FIHQ 2007

International Festival of Humor & Comic Strip - FIHQ 2007
rules of entry
1. categories
a) CARICATURE
b) CARTOON - works that are not related to any event.
c) GAG CARTOON - political satire – related to actual events.
d) COMICS – sequential art until 3 pages.
e) EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION – works that were published between June 30 2006 and July 31 2007.
2. entries
a) Works must be sent through the internet in the following configuration: 300 dpi, size 4.724 x 3.543 pixel or 300 x 400 mm, color mode RGB, in jpg format (quality medium) with the maximum limit of 1,5 MB, having in the message all the data of the participant, describing the techniques and softwares that were used. Only one image by message.
b) The format of the works that were published (Editorial Illustration) cannot exceed 300x400 mm.
c) Every participant can submit 3 works on each category.
d) Works submitted on Editorial Illustration must be followed by the original publication showing the date of publication.
e) Deadline: September 1st, 2007
3. catalogue
a) All participants selected for the catalogue will receive one copy.
4. prizes
a) R$ 6.000 (approximately US$ 3,100) for the winner of each category.
5. submission
a) All works must be sent to: fihq2007@acape.org.br
Home page: http://acape.org.br/fihq2007
b) Original works and copies of the publications for Editorial Illustration must be sent to:
FIHQ-PE 2007 Rua da Assembléia, 67, sala 62 A, Edf. Sao Gabriel, Recife Antigo 50030-130 Recife - PE - Brasil

Knokke-Heist 2008

Knokke-Heist International Cartoonfestival 2008
ANNUAL CARTOON CONTEST - RULES AND REGULATION 2008
1. PARTICIPATION
This contest is open to anybody aged at least 18. By the simple fact of participating, all contestants accept the conditions and provisions of these regulations and agree to abide by the decisions of the jury. There will be no correspondence about this competition. The Belgian law is applied as far as the tax on the prizes awarded to foreign participants is concerned.
2. THEME
NO THEME (free)
3. ENTRIES - In total 5 cartoons
3.1 The entries
a) must be original cartoons; in black and white or in colour. The drawings may also be made digitally, and submitted on a CD-ROM.
b) may not as yet have been exhibited in Belgium, nor have won a prize at another festival.
c) may bear no captions
d) must be sent
- either flat and not folded
- or not folded, rolled in a hard case
Remark: The entries (dimensions, number, etc.) and the registration form (signature, date of birth) which do not comply with the above mentioned articles will not be taken into consideration for the international competition and will be destroyed.
3.2 The participant will be responsible for the originality of his cartoons. Discussions and probable claims according all sorts of piracy and thus more are at the expense of the participant. 4. DIMENSIONS OF THE CARTOONS
A : min. 21 cm and max. 42 cm
B : min. 30 cm and max. 60 cm.
C : If the entry is submitted on CD-ROM, the cartoon size needs to be A4 or A3 format with a resolution of 300 dpi in TIFF-format.
Cartoons already under glass, framed or on other materials than paper will not be eligible for the exhibition.
5. ENTRY FORM
Your participation will only be taken into account if your entry form carries your date of birth as well as your signature.
Every cartoon must state the surname and first name of the author on the back. Postage must be paid by the participants.
6. PROPERTY RIGHTS
By the mere fact of taking part in the contest, the participants empower the organizing association to make use of their entries for promotional purposes on behalf of the “International Cartoon festival” and the seaside resort of
Knokke-Heist (cartoon book, catalogue, publicity in the press and other media, posters, folders, calendar, official gifts by the local authorities and/or the festival’s organizers, etc.)
7. JURY
Among the entries, a jury makes a selection for the exhibition and appoints the prize-winners.
8. ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION
Upon presentation of the receipt of their entries, all contestants will be admitted to the exhibition without charge.
9. PROPERTY OF THE ORGANIZING ASSOCIATION
All award-winning entries will become property of the organizing association. The organizing association will have the option to retain one drawing at the most of every contestant whose work was selected. Article 6. will be applicable.
10. CATALOGUE / CARTOONBOOK
In cooperation with the “Davidsfonds Leuven” a catalogue / cartoon book will be edited according to the technical and financial means. Selected participants are entitled to one catalogue.
11. RETURN MAIL
As from this year cartoons will only be returned if this has been indicated on the registration form.
The charges for returning such works as will not become the property of the organizing association will be borne by the latter. The organizers will endeavour to handle the return with the utmost care but cannot be held responsible for loss or
damages.CD-ROMs are never returned.

