Young Cartoonist of the Year Awards 2025

The Young Cartoonists of the Year Awards are back.  This year the deadline for submissions is 31 January 2026.

Hosted by the Cartoon Museum in London, the annual Young Cartoonists of the Year competition seeks to reward rising cartoon talent. 

Judges include Martin Rowson (The Guardian),Christian Adams (Evening Standard), Banx (FT), Peter Brookes (The Times), Nick Newman (Private Eye), and Matt Pritchett from the Daily Telegraph. Entry to the contest is free.

Entries can be mailed via hard copy to the Cartoon Museum at 63 Wells St, London W1T 3PT, or by email to hello@cartoonmuseum.org.  

As always, we encourage all our students to enter competitions such as this one. 

Under 18 and Under 30 Categories

The Cartoon Museum hosts the awards There are two categories for entry: 

1. Under 18 and 
2. Under 30 

How to Enter

Entries can be mailed in (via old school Royal Mail) to the Cartoon Museum,  at 63 Wells St, London W1T 3PT, or emailed to hello@cartoonmuseum.org.

Deadline

The deadline is 31 January 2026.

Animation and Cartoons are Cousins

Here at Animation Apprentice we encourage all our students to enter the Under 30 category. 3D animation and cartoons are (of course) not quite the same thing, but the ability to sketch up a gag and make it funny is a highly useful skill for an animator.  And, of course, for a storyboard artist.

Free to Enter

Entry into the Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition is free. You can read more about the Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition here at the official page, and also at Wikipedia. 

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