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 fiction. The Italian Lies Academy, in occasion of the 42nd Italian Lies championship, declares the graphics section contest dedicated to lies.

General Rules
This year theme is: “The weather and the climate change”.

1. The competition is structured in a single section.
2. Participation is free.
   Deadline for cartoon submission is Sunday, July 12th – 2018.
   Each participant can send up to 4 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 cartoons can be written in your own language, 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 liar”. 2nd: “Silver Bugiardino”. 3rd: “Bronze Bugiardino”. The Bugiardino is the symbol 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 42nd Italian Championship of Lies that take place in Le Piastre on 4st and 5th August 2018.
10. The works will be judged by a jury headed by the Italian cartoonist Marco Fusi.

Website of the competition:
http://www.labugia.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/bandosezionegrafica.pdf
website of the Academy: www.labugia.it
Contacts: academiabugia@gmail.com

French cousins:

“L’académie des menteurs” à Moncrabeau (Lot et Garonne) has existed since the sixteenth century since the inhabitants of the city claimed to be the greatest liars of the Gascogne. Every year, during the first Sunday of August, during the festival, the academy elects the “king of liars”, according to an eighteenth-century ritual.

Website: http://academiedesmenteurs.fr
Académie des menteurs
Rue Cocu Saute
47600 Moncrabeau