Frederic Chopin’s Smile: Cartoon Competition by Muzeum Karykatury - Poland

The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art in Warsaw is organising a competition for a humouristic/satirical cartoon, which is provisionally entitled "Frederic Chopin’s Smile". The competition, followed by an exhibition will be a part of Frederic Chopin’s 200th anniversary celebrations in 2010. Entries can refer to the composer himself and his work as well as to the social/political situation in your own country or the world generally. Entrants may submit up to five cartoons each, maximum size being A3.
There are no restrictions in terms of techniques used, computer generated images are also acceptable.
Prizes: Overall prizes will be worth around 20,000 euros and in addition there will be a number of sponsored awards.
The detailed rules and conditions of the competition, conforming the deadline for submitting entries, the date of the announcement of the verdict of the jury and the exact details concerning prizes and awards will be posted on our website on the 1st of June 2009.
The museum will host a post-competition exhibition, sometime in the first half of 2010.
Deadline: 15 November 2009
Web: http://www.muzeumkarykatury.pl/
Phone: (+48 22) 827 88 95
The cartoons are to be sent to: Muzeum Karykatury, Kozia 11, 00-070 Warszawa - POLAND

Porto Cartoon Virtual Museum Virtual Gallery "OBAMA with Humour"

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - Virtual Gallery "OBAMA with Humour"‏
From: Porto Cartoon portocartoon@museudaimprensa.pt
For the Cartoon Virtual Museum Virtual Gallery "OBAMA with Humour"
Dear Cartoonist,
The recent victory of Obama amazed the world.
The most optimistic say "he will change the world".
The more pessimistic: "the world will change Obama."
There are humoristic who think that without Bush the fertile ground for satire will disappear.
Is it really?
As we think it will not happen, here is our invitation for sending your cartoons for the new Virtual Gallery "Obama with humour."
The characteristics of Obama, his victory and the expectation of change are all relevant factors to sharpen the cartoonists’ pencils from all around the world.
We want to prove that the creative power of humorists has no limits. And so the many contradictions of the human beings.
The conflict between passions and hates continues to mark the lack of enforcement of human rights in more than half the world's population!
How does the "new lord of the world" will do? Or undo? Or redo? Or not-do?
With what colour will paint the world?
The shock of the day on November 4 and outlook on the future lies in the hands of the cartoonists.
Send your cartoons and ... and the world will thank you for the ability in helping us to think, laughing.
With many thanks,
Luís Humberto Marcos.
Note: The Virtual Gallery "OBAMA with Humour" will open soon.
Until January 20, we want the walls of the gallery completely filled ...

Annual meeting of the Association of Cartoonists in Turkey held in Istanbul

The 35th annual meeting of the Association of Cartoonists in Turkey is held in Istanbul on Saturday, 29 November 2008. According to the regulation, the new yearly executive committee members are elected and once again Metin Peker and his list swept the board having no rivals and receiving little criticism.
122 members attended the annual meeting and the new executive committee members received the following votes: Metin Peker 118, İbrahim Tapa 111, Aziz Yavuzdoğan 111, Kadir Doğruer 110, Kayıhan Fırat 107.
In 2009 the Association is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its foundation. And in 2010 Istanbul is to be one of the European Capital of Cultures, along with Essen (Germany) and Peç (Hungary). It seems there is a lot to do for the new team and that won't be easy.

Shots from the annual meeting and dinner

The Car International Cartoon Web Contest 2009 - Iran

CAR INTERNATIONAL CARTOON (by E-mail) WEB CONTEST 2009
Rules:
1. We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
2. The Iranian house of cartoon invite you to participate in Car International Cartoonet (By email) contest-2009
3. Themes: A-Car; B-Designation of the Future Car.
4. The number of sent cartoons is 3 in each section.
5. Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV)
6. Prizes:
For the section A-Car:
- First prize: 2000 Euro, Trophy and Honorable Mention
- Second prize: 1500 Euro , Trophy and Honorable Mention
- Third prize: 1000 Euro , Trophy and Honorable Mention
- 5 Honorable Mentions
For the section B-Designation of the Future Car:
- First prize: 1500 Euro, Trophy and Honorable Mention
- Second prize: 1000 Euro, Trophy and Honorable Mention
- 5 Honorable Mentions
7. The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: cartoonscar@gmail.com and they must be of 200 dpi resolution, 1200 Pixel (Horizontal or Vertical) and JPG format. (Please do not send Zip or rar Format!)
8. The cartoons will be published in the web pages: http://www.irancartoon.com/ ; http://www.irancartoon.ir/ .
9. All the artists who will enter the site, will receive the virtual catalogue of the contest.
10. Deadline: February 18,2009.
Thank you for participation. Tel: (+98 21) 22868600 Fax: (+98 21)22846928.