EXHIBITION
22.06 - 28.09.2008
OPENING: 21 JUNI 2008
DEADLINE: 19.01.2008

Prizes:
1 Golden Hat 3.500 € + *
2 Silver Hat 2.000 € + *
3 Bronze Hat 1.250 € + *
4 Knack cartoon Award 500 €
5 Publics Prize 500 €

* + fligth and hotel accommodation in Knokke-Heist during openings weekend

Address : Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist vzw Meerlaan 32 , B-8300 Knokke-Heist
Tel: 00-32-50-630.430 Fax: 00-32-50-630.429
E-mail: cartoonfestival@knokke-heist.be
WEB: http://www.cartoonfestival.be/

2nd Urziceni Competition

The 2nd International Cartoon Competition “Revelionul Caricaturistilor”
URZICENI – ROMANIA
The competition is organized by the Cultural Centre Urziceni in collaboration with the City Hall Urziceni. It is the second time that we organize the competition for authors from all over the world. The first edition was a success. The catalogue is on post to the participants. Your art cartoons will be very welcome again in Romania.
Rules of the competition
1. Theme: SUPERSTITION
2. The works must be originals. The digital art works are accepted. Copies are not accepted.
3. Dimension of the works: min. A4, max A3.
4. The cartoons will stay in our archive to be used in the future anniversary editions of the festival.
5. The jury will meet in December 2007.
6. Prizes:
First Prize 600 Euros
Second Prize 400 Euros
Third Prize 200 Euros
The organizers will award Mentions and Special Prizes
7. Deadline: 15 November 2007
Address for sending works:
CENTRUL CULTURAL MUNICIPAL URZICENI, CASA MUNICIPALA DE CULTURA, CALEA BUCURESTI 27, 925300 URZICENI, ROMANIA
Information: Nicu Petrache - Director petras23n@yahoo.com

5th FCW Cartoonet Festival (2006) results

Results of 5th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival-2006

Grand Prize:
Mikhael Zlatkovsky (Russia)

Gold Prize (2 awards):
Marcio Leite da Silva (Brazil)
Tomasz Woloszyn (Poland)

Silver Prize (4 awards):
Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan)
Arsen Gagiki Gevorgyan (Armenia)
Aghaei Amin (Iran)
Shahrokh Heidari (Iran)

Bronze Prize (8 awards):
Dai Peicheng (China)
Huang Qigong (China)
Javad Tarighi Akbarpoor (Iran)
Ramin Rezaie (Iran)
Julian PENA-PAI (Romania)
Raed Khalil (Syria)
Deniz Dokgoz (Turkey)
Oguz Gurel (Turkey)

Success Award (15 awards):
Ba. Bilike (China)
Cai Lian (China)
Hou Xiaoqiang (China)
Ji Shaohua (China)
Wang Ruisheng (China)
Yang Xiaobo (China)
Zhang Jiaxue (China)
Wolfgang Schlegel (Germany)
Dariush Ramezani (Iran)
Mahmood Nazari (Iran)
Mohammad Ali Khalaji (Iran)
Mohammad Reza Babaei (Iran)
Pooya Sareh (Iran)
Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine)
Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan).

Results of International Cartoon Exhibition - Women - May & June, 2007

Results of the First International Cartoon Exhibition (Women) Syria 2007 Monthly Prize – May & June, 2007
THE JURY:
Afraa Alyousef / Syria, cartoonist
Rasha Mahdi / Egypt, cartoonist
Marie Kiriaky / Austria, Head of Arab Women's Association
Bassam Alkadi / Syria, supervisor of Syria women website
Raed Khalil / Syria, cartoonist
Winners:
First Prize: Marcio Leite / Brazil
Second Prize: Julian Pena Pai / Romania
Third Prize: Jovan Prokopljevic /Serbia
Mourhaf Yousef / Syria.
8/8/2007
Jury photos and all prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.syriacartoon.com/news/2007/news-080800701.htm

