For the 8th year running The International Comics Festival organizes, in association with the Ministère de la Santé, de la Jeunesse et des Sports, the European Union, the Poitou-Charentes region and Caisse d'Epargne the international contest named "Young Talents".

This contest is open to any under 17 comic artist, who has never been published. They must send a completed comic book with title, in French, of one, two or three original drafts (printed pages are considered originals) in black & white or colour. The theme, genre and style are unrestricted. Pages must be of A3 size and postmarked before November 23, 2007.

The jury, composed of comic book professionals, will select the 20 best comics which will be displayed in the "Young Talents" exhibition. This jury will elect 3 prize winners; the best will receive the Young Talents prize, one of the official prizes of the International Comics Festival. The Ministère de la Santé, de la Jeunesse et des Sports, sponsor of the contest, will award a 2000€ prize to the winner of the Young Talents contest and 1500€ to the 2^nd and 3^rd place winners.

Last but not least, the first 10 selected will be invited to the next International Comics Festival.

The first 10 selected :

Julien Dessailly
Benjamin Bouchet
Thomas Veille
Vincent Sorel
Fang Lei
Anaïs Blondet
Stéphane Courvoisier
Amélie Girard

Cédric Erraud
Stéphane Girod
Marion Fayolle
Samuel Pereira
Jérémie Moreau
Frédéric Du Chau
Giovanni Arnaudeau
Nicolas Bottereau
Malo Tocquer
Emmanuel Romeuf