20th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of Beer: Golden Keg 2014

THE BEER GALLERY in Prešov and ŠARIŠ GALLERY in Prešov, announce the 20th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of BEER: GOLDEN KEG 2014, Slovakia
On Tuesday, 1st April 2014, an exhibition of the best
competing works, a festive announcement of the results and the handing of prizes to the most successful authors of the 20th competition in accordance with the Jury´s decision will take place as follows:
GRAND PRIZE (Grand Prix) Golden Keg and 500 €
1st Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and 200 €
2nd Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and 150 €
3rd Prize Small Golden KEG and 100 €
The Competition Jury reserves the right not to grant any of the prizes or to grant other special prizes.
The organisers will accept for the competition all works that will be delivered at the address of the Šarišská gallery in Prešov by 24th February 2014.
The organisers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to re-install the exhibition, while each competitor will receive a competition catalogue.
Competition rules:
1. Each author can send at maximum five original works, including graphic techniques.
2. The competition is open to anybody and everybody, and it is not restricted in terms of artistic design methods.
3. The formats of the works should not exceed the A4 dimensions.
4. The competition is non-anonymous. Each work should be signed on the reverse and bear the author´s full address.
5. The rewarded works will become property of the BEER GALLERY in Prešov.
6. Send your works at the address:
ŠARIŠSKÁ GALÉRIA
(p. Fedor VICO)
ul. Hlavná 51
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia
Please clearly mark the envelope with the word „PIVO“.
e-mail: fedorvico@gmail.com.
Complete Rules in PDF.

12th International Cartoon Contest Karpik 2014, Niemodlin - Poland

XIIth INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST “KARPIK 2014” NIEMODLIN - POLAND
Competition rules
THE DRAWINGS MUST BE SENT IN ORYGINAL VERSIONS AND A CD COPY IN GOOD RESOLUTION MUST BE ATTACHED.
MAX.2 WORKS.
THE FORMATS OF THE WORKS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE A-4.
EACH WORK SHOULD BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE AND BEAR THE AUTHOR’S FULL ADDRESS.
THEME: “FISH, FISHERMEN, FISHING, ANGLERS”.
THE FOLLOWING PRIZES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED:
 Grand Prix 2500 PLN
Three equal of 1000 PLN.
THE WORKS MUST ARRIVE BY 30 SEPTEMBER 2014!
THE ORGANISER MAY AWARD ADDITIONAL PRIZES.
AFTER THE EXPOSITION, ILLUSTRATIONS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF ORGANIZER AND MAY BE USED FOR PROMOTION PURPOSES END EXHIBITION.
THE WINNERS AS WELL AS CARTOONISTS QUALIFIELD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POST-COMPETITION EXHIBITION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FREE COPY OF A CATALOGUE PUBLISHED BY ORGANIZERS.
SEND YOUR WORK AT THE ADDRESS:

OŚRODEK KULTURY
(KARPIK 2014)
UL. MIKOŁAJA REJA 1
49-100 NIEMODLIN
WOJ. OPOLSKIE
POLAND

Source: http://www.spak.art.pl/?p=2090.

Results Humor a Gallarate 2013 with theme "Devil", Italy

The winners of Humor a Gallarate 2013, Italy
Theme: Devil
Grand Prix Marco Biassoni: Sergio Tessarolo (Italy)
First prize graphics section: Andrei Popov (Russia)
Special Jury Prize graphics section: Giovanni Curi (Italy)
Mentions graphics section: Margherita Allegri (Italy), Paolo Dalponte (Italy),
Elena Ospina (Colombia), Hicabi Demirci (Turkey) (See below), Mihai Ignat (Romania).
First prize section satire: Doru Axinte (Romania) (See top)
Special Jury Prize section satire: Alessandro Gatto (Italy)
Mentions section satire: Marco D'Agostino (Italy), Marco Marilungo (Italy),
Pavel Constantin (Romania), Oleksy Kustovsky (Ukraine), Julio Angel Carrion Cueva (Peru)
First prize caricature section: Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
Special Jury Prize caricature section: Emanuele Benetti (Italy)
Mentions section caricature: Mariagrazia Quaranta (Italy), Mario Magnatti (Italy),
Fernando Resendiz Mendoza (Mexic), Juan Camilo Lopera Arroyave (Colombia), Raul Iglesias Blanco (Spain).
See all prize-winning cartoons here.

Results International Cartoon Contest URZICENI 2013, Romania

Results of International Cartoon Contest URZICENI 2013, Romania
Theme 1. RICH MAN - POOR MAN
Theme 2. FREE
The WINNERS
1. FIRST PRIZE (ex-aequo): PETRISAN, Romania (500 $)
and Bozidar STEFANOVIC, Bosnia Herzegovina (500 $)
2. SECOND PRIZE: Chaiporth PANICHRUTIWONG, Thailand (500 $)
3. THIRD PRIZE: Omer CAM, Turkey (400 $)
Special PRIZES:
1. Pavel BOTEZATU, Romania
2. Hule HANUSIC, Austria
3. Constantin SUNNERBERG, Belgium
4. Li JINGSHAN, China
5. Vladimir KAZANEVSKY, Ukraine
6. Nikola OTAS, Serbia
7. Darko DRLIJEVIC, Montenegro
8. Constantin PAVEL, Romania
9. Slobodan BUTIR, Croatia
10. Vaso KRCMAR, Serbia
Theme 3: PORTRAIT / Romanian sportsman:
1. Special prize: Ivailo TSVETKOV, Bulgaria
2. Special prize: Aquil RASTEGARI, Iran
3. Special prize: Iulian LALU, Romania
4. Special prize: Kresimir KVESTER, Croatia.
(Cash prizes from PORTRAIT section were CANCELED, for low participation.)
JURY Members:
Julian PENA-PAI, Romania - President
Jugoslav VLAHOVIC, Serbia - member
Cristi VECERDEA-CRIV, Romania - member
Liviu STANILA, Romania - member
Nicu PETRACHE, Romania - member/organisator.
More on http://bestcartoons.smugmug.com/.

