1st international “IlustraMaxima” competition on maxims about subjects related to water

Illustration contest
FIRST INTERNATIONAL ILUSTRAMAXIMA COMPETITION. "WATER"
The 1st international “IlustraMaxima” competition is hereby announced.
The artists shall carry out their work based on maxims about subjects related to water. (see maxims here)
1. PRESENTATION
The competitors must register or identify themselves on the web page and attach their work in JPG format, in the competition section, in the field provided for this purpose.
2. COMPETITORS
The competition is free. Anyone that wants to can participate. Candidates must be at least 16 years old. Participants should register on the competition’s web page and upload their work in JPG format. Each participant may present a maximum of three works.
3. MODALITIES
The competition is based on aphorisms or maxims chosen previously by the organiser and its partners. These maxims are all linked to the subject of the current year. For the year 2013, the subject chosen is “water”. Each candidate should illustrate a maxim in a single cartoon / illustration, using the technique of their choice. The candidate should indicate, in the lower right margin of the illustration, the number of the maxim chosen. The scenes and characters must be self-created and unpublished.
4. FORMAT
Each of the works handed in should not exceed a format of 800 x 600 pixels, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
5. PLACE AND DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
The work must be sent exclusively through the webpage by 12th October 2013.
6. JURY
A qualified jury shall choose the best works. The prizes shall be awarded within six weeks following the end of the competition. The jury may declare a certain number of prizes null, and this decision cannot be appealed against. The works shall be evaluated based on three criteria: Quality of the work: 40% Agreement of the work with the subject of the maxim and the competition: 30% Quality of the educational focus of the work: 30%
7. PRIZES
The IlustraMaxima competition has 4,000 Euros in prizes distributed amongst 5 categories as follows: 1st prize: 1,500 Euros. 2nd: 1,000 Euros. 3rd prize: 700 Euros. 4th prize: 500 Euros. 5: 300 Euros.
8. CESSION OF RIGHTS
The illustrator exclusively cedes to the publisher the rights to reproduction and distribution of the illustrations, for commercial use (digital and paper), in all of the world’s languages and countries, for a duration fifteen years. All of the authors chosen, including the winner, shall receive a free access code to the collective book in one of the languages of the publication.
The organizer of the competition shall create, based on the five prizes, in an undetermined period of time, a limited edition on paper of five numbered copies signed by the president of the jury, as evidence of the awards received. This limited edition shall remain in the possession of the organiser that shall make them available for sale.
The original works shall remain in the possession of the authors.
The rest of the works, including the works presented and subsequently selected by the jury, shall be published by the publisher. In order to correctly display the works, the publisher shall create a book (costing between 2 and 3 Euros) and / or a paper agenda the year after that shall not accrue any pecuniary rights for the authors of the illustrations. Each author published in the e-book / catalogue shall receive an access code in order to be able to read the e-book and use it freely and personally. The granting of this right shall end fifteen years following its publication.
These elements constitute a source of funding of the competition and contribute to the payment of the prize money for the five winning works in Euros and to publish the work of the selected artists.
The publisher reserves the right to exhibit or to allow the works to be exhibited, within the scope of the IlustraMaxima competition, without paying any financial compensation.
9. OTHER PROVISIONS
Participation in this competition implies acceptance of these rules.
Rules in languages on source.

Results Süleyman Demirel University 16th International Science & Spring Festival Cartoon Competition 2013 with theme: “Saving”, Isparta - Turkey

SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY
16TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND SPRING FESTIVAL
CARTOON COMPETITION
LIST OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHO TOOK PRIZE, CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND EXHIBITION AWARDS
A total of 113 people participated in competition from Bulgaria, Iran, China, Thailand, Bosnia Herzegovina, Canada, Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt, Colombia, Spain,Macedonia , France, Germany and Turkey. A list of the participants who took prize,certificate of achievement andexhibition awards as below.
AWARDS:
FIRST PRIZE Musa GÜMÜŞ (TR)
SECOND PRIZE Mehmet ZEBER (TR)
THIRD PRIZE Halit KURTULMUŞ (TR) (Top)
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
Trayko POPOV (BUL)
Aşkın AYRANCIOĞLU (TR)
Turan AKSOY (TR)
Selim TANRISEVEN (TR)
EXHIBITION AWARDS:
Mehmet KAHRAMAN (TR)
Halit KURTULMUŞ (TR)
Musa GÜMÜŞ (TR)
Aziz Yavuzdoğan (TR)
Muammer OLCAY (TR)
Ömer ÇAM (TR)
Trayko POPOV (BUL)
Emrah ARIKAN (TR)
Önder ÖNERBAY (TR)
Mohammadreza SAGHAFİ (IRI)
Kürşat ZAMAN (TR)
Halil Nezih SEZER (TR)
Ahmet Ümit AKKOCA (TR)
Hicabi DEMİRCİ (TR)
Turan AKSOY (TR)
Uğur ÜNSOY (TR)
Burak ERGİN (TR)
Gürhan BİLGET (TR)
Passaprawas A-CHINOBOONWAT (THA)
Vladimir KAZANEVSKY (UKR)
Mohammad Ali KHALAJI (IRI)
Mete AĞAOĞLU (TR)
Carlos AUGUSTO (BRA)
Toso BORKOVİC (SRB)
Wesam KHALIL (EGY)
Selim TANRISEVEN (TR)
Darsono (INA)
Elena OSPİNA (COL)
Fernando HINCAPIE (COL)
Angel Ramiro ZAPATA MORA (COL)
PS: Certificate of Achievement Award and Exhibition documents will be sent to the participants by postal.
Source: sdu.edu.tr.
COMPETITION JURY (Alphabetic):
Assistant Professor Doğan ARSLAN (Academic-Cartoonist)
Erdoğan BOZOK (Cartoon and Humor Museum Director, Cartoonist)
Associate Professor Yusuf KEŞ (Academic Personal, Graphic Designer)
Muhittin KÖROĞLU (Cartoonist).

23rd International Festival of Cartoon and Humorous Literature at Gura Humorului 2013

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International competition of visual humour "Fun in Vassylivka style” 2013, Ukraine

We declare new International competition of visual humour "Fun in Vassylivka style”. Held competition for development and support of cartoon, humour and satire in the genre of small graphic arts, strengthening of creative and profe
ssional international contacts, popularizations of local and other brands too.
Also to the exposure and support of young cartoonists.
Main theme: «Travel and travellers».
1 prize - gold medal + diploma
2 prize - silver medal + diploma
3 prize - bronze medal + diploma
Another theme: Free
1 prize - gold medal + diploma
2 prize - silver medal + diploma
3 prize - bronze medal + diploma
The terms of work of the contest:
Start sending - from 1 june, 2013 - to 15 August, 2013
Juri work: from 25 August, 2013
The choice of prize works of judge and organizational committee of competition reserve, in obedience to position about a competition. Opening of exhibition and awarding ceremony - from Septembers, 2 - for October, 15 in 2013
Conditions and rules
1. The competition is open, in contest can take part both professional artists and amateurs.
2. On a competition is accepted only author original works.
3. Works, sent an e-mail, are examined ( .jpg, 300 dpi ).
4. Technique of execution - any.
5. The amount of works is unreserved, minimum 2 works from every theme.
6. The works sent on a competition remain in collection of organizational committee of competition.
7. The inquiry of participant must be filled in a letter of seal by English, Russian or Ukrainian. ( the form of participant is added ).
8. The works sent on a competition can be exhibited in show-rooms of Vassylivka, other museums, galleries, in decision of organizers and also can be placed on the site of museum.
9. Organizators must write name, surname author, his contry on all works.
10. Copyrights on image, names and texts of works, belong to the author, they do not change. An author carries responsibility for the works in obedience to the current legislation of Ukraine.
11. Pictures which were the before recipients of an award on other competitions, sending is possible, but with an obligatory mark, where and when they were the recipients of an award. The fact of participating means in a competition, that participant accept all terms of competition.
Special conditions
1. On opening of exhibition and ceremony of rewarding of winners can arrive all persons interested, before that warning the organizers of competition. For passage and dwelling they bear expenses.
2. As a result of competition "Fun in Vassylivka style" there will be given out catalogue. All authors, whose works, will enter in a catalogue after the conclusions of judge, will get the free catalogue of competition by mail.
3. Organizers and sponsors of competition can enter a few special prizes after receipt all works on a competition.
Аdress:
International contest of cartoon «Fun in Vassylivka style»
Tchekist str. 7/96
Vassylivka city, Zaporozhye reg.
71600 Ukraine
Web-page: vasarthumor.at.ua
e-mail: vasarthumor@mail.ua
Inquiry for take part in contest you can save from "Files” category on left navigation panel: http://vasarthumor.at.ua/load.

