Catalog Zagreb 2016, 21st International Cartoon Exhibition, Croatia

Received yesterday the new catalog 21st International Cartoon Exhibition, Zagreb 2016, Croatia. The theme is "Healthy Lifestyle" and the winners already announced in May. 19x19 cm in size, the 96 pages catalog is half in color and half b&w. The longed-for preface is written by one of the world-famous Croatian cartoonists, Srećko Puntarić - Felix. He also provided some treatment against smoking in his artistic style. You can read these on pages 4-5 of the catalog in PDF here.
The recent edition has seen the arrival of 700 works of 282 authors from 59 countries. From Turkey are included the works of four cartoonists in the catalog: Erdogan Basol, Oktay Bingol, Musa Gumus, and Kemal Ozyurt.  

Many thanks to HDK for sending me this humorous book of art. More about the event on HDK.

Final Results of the 5th International Olive Cartoons Contest 2016, Kyrenia - Cyprus

MUNICIPALITY OF KYRENIA
CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION
FINAL RESULTS
5. INTERNATIONAL OLIVE CARTOON CONTEST 2016
(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)
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INTERNATIONAL JURY MEMBERS:
Nidai Güngördü (Cyprus), Peter Nieuwendijk – Jury President (Holland), Adnan Taç (Turkey), Derman Atik (Cyprus), Doaa El Adl (Egypt), Eray Özbek (Turkey), Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus), Ivan Hanousek (Czech Republic), M. Serhan Gazioğlu (Cyprus), Musa Kayra (Cyprus), Mustafa C. Azizoğlu (Cyprus), No-rio Yamanoi (Japan), Roger Penwill (England).
Country: 71
Participant: 461
Work: 907
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PRIZE LIST
Frist Prize: 1.000 Euro + Gold Olive
Engin Selçuk (Turkey) (Top)

Second Prize: 800 Euro + Silver Olive
Musa Keklik (Turkey)

Third Prize: 600 Euro + Bronz Olive
Sajad Rafeei (Iran)
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INTERNATIONAL JURY MEMBERS SPECIAL PRIZES:

Gabriele Corvi (Italy)

Mojmir Mihatov (Croatia)

Marin Cretu (Romania).
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SPECIAL PRIZES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND PERSONS

Mayor of Kyrenia Nida Güngördü Special Prize
Angelo Campaner (Italy)

Kyrenia Municipality Special Prize
Zoran Josic (Slovenia)

Directorate of Kyrenia Municipality Special Prize
Shirin Gholipour (Iran)

Federation of Cartoonists Organizations (FECO – CYPRUS) Special Prize
Dolgun Dalgıçoğlu (Cyprus)

Cyprus – Turkish Cartoonists Association Special Prize
Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine)

Olive Festival Special Prize
Serdar Kıcıklar (Turkey)

Erten Kasımoğlu Special Prize
Aslı Avcı (Turkey)

