Cemalettin Yıldız from Turkey wins the Grand Prix in the 21st Biennial Gabrovo 2013

Submitted the 21st edition of the International Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts were 1664 works by 784 artists from 55 countries. The International jury selected 443 works by 329 artists from 44 countries to be shown in the Biennial exhibitions and awarded the following prizes:

* GRAND PRIX - the GOLDEN AESOP statuette: CEMALETTIN YILDIZ, Turkey (Poster above)
* PRIZE of the town of Gabrovo - the GASCAR statuette: ANTON KOLEV, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for CARTOON awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria (there were awarded 2 prizes 500 BNG each): VADIM KONOPLYANSKY, Russia ; DAVID VELA, Spain.
* PRIZE for GRAPHICS & DRAWINGS awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria: DIMITAR KARATONEV, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for PAINTING awared by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria: DYANKO KOLEV, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for SCULPTURE awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria: GALABIN HRISTOV, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for PHOTOGRAPH awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria: MASUMEH ZABETNIA, Iran
* PRIZE for POSTER awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria: KRASIMIRA DRUMEVA, Bulgaria
* PRIZE of the Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE: KRASTYU TODOROV, Bulgaria
* PRIZE of ROTARY CLUB - GABROVO: STEFAN STEFANOV, Bulgaria
* YOUNG TALENT PRIZE of LIONS CLUB - GABROVO: DRAGOMILA DOYKIN, Bulgaria
* PRIZE of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bulgaria (for the best CARTOON supporting the fight against tobacco consumption): ROMAN MATKIEWICZ, Estonia
* PRIZE of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bulgaria (for the best CARTOON supporting the fight against alcohol abuse): TEMUR KOZAEV, Russia
* PRIZE of the Directorate of CENTRAL BALKAN National Park: ANGEL RAMIRO ZAPATA MORA, Colombia
* PRIZE of GABROVO Planet Society: DILYAN BAKALSKI, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for SCULPTURE awarded by SKALNI MATERIALI JS Co. - Rousse: RUMEN MIHOV DIMITROV, Bulgaria
* PRIZE of SKALNI MATERIALI JS Co. - Rousse awarded to a young sculptor: BOYANA KOYNOVA, Bulgaria ; MIHAELA KAMENOVA, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for the FUNNIEST PHOTO awarded by PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS Ltd. (a professional Lowepro photo backpack and a certificate): KRISTINA BORISOVA, Bulgaria
* PRIZE for PHOTOGRAPH awarded by PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS Ltd. (a professional Lowepro photo bag and a certificate): ZHECHO PLANINSKI, Bulgaria
* PRIZE of COALITION FOR LIFE WITHOUT TOBACCO SMOKE (for the best POSTER supporting the fight against smoking): ZLATINA PAVLOVA, Bulgaria.
Source: http://humorhouse.globcom.net/engl/bienale/prizewinners.html.

Results UFEC 2nd International Sports Drawing & 4th Sports Graphic Humour Competitions

2nd INTERNATIONAL SPORTS DRAWING COMPETITION 2013 (Above)

First prize: Sebastián Velasco 'Partido de pelota'. Burgos

Honourable mention: Juana Céspedes 'Burbujas'. Barcelona

Honourable mention: Manel Navarro 'L'arribada' . Barcelona.

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4th SPORTS GRAPHIC HUMOUR COMPETITION 2013 (Below)

First prize: Mehdi Azizi (without title). Arak, (Iran)

Special mention: Vladimir Kazanevsky 'Rowing'. Kiev (Ukraine)

Special mention: Pavel Constantin 'Intersection' Botosani (Romania).

Theme in the 6th International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden: The Egg

The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden with the cooperation of
Les Amis du Château de Vianden, Naturpark OUR and CartoonArt.lu
are pleased to announce their
6th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN 2013