Nature & Man Cartoon Contest / Turkey

THE PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
SUBJECT : Nature and Man
The subject of the year 2007 : Global Climate Change and Our World.
The Association of Cartoonists, TEMA Foundation and Cartoon Publishing organize this contest aiming to direct people for focusing more on this matter by describing through cartoons that mankind will sooner or later face these dangers and by focusing on their probable results and also aiming to create an attitude and behavioral change in the society in order to slow down this process.
The contest is open for all the amateur and professional cartoonists.
The cartoons may be published or awarded. Technique is free. Can be color or black and white. The size is A4 (21 x 29.7 cm)
Contestant cartoons can be sent only through internet.
Awards: By the end of each month, the best 3 cartoons of that month will be selected and 20 saplings will be planted in Tekirdag Memorial forest on their behalf. An introductory sign will be erected on the plantation region. Below: June 2007 First Prize: Fereol Murillo Fuentes (Costa Rica)

The works that are sent to the contest will be exhibited through internet.
By the end of the year, the awarded works and works determined by the selection committee will be collected in a CD and will be sent to the authors of the works as free of charge.
The cartoons of the contest, whether awarded or not, may be exhibited in the introductory announcements of the contest and they can be published in books, magazines, posters, postcards. Copyrights will not be paid to the authors of the works for these publications.
In case they are used for other purposes or by third parties, then permission will be obtained from the author of the work.
Those who send their works to the contest, will also indicate whether they can be used or not, on t-shirts to be produced by TEMA Foundation's Economic Management in order to obtain revenue.
The utilization rights of the works are for Turkey.
The artists participating in the contest will be deemed to accept all the participation conditions.
This contest is organized by the Association of Cartoonists, TEMA Foundation and Cartoon Publishing.
Since environmental disasters are continuous, our contest will also continue without interruption. Below: May 2007 First Prize: Raed Khalil (Syria)

Exhibition: The exhibition of the contestant cartoons will be realized at the gallery of the Association of Cartoonists.
Award-giving ceremony: will be announced later.
Sending address by e-mail: dogalcevre@gmail.com and naturalenv@gmail.com
Jury evaluation: Election will be held every month.
General Authority of the Organization: Muhittin Koroglu
Selection Committee:
Representative of the Association of Cartoonists
Representative of TEMA Foundation
Representative of Cartoon Publishing.
WEB: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/yduyuru.asp
WEB: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6294
Winning cartoons at: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/sergiler2.asp

Prizewinners International Nasreddin Hodja

27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest has concluded.
The Grand Jury (see below) consisted of six members from Turkey and six from abroad.
They convened at Ramada Plaza Hotel in Istanbul on July 26, 2007, and after examining 2320 cartoons by 1055 artists sent in from 63 countries, they decided to award the Grand Prize to Igor Nikitin’s work from Russia.

THE JURY:
Ercan Akyol (Turkey), Zeljko Ceric (Croatia), Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria), Valentin Druzhinin (Russia), Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu (Turkey), Raed Khalil (Syria), Valeriu Kurtu (Germany), Ismet Lokman (Turkey), Metin Peker (Turkey), Turhan Selcuk (Chair/Turkey), Tonguc Yasar (Turkey), Jugoslav Vlahovic (Serbia).

PRIZE-WINNERS:

Igor Nikitin (Russia): Grand Prize + 3.000 $ (see above)

Agim Sulaj (Italia): Honour Prize + 750 $ (see below)