Final Results of First International Cartoon Contest Mazatlan 2008

Changes in results of the First International Cartoon Contest Mazatlan 2008, Mexico
THEME: The U.S.A. (United States of America)
Unfortunately, Jitet Koestana loses his prize for entering a cartoon already awarded in another contest. New and complete results follows:

1st Prize: Mihai Ignat / Romania
2nd Prize: Angel Boligan / Cuba
3rd Prize: Mohammad Amin Aghaei / Iran

Honorable Mentions
Phu Nguyen / USA
Franciscus Wesi Barma / Indonesia
Javad Jafarian / Iran
Felipe Galindo / USA
Christo Kowarnitski / Bulgaria

Lou Pei Dong / China.
All prize-winning cartoons

NATURE & MAN International Cartoon Web Contest October 2008 results

October 2008 Results of International Cartoon Web Contest "Drought & Water"

October 2008 results of the monthly Nature & Man Cartoon Web Contest 2008 with theme "Drought & Water" are announced at the contest website: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/default.asp

WINNERS

Yuriy Kosobukin

Victor Crudu

Toso Borkovic

Finalists October 2008

2nd International SPORTSHUMOR, the Smile Olympics - Italy

2nd INTERNATIONAL "SPORTHUMOR" THE SMILE OLYMPICS / ITALIA
Theme: "All Sports" (Football, Cycling, Athletics, Boxing, Motorcycling, Skiing, Motor Racing, Swimming, Running, Speedboat Racing, Basketball, Baseball, etc...)
Section: Cartoon or Caricature...
Size: A4 (21x30) Only...
Work: Original...
Maximum of 3 works...
Deadline: 28 FEBRUARY 2009
Prizes: A prize of 2.500 € together with other prizes awarded by the management, will be given to the artist who will receive the most votes from the public...
The most deserving and representative works will form part of a coloured catalogue specially created and sent free of charge to all the published authors.
The works sent will not be returned but form the basis for a future International Humor Museum.
Address: Emilio Isca, Via Dante 4, 10098 RIVOLI/TO (Italia)
E-Mail Address: emilioisca@libero.it
Responsible: Emilio Isca
Phone-Fax: +39 011 2483046
Source: Yeni Akrep 75

2nd International Contest of Caricature & Cartoon of Vianden 2009

Les Amis du Château de Vianden a.s.b.l. and the Museum of the Caricature of Vianden with the co-operation of KIISCHPELTER CARTOONALE a.s.b.l. are pleased to announce their
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN
1. Subject: Green economy
2. Deadline: 15th February 2009
3. Prizes:
1st prize: 3000 €
2nd prize: 2000 €
3rd prize: 1000 €
Four mentions: honorable diploma.
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 sending’s are as follows: format JPEG, good quality and max. 500 KB per picture.
Out of these sending’s 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 (210x297 mm) and DIN A3 (297x420 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, name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number of the author as well as the title of the work. This deadline is 13th March 2009.
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in color, without subtitles. Digitally created works are accepted. They must be signed by their creator on back side. Photos and copies of original works will be eliminated.
6. Exhibition: The award ceremony will be held on 10th May 2009 in the castle and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 9th May until 7th June 2009. It’s foreseen to show the works in other cities and in the Museum of Caricature of Vianden until 9th May 2010.
7. Returns: After these exhibitions the originals will be returned to their authors except the works selected for one of the prizes. The 7 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 award ceremony.
9. Results: The publication of the results will be done on the Internet sites http://www.caricature.eu/ after 10th May 2009. 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 14th March 2009, 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. Generalities: The works should not have been awarded before. By taking part to this contest the participants agree to the abovementioned rules.
12. Address for the sending of the originals: CHATEAU DE VIANDEN P.O.B. 26, L – 9422 VIANDEN Luxembourg
13. Further informations:
Florin BALABAN phone: +352 – 621 28 37 90 cartoon@caricature.eu
Pol LEURS phone : +352 – 78 83 18 cartoon@caricature.eu

XI International Cartoon Contest Zielona Gora - Poland

RULES AND REGULATIONS
SUBJECT: WINE or (VINE HARVEST)
TIMETABLE:
Announcement and publication of the Competition: November-December 2008
Deadline for receiving works: 31st May 2009
Sitting of the Jury: June 2009
Announcement of the Jury decision , seminar and the opening of the post competition exhibition: September 2009
PRIZES:
GRAND PRIX – PLN 4.000 and Statuette
1st PLACE – PLN 3.000 and Statuette
2nd PLACE – PLN 2.000 and Statuette
3rd 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 31st, 2009 to the following address:
LSMDK DEBIUT ul.Ptasia 2 A/7, 65-520 ZIELONA GORA / POLAND
Password: COMPETITION
e-mail: debiut-zg@o2.pl
http://www.debiut.org.pl/
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 Gora.
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 readable 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 organizers 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.

