17th International Editorial Cartoon Competition for Press Freedom 2017, Canada

1. The theme for the 17th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is:
F for fake
Yesterday a global network with libertarian accents, has the Internet become a threat to democracies?
Corporate-funded think tanks and fake grassroots groups are now everywhere and consumers often have difficulty in finding the source of the “information” they disseminate.
The phenomenon is compounded by the fact that one doesn’t need to actually be where something is happening in order to report on it. Many have also criticized the role of algorithms used by social networks in limiting debate by enclosing their users in ideological bubbles.
The term “fake news” has further been co-opted as a means of silencing legitimate journalism or criticism, and when confronted by verifiable facts, the term "alternative facts" has even been invoked.
2. Prizes: three prizes will be given: a first prize of $1000 plus a Certificate from Canadian UNESCO, second and third prizes of $500. All sums are in Canadian dollars. Ten additional cartoons will receive an ‘Award of Excellence,’ Regrettably no financial remuneration accompanies the Awards of Excellence.
3. Only one cartoon will be accepted from each cartoonist. It may be either in color or black and white and must not have won an award.
4. The size of the cartoon should not exceed A4; 21 by 29.2 cm; or 8.50 by 11 inches.
5. The name, address, telephone number and a short biography of the cartoonist must be included in the submission.
6. The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom shall have the rights to use any of the cartoons entered in the Competition for promotion of our Editorial Cartoon Competition and World Press Freedom Day.
7. The winners of the Cartoon Competition will be announced at the World Press Freedom Day Luncheon held at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa, Canada on Tuesday May 2, 2017 as well as being advised by e-mail. The winner’s names and their cartoons will be posted on the CCWFP web site.
8. The winning cartoons will be exhibited at the luncheon.
The deadline for receipt of cartoons is 5 p.m. GMT, Friday, March 31, 2017.
Send submissions by e-mail to : info@ccwpf-cclpm.ca
Cartoons should be in jpeg format at 300 dpi.

Finalist cartoons of the 8th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2016, Turkey

Dear Fellow Cartoonists,
After the meeting of the Pre-selection Committee on January 28, 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey, the finalist cartoons of the 8th International Tourism Cartoon Competition were specified. 182 cartoons in the adult category and 49 cartoons in the youth category were chosen for the final evaluation. The finalist cartoons will be displayed on the organization website between February 1 and 10, 2017 before the evaluation of the final selection committee.
When you see any similar, copy cartoon/s or received an award before, and any fraud cartoon/s among the finalist cartoons, please write to organizing committee (There are numbers on every cartoons, you can use numbers when you are reporting). Any objections to authenticity will be considered until February 10, 2017.
The finalist cartoons are displayed on this web page.
Adult Category:
https://goo.gl/photos/WZ7duVWke49HaKXg7
Youth Category:
https://goo.gl/photos/FGkae8s8LSac883w8
Please write to:
E-mail: tourismcartoon@gmail.com
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http://tourismcartoon.com.

The United Nations / Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards for 2017

RULES FOR
THE UNITED NATIONS/RANAN LURIE POLITICAL CARTOON AWARDS
for 2017
Award Grants:
The following provisions govern the granting of
THE UNITED NATIONS/RANAN LURIE POLITICAL CARTOON AWARDS

The names of the winners of our thirteen prizes will be published on December 15, 2017, on this web site, together with their winning cartoons:
First prize, of us$10,000 and a plaque.
Second prize, of us$5,000 and a plaque.
Third prize, of us$3,000 and a plaque.
Ten honorable mention plaques granted by

THE UNITED NATIONS/RANAN LURIE POLITICAL CARTOON AWARDS COMMITTEE

All winning entries will be announced via the worldwide press and on the website on December 15, 2017. All winners' prizes, either financial and/or plaques, will be sent via U.S. registered mail by December 31, 2017, to the winners.

