The Fifth International Productivity Cartoon Festival 2017, Iran

In the course of Productivity Cartoon Festival central theme, "The fourth industrial revolution" is called "Industry 4.0". Its output will eventually need to maintain the dignity and humanity, the military clean and green, reduce the consumption of resources such as water and energy, and access to goods and property demands of lead. Creating systems and smart production process on smaller scales is one of them. Smart farming, self-driving cars, robots, smart doctor and hospital system are examples of a comprehensive picture of the revolution. Internet and smartphones, as well as sensors, and super computers and data on this revolutionary heart and arteries. The rapid flow Darad and the pros and cons of the many opportunities that will create challenges and problems associated with them will have to be devised.
Suggested topics:
• Intelligent House
• Car
• Three-dimensional printers
• drone
• Intelligent drugs
• surgical robotics
Conditions:
• Number of works: maximum 5 works
• Entries must be submitted in jpeg format with DPI 300 precision
• size A4 or A3 is the maximum.
• There is no limit on the techniques employed for cartoons.
• Works with the completed form must be submitted photograph and brief biography of the artist.
• Festival the right to publish and showcase their works to the festival is significant.
• Catalog of the festival artists whose works will be presented in it are published.
• signing the entry form from the artist does he agree with all the provisions of the festival.
• Deadline for entries: 26 June 2017
• Email entries productoon@industry40.ir
• New email for Productivity Festival/Iran (21.05.2017): info@tabrizcartoons.com
• awards:
First prize: 3,000 € and a sculpture festival
Second prize: 2,000 € and Statues Festival
Third prize: 1,000 € and a sculpture festival
• The ten winners of the special prizes from the sponsors of the festival will be dedicated.
• It should be noted that the combination of international arbitration and the arbitration Art (Jury cartoonist) and science (management thinkers) will be.
Source: tabrizcartoons.

29th Biennale Internazionale dell'Umorismo nell'Arte 2017, Italy

29th BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DELL'UMORISMO NELL'ARTE
TOLENTINO NOVEMBER 25, 2017 – JANUARY 28, 2018.
TOLENTINO INTERNATIONAL AWARD
for humour in art on the theme of
HONESTY! HONESTY!
1ST MONEY PRIZE
€ 2,500.00
will be awarded to the winner of the 2017 Exhibition.
In case of a tie, the prize money awarded will be split among the winners.
The winner of the 29 Festival will be an invitee to the 2019 Biennial
where up to thirty of his artworks will be displayed in a dedicated exhibition.
2ND PRIZE
€ 1,000.00
3RD PRIZE
€ 500.00
“LUIGI MARI AWARD”
for caricatures of illustriuous figures
1ST PRIZE
€ 2,000.00.
It's possible to send a maximum of three works which
must be unreleased and authentic, free in size and technique,
and performed in whatever form of visual art, material and support
- pictorial, graphics, sculpture and installation, photography and video.
THE DEADLINE TO ENTER THE CONTEST IS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 (EXTENDED:) 09 OCTOBER 2017.
Regulation, Entry Form and
Coupons to be attached are on
www.biennaleumorismo.it.

New deadline and jury of the Second Animal Cartoon Contest 2017, Serbia

Theme: Pets

Participation by e-mail

New deadline: 5 June 2017

Regulation of the contest here.

Theme in the 11th International Zagreb Car Cartoon Exhibition 2017: Car is on Vacation

Respected cartoonists!
The time has come when we send invitations to you dear cartoon friends, whom we invite for participating on our traditional International Zagreb car cartoon exhibit. This year is the 11th International Zagreb car cartoon exhibit.
Past years of this well-known exhibit has been very pleasing in eyes of fantastic cartoons and number of cartoonists all around the globe that have participated on our exhibit.
So with that in mind, we are sending you attached below these .pdf files:
1. Aplication form for participating on 11th International Zagreb car cartoon exhibit 2017
( fill the aplication form and return it signed to us along with your cartoons )
2. Propositions of participating on 11th International Zagreb car cartoon exhibit 2017
3. Information for cartoonists about 11th International Zagreb car cartoon exhibit 2017
As past years we have uploaded these files which we are sending you here in this mail, so you can check them out on our website www.huna.hr, and download them.
You can send your original cartoons in letter by mail, or if you are working on computer, as digital cartoon then you can send us your cartoons by e-mail: info@huna.hr, but please do convert them in .tiff format.
Thank you and kind regards
With respect
Ivan Palatinuš
Huna d.o.o.