Joseph George Szabo Special Prize
Juli Sanchis Aguado (Spain)
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FINALIST DIPLOM:
Abdelrahman Ahmad Zayed (Jordan)
Agim Krasniqi (Kosovo)
Ahenk Köroğlu (Turkey)
Alexander Dubovsky (Ukraine)
Alexander Kaminsky (Moldova)
Ali Bulca (Turkey)
Amalijus Narbutas (Lithuania)
Anas El Lakkis (Lebanon)
Anatoliy Stankulov (Bulgaria)
Arif A. Albayrak (Cyprus)
Atefeh Yaryan (Iran)
Azuka Cnwokocha (Nigeria)
Bagher Vasegh (Iran)
Behzad Ghafari (Canada)
Brian Flanigan (Cyprus)
Bossens Philippe (Belgium)
Cemalettin Güzeloğlu (Turkey)
Chiorean Cornel – Marin (Romania)
Daniel Eduardo Varela (Argantine)
Darko Drljevic (Montenegro)
Dinçer Köksal (Turkey)
Doğan Arslan (Turkey)
Doru Axinte (Romania)
Elrayah Ombaddi Abu Baker (Sudan)
Ester Lauringson (Estonia)
Evelyn Soraya De Paz Samayoa (Guatemala)
Evzen David (Czech Rep.)
Ferhat Demirbaş (Turkey)
Farrukh Teshaev (Uzbekistan)
Farzane Vaziritabar (Iran)
Furkat Usmanov (Uzbekistan)
Galym Boranbayev (Kazakhstan)
Gennady Nazarov (Ukraine)
Georgievski Miro (Macedonia)
Gerald Peigneux (France)
Gergely Bacsa (Hungary)
Gerrit Huig (USA)
Gilda Khalifeh (Iran)
Halit Kurtulmuş Aytoslu (Turkey)
Hamid Ghalijari (Iran)
Hamidreza Mosayebi (Iran)
Hayrettin Oturgan (Turkey)
Heino Partanen (Finland)
Hicabi Demirci (Turkey)
Huey Nguyenhuu (USA)
Hule Hanusic (Austria)
Husan Sodiqov (Uzbekistan)
Ilya Katz (Israel)
Irien Trendafilov (Bulgaria)
Irum Niaz (Pakistan)
Istvan Kelemen (Hungary)
Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
İbrahim Tuncay (Turkey)
Javad Alizadeh (Iran)
Jitet Kustana (Indonesia)
Joanna Wiktoria Machowska (Australia)
Jose Antonio Traghetti (Argantine)
Jose Danel Araya Rodriguez (Costa Rica)
Kadir Hançer (Turkey)
Kantesh M. Badiger (India)
Khodayar D. Naroei (Iran)
Konstantin Anastasov (Bulgaria)
Laily Salime (Iran)
Louis Pol (Australia)
Luka Lagator (Montenegro)
Lütfü Çakın (Turkey)
Makhmud Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan)
Marco De Angelis (Italia)
Marina Gorelova (Belarus)
Mehdi Afradi (Iran)
Mehmet Kahraman (Turkey)
Mehmet Zeber (Turkey)
Menekşe Çam (Turkey)
Meret Gylyjov (Turkmenistan)
Mete Ağaoğlu (Turkey)
Milenko Kosanovic (Serbia)
Gaziev Mirsait (Uzbekistan)
Miroslava Rakovic (Serbia)
Mojahede Pourshamsian (Iran)
Muammer Kotbaş (Turkey)
Mustafa Yıldız (Turkey)
Nicolae Lengher (Romania)
Nicolas Cuevas (Chile)
Nicoleta Ionescu (Romania)
Nikola Listes (Croatia)
Passaprawas A – Chinoboonwat (Thailand)
Raul Fernando Zuleta (Colombia)
Ricardo Ferreira (Portugal)
Raquel Orzuj (Uruguay)
Ömer Çam (Turkey)
Önder Önerbay (Turkey)
Saadet Demir Yalçın (Turkey)
Sait Munzur (Turkey)
Samira Saeed (Egypt)
Sanaz Khadem Yahyavi (Iran)
Sara Hekmatfar (Iran)
Serafim Bakoulis (Greece)
Serdar Günler (Turkey)
Sergii Riabokon (Ukraine)
Serkan Sürek (Cyprus)
Serpil Kar (Turkey)
Seyit Saatçi (Turkey)
Shahram Rezai (Iran)
Sinchinov Evgeniv (Russia)
Slobodan Butir (Croatia)
Sohrab Kheiri (Iran)
Sun Chen (China)
Sunnerberg Constantin (Belgium)
Valeriy Chmyriov (Ukraina)
Vaso Krcmar (Serbia)
Vishal V. Shenoy (India)
Vladimir Pavlik (Slovakia)
Vladimir Semerenko (Ukraine)
Valeri Alexandrov (Bulgaria)
Wesam Khalil (Egypt)
Witold Marian Barbara (Sweden)
Yang Lijie (China)
Ye Ting (China)
(*) The transfer and accomodation expenses of the cartoonists who will win the first six awards will be paid by the Municipality of Kyrenia…
Only the accomodation expenses of the cartoonists who will win particular/distinctive awards will be paid by the Municipality of Kyrenia…
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

Results Cartoo'n'Kite International Competition of satirical design 2016, Italy

Dear cartoonists,
We would like to thank all of you for your contribution to the success of
"Cartoo'n'Kite" International Competition of satirical design
dedicated to kite!
All the best!
Giulio Carducci, Nicola Bucci
www.toscolanoeventi.it
Here the results
203 artists, 45 nations, 5 continents.
WINNERS
Alexander Yakovlev - First prize (Top)

