Rules of 12th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2013 (by E-mail), China

1,Sections/Themes:
1) Cartoon:
(A) Mobile Internet; (B) Air Pollution; (C) No Smoking; (D) Free Theme
2) Caricature:
(A) Famous President; (B) Sports Star; (C) Entertainment Star; (D) Business Star
2,Deadline:
January 30, 2014(Chinese New Year's eve)
3,Entries:
1) Size: Min:A4 (210 mm x 297 mm), Max: A3 (297 mm x 420 mm).
2) Quantity: Unlimited .
3) Please send digital original drawings to this contest. Black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted.
4) Participants are requested to send together with their cartoons, an entry-form with digital signature, a photograph or caricature. The form can be downloaded at FreeCartoonsWeb.
5) Titles or entry-form must be filled out in understandable English or Chinese.
6) All cartoonists can participate in festival through your own E-mail by submitting your cartoons to: freecartoons@126.com .
Format: JPEG Size:max.4M per cartoon Resolution ratio: 200 dpi - 300 dpi.
7) The excellent cartoons will be published in Chinese newspaper and magazine.Some cartoons will be exhibited in China.All cartoons will not be returned.
4,Prize:
1) Cartoon:
Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue;
Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue.
2) Caricature:
Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue;
Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue.
5,Contact:
URL: http://www.fcwfcw.com , http://www.fcw.cn
E-mail: freecartoons@126.com (Only for Festival)
Tel: 0086-13818006180
Source: http://fcwfcw.com/Diary.asp?ID=694 .

Don Quichotte new @-exhibition theme: Illegal Immigration

DON QUICHOTTE NEW @-EXHIBITION THEME: "ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION"
Every year, "journey of hope"of thousands of people which is held by highway or seaway, has not always a happy end. Despite measures against this illegal way of immigration, millions of people are dying during this "death ride". Especially, to arrive to the destination is a big luck for the people who prefer seaway. The bad conditions of the weather and unsafe boats are the main reasons of this tragedy. Illegal immigration is not only achieved by seaway, but also there are immigrations which are held by highway. Unfortunately, many of these are ending with tragedy. Moreover, African countries are demanding illegal immigration more than other countries.
It should be noted that there's an international annuity which is nourished from the people with the dream of a life with higher standards of living, who die tragically. Rising unemployment due to the global economic crisis triggered immigration of cheap and illegal workers. In Italy we have experienced the biggest tragedy, is a kind of survive from underdeveloped countries to developed countries. Just in a boat, the number of deaths was over 350.
We want to get under the spotlight their unsafe journeys from their own countries to other countries, the illegal gangs which left them with danger of death, expulsion reasons of the referencing country for asylum. Our goal is to attract attention of world public opinion to this everlasting tragedy, to contribute with a touch of art.
At the end of the exhibition the most successful 3 cartoons will be awarded with "Don Quichotte" medal. In addition 10 other cartoons will be given "certificate of Don Quichotte" as a reward.
Deadline: 28 February 2014
e-mail: info@donquichotte.org .
Source: www.donquichotte.org .

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

THE RESULTS OF 6TH INTERNATIONAL "SMILING CAT" CARTOON WEB CONTEST 2013
Theme: Shadow
First "Smiling Cat" prize: Sergei Semendyaev - Ukraine (Top)
Second "Smiling Cat" prize: Marian Avramescu - Romania
Third "Smiling Cat" prize: Antonio Santos - Portugal
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Darko Drijevic - Montenegro
Abdul Syukur - Indonesia
Ivailo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria
Sava Babic - Serbia
Jacek Frackiewicz - Poland
Sunnerberg Constantin - Belgium
Sergei Tunin - Russia
Ciosu Constantin - Romania.
YOUNG "SMILING CAT" PRIZE:
Maya Khalil - Syria
Xiaorui Wang - China
Cranberry cartoon club - Russia.
See all prize-winning cartoons on source.