Annual Cartoon Contest, Olense Kartoenale 2017, Belgium

Annual Cartoon Contest – Rules and regulation 2017

1. Participation
All contestants will be admitted with no distinction made regarding nationality or age. There are two categories:
• Youth category up to 15 years inclusive;
• Adult category: 16 years and older.
Both professional and non-professional cartoonists are allowed to participate in this contest.
2. Theme
The main theme is ‘Agriculture’. This year Amnesty International offers a special prize to the best cartoon with theme ‘Human Rights’.
3. Entries
• Contributions have to be digital works. They shouldn’t contain an explanation of the drawing.
• The digital works has to be sent in JPEG format with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi (2480 x 3543 pixels).
• Dimensions including any passe-partout 21 x 30 cm (A4).
• Number of entries per contestant: maximum five for each theme.
• You have to record your contact details through www.olensekartoenale.be.
• You can sign up your participation from 1 July 2017.
• The originals of the rewarded cartoons will be asked and must be sent to Community Olen, Dorp 1, 2250 Olen, Belgium within 2 days after the request of the organization.
4. Property rights
Prize-winning works will become the property of the organizer or theme sponsor. All works selected may be used by the organizers to promote the contest and the village of Olen.
5. Evaluation
The jury consists of artists, cartoonists and laymen. Decisions made by the jury cannot be challenged.
6. Catalogue/Cartoon book
Selected works will be considered for inclusion in a catalogue. The authors of these works will receive a free copy of the catalogue during the prize ceremony or it will be send afterwards by mail.
7. Deadline: 12 September 2017
The deadline is 12 September 2017 at 12.00 AM midnight. The entry form you can find on www.olensekartoenale.be where you also can upload your works. Do not sent your works to kartoenale@olen.be!
8. Prizes
• For the adult category:
1st prize: 1500 euro
2nd prize: 700 euro
3rd prize: 400 euro
4th prize: 300 euro
• For the youth category:
1st prize: 200 euro
2nd prize: 175 euro
3rd prize: 150 euro
4th prize: 100 euro
• Prize of the city of Bialogard (only for Polish participants): 200 euro
• Special prize Amnesty International: 350 euro
9. Prize Ceremony and Exhibition
The prize ceremony will take place at Friday 10 November 2017 at approximately 20.00 h in the council room of the town hall of Olen, Dorp 1, 2250 Olen. Every participating artist will be welcome on that occasion. Only the winners are personally invited.
A selection of the cartoons will also be exhibited at the same address and can be visited:
• Sunday 12 November 2017
• All working days from Monday November 13, 2017 till the end of December 2017 during the opening hours of the town hall:
o Monday 09.00 – 12.00; 13.00 – 16.00; 17.30 – 20.00
o Tuesday 09.00 – 12.00
o Wednesday 09.00 – 12.00; 13.00 – 16.00
o Thursday 09.00 – 12.00
o Friday 09.00 – 12.00.
Regulation in languages on source.

“Agriculture”
Since man noticed a connection between fallen seeds and the growing of crops, some 9.000 years ago, the possibilities to influence and improve this process have increased. So today we have arrived at the stage of genetic manipulation.
The scale of cultivation, monocultures, irrigation, mechanisation, industrialisation and robotics, the improvement of crops, the immunity against drought, cold and insects, the accelarated aging…
However, this isn’t a mere positive evolution. More can be less: depletion of soils, deforestation, pollution by toxic additives, market related crops that are not cultivated in the need for food supply rather than financial purposes.
Agriculture has ushered a global revolution since the dawn of the human history. What can we expect from it in the future? Fields on Mars, mushrooms from the Moon?

