As usual, we’re accepting public submissions to several exhibitions. Three of these are now open:
1 – The Themed Show
By the time the Festival comes it will be autumn, the great seasonal change we have celebrated since ancient times as Samhain, or Hallowe’en.
So we’re looking for work with a twist of the seasonal and supernatural, the liminal and grotesque. Witches, monsters, mythologies. Life and death itself.
The title of this exhibition?
Danse Macabre
Let’s danse!
2 – General Mayhem
Also known as “that show with no rules”. This is the one for cartoons of all kinds, satirical or surreal, topical or timeless.
3 – Tarraing É I nGaeilge
Tá Féile cartúin na Gaillimhe ag cuartú Cartúin as Gaeilge! Déanfar taispeantas ar ghach iontrál a ghlacfhainn an Fhéile, i nGaillimh agus ar Inis Oírr. Spriocdáta ná an 30ú Lúnasa.
“Draw It In Irish“, our exhibition specifically for cartoons in that language – the only one of its kind in the world today. Works selected for Tarraing é i nGaeilge will be shown both in Galway City and on Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands.
The deadline for all our exhibitions is:
August 30 2025
Submission Details:
- Submissions are welcome from anyone, anywhere.
- You can send as many as you like.
- Original drawings and artist-signed prints should be sent to:
Richard Chapman
The Galway Cartoon Festival
17 Middle St
Galway H91 XY60
Ireland
- If you wish to sell an original drawing or signed print, please state the price you are asking for it.
- Digital submissions should be sent, as 300 dpi jpegs please, to:
- Any sales of digital submissions will go towards the costs of the Festival.
- With all submissions, please include a little biographical information.
- Submitted cartoons may be used in publicity materials for the festival. They will be credited to the artist.