1. Subject: The egg
2. Deadline: 4th April 2013
3. Prizes: 1st prize: 1500 € + trophy, 2nd prize: 1000 € + trophy, 3rd prize: 500 € + trophy,
3 honourable mentions
4. Entries: Initially, each participant can submit up to 3 entries in digital format by sending them via internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu. The author must include the following details in his or her e-mail: first name, last name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number and the title or the number of each submission. The specifications for these electronic submissions are as follows: format JPEG, good quality, and max. 1,5 MB per picture. Out of these submissions, the jury will make a selection of 60-100 drawings. Only the awarded artists will be invited to send the original work by mail. All these works will be shown as prints at the exhibition and in the catalogue. Their size should be between A4 (210x297mm) and A3 (297x420mm). The drawings must not be folded and not included in a passe-partout.
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in colour, without subtitles. The submitted drawings must be signed by the artist on the backside. Photos, collages, photocopies and coloured b&w reproductions will be not accepted.
6. Prizes and exhibition: The announcement of the prizes and honourable mentions will happen on
4th May 2013 in Castle of Vianden and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 5th May until 26th May 2013. There are plans to display the exhibits in the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden and in other cities until end of June 2014.
7. Returns: The drawings that were awarded one of the prizes will become property of the organizer.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose submissions are selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail after end of 2014.
9. Results: The results will be published on the website www.caricature.eu on 5th May 2012.
The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed via e-mail or by phone. The final decisions of the jury are incontestable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants give the organizers permission to use their drawings only for promoting the artist and the event itself. Every other aspect of the copyright remains with the artist (except for the awarded submissions). It ensures that the awarded works can no longer be submitted in other contests or published by their authors or third parties after the official publication of the results.
11. Generalities: The submitted work should not have been awarded or published before the deadline of this contest.
By taking part in this contest the participants accept the abovementioned rules.
12. Submission address for the awarded works:
Musée de la Caricature et du Cartoon de Vianden
48, Grand-rue L - 9410 Vianden Luxembourg
13. Further informations:
Florin BALABAN Phone nr.: 00352-621 28 37 90 cartoon@caricature.lu
Pol LEURS Phone nr.: 00352-78 83 18
Source: http://www.caricature.eu/salon%202013%20EN.html .

Results of the 2nd Shirozhan International Cartoon Contest 2013, Iran

JURY: Javad Alizadeh / Iran, Horia Crisan / Romania, Abbas Naseri / Iran.

WINNERS

First place: Armen Hamonangan / Indonesia

Second place: Toso Borkovic / Serbia

Third place: Galym Boranbayev / Kazakhstan.

Special Prizes:

Medi Belortaja / Albania

Anton Lobanov / Russia

Jovan Prokopljevic / Serbia

Valentin Georgiev / Bulgaria

Cristobal Reinoso / Argentina

Ali Mirayi / Iran

Victor Mihai / Romania.

Source: shirozhan.com .

Deadline in the "Citizen of laughs" Cartoon Contest in Tallinn, Estonia: 15 April 2013

"Citizen of laughs" Cartoon Contest in Tallinn, Estonia

We invite you to take part in the competition of cartoons "Citizen of laughs".
The box XXXIII Tallinn Old Town Days organized competition of cartoons "Citizen of laughs." The organizers of the competition are the Union of Estonian humor, humor magazine "Pilkaja", Tallinn city government, as well as the district council Tallinskogo Kesklinn.
Number of works presented by one participant is limited - no more than 5, the amount should not exceed the paper size A3, 300dpi, RGB, JPG. The works can be published before. Submitted works are not reviewed and returned to the authors.
The necessary data of the author's name and surname, country.
Information about the product: name, year, size (cm).
Contact details: postal address, e-mail, phone
Works for the exhibition are accepted until April 15, 2013 at
Vana-Viru 4 Tallinn 10111 Estonia, with a "cartoon contest,"
or email:
pilkaja.sisu @ gmail.com .
The works presented are estimated jury, chaired by the chief editor of the humor magazine "Stud" -Andrus Tamm. Also a member of the jury of renowned comedians Estonia. The prize fund is 900 €, the jury decide the division.
Exhibition catalog will be issued free of charge, all authors of works presented at the exhibition. The works can be published in a humorous magazine"Pilkaja" without additional fee.
The exhibition will open June 1, 2013 in Tallinn.
Additional Information:
Andrus Tamm
Estonian Union of humor
pilkaja.sisu @ gmail.com
Tel: 372 51 77 861
Source: http://www.cartooncenter.net/pikala.htm

Тhe fatal number 13 is the theme in 7th International Biennial for Caricature, Plovdiv 2013

MUNICIPALITY OF PLOVDIV

REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – PLOVDIV

UNIVERSITY OF AGRIBUSINESS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT – PLOVDIV

PLOVDIV CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL FOR CARICATURE

MASTERS OF CARICATURE

Plovdiv 2013, Bulgaria

SUBJECT: Тhe fatal number 13

The year is 2013. What do the cartoonists around the world think about the number 13?
From ancient times the numbers have been perceived as carrying luck or misfortune. Nobody actually knows since when the fatalism to the number 13 dates back. But according to one version, the prehistoric man had 10 fingers and two feet, and could not count to more than 12. According to another, in the ancient beliefs the number 12 was the perfect one, but the number 13 violates this strict system and awakens the superstitions in people. On the contrary, in ancient Egypt the people used to believe that if you wanted to achieve immortality, you have to climb the ladder with the 13 steps; while in the Greek mythology, Zeus was the 13th and the strongest god. In fact the black glory, which is assigned to this number, appeared probably in the fourteenth century, after the defeat of the Order of the Temple.
But the truth is always somewhere in the middle. Originally Adam had 13 ribs, but God pulled out one of them, and said to him: “Be careful with the number 13! It is at the same time a number of righteousness and a number of evil in the world.”
Address for submission:

Regional Ethnographic Museum

2, Dr. Chomakov Str.

