10th International Cartoon Contest "DEBUT" Zielona Góra 2008 - Poland

10th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST "DEBUT" Zielona Góra 2008
SUBJECT: "Crude Oil and Natural Gas"
TIMETABLE:
Announcement and publication of the Competition
February - March 2008
Deadline for receiving works
31-st May 2008
Sitting of the Jury
June 2008
Announcement of the Jury decision, seminar and the opening of the post competition exhibition
September 2008
PRIZES:
GRAND PRIX – PLN 4.000 and Statuette
1-st PLACE – PLN 3.000 and Statuette
2-nd PLACE – PLN 2.000 and Statuette
3-rd PLACE – PLN 1.500 and Statuette
Sponsors’ prizes
The Organizers have the right to the change in the amount of particular prizes, nonetheless, the total amount of prizes shall remain unchanged.
THE JURY:
The Jury comprises of the Organizers representatives as well as artist dealing with art in practice or as theoreticians.
PARTICIPATION:
Both professional and amateur cartoonists are eligible to take part in the competition.
A maximum of five original works (format min. A5 – max. A3 ) in optional technique should be sent or delivered by May 31-st, 2008 to the following address:
LSMDK „DEBIUT”
ul.Ptasia 2 A/7
65-520 ZIELONA GÓRA
POLAND
Password: „COMPETITION”

The Organizers are not responsible for damage or loss during transportation!
The winners as well as cartoonists qualified to participate in the post-competition exhibiton shall be provided with a free copy of a catalogue published by the Organizers.
The Organizers provide the competition prize winners with free acccomodation and boarding during the exhibition event.
The winners receive their prizes on condition that they are either present at the opening of the post competition exhibition or else they indicate a bank account where the money is to be transfered.
The works become the property of the Organizers and shall be included in the collection of the “False Mirror” gallery located in Lubuskie Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Działań Kulturalnych “DEBIUT” in Zielona Góra.
Every participant in the competition agrees to their free of fees delivery of works to the “False Mirror” gallery.
Every work delivered to the competition ought to be accompanied (on the reverse) with the author’s signature, address and a telephone number.
By sending their works to the competition the participants agree to the abovementioned regulations and they further agree to the free of fees publication of their works for marketing purposes connected with the competition and post competition exhibition.
The exhibition organisers are the final judges in the interpretation of these regulations.
By sending his/her works and taking part in the competition the artist agrees to the abovementioned rules and regulations.
Source: http://hajnos.miroslaw.w.interia.pl/cc21.htm

When the cartoon is as cutting as the occupation

Exhibition of Naji al-Ali's work reveals that, 20 years on, it's still eerily contemporary

By Olivia Snaije

Special to The Daily Star

Friday, March 14, 2008

LONDON: It has been just over 20 years since master political cartoonist Naji al-Ali was assassinated in London. To commemorate this sad anniversary, an exhibition of original artwork, "Shooting the Witness: The cartoons of Naji al-Ali" opened here last week. The venue, fittingly, is London's respected and alternately serious and rollicking, Political Cartoon Gallery.
There are many elements that make Ali's work compelling but what is initially striking is how contemporary his drawings remain, after 30 years. The Palestinian situation is possibly worse than ever, the US and Israel continue to be military partners, oil is at the top of everyone's agenda and some fear Lebanon's present political paralysis will lapse back into chaos.
Ali, who left his Palestinian village in Galilee during the Nabka, came of age in the refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh, then on the outskirts of Sidon, in South Lebanon. As political awareness made its way into the camps in the 1950s, Ali began to draw on the walls of the camp and in Lebanese prisons, where he was confined for his political activities.
In 1961, Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani gave Ali his first break by publishing his cartoons in "Al-Huria," the official magazine of the Arab Nationalist Movement. Two years later, he moved to Kuwait where he found work with the magazine Al-Talea (Avant-Garde).
It was in the wealthy Gulf state that Ali created his alter ego and his guardian angel, the iconic 10-year-old character Hanthala, who shares the cult-like status of his creator. The reason he introduced Hanthala (literally "Bitter Desert Fruit") to his readers, Ali explained, was that "the young, barefoot Hanthala was a symbol of my childhood. He was the age I was when I left Palestine and, in a sense, I am still that age today....