Awarded cartoonists in the 41st World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2013, Rep. Macedonia

The decision of the International Jury of the 41st World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2013, consists of:
Leng MU, China - cartoonist and director of www.googlm.com Museum of Cartoons
Liza DONNELLY, USA - NewYorker cartoonist
Petar PISMESTROVIC, Austria - cartoonist
Erdogan BASOL, Turkey - cartoonist
Mice JANKULOVSKI, Macedonia - cartoonist and representative of OSTEN.
Awarded Cartoonists:
FIRST AWARD for CARTOON: Yuri KOSOBUKIN, Ukraine
FIRST AWARD for SATIRIC DRAWING: Mehmet ARSLAN, Turkey
FIRST AWARD for COMICS/STRIP: Saeed SADEGHI, Iran
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rodrigo de Lira MINEU ROCHA, Brazil
Nikola LISTES, Croatia
Zoran PETROVIC, Germany
Alireza PAKDEL, Iran
Alireza ZAKERI, Iran
Mahmood AZADNIA, Iran
Pavel HAFIZOV, Latvia
Blaze DOKULESKI, Macedonia
Pavel CONSTANTIN, Romania
Toso BORKOVIC, Serbia
Mehmet KAHRAMAN, Turkey.
Attached is the list of the cartoonists that will be represented in the catalog with the reproduction of their works. Awarded cartoonists and those with the reproduction in the catalog will receive the copy of the catalog of the 41.World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2013 (free of charge) on the post addresses they have provided in the application form.
The official announcement of the awards and the exhibition of the selected works will take place on 30th May 2013 at 20.20 h at OSTEN Gallery.

17th International Salon of Antiwar Cartoon, Kragujevac 2013, Serbia

Salon antiratne karikature KRAGUJEVAC 2013 Salon of antiwar cartoon, Serbia
In memory of the severe crime that happened in Kragujevac in 1941, 72 years ago, when the German occupying forces executed several hundreds of innocent civilians in just one day, also sincerely wishing something like that never and nowhere to happen again, and that peace may prevail in the world
The City of Kragujevac a n n o u n c e s
THE 17th INTERNATIONAL SALON OF ANTIWAR CARTOON CONTEST «KRAGUJEVAC 2013»
The International jury will make a selection out of submitted cartoons which is to be exhibited and published in the Salon’s catalog. Besides, the following prices are to be awarded:
The Grand Prix «The Peace Messanger» prize and 1.500 euros is to be awarded by the International Association of Peace Messanger Cities
The Gold Plague prize and 1.000 euros
The Silver Plague prize and 800 euros
The Bronze Plague prize and 500 euros
The Mayor of Bydgoszcz (Poland) Award, amounts 750 euros
The City of Ingolstadt (Germany) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Suresnes (France) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Pitesti (Romania) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Carrara (Italy) Award, amounts 500 euros
THE PRIZE FUND IS 7.050 EUROS IN TOTAL.
The Jury might additionally award several diplomas to close contenders.
Cartoonists and fine artists from all over the world have the right to participate. They should submit at most three (3) original cartoons, which have not been awarded by any other international competition, on the subjects of antiwar as well as solidarity between people and nations. Digital prints will be accepted only if they are signed by the artist. The artworks should be utmost A4-A3 formated, while art technique is at the artist’s choice. On the back of the artwork there should be written data on the artist (such as: name, surname, address, phone/fax, e-mail).
The submission deadline is September 13, 2013.
The jury session is to be held on September 13-14, 2013.
The cartoons are to be sent to the following address:
SALON ANTIRATNE KARIKATURE
Trg Slobode 3
34000 Kragujevac
Serbia
Submitted artworks are not to be returned, and the Salon keeps the right to use them without any restitution.
NOTE:
So far the 16th International Antiwar Cartoon Salon «Kragujevac 2011» had great international promotion and afirmation. On the occasion of the award ceremony the prizes were handed over and the exhibition was opened in Kragujevac.
Afterwards, the 16th Salon exhibition was launched in Pitesti, Romania, on the of Day of the Romanian Statehood. Later, it was part of the International festival «The World is Colourfull» held in Ingostadt, Germany, and then it was presented in the European Commission headquaters Charlemagne building to over 500 begginning civil-service employees from more than 58 countries.
Upon the International Day of Peace on September 21, the show was on in Plonsk, previously it was in Wielun, and this Polish tour ended in Oswiecim (Auschwitz).
The selected works of the 16th Salon also were on display in New Haven, USA, which is the presiding of the International Association of the Peace Messanger Cities (IAPMC), the association that is the main patron of the Salon awarding the Grand Prix «The Pease Messanger». When back from the USA, the exhibition is going to be shown in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Salon's exhibition has been invited to be the side programe at the IAPMC General Assembly session in Messolonghi, Greece, this October.
The 17th Salon's exhibition is going to be open in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland, on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remmembrance Day in January 2014.
Director
of the Salon of antiwar cartoon
Miodrag Stojilovic
Tel.\fax: +381 34 336 123
E-mail: mstojilovic47@gmail.com
www.antiwar.kragujevac.rs
Source: http://cartooncenter.net/.