4000 Plovdiv BULGARIA

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. The Biennial for Caricature is open to professional and amateur caricaturists from all over the world;
2. Each participant should send up at least one piece of work 210/297 mm (A4 format);
3. The caricatures may be colorful or black-and-white;
4. Participants should send their caricatures by 31 July 2013;
5. It is advisable that together with their caricatures, participants also send a photograph or take-off and CV;
6. An international jury will nominate five caricaturists who will be conferred the title Master of Caricature;
7. Prize caricatures are not sent back;
8. The rest of the caricatures will be sent back if authors state that in written form;
9. The Catalogue of the exhibition will be given free of charge to participants whose caricatures are included in the Catalogue.
Time and venue: October, 1-st 2013, at 18.00 hrs at the Regional Ethnographic Museum.
Submission deadline: 31 July 2013 (mail date)
The Nominated works will be kept in Works of Fine Art Stock of Regional Ethnographic Museum, Plovdiv
Phone: ++ 359 32 626328; ++ 359 32 626339.
E-mail: ethnograph@abv.bg .

Theme in the 18th Mercosur International Cartoon Contest Diogenes Taborda 2013: Tango

Famous Czech caricaturist Pavel Kundera passes away (17.6.1941 – 9.3.2013)

Pavel Kundera, the Czech cartoonist most famous for his portraits of sportspeople and other celebrities as well, passes aged 71 after a severe illness he fought for many months. Here is an informative interview with him made in 2011 and possibly this is the Google-translated English version. May he rest in peace. (More on E-GAG 13-11-12).

The 3rd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2013 with themes

The 3rd Gold Panda International Cartoon and Illustration Competition 2013, China
1. Participation
The contest is open to all artists regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
2. Organizer
Host：“HONGTU” Art institute
Sponsor: Red Man Art Center.
Official website: www.redmanart.com
3. Theme
A) Horse \ Zebra \ Pegasus
B) Panda
C) Free
4. Entries
1) The works whether they have been awarded in other contests previously will be accepted.
2) Participators should summit the original works. Any slide, photograph or xerox will not be accepted.
3) The maximum 10 entries should be submitted for each category.
4) The maximum size of the works should be 200 ×200cm respectively.
5) The works should be accompanied by the author's resume and photo (or caricature).
6) First name, Last name, Address, Email, Telephone number should be written on the reverse side of the works. Please specify in envelope: “2013 Gold Panda”
7) Technique and medium of works are unlimited. Any painting, Print making, Traditional Chinese Painting, Oil painting, Watercolor, Crafts art or Children’s painting will be accepted.
5. Entry Form
Please down load the entry form on our web site: www.redmanart.com
At the same time, the self made entry form is also accepted.
6. Deadline
The deadline for entry is the 22 of September 2013.
7. Delivery
1) The entries must be flat protected with hard cardboard, or rolled in a hard case. The folded works will not be accepted.
2) Please send entries to the address as follow:
HU XIAO YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, ZHAN QIAN BA LI XIAO QU
YUN JING DONG LI，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA
8. Judgment
1) The jury committee is composed of artists, print engravers, cartoonist, illustrators and press editors.
2) The jury meeting will be held on October, 20, 2013.
3) The committee will announce the result on November, 10, 2013 on web site. At the same time organizer will contact the winning artists via postal mail or email.
9. Prizes
1) Gold Panda prize – Golden Panda Medal + 2000 US Dollars – 1 place
2) Best work prize – Silver Panda Medals + 300 US Dollars – 5 places
3) The special prize of jury meeting – Copper Panda Medals – 30 places
4) Selected prize – Certificate of merit.
10. Copyright
Explicitly participators have whole copyright for their entries. The committee has the right to use all the submitted works to spread competition on media, websites, posters, post cards, advertisements, etc.
11. Catalog
The authors whose works has been selected will receive one copy of the catalog made for the competition.
12. Provisions
1) The submitted works will not be returned. They will be exhibited and displayed in Redman International Cartoon House.
2) 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
www.redmanart.com/en
Email:
redmanart@126.com .