Rules for Exhibits:

1. Entries must be submitted in writing and addressed to

THE UNITED NATIONS/RANAN LURIE

POLITICAL CARTOON AWARDS

25 Columbus Circle

New York, NY 10019

(No phone or fax calls or Emails, please). Entries for awards must be received on or before November 15, 2017, and represent work done from the beginning of September 2016, to the 15th of October 2017, reflecting the importance of human dignity, mutual respect and friendship among nations, as well as economic consideration and environmental responsibilities towards each other. While cartoonists may send in what ever they please, the contest does not encourage maligning member nations.
Winning cartoons will be chosen for their high professional standards in art, political analysis of events, projection of events to come, humor, while also reflecting the spirit and principles of the U.N.
2. Entries for these awards may be made by any professional individual, and should consist of political cartoons printed in any publication published anywhere, in any language. The entry must consist of reproductions only. The cartoon reproductions will be accepted only as published, with name of publication, language, and date included, accompanied by a newspaper reprint, and translated into English. Exhibits are limited to two cartoons per person. Reproductions must be presented measuring no larger than 8,5 x 11 inches. Envelopes larger than 8,5 x 11,5 inches and that are thicker than one eighth of one inch will not be opened, and their entries shall not participate in the competition.
The entries should be sent in soft envelopes, easy to open.
The Committee requires that all entries conform to the stated limits and sizes before it can be given any jury consideration. All exhibits should include a biography of no more than 75 words long, be written in clear English, and a picture of the entrant.
3. All materials including prize-winning exhibits become the property of

THE UNITED NATIONS/RANAN LURIE

POLITICAL CARTOON AWARDS COMMITTEE

and will not be returned. Again: Only copies (not originals!) will be accepted for consideration. All material may be used for promotional purposes, including but not limited to inclusion in special United Nations albums or any other albums and/or exhibits.
4. Our obligation is fulfilled upon the mailing of the plaques and/or valid checks to the award winners. Checks must be cashed within three months of mailing, after which time the checks will become null and void. The Committee will not be responsible for banking procedures and limitations of any country, or negligence that may create obstacles in cashing the check.
5. The decisions of the judges are final and irrevocable.
Entry Form on source: http://www.lurieunaward.com/ .

Fantastic Cities: International Calicomix Call 2017, Colombia

INTERNATIONAL CALICOMIX CALL 2017
“FANTASTIC CITIES”

We invite you to capture cities of the future, the past or cities with no time, visualizing happy or terrible places, with critical proposal, apocalyptic or waste of beauty and imagery.
The call includes a special category of work pieces, of great cities illustrated for children.
You can send up to 5 work pieces in digital format at a resolution of 300 dpi, in files with 1.0 mega minimum and 8.0 maximum mega, in whatever technique such as color or black and white, including manual process, digital or mixed.
You can participate with unpublished work or published.
The call is opened to artist of any age, sex or nationality.
The best work pieces participating will receive award Calicomix and certificates of selection in the sample to be held in the Dome in the Biblioteca Departamental Jorge Garcés city of Cali, Colombia, on April 2017.
All the work pieces participating will be published in the international memorial event of Calicomix 2017 and will circulate through all social media in a digital magazine on June 2017.
Each participating author Calicomix Foundation authorizes the publication in different media, of every work piece, released with his name and nationality.
The Call will be opened until February 18th 2017.
Work pieces will be sent to calicomix@gmail.com indicating the author’s name, title of the work piece, nationality and date of completion.
WEB: http://calicomix.com.co/ .
Source: FB .