5th P. C. Rath Memorial International Web Cartoon Contest 2013 - Bolangir, India

5th P.C. RATH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON CONTEST 2013 - BOLANGIR, INDIA
In remembrance of the Eminent Historian Late P.C. Rath, P.C. Rath Memorial Trust invites cartoons from both professional and amateur cartoonists of the world.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST
Rules:
1. THEME: FARMER’S AGONY
2. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ENTRIES: One (Any technique: Black & white; Colour; Digital)
3. ABOUT THE CARTOON:
A) Only one unpublished Cartoon is to be sent as e-mail attachment. (Don't send previously awarded cartoon)
B) The Entry Form (only in MSWord- doc format) must accompany the cartoon as attached mail (See Entry form below)
C) Size: 21 x 30 cm (A-4)
D) Cartoon should be in JPG format (strictly 100dpi) (Maximum 1MB).
E) The committee may ask the cartoonist to provide the signed original/sketch (In case of digital art works) after their selection for exhibition/diploma.
4. E-MAIL: pcrcon5@yahoo.com (Write Full Name and Complete Postal Address in CAPITAL LETTERS in the email accompanying the cartoon)
WEB SITE: http://www.aswiniabani.com
5. DEADLINE: 5th June 2013
6. THE PRIZES:
There will be 07 prizes (First, Second, Third, Special mention-2 and Honourable mention-2). All the prize winners will be awarded with a Diploma Certificate and a CD album of selected cartoons.
7. RESULT AND EXHIBITION:
A) Result of the contest is likely to be declared in the last week of June 2013 and selected cartoons will be exhibited in the website: http://www.aswiniabani.com
B) The Diploma certificates and CD albums for all the winners will be sent by post after the function.
C) The exhibitions will be organized from June onwards in various places.
8. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZER:
A) Once sent, the works belong to the organizing committee. It can be published, distributed or used for promotional purpose in future.
B) Cartoons should be downloadable and clear. Committee would not be responsible in situations like net-failure, undownloadable cartoon etc. It is therefore advised to keep the file small.
C) Plagiarism, if detected, the entry will be summarily rejected or even the diploma would be withdrawn, if awarded.
D) In case of a dispute, decision of the Committee would be final. The committee reserves all rights to cancel or modify any of the rules/conditions.
Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
Convener Jury: Aswini and Abani.

5th P.C.RATH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON CONTEST-2013
ENTRY FORM
(Must be sent in .doc format)
PHOTO

NAME :

ADDRESS:

EMAIL:

WEBSITE:

TELEPHONE:

CV(SHORT):

My entry is original and unpublished. I accept all the terms and conditions of the contest.

