BuzziNews international cartoon competition - Israel

Hello,

I would like to invite you to take part in the new International Comics & Cartoons community, BuzziNews. People from over 74 countries and 384 cities have taken part in the rapidly expending BuzziNews family.
The vision of the BuzziNews portal is to convey a positive outlook on current world, business, sports and entertainment events in a language that’s understandable to e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e – comics and caricatures. BuzziNews is a business with clear social objectives: 25% of the portal's revenues will be awarded to the illustrators who contribute their time and talent to the portal, and 50% of the portal's net profits will be donated to charity.
BuzziNews has initiated the "Good Word" worldwide comics illustration project. We invite you to say a good word through illustration about all the positive things that surround you or choose a less-traveled road and find the positive side of something that upsets you, a singer with a failed album, a disappointing team or coach, an irritating company, a business rival.
To register as a member at the BuzziNews website: http://www.buzzinews.net/members_only.asp?send_illus=1

For more information about the "good word" competition: http://www.buzzionline.net/

The last date for submitting entries is February 28, 2008

If you have any question or comment please don't hesitate to contact me
Liat Halperin,
Community Manager
BuzziNews
+972-77-785-5568

liat@buzzionline.net

9th Festival Strumica - Macedonia

IX International Festival of Aphorism and Caricature – Strumica / Macedonia 2008
Theme:CARNIVAL- EROTICA
APHORISM:

• In this category each author can participate with a work, consisting of up to 15 aphorisms, printed in three copies, completed with code and particulars of the author, set in a sealed envelope.

• Authors are allowed to participate even with more works, as group of 15 aphorisms, each with a particular code.
CARICATURE:

• In this category the author can send up to three caricatures, own choice of technique, max. dimensions 30 x 40 cm.

• Each caricature to be completed with author’s particulars - on its back side.
DEADLINE:

• The due date for works to be sent is February 17, 2008.
AWARDS:

• The Organizer will reward three main prizes, having the right to decide about some additional prizes.
ADDRESS:

• The works should be addressed to:
National Institution - Culture Centre “Anton Panov”2400 Strumica R. MACEDONIA
with note: For the Competition of aphorism and caricature
COPYRIGHTS:

• Both categories of received works will stay in the property of the author and of the Organizer, who reserves the rights of its public presentation, catalogue preparation or other publication.
JURY AND PRESENTATION:

• The works received in due date, will be reviewed and estimated by a competent jury.

• The exhibition and the reward ceremony will be organized on March 10, 2008.

CONTACTS:

• tel. +389 34 322182 (Correspondence in English: Sofija Dzibulova)

• e-mail: trimerotikon@yahoo.com

(Source: http://www.googlm.com/contests/08/0217.html)

Golden Keg 2008 - Slovakia

14th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of BEER
GOLDEN KEG 2008
On Tuesday, 1st April 2008, 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 14th competition in accordance with the Jury’s decision will take place as follows:
GRAND PRIZE (Grand Prix) Golden Keg and Sk 14,000
1st Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and Sk 5,000
2nd Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and Sk 4,000
3rd Prize Small Golden KEG and Sk 3,000
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 18th February 2008, when the Competition Jury is meeting.
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 Presov.
6. Send your works at the address:
Šarišská Galéria (p. Fedor VICO) ul. Hlavná 51, 08001 Prešov SLOVAKIA.
Please clearly mark the envelope with the word "PIVO".
Contact: Ivan Hanousek, vicepresident Czech Union of Cartoonists ivan.hanousek@dreamworx.cz
WEB: http://www.sgpresov.sk/