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When the cartoon is as cutting as the occupation.

BuzziNews "Good Word" Competition 2007 results

The "Good Word" Competition is Over and the Winner is Mete Agaoglu from Turkey
Silver prize goes to Saeed Sadeghi from Iran and the Bronze goes to Tawan Chuntra from Thailand
In the recent 3 months we have laghed, admired, loved and were moved to see your immense creativity and that you came from every corner of the world. It may satisfy you to know that the downpour of "Good Words" that you have created is making its way through 91 countries and approximately 700 cities in which BuzziNews has been exposed.

Winner of the Golden Prize: "Leave Your Child a Good World" by Mete Ağaoğlu – Turkey (See above)

Winner of the Silver Prize: "Replant the Forests" by Saeed Sadeghi - Iran (See above)

Winner of the Bronze Prize: "Doing Business Anytime" by Tawan Chuntra – Thailand (See above)
The Winners of the Judges Choice Award are:
"Only the Good News" by Alexey I. Gvardin - Uzbekistan
"Leaders Looking for Peace" by Seyran Caferli (Nasirov) - Azerbaijan
"Cartoon Exhibition" by Eshonkulov Makhmdjon - Uzbekistan
"Some Things are Still Free" by Cival Einstein - Brazil

3rd International Don Quichotte Cartoon Contest

3rd International Don Quichotte Cartoon Contest

Tema: “WORLD LANGUAGES”

In our world today 6800 languages are spoken in over 200 countries. Even in the countries having the same language exist dialects. Consequently each country adds its own social values to the language and makes it more colorful. On the other hand, in the latest 500 years about 750 languages are disappeared forever. According to the linguists, every 15 days a language is disappearing on the earth. One of the crucial reasons for this devastation is colonialism for sure.

There is a dialogue among languages as well. For example Latin lies at the root of many languages. In connecting people language plays an important role; while doing so it can build borders and remove them as well. Chinese is the most widespread language in the world. Second comes Spanish. English is the state language of 52 countries as you can surmise.

Even if we cannot imagine a positive religious dialogue we can talk about a worldwide linguistic dialogue which is much more attractive and active. The aim of our contest is to convey this rich variety through cartoons as much as possible. The most succesful cartoonists in reflecting the linguistic dialogue will be rewarded by the worldwide top 15 jury of cartoonists whose members are also in the “Don Quichotte Cartoon Committee”.

THE RULES OF COMPETITION:

1) With participation in competition is possible only by Internet: donquichotte@donquichotte.at / donquichotte@gmx.net

2) The participating work may have been published neither with another competition presented nor on any way. With an offence, the deprivation of the achieved prizes is the result.

3) The designs are to be drawn in A3-Size to deliver in 300 dpi dissolution and in JPEG format. They know both and black-and-white, and to be colored, the coloured representation is exactly the same as the colortechnical treatment of the work is incumbent on not a containment.

4) The sent in caricatures are issued first on the web pages of the “Don Quichotte” under the column “Today”. Thus the work those is excluded the regulation to contradict, promptly from the competition. Thus in the past the pretty often experienced unauthorized counterfeit, of a work is avoided.

5) The closing date of the competition is 31 Juli 2008.

6) The jury, which consists from international well-known cartoonists, evaluates the forwarded art-works in September. Results of this evaluation and the award-winning art-works will be published on 1st Octobre 2008.

7) The award of the prize will take place in the context of the opening of the exhibition in Oktober in Esslingen (place and date of this meeting are communicated at a later time).

THE PRIZES:

- First Prize: $ 1000

- Second Prize: $ 750

- Third Prize: $ 500

- Spezial Prize of “Necati Abacı”

- Mentions.