SIGNATURE

Winners in the 6th International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden 2013

Theme: "The Egg"
WINNERS:
1st Prize: Robert Rousso (Top)
2nd Prize: Andrei Popov
3rd Prize: Valeriu Kurtu.
Honorable Mentions:
Luc Vernimmen
Alessandro Gatto
Nikola Lites
Mohamed Reza Babaei.
See all prize-winning cartoons here.

9th International Comics and Cartoon Festival: Ninth Art 2013, Kosovo

COMPETITION FOR THE 9. INTERNATIONAL COMICS AND CARTOON FESTİVAL “NINTH ART 2013”, KOSOVO
- The Kosovo Comic Book Artists Association "Xhennet Comics" is organizing the 9th Internacional Festival of Comics and Cartoons.
- The Festival will be held from 7 until 10 September 2013 on the Gallery "Hamam" in Prizren, KOSOVO.
- The Festival is not going to be competitive; however 15 foreign and 10 Kosovar artists will be elected from the jury to have the expenses of travel and hotel accommodation covered for 3 days.
- All the participants of the festival will be delivered with the Catalogue, T-shirts with Festival logo, and the Certificate of Gratitude. Those absent will receive the catalogue via e-mail, PDF file or they can download from the official web site of the association.
- The Festival of Comics and Cartoons is held every year in Prizren, Republic of Kosova, organized from the Kosovo Comic Book Artists Association "Xhennet Comics".
- The festival is open for every artist, professional or amateur, from all around the world.
Participating Conditions:
1. The genre and topic are free, whether for Comics or Cartoons.
2. The Works may be done from one or more artists.
3. The works can be posted to us or they can send through e-maıl which has to have a good scan at least 300 dpi. The Participant can send his/her work through e-mail - a good scan with minimum 300 dpi.
4. Comics and Cartoons should be from 1 to 6 pages (A3 or A4 format).
5. The language of texts is free to all of the world's languages (preferable in English).
6. Required details to be sent with the works are: Name, Surname, A short biography, Country, Address, E-mail, and A Photo. (Attention: without of these informations the works will not be taken to consideration).
7. The Deadline is 10 August 2013.
The Address for sending the works is:
Kosovar Comic Book Artist's Association "XhennetCommics"
str. Xhemil Doda nr. 3/a
20000 Prizren
Republic of Kosovo
Cell: +37744288791
E-mail: ganisunduri @hotmail.com
E-mail: xhennetcomics@gmail.com
More info on www.xhennetcomics.blogspot.com.

20th International Exhibition of the Arts of Humor, University of Alcalá 2013, Spain