Mehdi Azizi - Second prize

Alireza Pakdel (Iran) - Special mention

Giuseppe Maggiore (Italy) - Special mention
Finalist Artists
Alexander Yakovlev (Russia)
Alireza Pakdel (Iran)
Anas Lakkis (Lebanon)
Dima Timofeichev (Russia)
Ba Bilig (China)
Eckhard Lange (Germany)
Efat Amjadipoor (Iran)
Elifcan Kaya (Turkey)
Engin Selcuk (Turkey)
Ester Lauringson (Estonia)
Fakhredin Dostmohamad (Iran)
Giuseppe Maggiore (Italy)
Hao Wen Lu (China)
Istvan Kelemen (Hungary)
Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek (Poland)
Jiliang Wu (China)
Julio Carrion Cueva (Peru)
Maciej Trzepalka (Poland)
Manijeh Hejazi (Iran)
Mehdi Azizi (Iran)
Mohammad Akbari (Iran)
Mohammad Reza Nofar (Iran)
Mojtaba Heidarpanah (Iran)
Mustafa Yildiz (Turkey)
Raul Zuleta (Colombia)
Ricardo Ferreira (Portugal)
Seloi Peters (Brazil)
Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan)
Somaye Shoghi (Iran)
Wieslaw Lipecki (Poland).
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/cartoonkite/.

Results of the 1st International Animal Cartoon Contest 2016, Serbia

ANIMALCARTOON CONTEST 2016 RESULTS
Statistically COMPETITION ANIMALCARTOON 2016 with theme: ZOO
The competition came in 1115 cartoons of 384 participants from 56 countries.
In the pre-eliminated 34 authors.
Missed theme is on 465 cartoons.
In the competition for the award was attended by 606 cartoons.
JURY:
Stefan Popa Popas (cartoonist, Rumunija)
Prof. Jugoslav Vlahović (cartoonist, Serbia)
Prof.dr. Špiro Radulović (cartoonist, Serbia)
Jovo Škomac (cartoonist, Serbia)
Vesna Milanović (kustos, ULUPUDS, Serbia)
Srboljub Aleksić (Belgrade ZOO director, Serbia)
WINNERS
1st prize is divided on two artists:

Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek - POLAND - 500 euros (Above)
Vladan Nikolić - SRBIJA - 500 euros (Top)
2nd prize is divided on two artists:
Sunnerberg Constantin Cost - BELGIUM - 300 euros
Slobodan Obradović - SRBIJA - 300 euros
3rd prize:
Istvan Kelemen - HUNGARY - 200 euros
Diplomas:
Igor Pashchenko - RUSSIA - Diploma
Marija Popović - SRBIJA - Diploma
Jose Raymundo Costa do Nascimento - BRASIL - Diploma
Rasool Hajizadeh - IRAN - Diploma
Voroncov Nikolaj - RUSSIA - Diploma.

VII “Molla Nasreddin - Azerbaijan - 2016” International Cartoon Contest

The VII “Molla Nasreddin - Azerbaijan - 2016”
International Cartoon Contest.

Azerbaijan Cartoonists’ Union announces International Cartoon Contest “Molla Nasreddin - Azerbaijan - 2016”.
The VII International Cartoon Contest is held by the support of Azerbaijan Republic Culture and Tourism Ministry, Azerbaijan Artists’ Union and Federation of Cartoonists Organisations.
The year of 2016 was declared the Year of Multiculturalism in Azerbaijan by the Decree of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and in this regard “Molla Nasreddin Azerbaijan- 2016” International Cartoon Contest has been dedicated to this subject.
The Terms of the Contest:
1. The topic of the Contest: “Multiculturalism” (Tolerance).
2. Deadline of the acceptance of works: 15 October 2016 (EXTENDED:) 15 November 2016.
3. The Contest is held via internet.
4. Each cartoonist can send 2-5 works.
5. The size of cartoon works must be in 300 dpi on jpg.
Send them to this email: mollanasreddin2016@gmail.com
6. Cartoon works will be appreciated by the International Jury.
7. A book consisting of the best cartoons of the Contest will be published.
Awards:
I Place - gold medal and diploma
II Place - silver medal and diploma
III Place - bronze medal and diploma
Special Award by Jury.
Special Award by Azerbaijan Artists’ Union.
Bayram Hajizadeh
The Organizer of the VII International Cartoon Contest
“Molla Nasraddin - Azerbaijan - 2016” and
the President of Azerbaijan Cartoonists’ Union.
Address: AZ1009, Azerbaijan, Baku
Salatin Asgarova street 86 (Shirvanshah)
E-mail: azercartoon@gmail.com
www.azercartoon.com .
Entry Form .