Catalog of the 5th SICACO 2016, Korea

Yesterday received the great catalog of the 5th Sejong International Cartoon Contest (SICACO) 2016 from Korea. The standard A4 size catalog has over a 100 pages in color. The front and back page cartoons are the work of the Bronze Prize winner artist Musa Gumus from Turkey.
The statistics in the catalog report they had received 1215 works by 415 cartoonists from 53 countries including Korea. 259 artists are awarded in this edition with the theme "Trauma+Healing" and the Free theme. From Turkey are awarded the following cartoonists:
Bronze Prize: Musa Gumus.
Student Special Prize: Rumeysa Gul Tunc, 13 y.
Student Honorable Mention: Kubranur Gul Tokmak, 14 y; Abdulhakim Orhanoglu, 16 y; Merve Yurtseven, 12 y.
Theme Prize: Kemal Ozyurt, Ahmet Umit Akkoca.
Achievement Award: Askin Ayrancioglu, Menekshe Cham.
Best Cartoon Prize: Musa Keklik, Mete Agaoglu, Seyit Saatci, Omer Cam.
Honorable Mention: Ismet Lokman, Duru Ciftci, Sedat Ozturk.
Webtoon Prize: Halis Dokgoz, Ismail Tokdemir.
SICACO secures the world's most original works (35.000) and operates the world's largest Cyber International Cartoon Gallery, registered in the Guinness Book of Record: http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr/.
Major prize-winners 2016 and more info about the forthcoming edition 2017 here.

International Cartoon Festival Franzensbad 2017, Czechia

International Cartoon Festival Franzensbad 2017, Czechia

RULES
Compulsory Subjects:
1) C. K. Austro – Hungarian Monarchy
2) Protection of Endangered Animals (patronage from CITES)
* The Author is obligated to deliver his cartoons on all subjects
* Total number of cartoons per author: at least 3 pieces, maximum 5 pieces
* Cartoons on anything other than the compulsory subjects will not be accepted
* A cartoon must not have won an appraisal at previous competitions
* Cartoons without words are not a requirement, but they have an advantage
* Cartoons should only be sent electronically to: mfkh@email.cz
* The technical parameters should be as follows: at least 300 DPI; JPG, PNG, or PDF format
* The cartoons must be delivered to the above e-mail on April 30th, 2017 at the latest
* By sending their cartoons, the author agrees with the following:
a) The organizer can use the cartoons for the promotional purposes of this International Festival of Cartoons (MFKH)
b) The cartoons will be used in the humorous magazine, Tapír
* The author must fill in a binding Application Form and send it to the following e-mail address: mfkh@email.cz
The Application Form is a part of the Rules and Regulations (See below)
1. Prize money: Winner 15.000 CZK
2. Runner-up 10.000 CZK
3. Second runner-up 5.000 CZK
Application Form on source: http://zlatytapir.cz/?page_id=319 .

Results 18th International Festival of aphorism and caricature, Strumica 2017, Macedonia

The international jury of the 18th International Festival of aphorism and caricature, Strumica 2017, composed of:
Maja Тcholakova, Bulgaria - President
Miroslav Georgievski – Miro, Macedonia - member of the jury
Gorgi Panov, Macedonia - member
Nikola Sarajlija, Macedonia - member
Aleksandar Filev, Macedonia - member.
On the day of 24th of January 2017, reviewed the incoming caricatures and aphorisms at the 18th International Festival of Cartoon and aphorisms and granted awards as below:
Category CARTOON:
Golden Plaque - Ivailo Tsvetkov, Bulgaria
Silver Plaque – Konstantin Kazanchev, Ukraine
Bronze Plaque - Klaus Pitter, Austria
Award of the Municipal Organizational Board of Strumica Carnival - Zlatko Krstevski, Macedonia
DIPLOMA:
Goran Chelichanin, Serbia
Vladimir Semerenko, Russia
Tsocho Peev, Bulgaria
Tadeush Krotos, Poland
Branko Zupanich, Slovenia
Stojan Dechev, Bulgaria
Marco Ramos, USA
Erdogan Basol, Turkey.
Category APHORISM:
Golden Plaque - Code "Charobna lampa" Milorad Vujnović, Serbia
Silver Plaque - Code "Zoro sviti" Peko Lalichić, Serbia
Bronze Plaque - Code "Tajna veza" Aleksandar Chotrić, Serbia
DIPLOMA:
Code "MM" Mane Marović, Serbia
Code "222" Veselin Zidarov, Bulgaria
Code "Sheeset i devet" Pande Petrovski, Macedonia
Code "Zhivot 2" Ekrem Mačić, Bosnia
Code "Karagash" Ljubomir Ilić, Serbia
Code "Divlje meso" Sasha Miletić, Serbia
Code "Nostalgia" Veselin Milicević, Serbia
Code "To me svidja" Abdurrahman Halilović, Croatia
Code "Od prva" Natasha Kurchiska, Macedonia.
Source: fb.

