Barcelona City Council

The Youth Comic Award is an artistic creation competition that seeks to prevent and eliminate gender violence among teenagers and young people.

The competition is open to young people and teenagers up to the age of 25 who live, study or work in the city of Barcelona. Submissions can be made individually or in groups, although each participant may only submit one entry in any of the following categories:

• Category A (comic): for youths aged 16 to 25
• Category B (comic): for youths under the age of 16

The applicant’s age for the purpose of participating in any of the above categories is the age they will be on their birthday in the year of the call for submissions.

Schools, facilities and services for teenagers and young people in Barcelona can take part in the following category and may submit no more than one piece of work:

• Category C (fanzine)

Entries may be submitted from 25 January to 15 April 2024.

Applications must be made according to the standard form, which will be available at district website and on the e-headquarters of Barcelona City Council.

After submitting their application with all the relevant documents, applicants must email their work in digital format (.jpg, .tiff or .pdf, no larger than 15 MB), to premijovecomicsantmarti@bcn.cat by the application submission deadline.