First international cartoon contest MAIDAN 2014, Ukraine

First international cartoon contest MAIDAN 2014, Ukraine
Rules of contest
1. Organizers
The organizers of First international cartoon contest MAIDAN are the newspaper "Gazeta po-ukrainski", the magazine "Kraina" and the website Gazeta.ua
2. Participation
All persons can participate in this international contest, regardless of nationality, age, gender or profession. Participants are agree to the terms and conditions and the decisions of the international jury.
3. Theme
Maidan (revolutionary square)
Who holds the power - the powers that be or the people? There have been cases in history when people had have to prove their power on the town squares. For instance, the popular assemblies (Viche) in the medieval cities Novgorod and Kyiv had gathered on the squares near the St. Sophia Church. There was a sign "Now we dance here" at the Place de la Bastille in Paris on the place of fortress ruined by the revolutionaries. Nowadays, people stand up for their rights on the town squares. Widely known places of the mass people actions are Tahrir Square in Cairo, Taksim Square in Istanbul, Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Independence Square (Maidan) in Kyiv.
4. Entries
No more than 5 entries per person, black and white or colour. The cartoons must not contain text. Drawings can also be made digitally. Minimum size: 500 KB, maximum size: 3 MB. Format: A4, JPG. Please, send your full name, phone, post address and e-mail together with cartoons in attachment.
5. Deadline: 30.05.2014
6. Address
Please, send your cartoons by e-mail: maidan@gpu.ua
7. Prizes
First prize - $1,000
Second Prize - $500
Third Prize - $300
Five special awards.
8. International jury
Volodimir Ruban - Editor in chief of newspaper "Gazeta po-ukrainski" and magazine "Kraina", Ukraine;
Odile Conseil - Associate Editor of magazine Courrier International, France;
Cau Gomez - cartoonist, Brasil;
Dmitro Skajenik - cartoonist, Ukraine;
Marilena Nardi - cartoonist, Italy;
Ivailo Tsvetkov - cartoonist, Bulgaria;
Oleg Dergachov - cartoonist, Canada;
Eray Őzbek - cartoonist, Turkey;
Vladimir Kazanevsky - cartoonist, Ukraine.
9. The organizers reserve the right to publish the work submitted to the contest as an advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to the author. All rights reserved by the authors of cartoons.
For further information please contact us: kazanevsky@gmail.com
Dear artists, we are waiting for your works – as always witty, original, reflecting the author's independent ideas.
Source: raedcartoon.com .

Oburmizah cartoon website, Turkey

Saskia Gheysens, European Cartoon Center, Belgium

Final Results Correction: 2nd International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2013, México

Fawzy Morsy, Egypt

16th PortoCartoon World Festival 2014, Portugal

Dear Cartoonist,
The water is a key to life on the planet: Living Water / Living Earth!
This is the theme of the 16th PortoCartoon-World Festival 2014.
Ecology, environmental protection, biodiversity are concepts that do not dispense the water as a central element. When we talk about water, we speak of a common heritage of mankind.
Water is becoming not only scarce, as well as the target of a global wave of privatization. All over the world, many countries are losing supremacy over the water.
Water - 'the blue gold' of the 21st century - is no more than merchandise on the logic of the multinationals.
The dangers are on the agenda. Many researchers and movements of active citizenship have launched the alert. All very little. The Humor ALERT is missing.
PortoCartoon 2014 also presents two special Caricature awards:
Caricature Award Nelson Mandela and Caricature Award Álvaro Siza Vieira.
One to distinguish the role of Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and the first black leader to assume the presidency of South Africa (1994-1999), after more than 25 years in prison under the apartheid regime.
The other is to celebrate the work of one of the most famous architect of our times. Álvaro Siza Vieira won more than thirty international awards, including the Pritzker Prize / Chicago (considered the "Nobel of architecture').
We will be looking forward to receiving your most appreciated participation, with our best wishes for a 2014 full of humour,
Luís Humberto Marcos
Director
Contacts:
PortoCartoon-World Festival
Portuguese Printing Press Museum
Estrada Nacional 108, nº 206
4300- 316 Porto
Portugal
Tel: +351 22 530 49 66
Fax: +351 22 530 10 71
portocartoon@museudaimprensa.pt
www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org
General Rules & Regulations in PDF.

Cristian Topan, Romania

Alexander Dubovsky, Ukraine