Alessandro Gatto (Italia): Honour Prize + 750 $

Muhittin Koroglu (Turkey): Honour Prize + 750 $

Ahmet Ozturklevent (Turkey): Honour Prize + 750 $

SPECIAL PRIZES:
Cristi Vecerdea Criv (Romania): Special Prize of Nasreddin Hodja (see right >>)
Musa Gumus (Turkey): Special Prize of the Association of Cartoonists
Sami Caner: Special Prize of the Jury
Angel Boligan (Mexico): Special Prize of Turkish Ministry of Culture
Donyo Donev (Bulgaria): Special Prize of Press, Publications & Information General Administration
Sevket Yalaz (Turkey): Special Prize of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Dongbum Kim (South Korea): Special Prize of Cankaya Municipality
Taeyong Kang (South Korea): Special Prize of Cumhuriyet Newspaper
Xue Hong (China): Special Prize of Aksam Newspaper
Saeed Sadeghi (Iran): Special Prize of Turkish Association of Journalists
Victor Crudu (Moldovia): Special Prize of Turkish Radio & TV Company
Hamid Soufi (Iran): Special Prize of Turkish Union of Lawyers
Goran Divac (Serbia): Special Prize of Umut Foundation
Aristides E. Hernandez (Cuba): Special Prize of Show TV Channel
Omidreza Khorsand (Italia): Special Prize of TV8 Channel
Li Xiao Yang (China): Special Prize of Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions.
All the prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6641

2nd International Solin Cartoon Festival / Croatia

FANOFUNNY's remark: Prizes not payed by Organizers in 2005!
REGULATIONS
Contest: open to all cartoonists
Themes: A) ARCHAEOLOGY; B) FREE.
Entries: max. 5 cartoons. The works must be original and accompanied by the author's entry-form and biography.
Size: max. A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: August 15, 2007
Prizes: Gold Medal - 1.001 €uro; Silver and Bronze Medal; 5 Special Prizes
Exhibition: September 2007
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy
Remark: the works - except the winning and awarded works - will be returned on request and at costs of author.
The works should be sent to:
DOM ZVONIMIR Kralja Zvonimira 50, 21210 SOLIN - CROATIA
For further informations, complete regulations and entry-form: marketing@bobis-svagusa.hr

(Source: http://www.fanofunny.com/)

Olympic Cartoon Competition June 07 winners

The results of 1st International China Olympic Cartoon Competition monthly prize - June 2007
Free section: Winning Prize: Kazanevsky Vladimir (Ukraine) (see above)
Free section: Winning Prize: Liu Manhua (China)
Special prize of Jury: Marcin Bondarowicz (Poland)
Honourable Prize: RONALD LIBIN (Belgium)
Honourable Prize: Cai Weidong (China)
Honourable Prize: B.Bleg (China) (see below)

See all the prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.cartooncn.org/enmprize.asp?pid=10

Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007

Guideline
1. Eligibility
■ All Individuals and Groups or Teams
■ One entrant can register on both sections.
■ This competition is open only to digital cartoons & caricatures that made in the form of digitalization originally. Scanned works of non-digital cartoons & caricatures are not eligible.
■ The entrant should be the copyright holder of the works. The works should not have been awarded in the other competition nor used commercially.
2. Section and Theme
A. Cartoon - Election
B. Caricature - Politician
3. Entries
A. Digitalized works in black-and-white or color
B. Number of entries per each section: minimum 3 ~ maximum 5
C. Limitation of Cartoon cuts: maximum 5 per one work
D. Each entry should be submitted in the form of both original digital file and jpg file.
1) original file - resolution size: A4, 300 dpi or higher (2480 x 3508 pixel)
2) jpg file - resolution size: the same as the original one with the best quality setting.
4. Registration
A. No Entry Fee
B. Deadline - All files including entry forms and entries should be submitted by 18:00(Standard time for Seoul, Korea: UTC/GMT +9hrs) September 3, 2007, and works submitted after this cannot be accepted for the selection.
C. Required Document - Entry form: Only completed and confirmed entry form will be accepted. * Official language of the competition is English and Korean.
* Use separate entry forms per each section you submit.
D. For Further Information & Question
■ e-mail: dcartoon@dcartoon.co.kr
■ Tel.: +82-2-2020-1610 Fax. : +82-2-2020-1639
■ Official Website: http://www.dcartoon.co.kr
E. Entry Guideline
■ On-line Entry - Upload all the files on the following internet hard.
http://www.kthard.com/ (Click English)
Membership Login
ID : artdonga
PW : kthard.com
- Choose your entry section folder between Caricature / Cartoon in Upload Folder
- All the files including entry forms and works (original files and jpg files) should be compressed in a .zip file, saved as “entrant’s name. zip.”
- Upload “entrant’s name. zip”
■ On-line Entry only
■ All entrants will receive a confirmation by e-mail.
5. Prizes
(In parenthesis is the number of awardees)
Grand Prize(1): Cartoon/Caricature 5,000 USD (1)
Gold Prize(2): Cartoon 2,000 USD (1), Caricature 2,000 USD (1)
Silver Prize(2): Cartoon 1,000 USD (1), Caricature 1,000 USD (1)
Bronze Prize(4): Cartoon 500 USD (2), Caricature 500 USD (2)
Promotion Prize(20): Cartoon 300 USD (10), Caricature 300 USD (10)
Fine Work Prize(40): Cartoon 100 USD (20), Caricature 100 USD (20)
(Tax is included)
6. Process
■ Registration: Aug. 20 ~ 18:00 Sept. 3, 2007
■ Selection: Sept. 10 ~ Sept. 14, 2007
■ Announcement of Prize Winners: Sept. 20, 2007 (Winners will be announced on the official website http://www.dcartoon.co.kr/ and contacted in person by e-mail.)
■ Exhibition: Oct. 6 ~ Oct. 14, 2007 / Seoul Animation Center
(■ According to the circumstances of the organizer, the above process can be changeable.)
7. Exclusive on Selection and Annulment of Award Decision
A. An entry will not be considered for selection when:
- The entry form is not completed and the entrant’s information is not clearly written.
- What is written in the entry form is different from what really is.
- The entrant is not the copyright holder of the work.
B. Award-winning decision will be annulled when:
- The entrant is not the copyright holder of the work.
- The winning work has been awarded or selected at any previous competition.
- The winning work is found to be a plagiarism of, or closely similar to other works
8. Copyright
■ All rights of prize-winning works - such as copyright, property right and the right of use etc. - belong to the organizer of Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007.
9. Others
- Each entrant should hold all the right license and permission to use the materials and softwares used to create the entering work, including graphic software packages for creating artworks.
- All the files submitted for selection will not be returned.
- Matters not mentioned in these regulations will be decided by the Organizer of Dong-A·LG International Digital Cartoon Competition 2007.- By submitting the entry form and participation in the competition implies agreement by entrants to all conditions and regulations of this article.