The First International Graphic Humour Festival “The Sunny Dragon” 2013, Armenia

The Association of Caricaturists of Armenia and the Union of Artists of Armenia with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia announce and organize in Yerevan, Armenia, the First International Graphic Humour Festival “The Sunny Dragon”, dated for completion of the actions devoted to the 500th Anniversary of Armenian Printing.
The themes of the Festival are: a) Books & Press; b) Free.
The Prizes:
The 1st Prize “Golden Sunny Dragon”
The 2nd Prize “Silver Sunny Dragon”
The 3rd Prize “Bronze Sunny Dragon”
The Special Prizes:
The Prize of the Ministry of Culture of RA “500th Anniversary of Armenian Printing”
The Prize of the Association of Caricaturists of Armenia
The Prize of the Union of Artists of Armenia
Regulations
1. The Festival is open to adult cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world.
2. The quantity of works for each author is not limited (cartoons, caricatures, strips, comics, etc.).
3. The works, in digital format, can be sent by e-mail to the addresses: artunion_75@yahoo.com, thesunnydragon@gmail.com together with the digital entry form with the information about the author. The works, in any technique, black/white or colour, must be saved in high quality JPG, TIFF, PNG or PDF formats, in 300 dpi resolution for A4 size, and should not exceed 5MB for each file. Files larger will not be accepted.
4. The deadline for submissions is MARCH 22, 2013.
5. The works will be exhibited at the House of Artist of Armenia (16 Abovyan Str., Yerevan, Armenia) and may be exhibited at museums, galleries and exhibition halls in Yerevan or in other settlements in Armenia as well, at the discretion of the organizers.
6. Works awarded at other events can take part in our Festival with stating where and when they were awarded.
7. The results of the voting will be given directly to all the participating artists by email, published on the site http://humour2013.jimdo.com/ and on the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Armenian-association-of-caricaturists/105515479573700?ref=hl within April 2013.
8. The opening ceremony will have place on April 1 and the prizes distribution, on April 7, 2013, at the House of Artist of Armenia. The exhibition will remain opened until April 7, 2013.
9. The participation in the Festival implies the complete acceptance of all the conditions and rules from the author.
Timetable of The Sunny Dragon 2013
Theme: a/ Books & Press; b/ Free
Deadline for application and entries: March 22, 2013
Opening: April 1, 2013
Exhibition: April 1-7, 2013.
Entry Form on source and facebook.

International Cartoon Contest of Bride's Veneration, Kriva Palanka 2013, R. Macedonia

The Organization Board of the Cultural Manifestation Bride’s Veneration, St. Teodor Tiron, v.Konopnica, KrivaPalanka under the Patronage of the Municipality of KrivaPalanka, organizes an International Cartoon Contest on the topic:
BRIDE AND MOTHER IN LAW
Criteria for participation:
- One author can participate with only three (3) non textual cartoons; -Application should be done with an application form attached on krivapalanka.gov.mk ;
- The application which is not properly completed , will not be qualified furthermore ;
- Filling the application, the applicant certifies that the piece of art is his own intellectual property and accepts to cede the author`s rights to the organizer of the contest ;
- Applying at the contest the author approves the organizer to use, exhibit, study and publish the pieces of art without limit for the media, period of time or place of its publication;
- It is preferable for the authors to enclose their short Biography;
- The pieces of art are supposed to be sent using e-mail (original or scanned ) with resolution of 300 dpi and the form should be A3 (29,7 x 42) to contest@gradnakulturata2013.mk;
- Application deadline is 29th of March 2013.
Process of selection and judging:
- All the pieces of art that applied properly should be taken in the preliminary selection
- The preliminary selection of the pieces of art should be done by the Organizational Board in the period of 3 days after the deadline date.
- The organizational Board should choose to award the arts that will enter the preliminary selection;
- The authors that should be awarded are supposed to supply the original piece of art in 15 days, after the Publication of the results.
Publication of the results:
- The results will be published on the web site of the Municipality of KrivaPalanka (www.krivapalanka.gov.mk) not later than 02.04.2013.
Presentation:
- All the preliminary selected pieces of art will be published in the catalogue
- All the participating authors who take part in the preliminary selection will receive a catalogue (electronic version) sent on the given address.
Contacts:
http://www.facebook.com/todorica.konopnicakrivapalanka
Dragan Velickovski (draganvelicki@yahoo.com)
Awards:
 first prize – 200 $ and a Certificate for participation
 second prize – 150 $ and a Certificate for participation
 third prize – 100 $ and a Certificate for participation
Special awards:
 Certificate and a Certificate of Honour (Plaque )from the Municipality of Kriva Palanka
 Certificate and a Souvenir of the town of Kriva Palanka
 Certificate and a souvenir of the Manifestation Playing Tribute of the Bride, St.Teodor Tiron.