JURY: Agim Sulaj (İtalia) - Ares (Cuba) - Benjamin Heine (Belgium) - Carlos Brito (France) - Carlos Latuff (Brazil) - David Baldinger (USA) - Erdoğan Karayel (Germany) - Firuz Kutal (Norway) - Hasan Fazlic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) - Hicabi Demirci (Turkey) - Julian Pena Pai (Romania) - Marcin Bondarowicz (Poland) - Marlene Pohle (Germany) - Massoud Shojai (İran) - Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan) - Stephan Stötzler (Germany).

Info: http://www.donquichotte.us/

Source: http://feco-spain.blogspot.com/2008/03/3rd-international-don-quichotte-cartoon.html

Rahim Asghari goodbyed Tabriz Cartoons

2008-03-11

Rahim Asghari goodbyed Tabriz Cartoons

Rahim Asghari who was the head of Tabriz Cartoon Association, the manager of TabrizCartoons.com, FECO Iran President, founder of Tabriz Cartoon Museum, editor-in-chief of Caricareh cartoon magazine, goodbyed Tabriz Cartoon Association.

He writes in his website:

Today I left all my responsibilities behind; FECO Iran, Tabriz Cartoon Association, TabrizCartoons.com, Tabriz Cartoon Museum, Caricareh cartoon magazine. After me, Neda Tanhayi will be the head of Tabriz Cartoon Association and Naeimeh Nikooray, FECO Iran President.

I've told all friends of mine before that I would goodbye Tabriz Cartoon Association and they knew about it. Now, I hope to pay more attentions to my speeches, have more free time for my books and thoughts, spend more time with Rose, my daughter, care about my art school, Arsoy, and try to be known as an artist, not a manager.

Draw more cartoons, pay a lot of attention to the quality of my cartoons, do not drink tea in hurry, escape offenses of others, watch people from our balcony, read my favorite books over and over, earn more money and have time to spend with my God.
Rahim - Iran
It is worth mentioning that after Rahim's goodbye to Tabriz Cartoon Association, Farhad H. Eftekhar also quited his position as the webmaster and designer of TabrizCartoons.com. So a new webmaster will take place in few days.

Results Jaka Bede 2008 - Poland

The results of Jaka Bede 2008 International Competition on Drawing with theme "WOMAN" are announced at their website.

WINNERS

First Prize: Rumen Dragostinov – Bulgaria (See above)

Second Prize: Jugoslav Vlahović - Serbia (See above)

Third Prize: Seyran Caferli - Azerbaijan (See above)

Special Prizes:

Wiesław Lipecki – Poland
Arsen Gevorgyan – Armenia.

See all prize-winning and participating cartoons at: http://jaka.krzyskow.pl/jaka2008/jaka2008.htm

Results of 7th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest

Results of 7th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest - Iran

The Jury (Above)

Winners of Theme Section (SOLIDARITY):

First Winner: Dariush Ramazani / Iran (See above)
Second Winner: Jalal Pirmarzabadi / Iran
Third Winner: Mohammad Ali Khalaji / Iran

Special Prizes of Theme Section:

Javad Takjou / Iran
Carlos Jorge Nunes / Brazil

Darko Drljevic / Montenegro (See above)

Makhmudjon Eshonkulov / Uzbekistan (See above)
Tommy Thomdean / Indonesia

Winners of Free Section:

First Winner: Rumen Dragostinov / Bulgaria

Second Winner: Mohsen Asadi / Iran (See above)
Third Winner: Jaber Asadi / Iran

Special Prizes of Free Section:

Valentin Druzhinin / Russia
Mehmet Kahraman / Turkey

Morhaf Yossef / Syria (See above)
Somayyeh Shoghi / Iran
Tommy Thomdean / Indonesia.
See all prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=731

SIMILARITY: Suicide by credit card: Camila - Taeyong Kang

Haifa 2007 - Seond Prize - Taeyong Kang - Korea at:
http://www.haifa.muni.il/Cultures/en-US/city/InternationalCartoonFestival/catalog.htm

Festival de Mencoes Honrosas 2008 - Albums - CHARGES - Camila (RJ)

Caricature Competition 2008 - Romania

GREAT PERSONALITIES 2008

CARICATURE COMPETITION at: http://www.caricatura.ro/
Adress: Cartoonists Rights Network Romania