X International Contest of Snail Graphic Humor 2017, Spain

WEB: http://aplec.org

More on source.

Selected works in the 4th Kalder Bursa International Cartoon Contest 2017, Turkey

The application for the 4th Kalder Bursa International Cartoon Contest 2017 ended. A total of 807 works participated in the competition with the theme "New Life". The four-person front jury made the initial assessment. The front jury chose 180 cartoons. The results will be announced on February 6th. Please notify bursa@kalder.org with a certified document for objections to copies, similar and stolen works until 31 January 2017.

Jury members of the 4th KalDer Bursa International Cartoon Contest 2017, Turkey

Theme: New Life

Regulation.

9th International Biennial Masters of Caricature, Plovdiv 2017, Bulgaria

MUNICIPALITY OF PLOVDIV
REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHIC MUSEUM – PLOVDIV
UNIVERSITY OF AGRIBUSINESS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT – PLOVDIV
PLOVDIV CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION
INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL
FOR CARICATURE
MASTERS OF CARICATURE
ІХ EDITION
Plovdiv’ 2017

SUBJECT:
Wealth and Charity
The caricature is universal language with hidden messages, “dressed” in humour.
Its goal is to make everybody smile, even when they suffer of life in hardship. “In order to receive, learn to give.” This folk wisdom has been experienced and well suffered.
“If you have two shirts, give one to the poor.” was written in the Bible. For some people wealth is in the possession of money and property. Others find it in love and wisdom…
Richness gives privileges, but it also obliges. Wealth can provide indulgence for the rich, but it can also mean another day of life for the poor. Is what some find valuable, valuable for others too? Should you possess, in order to give? Values and wealth meet in the act of donation.
In this Biennial, we will see how caricaturists will draw the shades of wealth and charity. Whether old wisdom will interweave with new mores and what will come out from it remains to be seen.
Address for submission:
Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv
2 Dr. Stoyan Chomakov str.
4000 Plovdiv
BULGARIA
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. The Biennial for Caricature is open to professional and amateur caricaturists from all over the world;
2. Each participant should send up at least one piece of work 210/297 (A4 format);
3. The caricatures may be colourful or black-and-white;
4. Participants should send their caricatures by 31 July 2017;
5. Caricatures, sent only via email do not participate in the Biennial.
6. It is advisable that together with their caricatures, participants also send a photograph or take-off and CV;
7. An international jury will nominate five caricaturists who will be conferred the title Master of Caricature;
8. Awarded caricatures are not sent back;
9. The rest of the caricatures will be sent back if authors state that in written form;
10. The Catalogue of the exhibition will be given free of charge to participants whose caricatures are included in the Catalogue.
Time and venue: October, 1-st 2017, at 18:00
in the Regional Ethnographic Museum.
Submission deadline: July 31, 2017
The nominated works will be kept in Works of Fine Art Stock of Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv
Phone: ++ 359 32 626328; ++ 359 32 626339.
E-mail: ethnograph@abv.bg.

Results of the 6th International Humor Contest GIN 2017, Spain

The winners of the 6th International Humor Contest GIN 2017 are:
FIRST PRIZE: Darko Drljevic, from Montenegro (Top)

SECOND PRIZE: Soltan Soltanli, from Azerbaijan.

THIRD PRIZE: Tawan Chuntraskawvon, from Thailand.