Catalog of the 8th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial 2007

The catalog of the 8th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial 2007 is released in PDF at their website: http://www.irancartoon.com/daily/18nov08/PDFCatalogue2008.htm
The catalog consists of four parts covering the sections in the competition:
1) Cartoon Theme: Money
2) Cartoon Theme: Free
3) Caricature
4) Comic Strip.

Participation conditions of Press Cartoon Europe Grand Prix 2009

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION PRESS CARTOON EUROPE (PCE)
1.Participation in PCE is free of charge.
2.The cartoons which you will submit to us must all have appeared in the course of 2008 in a newspaper, magazine or periodical which is available to the general public, and which is published in one of the member countries of the European Union, plus Switzerland.
3.Each cartoon participating in PCE must be accompanied by the name and date of the publication in which it originally appeared.
4.Each cartoon participating in PCE must be accompanied by the author's personal details: family name, first name, full postal address, and telephone numbers, email address, website (if any).
5.Your cartoons, up to a maximum of three, must reach us by Sunday 4th January 2009 at the latest.
6.Only those cartoons sent electronically (jpg format: minimum 300 dpi) to the following address will be considered as valid entries: nathalie@presscartoon.com
7.All texts and captions either within the cartoon or sent with them which are in a language other than French, English, German, or Dutch must be translated into one or another of these four languages.
8.On Monday 12th January 2009 the selection committee of PCE will nominate the cartoons chosen from all those submitted to go forward for the PCE Grand Prix. The authors of these cartoons will be notified immediately.
9.PCE will be authorized to exhibit all nominated cartoons at the International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist on the Belgian coast during the summer of 2009, and also to publish them in the annual of best European press drawings of 2008.
10.PCE will be able to make free use of all the nominated cartoons for any publications or communications in connection with the prize, including press releases, posters, announcements of events organized by PCE such as exhibitions, symposia, etc.
11.The jury, composed of journalists from several EU countries, all of whom are accredited by the European parliament in Brussels, will meet on Wednesday 18th February 2009 at the KVS (Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg – the Royal Flemish Theatre) in Brussels, and will select the winning entry to be awarded the PCE Grand Prix 2009. This meeting will be followed by a press conference during which the name of the winner will be announced.
12.The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist on Saturday 27th June 2009.
13.The author of the winning cartoon will receive a cheque for 10.000 € as well as a bronze trophy created by the Belgian artist Ever Meulen.
14.The decision of the PCE committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Wishing you all the very best,
pp PCE:
Nathalie Rasschaert, Karel Anthierens, Jasper Foré.
Read the earlier announcement
(Many thanks to Ivan Hanousek ivan.hanousek@dreamworx.cz who forwarded the info.)

2009 is the year devoted to the comic strip in Belgium

2009 is the year of comic strip in Belgium
2009 is the year devoted to the comic strip, and the Brussels-Capital Region has a rich program relating to the world of the ninth art. Click here to learn more. And click here for the other projects in all the Wallonia region.

Discover all about comic strips in Wallonia in this guide. Download the brochure: "Wallonia Comics 2009"

Results Olense Kartoenale 2008

The results of Olense Kartoenale 2008
Olense Cartoenale 2008 with theme "Extreme Sports & Strange Hobbies" received 727 entries, sent in by 293 different participants from all over the world.
The winning cartoon for 2008 is from the U.S.A. and was designed by Ali Shahali.
The other prizes in the adult category went to:
- 2nd prize: L'Ubomir Kotrha (Slovakia);
- 3rd prize: Valentin Georgiev (Bulgaria);
- 4th prize: Heidari Shahrokh (Iran);
- 5th prize: Norbert Van Yperzeele (Belgium);
- Prize of the Province of Antwerp: Vernimme Luc (Belgium).
In the youth category first prize went to Aleksandar Petrikanovic from Serbia.
The other prizes went to:
- 2nd prize: Carolien Van Sas (Belgium);
- 3rd prize: Le Wu Gao (China);
- 4th prize: Agha Amini (Iran);
- Prize of the Province of Antwerp: Timothy Bogaerts (Belgium).
On the occasion of the 20th edition of the International Olense Kartoenale is the cartoon catalog expanded to 36 pages, including the cartoons of the first winners of the past few years were included.

Prize-winning cartoons
Complete list of participants