14th International Graphic Humour Contest on New Technologies, Barakaldo Hermes 2017

THE BARAKALDO 2017 BIENNIAL
XIVth INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC HUMOUR CONTEST ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES,
HERMES PRIZES

RULES
FIRST.- To pass the public announcement of the 14th International Graphic Humour contest on new Technologies –Barakaldo Hermes Prize 2017, which is an official announcement regulated by the guidelines established in the regulations of the Barakaldo Cultural Competitions, published in the Official Biscayan Bulletin on February 12th, 2010.
SECOND.- The budgetary limit for the afore mentioned is set at four thousand five hundred Euros (4.500 €) charged against the Budget allocation 00700 33000 4810300, to face the obligations derived from the prizes to grant, in compliance with rules established under Article 7 of the regulation, prizes awarded will be as follows: First Prize – 1.500 €, Second Prize –1.000 €, Third Prize – 800 €, Fourth Prize – 700 €and Fifth Prize – 500 €.
THIRD.- Legal regulations which the competition will adhere to are as follows:
1. OBJECT Sketchers will send in a scene depicting graphic humour relating to new technologies which impacts on daily life (INTERNET, BIOLOGY, SPACE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDICINE, ETC...) and which allows the citizens to reflect on new spheres of scientific progress. It can also be vignettes depicting geek attitudes generated by users of social networks or taking part in Web 2.0.
2. CONTESTANTS Anyone who so desires may take part with no age restrictions. Each contestant may submit up to three pieces of work. Anyone who was a Hermes prize-winner at the previous year’s renewal will not be allowed to submit entries to this year’s official announcement. (2015)
3. CATEGORY AND FORMAT Scenes and characters must be the personal creation of the author and unpublished. Work can be submitted either in black and white or in colour. Work will be prepared as a Din-A4 (210mm x 297mm) dimension, either horizontally or vertically. Resolution will be not less than 300 dpi.
4. LANGUAGES Works may be labelled in Spanish or Basque. It is permissible to enter humorous scenes without text written for those artists from different linguistic and geographical backgrounds.
5. PRESENTATION The participants will register in the web page of the contest and will insert later on their work in format JPG.
6. SUBMISSION PLACE AND DEADLINE Works containing the author’s details should be sent exclusively through the web page: http://www.barakaldo.org/portal/web/cultura/hermes before October 14th 2017.
7. ONLINE AND PAPER EXHIBITION AND CATALOG The presentation of works will entail the authorization to the City of Barakaldo to use the images for merely expository purposes and, or possible writing contests on the illustrations. The exhibition of the works does not mean that financial benefit will accrue to the authors of the illustrations. The winning artworks and other selected illustrations will be exhibited in the Virtual Museum established for that purpose, by the City of Barakaldo. This city launched a specialised website as an expression of the different subjects on which contestants have been providing creative illustrations with an humorous consideration. The publication of the works will not imply any retribution to the authors of the illustrations.
8. PRIZES The awarding of the Hermes de Barakaldo prize carries a financial reward amounting to 4.500 Euros and is divided into five categories: First Prize: 1.500 €, Second Prize: 1.000 €, Third Prize: 800 €, Fourth Prize: 700 € and Fifth Prize: 500 €.
