Município de Ribeira de Pena (at the attention of Ricardo
Carvalho) Praça do Município, 4870-152 Ribeira de Pena, Portugal.
III. Items to submit with the
entry:
a) Caricature in physical
format or as a file on a USB stick;
b) Title of the caricature
(if applicable);
c) Pseudonym of the author;
d) Sealed envelope containing
the author’s details: artistic name, full name, full address, telephone/mobile
number, and a declaration of copyright transfer for the purposes of this
competition.
Article 5 Jury
I. The jury will be made up of the experts
Ricardo Machado Carvalho (Municipality of Ribeira de Pena) and Rui Araújo
(Municipality of Vila Real), as well as the artist Paulo Araújo.
II. There shall be no appeal
against the jury's decisions.
III. The jury reserves the
right not to select a winner if the entries submitted for the competition are
not of sufficient quality.
Article 6
Assessment and selection criteria
Caricatures are humorous
portraits featuring exaggerated, distorted and comical characteristics. Entries
will be assessed according to the following criteria:
a) Creativity;
b) Originality;
c) Linework;
d) Communicative ability of
the artist's personality;
e) Visual impact.
Article 7
Prizes
I. Prizes will be awarded to
the entries ranked first and second, unless the jury decides that no entry
meets the minimum quality requirements.
II. The winner will receive
€2,500 (including VAT).
III. The runner-up will
receive €1,000 (including VAT).
IV. The prizes will be awarded
on the opening day of the exhibition resulting from the competition or on a
date to be specified.
Article 8
Notification of entrants
I. Winning entrants will be
notified by email of the jury’s decision by 30 May.
II. The winners will be
announced publicly on 21 May.
Article 9
Exhibitions and catalogue
The organising Municipalities
shall host an exhibition featuring the competing works (if the quantity and
quality of the works so warrant), which will be displayed for successive
periods in each of the municipal venues, on dates to be announced. A catalogue
featuring all the works on display will be distributed alongside the
exhibition. The artists represented will receive a copy of the catalogue.
Article 10
Copyright
I. The authors of the
caricatures shall assign their copyright to the organising municipalities for
the use of the works in the exhibitions associated with the competition, for
the promotion, both present and future, of the competition and the exhibitions,
and for any related merchandising.
II. The selected works shall
bear the artist's signature or any other form of identification. Article 11 Final provisions
I. Entry into this contest implies full
acceptance of the terms of these Rules for Participation.
II. Caricatures submitted for
the contest may not be published or publicly displayed by the artists prior to
the announcement of the results.
Article 12
Omitted cases
Any omissions or situations
not provided for in this document shall be resolved by the Competition Jury.
Declaration of Transfer of Copyright
International Caricature Contest of
Camilo Castelo Branco
Municipality of Vila Real | Municipality
of Ribeira de Pena
I,
________________________________________________________, holder of Citizen
Card or Passport No. __________________________, and candidate for the
International Caricature Contest of Camilo Castelo Branco, organized by the
Municipalities of Vila Real and Ribeira de Pena (Portugal), declare that I am
aware of and fully accept the terms of the Contest Participation Rules.
I further declare that I
transfer all copyright of the caricature to the Municipality of Ribeira de Pena
and Vila Real for the purposes of public dissemination of the Contest, in
printed or digital materials, and its use in exhibitions that may be held following
the Contest and in the catalog and merchandising associated with them.
Date: _____ of _________________ 2026
The Candidate, _______________________________________
CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE CARICATURAS DE CAMILO
CASTELO BRANCO
Nova data de entrega 18 de maio 2026
Envio por e.mail para entrequemle@cm-vilareal.pt até
essa data e
ao mesmo tempo envio por correio de um print ou uma
pen com o trabalho
No âmbito do projecto “Camilo Por Terras do Interior”, que dá continuidade às
celebrações do Bicentenário do Nascimento de Camilo Castelo Branco, os
Municípios de Vila Real e Ribeira de Pena organizam um Concurso Internacional
de Caricaturas de Camilo Castelo Branco, que decorrerá entre 6 de Abril e 18 de
Maio de 2026.
São objetivos deste concurso
celebrar o nascimento de Camilo Castelo Branco e a sua ligação aos concelhos de
Vila Real e de Ribeira de Pena e trazer a figura e a obra de Camilo para o
quotidiano atual, procurando estimular a (re)descoberta e a leitura dos seus
livros.
O concurso é dirigido a artistas nacionais e internacionais, amadores ou
profissionais.
Serão atribuídos prémios aos trabalhos classificados em primeiro e segundo
lugares, no valor de 2.500€ e 1.000€, respectivamente.
Os trabalhos a concurso serão
alvo de exposições em Vila Real e Ribeira de Pena em datas a anunciar
oportunamente.
O envio dos trabalhos para o
concurso deverá ser feito por correio, até ao dia 4 de Maio de 2026, para a
morada indicada nas Normas de Participação.
As Normas de Participação
estão disponíveis neste link: cm-vilareal.pt/images/normas_concurso_de_caricaturas.pdf
