World Press Cartoon 18th edition will take place in the autumn of 2025, once again in Portugal, now back in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, in the municipality of Oeiras.
The show continues to feature an attractive structure of 10 prizes, including a Grand Prix worth 10,000 Euros. We maintain the levels of rigour and quality that have made us the reference salon for graphic humour in the Press.
As the exhibition has not been held in the last two years, and as an exception, cartoons published over a longer period will be admitted to the competition:
From 1 January 2024 to 15 May 2025.
Please note that works that the authors consider to be of higher quality, but for which there is no proof of publication, may also be selected for the exhibition and published in the catalogue. In this case, the cartoons will be admitted under OC (out of competition) condition. The authors will thus have the opportunity to submit their best works in each of the exhibition’s categories.
At a particularly difficult moment for journalism around the world, at a time of multiple crises in the press, economy and world politics, the World Press Cartoon continues to be a hymn to freedom of expression. Distinguishing, exhibiting, publicizing and rewarding the best editorial cartoons, humour drawings and caricatures from different cultures is always our goal.
The World Press Cartoon OEIRAS 2025 is therefore the salon that professional cartoonists must not miss!
The Oeiras Valley is a project supported by the City Council of Oeiras whose mission is to create a unique ecosystem for the innovation and development of the country. Bringing together the whole municipality, Oeiras Valley intends to attract more and new companies and investments to the territory, to promote the already existing companies, to innovate and to project Oeiras onto the international radar of Innovation and Science. The ambition of Oeiras Valley is to be the number one ecosystem in Portugal in attracting technology companies.
The WPC 2012 Awards Show.
The WPC annual catalogue is published with all the entries of the main exhibition. 17 editions were published so far.
Other books were also published since 2005, in the frame of thematic or smaller world tour exhibitions.
The actual 17 WPC editions took place in Sintra, Cascais and Caldas da Rainha, three superb regions just outside the Portuguese capital, famed for its historic, artistic and cultural activities. We share the Salon with other cities and countries, so that the World Press Cartoon becomes a truly global showcase. After the main event in Portugal, we organized exhibitions around the world: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, India, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and United Kingdom already hosted WPC exhibitions. Contacts are ongoing for exhibitions to be held in Argentina, Cap Verde, Greece, South Africa, Switzerland and the USA.
The WPC Jury of five members is composed by personalities from different countries and continents, with a distinguished curriculum in the World Press and with a strong connection to humour graphics. Above: WPC Jury Meeting, Sintra, Portugal, 2006. From left to right: António Antunes, Aris Malandrakis, Marlene Pohl, Odile Conseil and Martyn Turner.