After the winners are notified individually, and by email, of the resolution, the winners of theses prizes will have a maximum three months term to supply their details to the awarding organisation in order for the prize to be transferred to them. Should the time period of three months since the first communication have already elapsed, without the relevant data having been supplied, it is understood that the winner of the prize will relinquish his/her right to the relevant prize and the corresponding illustration will likewise be withdrawn from any medium the local council has published it in.
Required data:
Personal Data:
Name and Surname
Identity card / Passport
Address
Town
Postal code
County
Phone e-mail
Bank Data:
Swift Code BIB
IBAN
Document written and signed by the bank to certify that the above data correspond to the awarded person.
9. JURY Any of the prizes may be declared void if none of the works come up to the required minimum qualitative standards.
10. SELECTION CRITERIA Prizes will be awarded according to the following criteria: a.- Quality and artistic relevance of the work: 50 points. b.- Adherence to the theme of the Competition and to the humorous language pertaining to it: 30 points. c.- Social and cultural impact of the cartoon in relation to the thematic aspect set out regarding new technologies and their implications for everyday life: 20 points.
11. FURTHER POINTS Participation in the competition implies acceptance of the rules and regulations as already laid down in the current Decree.
FOURTH.- Prizes will be awarded in accordance with the competition rules system, through comparisons of the works presented, and through the establishment of priority criteria amongst them, in conformity with the already outlined criteria, and the awarding of the corresponding financial amounts in compliance with the same with limits as stated in the official announcement, not exceeding the available credit.
FIFTH.- In order to analyse and evaluate the works presented, a Qualifying Panel or Jury will be convened, composed of Mrs. Nerea Cantero Gurtubay, Councillor for Culture, Education, Basque Language, Youth and Prevention of Drug Addiction, or who occupies this position at the time. She will assume the title of President of the said panel, and Mrs. Amaia Ballesteros, Mrs. Judit Allende, Mr. Juan García Cerrada, as people of renown prestige in the world of illustration and graphic humour and Mr. Juan Manuel de Los Santos Aranaz, a Technician in the Culture Department, who will take part as Secretary.
SIXTH.- The maximum allowable timescale for the resolution and notification of the prizes’ awarding procedure will be two months, starting from the closing date for the submission of entries.
SEVENTH.- All interested parties will receive notification under terms outlined in Article 58 of the Law 30/1992, dated November 26th, of the Law Regulation of Public Administrations and Common Administrative Procedures.
EIGHTH.- in case of any appeal against the decision, which exhausts the administrative procedures, an optional administrative reconsideration appeal may be lodged with the Council President to set aside the current resolution within a timeframe of one month starting from the day after the announcement of the results, alternatively an Administrative Reconsideration Appeal can be entered at the Court for Contentious Administrative Proceedings by virtue of the distribution of authority outlined in Articles 8 and 10 of the Law 29/1998, dated July 13th, which regulates the Contentious Administrative Jurisdiction within a timeframe of two months, also commencing, like the previous, on the day after receipt of official notification.
Source: ecomic-experience.

