9th International Cartoon Contest of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds 2017

NINETH INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
9TH CALL TO THE INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST OF THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF BRILLIANT MINDS: LA CIUDAD DE LAS IDEAS

BASES
1. The contest is open to professional or amateur artists from around the world that are over the age of 18.
2. All work submitted must be completely original and unpublished. No work must not be participating simultaneously in any other contest or event.
3. The idea to develop and the topic of La Ciudad de las Ideas festival are the following:

Beyond the Blank Slate
What is beyond blank paper?

Express your impressions of what you face when being in front of the blank paper, what would you like to draw that you have not done? What issues would you like to face beyond world events? What is beyond a blank paper? What drawing have you not done and would love the world to see? What would you draw to build the world of your dreams? What do you dream of drawing on that blank paper? Who are you when you face that blank paper? Who do you want to turn into when you fill that blank paper? *
*The organization reserves the right to withdraw from the contest all work considered offensive or that infringe upon human rights and gender equity.
4. Each contestant will be able to participate only with three different works (those contestants who send more than 3 works will be disqualified).
5. All techniques will be accepted (digital or manual, color or b/w).
6. The work may not exceed the following sizes: 22cm x 33cm or a proportional size, and if it is a digital work, the resolution must not be less than 300dpi and no more than 10Megabytes.
7. If the contestant submits his/her original work, the following information shall be attached in a sealed envelope:
• Author’s full name and pen-name
• Author’s photo or cartoon
• Address:
• Phone number
• Email:
• Nationality:
• Title of each work:
• Is this the first time you participate?
• Brief biographical summary (CV).
8. The contestant will sign a certification. If the work is sent by means of the form, the contestant should only click on the acceptance box; if the work is physically sent, the contestant should sign and include the following legend:

Example: I, (name of the author), certify being the author of the work of the 2017 contest, Beyond the Black Slate, and submit them to the contest of La Ciudad de las Ideas. I, (name of the author), accept for the simple fact of submitting this work to the basis of the contest, the use of the same for the purposes that are considered appropriate by Poder Cívico A.C.
SIGNATURE: ________________________

9. Works can be sent by two different ways: Original or Electronic.
Original: send the author’s information in an envelope to the following address:
9o. Concurso Internacional de Caricatura BEYOND THE BLANK SLATE
Reforma 222, Piso 12
Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc C.P. 06600 México D.F.
Electronic: the form must be completed and the works must be uploaded on the following website: www.ciudaddelasideas.com/caricaturas
*Fill out a form for every work submitted. The resolution must not be less than 300dpi and no more than 10Mb.
10. The selected works will be exhibited in Puebla, Mexico, on November 17th, 18th and 19th 2017, and they will also appear on the various broadcast medium of Poder Cívico A. C. In our website and social networks.
The cartoons will only be used to broadcast the festival in various media, including reproduction in catalogs, postcards, books, Internet or television according to the agreements with the sponsors.
11. This call will be valid from June 27th until August 27th, 2017. All the work sent by mail or courier service should have this date registered as deadline on the postmark or mail.
12. The contest results will be announced on the official website of La Ciudad de las Ideas www.ciudaddelasideas.com, on Twitter @cddelasideas, and on Facebook www.facebook.com/Cddelasideas
Winners will be notified by email, which was included in the information submitted. Please ignore any confirmation mail if it does not contains the domain ciudaddelasideas.com or podercivico.org.mx.
13. The jury will be selected by Poder Cívico and it will be able to solve any situation related to the contest that does not obey the established in these bases. The prize may be declared void if the jury deems that none of the works presented have sufficient quality, whose decision will be final. The jury members will be announced once the call is ongoing.
14. Non-winning original works may be claimed by the authors at Poder Cívico A. C. offices three months after the ruling. Any unclaimed original work will remain in the custody of Martha Barragán Méndez, for the return of the works after the date established by Poder Cívico A. C.
15. Prizes
• First place:
- An all-expense-paid trip to Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, lodging and food.
- A ticket to attend the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: Puebla La Ciudad de las Ideas, which includes more than 40 conferences from personalities who are changing the world.
- Access to alternative activities of the festival, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
- The presentation of his/her work in the framework of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas.
- A certificate that will be given in the framework of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas.
• Second place:
- An all-expense-paid trip to Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, lodging and food.
- A ticket to attend the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas, which includes more than 40 conferences from personalities who are changing the world.
- Access to alternative activities of the festival, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
- The presentation of his/her work in the framework of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas.
- A certificate that will be given in the framework of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas.
• Third place:
- An all-expense-paid trip to Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, lodging and food.
- A ticket to attend the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas, which includes more than 40 conferences from personalities who are changing the world.
- Access to alternative activities of the festival, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
- The presentation of his/her work in the framework of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas.
- A certificate that will be given in the framework of the International Festival of Brilliant Minds: La Ciudad de las Ideas.
Three honorable mentions will be awarded: Each one of them will have a certificate that will be sent during the post-festival days.
Note: Prizes cannot be paid in cash nor be transferred to another person.
If you come from abroad, please have a valid passport and visa in order to attend to the Festival in Puebla, Mexico to pick up your prize.

Yours sincerely,
Martha Barragán Méndez “Mar”
concursocaricaturas@ciudaddelasideas.com
Coordinator of the International Cartoon Contest of the
Festival of La Ciudad de las Ideas

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For questions or comments contact:
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