International Contest Vianden 2008 - Luxembourg

International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon Vianden 2008
Les Amis Château de Vianden a.s.b.l. and the Museum of the Caricature of Vianden are pleased to announce their 1st INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN
1. Subject: THE LIFE AT THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE
2. Deadline: 20th March 2008
3. Prizes:
1st prize: 2000 €
2nd prize: 1500 €
3rd prize: 1000 €
Four mentions: honorable diplomas
Public prize: 500 €
4. Entries:
- Initially each participant can send at most 3 works in digital form via Internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu The author must indicate in his e-mail the following informations: his first name, name, complete address, e-mail address, his phone number and the title of each work. The characteristics of these electronic sendings are as follows: format JPEG, good quality and max. 500 KB per picture .
- Out of these sendings by e-mail the jury will make a selection of 120 drawings and will request from the authors of these works the sending by mail of the originals for the choice of the prizes and the publication in the catalogue. All these 120 originals will be shown in the exhibition. Their size will be between DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm) and DIN A3 (297 x 420 mm), the paper of good quality, not folded and without a passe-partout. On the back side of every work must be clearly mentioned the first name, the name, the complete address, the e-mail address, the phone number of the author as well as the title of the work. This deadline is 10 th April 2008.
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in color, without captions.
6. Exhibition: The award ceremony will be held on 25 th April 2008 in the castle and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the knights of the Castle-palace of Vianden from 26 th April 2008 until 25 th May 2008. Then the exhibition will take place in the Museum of Caricature of Vianden until 30 th October 2008.
7. Returns: After 30 th October 2008 the originals will be returned to their authors except the works selected for one of the prizes. The awarded works will become property of the organizer.
The organizer cannot be held responsible for loss or damage during sending back.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose works will be selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail. Prize winners will get their catalogue during the handing over of the prizes.
9. Results: The publication of the results will be done on the Internet sites http://www.caricature.eu/ and http://www.castle-vianden.lu/ 26th April 2008. The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed by e-mail or by phone.
The final decisions of the jury, which will meet on the 22th March 2008, are undeniable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants allow the organizers to use their works only for promoting the author, as well as the event. All other copyright remains property of the author.
11. Address for the sending of the originals: CHATEAU DE VIANDEN P.O.B 26 L-9422 Vianden Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
12. Informations: Phone: +352 - 621283790 cartoon@caricature.eu
By taking part to this contest the participants agree to the abovementioned rules.
GOOD LUCK!

Results 29th Yomiuri Cartoon Contest - Japan

Result of the 29th Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest - Japan
Themes: Teeth / Free
The following is a list of the top prizewinners in the 29th Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest:
Grand Prize: Shinji Iwamoto, Fukuoka
Hidezo Kondo Prize: Joruju Piroshiki, Tokyo (See top)
Gold Prize, Theme Section: Ichiro Suzuki, Osaka Prefecture
Gold Prize, Free Section: Masaaki Otsuka, Tokyo
Selection Committee's Special Prizes:
Masao Shigenari, Kanagawa
Yoshiharu Tanaka, Hyogo Prefecture
Akiyoshi Sugimoto, Chiba
Hiyoshi Hama, Fukuoka

Hikmet Cerrah, Turkey (Above)
See more special prize-winning cartoons at: http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/prize/cartoon/29th/selec.htm
Excellence Prizes:
Toshiro Kimura, Tokyo
Hikoshi Takashima, Okinawa
Setsuo Usami, Saitama
Chuji Aoshima, Chiba
Yasuhide Tsuchiya, Tokyo
Hiroyuki Midorikawa, Tokyo
Kazuo Karakida, Nagano
Shinji Nakanishi, Shiga Prefecture
Lu Guohong, China
Shou Yifen, Beijing
Prudencio Miel, Singapore
Ivan Kutuzov, Sofia
Alessandro Cibelli, Rome
Martin Honeysett, Britain
Special Overseas Junior Prizes:
Cheng Linqian, Beijing
Yuan Yilin, Beijing
Michael Sichenko, Israel
Aresen Lalic, Belgrade
Uros Maksimovic, Belgrade.
See prize-winning cartoons at: http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/prize/cartoon/
(Source: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=167)

More greeting cards for 2008

More greeting cards for the new year 2008!

Thanks to all and best regards.

