In the occasion of the

Treviso Comic Book Festival 2015

, the Italian comics association

Fumetti in Treviso

announces the

Fourth International Competition for New Authors

.

The theme of the

2015

competition is "

Future Handicraft

": the compositions must be stories related to the handicraft, craftsmen, their skills, instruments, places, in the past, present and especially future.

To enter the contest, candidates should make a comics story from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 4 boards on the theme of the event. Boards must be maximum size of A3 (

29.7 cm × 42

). The boards can be produced using

any manual technique

, using black and white or color. Digital colouring and lettering are allowed, however the original must be sent. The non-Italian participants can send their works with lettering in

English

or

French

.

Works that result from collaboration between several people are allowed (

e.g. artist, writer, colourist for a single project

). The stories must be unpublished.

There is no entry fee

.

Eligibility

The competition is open to all newcomers cartoonists and comics artists over 18 years (

born before 31 December 1997

) from anywhere in the world.

For

newcomer

it is meant a non-professional author who has no employment contracts in the field of design and has never published with national publishers.

Prize

A panel of experts will select the works that will be exhibited during the next edition of

Treviso Comic Book Festival

, from

September 24 to 27, 2015

. Moreover, the first three winners will get:

• First place:

500 Euro

(

approx. 550 USD

)

• Second place:

300 Euro

(

approx. 330 USD

)

• Third place:

200 Euro

(

approx. 220 USD

)