Green Gem International Competition ICACF 2017, China

ICACF 2017 • Green Gem International Competition

“Libo International Children Animation & Comics Festival 2017” (ICACF 2017)——Green Gem International Competition organized by Culture & Multimedia International Association is an open competition.
The entries for the competition include all artworks and animation which reflect content about ethnic children using various subjects by qualified artists implementing a variety of techniques. Children are encouraged to submit their works for competition, exhibition and publication.
Theme:
1. The Ethnic Children in My Eyes
2. Topics about Children
◆ Categories
1. Category (A): Still image works
Single-frame work, comic strips, illustrations, caricature, drawings, graphics and other works of original fine art. It is encouraged that the artists create ethic children with unique characteristics and customs from their own countries and regions in order to reflect the rich and various races of the world.
2. Category (B): Animation works
All animation works suitable for children submitted must be 1-22 minutes in length. Any of the following animation types are acceptable: Computer-assisted or Computer-generated, stop-motion (including clay animation), 2D works, 3D works, FLASH, puppet animation, paper-cutting works, in fact, any format except live action!
◆ Qualifications
1. Entry for the Category (A) (Still Image Works):
a) Maximum A3 (297mm x 420 mm), minimum A4 (210mm×297mm).
b) Any printed submission will not be accepted (work can be submitted in either computer or hand drawing; however, the electronic-version of submission is definitely required).
c) Participants can also send electronic edition (scanned copy) with a minimum size of “300 dpi” in “.TIFF” or “.JPG” to cmiassn@163.com.
2. Entry for the Category (B) (Animated Works):
a) All works must be PAL formal with high definition (prefer to be minimum size of 720×576, minimum bit rate of 1000 bps)
b) Animated submissions (including FLASH) should be submitted in “.MPG” or “.AVI” or “.MOV” format and 5 still images are required separately, which is used to present character and background with a minimum size of “300 dpi” in “.TIFF” or “.JPG”. For each FLASH works, a copy of “.SWF” submissions are required.
c) In case of multiple submissions, please separate each individual submission. An uninterrupted multi-work submission is not allowed.
3. Language:
a) All works are preferred to be subtitled in English.
b) The story background, synopsis, brief introduction, and character description are required in either Chinese or English electronic-version.
4. Entry Form and Photo:
Artwork should be accompanied by their author’s photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a completed Application Form (PLEASE USE CAPITAL LETTERS).
5. Copyright:
The applicant must be the copyright owner of the submission.
◆ Awards and Prizes
1. Adult Group
Artwork submitted for competition will be judged by an International Jury. The Jury will award the following cash prizes along with a certificate for each award.
2 Gold medals, each 1500 USD (1 for category A and 1 for category B)
4 Silver medals, each 1000 USD (2 for category A and 2 for B category)
4 Bronze medals, each 800 USD (2 for category A and 2 for B category)
20 Special prizes, each 300 USD (10 for category A and 10 for B category)
a) The jury has the right of final distribution of statutory prize and all of the jury’s decisions are final.
b) Organizers plan to award the artist with the best debut and will give him/her the opportunity for an individual exhibition at the Gallery which will be included in the 2017 program.
AWARDS ARE SUBJECT TO TAXATION ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
2. Children Group
a) Artwork submitted for competition will be judged by an International Jury. The Jury will award the certificate to the finalists.
b) Submission finalists would be included in the album. And the certificates and albums or presents (if the album is not released on time), will be sent to the finalists.
All results will be announced on July 2, 2017.
◆ Participant Privileges
1. Artists of work qualified for the exhibition will be given a presentation copy of the catalogue.
2. Artwork sent to the exhibitions will be exhibited in the country and abroad after the main exhibition.
◆ Competition Provisions
1. Organizers reserve the right to use all submitted artwork for advertising purposes without any special fees paid to the artists that include being exhibited and reproduced in a variety of advertising materials as well as printed and circulated in catalogues.
2. The prize-winning works become the property of the organizers and will be included in the collection of the Gallery.
3. The exhibition organizers are the final judges in interpretation of the rules and regulations.
4. By sending his/her work, the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations.
5. By sending his/her work, the artist agrees to the publication of the author's profile in the post-exhibition album.
6. All the submissions will not be returned.
◆ Timetable and Contact Information
1. Submissions（original scripts are preferred) for receipt of artwork:
From April 25, 2017 to July 2, 2017
Deadline: Date of the postmark July 2, 2017
Deadline: Electronic submissions midnight July 2, 2017
Please send your submission(s) to the following mailing address or send to our email address via the internet:
Organizing Committee ICACF
Building 6-2 #39, Xiaoshicheng Yunyan
Guiyang, Guizhou 550004 CHINA
TEL：+86 10 84937681
Mobile: +86 15185169898
Email: cmiassn@163.com
Website: www.cmiassn.org ; www.icacf.com .

Poster added 26 June 2017.

