Announced The Nominees Of The International Humor Sapiens Award,2025

The call for submissions for the 2025 Humor Sapiens International Award has just closed, and the finalists are selected.

105 applications were received from 33 countries, including Afghanistan , Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, England, Egypt,

Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Nepal, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia,

Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Syria, Turkey, United States, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

While these numbers may appear modest compared to the world’s many Graphic Humor Contests, the community of humor scholars, researchers,

thinkers, and promoters is far smaller than that of humor creators—making every submission even more valuable.

“We are thrilled with the response, not only for the participation but for the outstanding quality of the candidates,” said the Humor Sapiens

team. “The prestige, excellence, and significance of the finalists’ work are truly remarkable.”

Nominees for the 2025 Humor Sapiens International Award

Outstanding Individuals (in alphabetical order):

Abbas Naaseri (Iran)

Abdallah El-Sawy (Egypt)

Ana Beatriz Flores (Argentina)

António Antunes (Portugal)

Aziz Yavuzdoğan (Turkey)

Cheng Zhu (China)

Dražen Jergović (Croatia)

Don Lee Fred Nilsen and Allen Pace Nilsen (United States)

Elcio Danilo Russo Amorim “EDRA” (Brazil)

Enrique Gallud Jardiel (Spain)

Gogu Neagoe (Romania / Rumanía)

John A. Lent (United States)

Jorge Alberto Piñero Estrada “JAPE” (Cuba)

Néstor Rubén Juárez Bitz (Argentina)

Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (Portugal)

Raed Khalil (Syria)

Ricardo Guzmán Wolffer (Mexico)

Rocío Aguilera Vallejo and Lucila Farace (Argentina)

Seyyed Abdolmahdi Askari (Iran)

Tao Xiaoming (China)

Outstanding Institutions (in alphabetical order):

Asociation of Schols of Tondela Cândido de Figueiredo (Portugal)

American Association for Therapeutic Humor (AATH)

Center for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) – United Kingdom

Clowns Without Borders (Spain)

Club “Klyukva” (Russia)

Cuban Center for the Promotion of Humor (CPH)

Forum for Humor and Law – FIRHUM

Franco Fossati Foundation and WOW Comic Museum (Italy)

Institute of Humor Studies, Diego Portales University (Chile)

International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba (Brazil)

International Society for Humor Studies (ISHS)

International Society for Luso-Hispanic Humor Studies (ISLHS)

Iraqi Cartoon House

Positive Humor (Spain)

Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humor (IQH) (Spain)

The Humor Sapiens International Award honors individuals and

institutions that have made outstanding contributions to the study,

promotion of humor in its many forms.

On November 1st, the 12th anniversary of the humorsapiens.com portal and its Newsletter, the names of the winners will be officially published.

Pepe Pelayo

Humorista y estudioso del humor

Dtor. Humor Sapiens

pepepelayo.com

humorsapiens.com

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