Str-Eminescu, nr-28A, bl-Gioconda, ap-27, 100329 - Ploiesti, ROMANIA

E-mail: crn@rdslink.ro & caragiale.2008@yahoo.com

Yu Gai - 68th exhibition‏ at Cartoon Gallery OsijeK

Cartoon Gallery «OsijeK»
Is presenting
68th Cartoon Exhibition
“Geometry Through the Eye of the Cartoon”
of the Chinese cartoonist
Yu Gai

He was born in Chengdu City in 1962. Graduated from Shandong college of Art & Design, his major is Department of Graphic Art Design. He is graphic designer, oil painter, indoor decoration designer, illustrator, cartoonist. He is an Assistant of Arts Design Specialist and also a member of Si Chuan Artist Society Cartoon Researching Committee. By now he had issued more than 800 cartoons in many well-known magazines and newspapers in the world. His works have won many prizes such as in China, Belgium, Ukraine, Iran, Turkey, Brazil, Poland, Slovak, Sweeden, Germany, Israel and other countries in the world. Some of the cartoons had been collected by in international cartoon museums in countries.

Four-shape Combina Diagram Design is designed according to the existent form of natural figures, and consists of small triangles, big triangles, semicircles, “J” shape, and sectors. Because the above four figures have math relations, they can be combined freely and changed continuously, they can also be combined into about 300 diagrams.
It is beneficial for people's intelligence and can also be used as jigsaw puzzle for the children.

Exhibition was opened by math teacher from elementary school “Jagoda Truhelka” Marija Arandelovic, classmistress of Stela Dusanic. She shared how it look like when she met Stela for the first time when she introduce her with the work of her dad Tomislav Dusanic – Tod. "That’s how work of Tod became a part of my life. A destiny of every teacher is to be connected with his students by the invisible filaments and from a distance monitor their lives. I cheer up when I found out that Stela is continue to go by the path of her dad – to lead a unique Cartoon Gallery in the world."

Ivan Balic have introduce himself by the pantomime called “Growing Up”. In that way he have embellish the opening night!

Exhibition, in any case, wasn’t accostumed!! It was awesome!

1st International Bogotá Cartoon Contest - Colombia

First International Caricature and Cartoon Contest City of Bogotá
Theme: Long live the children!
Through the universal language of humor, the selected works look forward to make visible childhood problems and issues around the world.
Publication: A catalogue with the finalists and winners works will be edited and it will include articles and essays about childhood issues and problems.
Categories:
a) Professionals: Persons who works or have worked professionally as cartoonists or caricaturists on mass media.
b) Amateurs: Persons who have never published his work on mass media.
Persons that have never worked professionally on cartoon or caricature on mass media.
c) Children: (Only for Bogotá D.C.) People between 8 and 15 years old.
Notes:
- People under 18 years old must present an authorization letter signed by his parents where they accept the terms and regulations of the contest.
- The works must be sent in an envelope that must be marked on the upper right corner with the capital letter of the correspondent category (P – professional; A – Amateur; C – Children)
Technique: Free
Format / Size: 25 x 35 cm (horizontal/vertical)
Quantity: Maximum 2 works per author.
Awards:
Professionals
First Place: US $ 1.000.-
Second Place: US $ 800.-
Amateurs
First Place: US $ 500.- (artistic materials)
Second Place: US $ 400.- (artistic materials)
Children (Applies only in Bogotá)
First Place: A scholarship for a course (Duration: 120 hours) at the Escuela Nacional de Caricatura.
Second Place: A scholarship for a course (Duration: 30 hours) at the Escuela Nacional de Caricatura.
Additionally the Jury will honor the most outstanding works on each category with Special Mentions.
Jury: A team of four professionals, two cartoonists, a writer and a researcher on children issues will judge and select the winners.
Chronogram:
- The deadline for entries is: March 21st 2008. (Mail stamp date is accepted)
- Notification to winners: April 7th 2008.
- The selected works will be awarded and shown at the XXI edition of the Feria Internacional del Libro de Bogotá on April 2008.
Inscription and sending: The works must be sent in an envelope that must be marked as follows:
Señores
Escuela Nacional De Caricatura
Concurso De Humor Gráfico y Caricatura “Ciudad De Bogotá”
Carrera 20B Nº 74-40
Tel. (57)(1) 211 2632
Bogotá, Colombia – Suramérica.
The works must be marked on the back with the author’s pseudonym. Participants are requested to send, together with their cartoons, a sealed envelope with the following information:
First and last name: .............................................................
Identification number: .........................................................
Address: ...........................................................................
Phone number:...................................................................
E-mail: .............................................................................
Digital works must be sent as jpg format and 300 dpi files to the following e-mail address: escueladecaricatura@gmail.com
Digital authors must register themselves on the entry form placed on the Internet site http://www.escueladecaricatura.com/
Regulations:
- In case of reclaims of other persons, the author takes entire responsability of the originality of his works before the organization.
- The decision of the jury is definitive and unappealable.
- The not selected works for exhibition can be returned at the Escuela Nacional de Caricatura between June 2nd and July 31st 2008.
- Published or awarded works can NOT participate.
- Works will be received or sent until the mentioned deadline (March 21st 2008) including mail stamp!
- Awarded works become part of the Escuela Nacional de Caricatura collection and the institution will be able to use them with academic, cultural or disclosure purposes.
- Escuela Nacional de Caricatura will be able to use the not awarded works with academic or cultural purposses. As mentioned, originals can be returned at the institution between June 2nd and July 31st 2008.
- Students of the Escuela Nacional de Caricatura are able to participate only if they are not part of the contest committee.
- Those who have blood ties with members of the contest committee are not allowed to participate.
- The participation in the competition supposes the entire acceptance, without any reserve, of the entire terms and regulations.
Source: http://humorgrafe.blogspot.com/