The Second International Cartoon Contest, Kolašin 2017, Montenegro

Dear colleagues ,
I would like to inform you that Cartoon festival "Kolašin, Montenegro 2017" has announced The Second International Cartoon Contest. Therefore, we carry on with the festival in Kolašin, Montenegro, after ten year break. Despite having far fewer resources this time, we are more optimistic and therefore we hope that this festival will last and will become a traditional one. We start with modest means but we are convinced that the festival will become more significant and notable in years to come. Well, may this new beginning be happy!
RULES:
CONTEST THEME: HAPPY T-SHIRTS
You shall send two of your works you consider to be the best. Cartoons can previously be published or rewarded and should be creative, funny and amusing. Works have to be graphically convenient for printing on T-shirts. The participants may send a maximum of 3 works to compete.
TECHNIQUE: Free All entries must be send by e-mail only.
Your works send on this e mail address : festivalkarikature@opstinakolasin.me
DEADLINE: 31st of May 2017
PRIZES:
FIRST PRIZE: 300 Euro, Trophy, Honorable mention and a T-shirt
SECOND PRIZE: 200 Euro, Honorable mention and a T-shirt
THIRD PRIZE: 100 Euro, Honorable mention and a T-shirt
Three special prize –Honorable mention of the salon.
The international jury will choose the cartoons. THE DECISION will be published on 15th of June 2017, on all cartoon websites. Winners will officially be announced with the beginning of July and the announcement will take place in the Cultural Center in Kolašin.
Festival organizer: Municipality Kolašin,
Darko Drljević.

1st International Festival of Satirical Graphics and Humorist Literature, Iasi 2017, Romania

The first International Festival of Satirical Graphics and Humorist Literature
"Umor pe sapte coline" (Humor on seven hills") 2017, Romania

The event will be held in Iasi, Romania, from 25 to 28 May 2017 and the theme for Satirical Graphics is "General Humor – Humor without words".
The following prizes will be awarded:
- First Prize – 500 euro;
- Second Prize – 400 euro;
- Third prize – 300 euro;
- "Traian Benţa" Special Award – 200 euro;
- Three unpaid special prizes;
- Other awards from local institutions and private persons.
The works' format is A4, B/W or color (minimum 2), scanned with a resolution of 600 dpi and they shall be sent until May 1, 2017 (date of postmark), by e-mail to: fui2017@yahoo.com
Winners will be announced in time to attend the Festival and received the prizes.
Organizers will reimburse transport costs, food and accommodation.
More info on FB.

The 9th Salon Medplan de Humor 2017, Brazil

MEDLIN 2017 HALL REGULATION

1- INSCRIPTIONS: April 5 to June 16, 2017.
The 9th Salon Medplan de Humor is open to all graphic artists, who can enter works that have not been awarded until the closing date of the entries, in the modalities cartoon, caricature and comic strips.
The comic strip should have only one page. If you choose the comic strip, the artist can put up to 5 comic strips on the page.
The opening of the hall will be on July 30, with the announcement of the winners.
Each artist can register with a maximum of 5 (five) works in the format 30X40 cm and using any technique in the three categories: cartoon, caricature and comic strips.
The full name of the author, address, e-mail, telephone number, ID number, CPF and bank account must be written on the back of each drawing or in the e-mail.
The artist can participate by sending his works through the website www.medplan.com.br (with a maximum size of 3 megabytes) or sending the originals to:
9th Medplan Humor Lounge
Rua Coelho Rodrigues, 1921 - Centro
Zip Code: 64000-080
Teresina - PI
2- THEME
The theme of the 9th Medplan Hall of Humor will be MARRIAGE
3- AWARDS
First place (cartoon): R 5,000.00 (five thousand reais)
Second place: R 3,000.00 (three thousand reais).
Medplan Caricature Prize: R 2,000.00 (two thousand reais) for those who make the best caricature. Free theme.
Medplan Award for Comics / comic strips: R 2,000.00 (two thousand reais) for those who make the best comic / comic strip. Free theme.
Internet Premium: R 2,000.00 (two thousand reais). The Internet Prize will be chosen by Internet users, from July 10 to 14, at: www.medplan.com.br
The best works will be part of the traveling exhibition of the 9th Salon Medplan de Humor. The awarded works will be considered acquisitive and will become part of the Medplan collection. The works will not be returned.
Medplan employees, their relatives, or anyone involved in the organization may not participate in this meeting.
Simple sign-up automatically sets up participant agreement with all terms.