Tourism in Bucovina

The international exhibition of satirical graphic “Tourism in Bucovina”, the 1st Edition
The Bucovina Museum Complex from Suceava invites you to participate to the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic: “Tourism in Bucovina”, the 1st Edition.
Bucovina is a region from Romania (the East Europe) of a rare natural beauty.
The picturesque sceneries, the touristic objectives: the museums, the natural reservations, the mountains with running waters, the historical monuments, and the worship places constituted hundreds of years ago, all these represent a touristic potential. The people of these places are cheerful, hard working and very hospitable. Although all along their history they have encountered lots of pressures, foreign occupations, wars, they kept their identity and the cultural traditions.
By this exhibition we would like to acknowledge the tourism passionate from all over the world of the natural potential and of the touristic and economic objectives.
Even though, the inhabitants of these regions bump against the carelessness of the tourists, who often leave their negative marks upon the touristic zone, the regional authorities do not concentrate their efforts to develop the infrastructure and to develop some facilities for the touristic development.
Further details regarding to the Bucovina region could be found at the following web pages: http://www.muzeul-bucovina.ro/, http://www.bucovinaturism.ro/, http://www.bukovina.ro/, http://www.vacanteinbucovina.ro/, etc.
The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic has as theme: “Tourism in Bucovina”.
We address to all the professional and amateurs cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
The number of sent cartoons is unlimited.
Please attach in .PDF or .DOC format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, exact address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: arta@muzeul-bucovina.ro and they must be of 300 dpi minimum resolution, A4 format, realized in any technique: black and white or colour.
The cartoons will be published in the web page of the Bucovina Museum Complex Suceava http://www.muzeul-bucovina.ro/
All the artists who will enter the saloon will receive the virtual catalogue of the exhibition.
If you want to participate at this event, please send your cartoons until 31st of August 2007.
The exhibition will be opened for the Bucovina public in September 2007.
The sent cartoons can be bought by the Bucovina public, that is why please note the price for each original work in order to receive the equivalent of the cartoon.
The Bucovina Museum Complex Suceava
Romania
Directory
Constantin-Emil URSU
http://www.muzeul-bucovina.ro/arta@muzeul-bucovina.ro