Cartoon Museum "Young Comics Maestro" Award

The Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2026 Competition is now open - London's Cartoon Museum is looking for the next big comic artist.  

If you're under 18, send in your very best comic strip (three pages max) to enter the competition and get your work in front of judges from The Beano, The Phoenix, and (of course) The Cartoon Museum.   The deadline for entries is Sunday 23 August 2026.

Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2026

The "Comics Maestro Award" celebrates Cartoon Museum staff member Alison Brown, who passed away from Covid in 2021 at the age of just 39. Alison loved comics and championed young comic artists.

Competition Rules

• Entrants must be aged 18 or under
• To enter mail a three-page comic strip to The Cartoon Museum 63 Wells Street, London, W1A 3AE or Email hello@cartoonmuseum.org
• Make sure you include your name and age, and if using email ask a parent or guardian to send in your cartoon
• The Deadline for entries is Sunday 23 August 2026
• Comic strips must be no more than three A4 pages long
• The Cartoon Museum accepts hand drawn comics on paper and also digital art.  They will not be able to return any physical entries that are sent in.

Winner

BA/MArt in Comics and Visual Storytelling

There will be one overall winner and two runners-up. The winner will receive a £200 prize and the runners-up will each receive £50 prizes. Winners will be announced in September 2026.

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