Pantomim on Paper: Cartoon Exhibition by Kambiz Derambakhsh in Tehran, Iran

International exhibition "Apaguemos el Maltrato" is on from 25 November in Spain

The International exhibition themed "Apaguemos el Maltrato" (Extinguish Violence Against Women) is opened in 25th November 2013 in Madrid where is the capital of Spain with the participation of 24 prestigious artists from 21 countries and aims to raise awareness of abuse against women. In the afternoon, it was presented in Alcorcón, the first of the 12 towns that will hold the exhibition by the hand of the Women’s Institute of Madrid.

The exhibition after Madrid Royal Mail House will be placed at headquarters at the Women Institute of Madrid for a year. During the same period, it will be exhibited in Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Boadilla del Monte, Getafe, Las Rozas, Móstoles, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Soto del Real, Torrejón, Tres Cantos and Valdemoro.
The two cartoons by Menekşe ÇAM take place in the exhibition to represent Turkey.
The all participating artists;
Angel Boligán (Mexico), Pablo Blasberg (Argentina), Menekse Cam (Turkey), Darío Castillejos (Mexico), Doaa Eladl (Egypt), Alex Falco (Cuba), Ares (Cuba), Riber Hansson (Sweden), Adán Iglesias (Cuba), Doddy Iswahyudi (Indonesia), Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine), Pawel Kuczynski (Poland), Yu Liang (China), Marc Lynch (Australia), Marilena Nardi (Italy), Miel (Singapore), Enio Navarro (Spain), Victor Ndula (Kenya), Vilma Vargas (Ecuador), Elena Ospina (Colombia), Tsocho Peev (Bulgaria), Andrei Popov (Russia), Kianoush Ramezani (Iran), Ann Telnaes (USA).
The cartoons in the exhibition were collected in an album will be sent to the participating artists.
(Also on Facebook).

Winners in 2nd International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2013, Mexico

Theme: Migration
519 participants from 68 cuntries sent in 1043 drawings.
WINNERS
First Prize: Wissam Asaad - Syria (Top)

Second Prize: Mohammadreza Babaei – Iran (Above)
Third Prize: Darío Castillejos - Mexico
Honourable Mentions:
Mihai Ignat – Romania
Hasan Ali Ismail – Syria
Bahman Jalali Nokandeh – Iran
Mete Agaoglu – Turkey
Michel Moro Gomez – Cuba
Musa Gumus – Turkey
Bobisa – Serbia
Norbert Van Yperzeele – Belgium
Viktor Manuel Barrera – Colombia
Rainer Ehrt – Germany.
All winning cartoons here.

Paolo Dalponte: Esposizione di disegni "Caffè?"

Studio d'Arte Andromeda via Malpaga 17 Trento, Italy.
December 7, Saturday, 18:00.

International 7-77 Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

The 19th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 18th to 20th, 2014 during the 85th Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year on the 23rd April .
The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 20th International Ankara Cartoon Festival. The aim of the competition is to make children familiar with the art of cartooning and to contribute the development of sensitivity towards humour by enriching their world with the help of cartoons you will draw.
All proffessional and amateur cartoonists will be welcomed to  join in by drawing cartoons for children.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original  cartoon that can be understood by children.
Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 1st, 2014. Cartoons should be sent to the  following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA/ TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE (1000 €) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2014 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 18th  to 20th, 2014 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 20th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those  competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.

6th International "Smiling Cat" Cartoon Web Contest 2013, Azerbaijan

6th International "Smiling Cat" Cartoon Web Contest 2013
REGULATIONS
Contest: Open to all cartoonists
THEME: Shadow
Deadline: 20 December 2013
ENTRIES: Max. 2 cartoons
TECHNICAL INFO:
A4 size max. 100 dpi, format (JPEG).
Max one entry in each section: black & white or colored,
any style, any technique will be accepted.
Name, address, tel and e-mail.
At the end of competition there will be an exhibition
on internet from the selected cartoons.
The participant must send their photo along with their autobiography.
All cartoonists can participate through their own e-mail
by submitting your cartoons to: smiling.cat2013@gmail.com
PRIZES:
First Smiling Cat prize: Diploma
Second Smiling Cat prize: Diploma
Third Smiling Cat prize: Diploma
Honourable mentions: 5 (certificate).
The results will be on http://www.cartooncenter.net on 30 December, 2013,
right after the international juries' evaluation.
Organizer: Seyran Caferli
Address: Az 1000, Post BOX N0 1, Baku-Azerbaijan.
E-mail: cartooncenter@gmail.com
Web: http://cartooncenter.net.
(Source).

Prize-winners in National Liberty Museum's Caretoons Contest 2013, U.S.A.

Theme: Building Bridges
WINNERS
Annie Briglia (Student National)
Mark Mattson (Adult National)
Menekşe Çam - Turkey (Adult International) (Top)
More info here.