ERAY OZBEK

ATILA OZER

IGOR VARCHENKO

ILYA KATZ

MUAMMER OLCAY

VIACHESLAV SHILOV

IGOR VARCHENKO

TAN ORAL

New Year 2008 greeting card by Vorontsov

The most recent new year greeting card is from Mikola Vorontsov.

Best wishes Mikola!

See more at:

http://kolyaka.livejournal.com

http://kolyaka.com

Call from Donquichotte netmagazine

Dear Cartoonist..

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto murdered.

World peace is striken one more time.

Would you like to draw about it?

Erdogan Karayel

http://www.donquichotte.at/

International 7-77 Cartoon Competition - Turkey

The 14th International Ankara Cartoon Festival
The 14th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 18th to 21st, 2008 during the 79th 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 14th 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 15th, 2008.
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 ($2,000) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2008 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 18th to 21st, 2008 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 14th 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.
Top above: 2007 finalist: Miroslaw Hajnos (Poland)

See 7-77 Prize-winning cartoon by Javad Alizadeh (Iran) and all finalists in 2007 at:

http://www.7-77.org/2007final/7-77-2007result.htm

Winners of Cartoon Contest 'Flexibility at work'

Results of the Cartoon Contest 'Flexibility at work' - ACV Belgium
First prize: Norbert Van Yperzeele – Belgium (See above)
Second prize: Pol Leurs – Luxembourg
Third prize: Luc Vermeersch – Belgium
Prize of the public: Luc Vermeersch – Belgium
Honourable mention: Ross Thomson – England
Honourable mention: Santiago Corne – Brasil
See all prize-winning cartoons at:

http://www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/palmares_flexibility_ENG.htm

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008

I WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!
MANY THANKS TO CARTOONIST FRIENDS FOR THEIR WONDERFUL GREETING CARDS!

OSVALDO MACEDO DE SOUSA

VLADIMIR KAZANEVSKY

IRINA IOSIP

CAMILO TRIANA

IZEL ROZENTAL

OMAR PEREZ

The UN Ranan Lurie Cartoon Award 2007 winners

2007 Award Winners

First Place: Ahmet Aykanat / Publication: Free lance (Turkey) (See above)

Second Place: Dalcio Machado / Publication: Correio Popular (Brazil) (See above)

Third Place: Thomas Antony / Publication: Rashtra Deepika (India)

Citation for Excellence:
Panos Maragos / Publication: Ethnos (Greece)

Angel Boligan Corbo / Publication: Newspaper: El Universal (Mexico) (See above)
Zhang Bin / Publication: Guangzhou Daily (China)
Felipe Galindo / Publication: Inxart.com & International Herald Tribune (USA)
Ronaldo Cunha Dias / Publication: Jornal O Pioneiro (Brazil)
Christo Komarnitski / Publication: “Sega” Daily (Bulgaria)

Huseyin Cakmak / Publication: Yeni Duzen Sanat (Republic of Cyprus) (See above)
Clay Bennett / Publication: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)
Tom Stiglich / Publication: Journal Register Newspapers (USA)
Steven Greenberg / Publication: Ventura County Star (USA)

See more prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.lurieunaward.com/2007winners.html

Results of CARTUNION 2007: "State & Religion"

The results of the Second International Cartoon Contest - CARTUNION 2007

Theme: State and Religion

The international Jury has announced the results of the contest:

Three main Prizes were shared between Ahmet Aykanat (Turkey) (see top above), Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia) (see below), and Sergey Sichenko (Israel).

Honorable Mentions were received by Tsocho Peev (Bulgaria), Sabine Voigt (Germany) (see below), Sergey Elkin (Russia), Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia), and Vasily Alexandrov (Russia).

A Special Jury Prize was given to Alexandr Mitnyk (Germany).

(Hey! Have you burnt any interesting books lately?)

The Administration of CARTUNION thanks everybody for the wonderful art and incredible sense of humor.

See more prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=166