Each year, Fumetto International Comix Festival Lucerne holds a competition to give comic creators the opportunity to compare their work, present it to a broader public and to exchange views with others. Today the competition is one of the largest and most important of its kind in Europe.

The theme of this year's competition is 'Enough'.

There are three categories:

• 18 years or older
• 13 to 17 years
• up to 12 years of age

Format: A4 or A3, only comics (stories in picture form). Maximum 4 number of pages (only 1 comic-story). No digital entries by e-mail, only by post-service.

The Jury comprises artists, comic specialists (college instructors and publishers), journalists, and prominent art personalities.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

Open to anyone worldwide.

Prize

Fumetto will award three prizes in each category. There will also be a prize for the best scenario, regardless of the categories. The festival's visitors will be able to vote for the peoples choice award. The winners will receive cash prizes totalling 5000 CHF (approx. 5,265 USD) and goods to the same value.

Moreover, forty to fifty comics will be nominated by the jury for the exhibition during the festival in Lucerne (Switzerland). The winners will be announced and the prizes awarded on Saturday the 14th of April 2018.