The Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2025 are now open to anyone under the age of 18 who is resident in the UK. We are accepting submissions of comic strips totaling no more than three sides of A4. We are looking for a wide range of cartoonists from different regions within the UK, and with different backgrounds.

If you have any access needs in making this application, please get in touch with us at hello@cartoonmuseum.org

What we are looking for

• Entrants are invited to submit one comic strip per person, on any topic, in colour or black and white, with or without captions or speech.

• Entries may be drawn freehand to a maximum size of A4 or digitally as a pdf or jpg (under 5mb).

• Comic strips should be no more than three pages (three sides of A4).

How to enter 

• Entrants must provide their age and the contact details of a supervising adult.  Personal details will only be retained and used by the organisers for the purposes of this competition and will not be passed on to third parties.

• The closing date for entries is 8 August 2025.

• Please send entries to:

• hello@cartoonmuseum.org

  or

• The Cartoon Museum, 63 Wells St, London W1A 3AE

What we are offering

Each cartoon will be judged in one of two categories, depending on the entrant’s age.  The winners in their respective categories will receive:

Overall winner (any age): £100

Runner-up (Under 10s) - £50

Runner-up (11 - 18 years) - £50

Winners and a selection of highly commended entries will be compiled into a downloadable comic anthology.

All copyright remains with the artist; however, the winning entrants agree to the use of their work, names and photographs in relation to publicity material.  If you are responsible for an entrant under 18 and have a safeguarding question regarding this usage, please contact: hello@cartoonmuseum.org

The Cartoon Museum will not be responsible for any files lost in the post and no entry can be returned.  Entrants are advised to keep a copy of their own work.