Rules & Criteria

 

ELIGIBILITY

Submitted work must be:

  • Submitted by an Arab Cartoonist, illustrator, or artist, residing regionally or abroad.
  • Published, in print or digitally, during January 2023 until September 1, 2024 (until submissions closing date) for Editorial cartoons, Comics, and Graphic illustration submissions
  • Published in print during January 2022 until September 1, 2024 (until submissions closing date) for Graphic Novels and Children’s book Illustration submissions
  • The artworks for the categories of Graphic Novels and Children’s Books Illustrations MUST BE SENT FULL / IN LOW RESOLUTION TO saci@aub.edu.lb, with the name of the creator, country of origin, scriptwriter, publisher, country and date published.

Submitted work can be:

  • Works that have participated in or won other competitions.
  • Works in all genres and techniques (hand-drawn or using computer software, collages, etc.)

Submitted work will be disqualified if:

  • They contain explicitly or implicitly any offensive characters or wording that defame, insult, or humiliate any country, religion, culture, or public figure.
  • They contain plagiarized material or imitations, and the participant will be barred from this competition or any held in the future.
  • They are not scanned properly in good quality and high resolution, as per submission requirements below.
  • The participant of the work has won in the same category in the previous year with the same or different artwork.

N.B: THIS IS A VISUAL ART AWARD NOT A LITERATURE AWARD (Writers will be credited, however the artist(s) are those qualified for the Mahmoud Kahil Award)

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Candidates must submit their work online by filling the submission form in a detailed and complete manner.

No entry fee is needed.

  • Submitted work must be scanned at 300 dpi resolution, and saved in JPG format. (Do not upload work higher than 20 MB.)
  • Multiple pages must be combined into a PDF document (only for Graphic Novels and Children’s Book Illustrations).
  • All contributors much are mentioned including scriptwriter, illustrator, and publisher
  • Each artist is allowed up to 3 submissions (in the same or different categories).
  • Please note that by submitting your artwork you have approved for it to be published in the annual Mahmoud Kahil Award book and to be displayed in the award exhibition.
  • The participant will be solely responsible for any possible copyright issues at any time, prior, during or after this competition
  • The winner of each category is asked to offer two signed original artworks or 2 digitally printed versions, to be placed in the Center’s collection at the AUB library archive and the Sawaf collection.
  • If your work is selected, you will be asked to kindly send a high-resolution version of the work.
  • For the Categories Editorial Cartoons, Comics and Graphic Illustrations, and since 3 sample artworks are required, kindly name the first artwork and put its details in the corresponding tabs, and put the details of the second and third artworks (artwork name, publisher’s name, country of publication, date of publication) in the notes tab.

Requirements according to each category:

  1. EDITORIAL CARTOONS: Submit 3 samples of your published cartoons (as JPG only).
  1. GRAPHIC NOVELS: Submit in the submission form the front and back cover of your novel, and 3 pages in high resolution. AND submit the full graphic novel (low or medium resolution) to saci@aub.edu.lb with your name, title of work, nationality and publisher’s name, as well as a summary of the book in 150-250 words. N.B: A graphic novel is defined as a book format with more than 30 pages.
  1. COMIC STRIPS: Submit 3 sample strips of your published work.
  1. GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS: Submit 3 sample illustrations of your published work (Information graphics are welcome) (as JPG only).
  1. CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS: Submit in the below form the front and back cover of your book, and 3 sample pages in high resolution. AND submit the full book (low or medium resolution) to saci@aub.edu.lb with your name, title of work, nationality, and publisher’s name, as well as a summary of the book in 150-250 words.