36th Sejong International Cartoon Contest -SICACO- Korea 2026

🇰🇷 The Sejong Webtoon Campus at Sejong Technopark invites cartoonists from around the world to participate in the 2026 Sejong International Cartoon Contest (SICACO).

This year’s theme: ROBOT&Human

Sejong Webtoon Campus invites cartoonists everywhere to answer one question in a single panel: what happens when the machine meets the human?

GUIDELINES

Entries that fall outside these specifications may be excluded from judging, so please check each line before you send.

ELIGIBILITY:

- Entry is open to anyone in the world, at any age.

- Up to 3 works can be submitted per person.

- Joint entries allowed — the representative author must be clearly named.

- Prize and certificate are issued to the representative author.

FORMAT:

- One panel, A3 or smaller.

- Single-panel cartoon, A3 (297 × 420 mm) or smaller.

- Hand-drawn originals and fully digital works are both accepted.

- Digital submission: JPG, 300 dpi or higher.

- Scanned hand-drawn work: scan at 300 dpi or higher.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

Two items, both mandatory.

Application form — official template, unaltered.

Artwork file — one copy per work.

- Every field on the form is required; write “N/A” where it does not apply.

- The template is also posted on sjtp.or.kr and sejongwebtoon.or.kr

HOW TO SUBMIT

Digital work goes by e-mail; physical original artwork goes by post. Whichever route you take, your entry must arrive by the deadline — not merely be sent.

By e-mail:  digital work

- Send to webtoon.SJ@gmail.com

Email subject: (SICACO 2026) Cartoon_YourName.

Attach the application form and your artwork directly to the e-mail — no ZIP file needed this year. JPG, 300 dpi or higher, each file named after the title of the work.

By post:  original artwork · airmail, about 5–9 days

Download the application form this announcement, fill it out, and submit it with your work to the following Postal Address:

Sejong Webtoon Campus

Room 111, 1F, Sejong Technopark

95 Guncheong-ro

Sejong Special Self-Governing City

Republic of Korea

Please send early. Postal entries are judged on the date they arrive, not the postmark.

AWARDS

Grand Prize: Mayor of Sejong Special Self-Governing City 💵 $1,000.

Gold Prize: President, Sejong Technopark 💵 $750.

Silver Prize: President, Sejong Technopark 💵 $500.

Bronze Prize: President, Sejong Technopark 💵 $400.

Honourable Mention: President, Sejong Technopark 📜 Certificate.

- Award titles and conferring bodies are subject to change. Winning works are also shown in the SICACO exhibition in early October 2026.

- Prizes are paid in Korean won at the exchange rate applying on the date of the award. Taxes and public dues are the recipient’s responsibility.

JUDGING

Two rounds. One hundred points.

A panel of five to seven specialists reviews every entry. Round one shortlists roughly the top 20% of entrants; round two is a convened deliberation in which the highest and lowest scores are discarded — an average of 70 or above is required to pass.

 DEADLINE:

Sep. 6, 2026 (Sun) 18:00 KST.

ENTRANT RESPONSIBILITIES

- Responsibility for any disadvantage arising from unfamiliarity with these rules rests with the entrant.

- All costs incurred in entering are borne by the entrant.

- Documents not received within the submission period are not accepted.

- If false information is found in the submitted documents, eligibility is forfeited and Sejong Technopark may claim damages, with costs borne by the entrant.

More Information

For more information about the competition, participation guidelines, and full details, please visit the official website: www.sejongwebtoon.or.kr