The Quevedo Institute of Humor of the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá announces the 20th International Exhibition of the Arts of Humor. The title for this edition will be “OTROS TRABAJOS, OTRAS ECONOMÍAS (JOBrobados)” = (“OTHER JOBS, OTHER ECONOMIES”).
The economic situation in many countries is creating new levels of precariousness reflected in the temporary hiring, corruption, bad work conditions, abuse of the internships, underground economy ...
The 20th International Exhibition of the Arts of Humor IS NOT a competitive contest.
The exhibition will be divided in four sections: Graphic humor, video and animation, audio and literary humor.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. All the persons older than 18 can take part in one or several sections of the exhibition.
2. The deadline for sending the works is June 28th 2013. Works can be sent via email to miah@iqh.es and via mail to:
Instituto Quevedo del Humor - FGUA
XX MUESTRA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS ARTES DEL HUMOR
Calle Nueva 4, 28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). España.
3. There will be a Selection Committee per each section. Those committees will make a selection of the works that will be displayed in the 20th International Exhibition of the Arts of Humor that will be organized in the last months of 2013. The organization will contact the authors with works to be displayed, and a list of the selected work will be published in the website of the exhibition.
4. The authors with works selected for the exhibition will receive a copy of the catalogue that will be edited for the 20th International Exhibition of the Arts of Humor.
5. The works selected will be part of the documentary collection of the Quevedo Institute of Humor.
6. When sending their works, the authors are giving the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá the authorization of reproducing, and spreading their works. That reproduction and/or spreading must be done always making a reference to the author’s name and its objective must be related to the content of the exhibition, with no obligation generated regarding the authorship of the work.
7. The organization reserves the right of not displaying those works that could violate individual or collective rights.
8. The participants will be responsible before any claim on the authorship of the works. The organization will not be responsible before any claim made by a third party upon the violation of intellectual rights or property of the works.
9. The participation in the Exhibition implies the acceptance of these general requirements and the renounce to any legal claim. The authors will be the sole responsible of their works.
GRAPHIC HUMOR
1. The authors can send a work related to the topic “Otros trabajos, otras economías” (Other jobs, other economies). The works can be made as cartoon, comic strip or caricature. The authors must send the filled formulary attached to these requirements. That formulary can also be found online here. The organization reserves the right to invite those authors that the organization members agree to consider important for the exhibition.
2. The works must be original and must be signed. They can be made with any technique and in any format, with maximum dimensions of A3 (297x420 mm). For digital works, they must be made in formats JPG or TIFF with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, and they must be sent to miah@iqh.es. If the authors want their works to be returned, they must write the word “DEVOLUCIÓN” (Return) in the back part of the original.
VIDEO AND ANIMATION
1. A video or animation must be sent related to the topic “Otros trabajos, otras economías” (Other jobs, other economies). Works can be made in any cinematographic or digital format. The authors must send the filled formulary attached to these requirements. That formulary can also be found online here.
2. The works can be made in any language, but they must have subtitles in Spanish if that is not the language of the original work.
3. The maximum duration of the works will be 3 minutes.
4. The works can be sent in any digital format (AVI or MP4 recommended), stored in digital format and, if they are CDs or DVDs, they must be sent with a case with the title and the work and the name(s) of the author(s).
5. The works can also be sent via FTP. A formulary must be sent via online or via email to miah@iqh.es, requesting the passwords for accessing that FTP to send the work.
6. The authors sending the works will be responsible for the intellectual property rights of the music, voices and effects included. They will be responsible in the event that there is any claim made by other authors, interpreters or intellectual property rights managements associations.
AUDIO
1. An audio file must be sent related to the topic “Otros trabajos, otras economías” (Other jobs, other economies). The authors must send the filled formulary attached to these requirements. That formulary can also be found online here.
2. The works can only be made in Spanish.
3. The maximum duration of the works will be 90 seconds.
4. The works can be sent in any digital format (MP3 recommended), stored in digital format and, if they are CDs or DVDs, they must be sent with a case with the title and the work and the name(s) of the author(s).
5. The works can also be sent via FTP. A formulary must be sent via online or via email to miah@iqh.es, requesting the passwords for accessing that FTP to send the work.
6. The authors sending the works will be responsible for the intellectual property rights of the music, voices and effects included. They will be responsible in the event that there is any claim made by other authors, interpreters or intellectual property rights managements associations.
LITERARY HUMOR
1. A humoristic text must be sent related to the topic “Otros trabajos, otras economías” (Other jobs, other economies). The authors must send the filled formulary attached to these requirements. That formulary can also be found online here.
2. The works can only be made in Spanish.
3. The works must have a minimum of 40 words and a maximum of 100 words.
4. The works can be made in any text format (DOC or DOCX recommended). The works can be sent via online, via email to miah@iqh.es or can be sent via mail, stored in a digital format with the name of the work and of the author(s).
Source: humorgrafico.

Results 13th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition 2013

The jury of the 13th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition, composed of Rod Macdonell, Shawn McCarty and Bado, met last month to choose the winners. Their picks were announced today at the World Press Freedom Day Luncheon at the Ottawa Congress Centre.

The theme: Hard times and free speech
When journalists and cartoonist face economic uncertainty or threats to their employment, there is great pressure to give up on tackling tough stories, give in to self-censorship or give attention to sensationalist journalism in the service of commercial sustainability. But can free speech survive hard times?

WINNERS:
Grand Prize: Leslie Ricciardi (Uruguay)
Second Prize: Dale Cummings (Canada) (Top)

Third Prize: Peter Chmela (Slovakia)

Awards of Excellence:
Pierre Berthiaume (Canada)
Roger Tweedt (France)
Simone Orlandini (Italy)
Oleg Loktyev (Russia)

Faruk Soyarat (Turkey)
Hessam Dadkhah (Iran)
Kap (Spain)
Karry (Peru)
Stefano Antonucci (Italy)
Marc Pageau (Canada).
See all prize-winning cartoons here.