Application Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2026
LOCATION: Switzerland
This year, 2026, BDFIL is partnering with the Lausanne Water Department and the Roman Museum of Lausanne-Vidy for its BDFIL Prize competition, which aims to promote emerging comic book artists.
ELIGIBILITY:
The theme of the 2026 edition is “Running Waterways.” The deadline for submissions is Monday, June 15, 2026
The competition BDFIL Prize is open to anyone 15 years of age or older, living in Switzerland or abroad, whose work has never been published in the form of an album, regularly in a large-circulation newspaper or magazine, or on an expert-reviewed online platform, or under any editorial license. Participants whose work is being published when the jury deliberates (June 16, 2026) will be disqualified. Each participant may enter only one project. As the competition aims to encourage and reward complete artists, collective entries will not be accepted. Winners of previous editions of the competition, except for special mentions, are not allowed to participate.
The competition is free to enter.
You may submit a complete comic story on a single page (A3 format, vertical), with or without text.
BENEFIT:
Three BDFIL prizes:
Prize: 1st Prize CHF 2,000 and the drawing of the 2027 Prize flyer
2nd Prize: CHF 1,500
3rd Prize: CHF 1,000
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