Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Campionato Italiano della Bugia 2021
The Italian
Championship of Lies was born in 1966.
The reasons that
led to the creation of this competition are to be found in the traditions of
our little village over the Pistoia’s mountains, on the Italian Apennines, when
in last century people used to meet in front of a fireplace to tell stories
that mixed reality and fictious. The Italian Lie Academy, in occasion of the
45th Italian Lies championship, declares the graphics section contest dedicated
to Lie.
This year theme
is: HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY
Metaphysical or
real trip, everything that can happen to move from one place to another.
1. The competition
is structured in a single section.
2. Participation is free.
Deadline for
cartoon submission is Wednesday, 1st July 2021.
Each participant
can send up to 2 cartoons.
3. The entry form below must be completed in all its parts and
sent along with the presentation of the works that take part in the
competition.
4. The paper must
be sent by postal mail to: Accademia della Bugia-Pro Loco Alta valle del Reno,
via della chiesa, 27-51100 Le Piastre PT, Italy. Otherwise you can use our
electronic mail address: accademiabugia@gmail.com
5. The comics can
be written in italian or in english, but we advice that you can make a cartoon
simply draw, without any text.
6. Italian Lie
Academy will award the top three as follows:
1st place: “Gold
Bugiardino”.
2nd: “Silver
Bugiardino”.
3rd: “Bronze Bugiardino”.
The Bugiardino is
the symbol made in resin of the Championship and is the bell tower of
the village with a long nose, like the Pinocchio’s one.
It will be awarded
with the “International Bugiardino” the best cartoon coming from abroad or
drawed by a foreign national.
7. All the winning
cartoons will be published on the website of the Italian championship of Lies
(www.labugia.it).
8. The authors
waive any fee related to copyright.
9. Prizes will be
delivered during of the 45th Italian. Championship of Lies thake place in
to Le Piastre on July 31 and August 1 2021.
10. The works will
be judged by a jury headed by the italian cartoonist Marco Fusi.