22nd International Cartoon Contest Haifa 2016, Israel

Participation by E-mail: ronitculture@gmail.com
Entry form is above + Download in PDF.
Deadline: 27 June 2016 (EXTENDED:) 7 JULY 2016
Adres1:
Haifa Municipality, Culture Division, Ronit Eshet,
P.O.B. 4811 Haifa 3104702 Israel
or Adres2:
"Pencom" P.O.B. 45598 Haifa 3104702 Israel.
Info: Ms. Ronit Eshet
E-mail: ronitculture@gmail.com
WEB: http://www.haifa.muni.il/
Source: WEB .

IMEON-BALKANS FOUNDATION 7th SMILE ART FESTIVAL 2016, Bulgaria

IMEON - BALKANS FOUNDATION SMILE ART FEST 2016, Bulgaria

Foundation "Imeon-Balkans" is organizing the 7th edition of the Cartoon Festival for Mail Art and Humorous Drawing under the patronage of the Minister of Transport, Information Technologies and Communications of Republic of Bulgaria.
General sponsor: Post Bank - Bulgaria.
The festival is open for all cartoonists and artists drawing humor from around the world.
Themes:
• DESTINATION BALKANS, DESTINATION BULGARIA – The humor in the lives of the Balkan nations - yesterday, today and tomorrow.
• THEME OF THE GENERAL SPONSOR: DESTINATION FUTURE - THE FUTURE OF BANKING - mobile and internet banking, innovative technologies.
Competition program will run in to two sections:
1. Cartoon and humorous drawing related with the themes of the competition.
Parameters: mandatory size - A4 on cardboard, at least 160 g/m², originals or high quality digital copies with wet signature of the artist, with or without reworking on the digital overlay.
• 1st Prize - 500 € + statue and diploma
• 2nd prize - 300 € and diploma
• 3rd prize - 200 € and diploma
• 9 nominations with diploma.
2. Post Art / Mail Art:
The cartoon must be drawn on an envelope in A4 size, which can be hand made, sent by traditional mail, and bearing all postal attributes (stamps and seals) of the country sender.
• Special Award
• 1st Prize - 500 € + statue and diploma
• 2nd prize - 300 € and diploma
• 3rd prize - 200 € and diploma
• 9 nominations with diploma.
There are no restrictions on the number of sent cartoons and envelopes.
Deadline: August 16, 2016
Entry form
Address:
Bulgaria, Sofia 1000
PO box 284
SMILE ART FEST 2016.

Finalists in the Just for Laughs International Visual Arts Contest 2016, Canada

Theme 2016: SATIRE
After our Jury examined hundreds of applications, here are the 45 finalists from 20 countries whose works will be showcased as part of the Just for Laughs Festival from July 16th to 30th. Thank you to all the participants and congratulations to this year’s finalists!
Agim Sulaj / Italie
Anatoliy Stankulov / Bulgarie
André-Philippe Côté / Canada
Aurelie Martin / Canada
Behzad Ghafari / Canada
Bilig Ba / Chine
Christian Messier / Canada
Czeslaw Przezak / Pologne
Darip Kim / Belgique
Dina Goldstein / Canada
Dorian Danielsen / Canada
Emmanuel Laflamme / Canada
Esmaeil Babei / Iran
Faez Doosti / Canada
Fang Chen / États-Unis
Feng Shi / Italie
Francis Lachaine / Canada
Genevieve Chouinard / Canada
Guylaine Renière / Canada
Hassan Omidi / Iran
Horian Crisan & Bogdan Petry / Roumanie
Ignat Mihai / Roumanie
Ilya Katz / Israël
Jean Hudon / Canada
Jesse Olwen / Canada
Julian Pena-Pai / Roumanie
KARRY / Pérou
Laurent Pinabel / Canada
Luc Poudrier / Canada
Mahboob Pakdel / Iran
Mahdieh Sabbaghkar / Iran
Manoj Chopra / Inde
Michal Dziekan / Pologne
Mohsen Asadi / Iran
Narges Soleimanzadeh / Iran
Passaprawas A-Chinoboonwat / Thaïlande
Pavel Matuska / République tchèque
PXMOLINA / Nicaragua
Raul Zuleta / Colombie
Recep Ozcan / Turquie
SULTAN / Bosnie Herzegovine
Sandro Giordano / Italie
Frigg Toss / Bénin
Vjekoslav Bojat / Monténégro
YAYO / Canada.
WEB: https://ciavivac.com/ .

