This year, 110 comic book titles published between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025 are competing for the Zlatirepec Award: 26 Slovenian comics for children and young adults, 53 translated comics for children and young adults, 15 Slovenian comics for adults, and 16 translated comics for adults.

The Zlatirepec Award will be presented in six categories for the first time: Best Slovenian Comic for Children and Young Adults, Best Slovenian Comic for Adults, Best Translated Work for Children and Young Adults, Best Translated Work for Adults, Best Translation for Children and Young Adults in cooperation with the international Sophie Castille Award, and Best Translation for Adults in cooperation with the international Sophie Castille Award. The award for Best Translated Work will go to the publisher, while the award for Best Translation will go to the translator. The nominees are also being highlighted as, in the jury’s opinion, they represent recommendations for quality comics published in the past year.

The jury consisted of comic artist Dora Kaštrun, comic critic and Stripburger magazine editorial board member Katja Štesl, and graphic designer and comic expert Žiga Valetič. The jurors were selected by members of the Packa Association of Slovenian Comics and Related Sequential Arts, which coordinates the award in cooperation with Stripolis Institute.

The international Sophie Castille Award for Comics in Translation was created in 2022 in memory of Sophie Castille, who had passed away suddenly. For many years, Castille was the international rights director and V. P. of licensing for Mediatoon, as well as the co-founder of the Europe Comics platform. Since the late nineties, she had built bridges between comics, authors, publishers, and fans around the world, becoming a key figure in the expansion of comics translation. Today, the award is presented for comic translations into six languages and at six renowned European festivals: in England (LICAF), Greece (Greek Comics Awards), Italy (Comicon Napoli), Poland (Łódź Comics Festival), Slovenia (Tinta Comics Festival), and Spain (Comic Barcelona).

The winners will be announced on Saturday, 11 October, at 8.30 pm at Kino Šiška. The Sophie Castille Award will be presented by renowned British comics historian and theorist Paul Gravett. The ceremony will also feature a performance by singer-songwriter Niko Novak, who will showcase his new music-and-comics album Haphazard Reruns (ŠKUC, 2025), created in collaboration with young visual artist Tamara Mihalič.

Lažninka – Ivan Mitrevski (Založništvo tržaškega tiska, 2025)

Kapo in Bundo v muzeju – Damijan Stepančič, Majda Koren (KUD Sodobnost International, 2025)

Rdeča raketa na sanjskih počitnicah – Ivan Mitrevski (Brundevski, 2024)

Fritz Lang: Ljutomer – Berlin – Hollywood – Zoran Smiljanić (Kulturno turistično društvo Festival, Založba ZRC, 2024)

Iz jame – Katarine Šeme (VigeVageKnjige, 2024)

Neč nouga: kku ne? – Karolina Marušič (Stripolis, 2025)

Mohi – Noemie Marsily, Isabella Ciely (Mladinska knjiga, 2024; prevod: Mojca Medvedšek)

Momo (1. knjiga) – Jonathan Garnier, Rony Hotin (VigeVageKnjige, 2024; prevod: Klara Katarina Rupert)

Zlate češke pravljice – Lucie Lomova (Narava, 2024; prevod: Ema Kovač)

Frank: 14 klasičnih črno-belih zgodb – Jim Woodring (Forum Ljubljana, 2024)

Ideal – Thomas Hayman, Baptiste Chaubard (VigeVageKnjige, 2025; prevod: Saša Jerele)

Moška koža – Hubert, Zanzim (VigeVageKnjige, 2024; prevod: Saša Jerele)

Katja Šaponjić, Anja Zag Golob
Ariol – Račji ples (13. knjiga), Marc Boutavant, Emmanuel Guibert (VigeVageKnjige, 2025)

Jaka Bulc
Astrobučman, David Walliams (Mladinska knjiga, 2025)

Jedrt Maležič
Supervikend ob oceanu, Gaelle Almeras (Morfemplus, 2024)

Jedrt Maležič
Berlinska trilogija 1: Kristalno poletje, Francois Warzala, Pierre Boisserie (Morfemplus, 2024)

Julija Potrč Šavli
Oksi, Mari Ahokoivu (VigeVageKnjige, 2024)

Polona Mertelj
Sapiens v stripu 2: Stebri civilizacije, Yuval Noah Harari, Daniel Casanave, David Vandermeulen (Mladinska knjiga, 2025)