28th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest

28th INTERNATIONAL NASREDDIN HODJA CARTOON CONTEST - TURKEY
“One Cartoon , Original Cartoon, the Best Cartoon…”
See right: 2007 Special Prize of TV8 Channel / Omidreza Khorsand - Iran
THE CONDITIONS
a) The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world.

b) The cartoonists are free to participate with already published works as long as these works have not previously been awarded in any other contest.

c) Choice of subject is free.

d) The participants may send only one work.

e) The dimensions of works should not exceed 30 x 40 cm and only originals are accepted.

f) Name, surname, address, phone number and country of origin of the participant should be written on the back of his/her work. And also a short CV of the participant should be attached.

g) The works must reach the organizing association not later than July 31, 2008.

h) The results will be announced on August 11, 2008.

i) The participating cartoons will be kept at the Cartoon and Humour Museum of Istanbul by the Association of Cartoonists.

j) The participating cartoons will be put into an album. The cartoons for the album and the exhibition will be selected by a jury. The album will be sent to the cartoonists whose pieces of work are exhibited and published in the album.

k) The participating works will be exhibited first in Istanbul, then the big cities of Turkey such as Ankara, Izmir, Adana and Antalya.

l) Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions.
The Prizes

a) Grand Prize: 3.000 $

b) Honour Prizes: 4 Honour Prizes, each 750 $

c) Special Prizes: Special Prizes offered by various establishments, associations, newspapers, art magazines, syndicates and agencies

Special Prizes of the Association of Cartoonists
Address: 28th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest, Karikaturculer Dernegi, Alemdar Caddesi, Yerebatan Sarnici Cikisi, Sultanahmet 34122 Istanbul / TURKEY

Phone: +90 (212) 513 60 61

Phone: +90 (212) 519 90 21

Fax: +90 (212) 527 26 18

WEB: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/

E-mail: info@karikaturculerdernegi.org

Regulations in several languages: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6997

Until the deadline of 7th Tabriz International: 5 Days

Until the deadline of 7th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest: 5 Days

Who are going to be the winners of these statues?

You can only take part in Tabriz 7th International Cartoon Contest until February 29, 2008. For more info: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/indexen.asp

If you send your cartoons by email, they should be scanned in 200 DPI resolution: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=689