Toyota Korea is holding the global youth art contest "2026 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest." Submission of entries is open until Jan. 14 next year.
Now in its 19th year, the "Toyota Dream Car Art Contest" is a global art competition run by Toyota Motor for children and youth around the world on the theme "Your Dream Car." In last year's 18th domestic contest, a total of 3,312 entries were submitted, marking four consecutive years with more than 3,000 entries.
The contest aims to encourage children to creatively imagine the meaning of mobility and future mobility, and is based on Toyota's philosophy of "making happiness for everyone." As of 2025, about 660,000 people from 90 countries worldwide participated, and on an accumulated basis about 10 million works were submitted from 151 countries, giving it a global scale.
Any child or youth up to age 15 living in Korea may participate, and the entry categories are divided into three institutional sector categories: under 8, 8 to 11, and 12 to 15. In the contest, entrants may submit not only hand-drawn works but also digital works created using computer graphics (CG).
In this year's domestic contest, a total of 59 works will be selected as award winners through judging. Among them, nine gold, silver and bronze winners from each institutional sector category will receive prizes and automatic advancement to the global finals, the "World Contest." The "World Contest" will announce 26 global winners, and the grand prize winner will receive additional prize money and awards.
Korean children have continued to achieve strong results in the global finals. In last year's "2025 Toyota Dream Car Art Contest" global final, Kim Raim was selected as a best finalist for a "foldable pocket car." Also, at the 2024 global final, Nam Mose, a child from Eum Middle School in Incheon, won a special prize (Waku-doki Award) for a "Puzzle Car," once again demonstrating the high creativity of Korean children on the international stage.
Lee Byung-jin, vice president of Toyota Korea, said he expects strong interest and participation from Korean children in this contest with children around the world, and said he hopes the contest will be a meaningful time for children to expand their imagination and try new things.
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