Short Description

The mountain is calling, and you should draw! Sharpen your pencils, because it’s that time again: As part of its International Comic Competition, Fumetto is looking for your stories on the theme of PEAK. Tell us about highlights and summit experiences, steep climbs, sudden falls, flights of fancy, and all kinds of ups and downs.
We’re looking for comics about tree lines and base camps, après-ski, gentian, and edelweiss.

Categories
○ Cat. 1: from 18 years
○ Cat. 2: 13 to 17 years
○ Cat. 3: up to 12 years

Eligibility

○ Submission is only possible digitally and via upload at wettbwerb.fumetto.ch (only one submission per person)
○ File: The file must be uploaded in JPG format, at least 3000px
○ Format: in the original, A4 or A3; other formats are not accepted
○ Layout: Landscape and Portrait format
○ Form: Comics only (multi-picture stories)
○ Number of pages: maximum four pages (only 1 comic)

How to Apply

Online Application

Program Benefits & Awards

Fumetto awards three prizes per category, as well as one prize for the best scenario from the shortlist. Festival visitors choose an audience award. In category 1 cash prizes of CHF 1,111 (1st place), CHF 888 (2nd place) and CHF 666 (3rd place) will be awarded. The scenario prize is worth CHF 444. Non-cash prizes will be awarded in the 2nd and 3rd categories. The audience prize also receives a non-cash prize

Entry Fee

None

Location

Winterthur, Switzerland

Timeline

  • Application Deadline: 1 December 2025

Website Link: https://www.fumetto.ch/info/news?item=wettbewerb-2026