"UEFA Euro 2016" International Cartoon Competition, China

"UEFA Euro 2016" International Cartoon Competition

The competition is open to all artists regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
1. Theme: UEFA Euro 2016
2.The number of works is infinite.
3. The size of the works should be unbounded. Technique and medium of works are unlimited.
4. Works whether they have been awarded in other contests previously will be accepted.
5. Author's resume and photo (entry-form and biography) should be submitted with entries together. Please specify in E-mail : "UEFA Euro 2016"
6. Deadline: July 10, 2016
7. Prizes:
THE BEST CARTOONIST AWARD (10 Cartoonists) : Medal+Certificate+Catalog (color presswork)
SELECT : Certificate+Catalog (color presswork)
8.Address（Email）:
redmanart@126.com
redmanart@163.com
9. Some of accepted works will be printed in a brochure, on posters, in the world press or other printed matter for the purpose of publicizing the exhibition without additional information and cost.
10. Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury's decision.
For Information:
HU XIAO YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, ZHAN QIAN BA LI XIAO QU
YUN JING DONG LI，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
Web site:
www.redmancartoon.com/en .

Results the 24th International Exhibition of satire and humor "City of Trento" 2016, Italy

24th International Exhibition of satire and humor
"City of Trento"
"Future"
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In the year 2016, this day of 28 May, at the the Art Studio Andromeda Trento, sites in via Malpaga
Marilena Nardi, cartoonist;
Assunta Toti Buratti, cartoonist;
Alessandro Franceschini, journalist;
Andrea Oberosler, animator / illustrator;
Umberto Rigotti, caricaturist.
The senior member of the Committee, Assunta Toti Buratti, opened the meeting which proposes the
appointment of a president and a secretary of the jury. Unanimously shall be elected as president
Marilena Nardi and as secretary Toti Buratti.
The next step is the analysis of the works:
1243 works (37 comics)
The jury will then proceed to the analysis of the "comics section works".
An extensive discussion involved all the jurors on each work.
The jury selected 4 works
The first prize to "Light Walk" by Riccardo Fortuna.
The Fortuna work is characterized by the immediacy of formal composition and for the expressive
clarity of the narrative message that recall classic examples of the history of comics.
In a simple and straightforward story, the author uses different formal registers ranging from the
detail in the foreground wide view, without giving up a balanced use of color and graphic sign, to
tell a small but significant story that concerns us all . The final reveals the strength to overturn
beliefs, convictions and prejudices.
The following works are reported:
"Guide to the wedding in 2050" by Marco Dianti (Italy),
"Past, Present and Future" by Leonardo Altieri (Italy)
"The written future" by Paolo De Capite (Italy).

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The jury proceed with the works that have participated in the "Humour and Satire" section reaching
a conclusive nr. 10 works that the jury deemed worthy of prizes provided.
After extensive discussion it is decided, unanimously, to award the following prizes:
Section "Satire and Humor"
First Prize:
Andrei Popov (Russia) (Top)
The author deals with the theme of the competition with optimism, working on the importance of
generational transition, seen as an essential tool to imagine the future. Inside the design of a
landscape with irregular contours, that does not betray or signs of tragedy or signs of happiness,
the two protagonists stand out figures of the artistic message. A father and son merge their shapes
into a single image of great synthesis and formal elegance. The work thus appears to be an
invitation to the responsibilities of parenthood and the pact between generations in order to
address the challenge of the future with serenity. A responsibility that concerns everyone.
Second Prize:
Musa Gumus (Turkey)
The future is an open door from which there is no return. But - suggests the author, who has a
visual immediacy of great design and with a significant charge humorous - is also a bet that
humanity can lose. Only irony can become a tool that can read the meaning of the earthly man's
passage. That, if evolves, it is thanks to the ability to laugh at himself.
Third Prize:
Angel Boligàn Corbo (Cuba)
The author proposes an image from scratchy sign with a strong visual impact: in an apocalyptic
scenario, the future is imagined by the author as the result of the passage of swarms of ravenous
and crazed consumers who, like locusts, devouring everything They are leaving behind them desolation and dryness. More than a prophecy, a warning: it is through the lifestyle of each that the future can be built, in full respect of the environment and man.
Authors reported:
Marabu (Hungary), Reza Rahimi (Iran), Costantin Sunnerberg (Belgium), Fabio Magnasciutti
(Italy), Junior Lopes (Brazil), Mojtaba Heidarpanah (Iran) and Mohammad Saman (Iran).
Marilena Nardi, The president of the jury
Toti Buratti, Secretary.
The exhibition will be set in the rooms of Torre Mirana in Trento, from 22 October to 6 November 2016.
More on website: http://studioandromeda.net/.