The exhibition "Humor Global: Sixth Contest GIN" will be open from January 17 to February 26 in La Fábrica del Humor (Alcalá de Henares). It is a selection of 77 works, including the 3 winners, of the nearly one thousand works received for the contest. The selected authors are:
Alemania
Haller Scholarian
Ridha Ridha, RidhaStefan
Argentina
Alejandro Becares, Becs
Horacio Petre, Petre
Ricardo Daniel Douelle, Dany Duel
Azerbaiján
Soltan Soltanli, Soltan (Segundo Premio)
Bélgica
Constann Sunnerberg, Cost
Jason William McLarnin, MC
Luc Descheemaeker O‐Sekoer
Bielorrusia
Hursky Arkadzi
Brasil
Alexandre Alves Franco, Lex Franco
Alisson Orz Affonso, Alisson
Érico Junqueira Ayres, Érico
Joao Bosco Jaco de Azevedo, J Bosco
Ronaldo Cunha Dias Silvano Mello, Mello
Wallace Ramón Rolim Silva, Walace
Bulgaria
Trayko Popov, Trayko P
Tsocho Peev
China
Jing Shan, Jingshan
Lijie Yang, Jimy
Colombia
Raúl Grisales, Guaico
Raúl Zuleta, Zuleta
Croacia
Nikola Listes
EE.UU.
Omar Santana Caviedes, Santana
Egipto
Fawzy Morsy, Fawzy
Eslovaquia
Vladimir Pavlík
Franšek Bojničan, Bojničan
España
Alex Estrada Delgado, Alex
Carlos Matera, Matt
Erik Berlin, ErikBerlin
Jorge Isurralde Gómez, Tatúm
José Luis Castro Lombilla, Lombilla
Josef Prchal, JP
Juan Gabriel Benavides Formas, Gabo
Luis Mendiguren Tarrés, Menta
Moisés Ramírez Alonso, Moi
Francia
Bernard Bouton, Bernie
Hungría
Istvan Kelemen
India
BV Parundanga Rao, BC Parunganga
Indonesia
Lega Cecilia, Lega Cecilia
Irán
Ehsan Cheraghi Iranshahi
Esmaeil Babae
Hamid Ghalijari, Hamid
Mahdieh Sabbaghkar, Mahdieh
Mohammad Fakhredindost
Saeed Sadeghi, Saeed
Israel
Ilya Katz
Sergey Sichenko
Italia
Alfio Leoa, Fleo
Marco Fusi, Fusi
México
Román Rivas, Román
Montenegro
Darko Drkjevic, Darco (Primer Premio)
Nueva Zelanda
Bob Darroch, Darroch
Perú
Julio Ángel Carrión Cueva, Karry
Omar Zevallos Velarde, Omar
Polonia
Czesław Przęzak, Cz. Przezak
República Checa
Tomas Trunecek, TT
Rumanía
Horia Crisan & Bogdan Petry, Crisan & Petry
Marin Chiorean, Cornel
Victor Eugen Mihai, VEM
Rusia
Aleksey Kivokourtcev, Lexaxa
Vladimir Khakhanov, Khakhanov
Vladimir Vasiliev
Serbia
Jovan Prokopljevic
Milenko Kosanovic, MK
Toso Borkovic, Toshow
Tailandia
Tawan Chuntraskawvong, TC
Turquía
Gurhan Bilget
Kemal Ozyurt, Kozy
Musa Keklik, Musa Keklik
Turan Aksoy, Turan Aksoy
Ucrania
Konstann Kazanchev, Kazanchev
Sergey Dudchenko
Vladimir Chmyriov
Uruguay
Alfredo Cuesta
Pablo López,
(Source: iqh).

49th World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2017, Macedonia

49th World Gallery of Cartoons - Skopje 2017

OSTEN is inviting you to participate in the 49th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2017
Download the APPLICATION FORM, fill it, submit it along with your works and you can win one of the following awards:
FIRST AWARD for Cartoon (1000$)
FIRST AWARD for Satiric Drawing (1000$)
FIRST AWARD for Comic / Strip (1000$)
10 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaques)
CICO AWARD (for Macedonian cartoonist).
Following our principle of creating and preserving the art on paper, only ORIGINAL WORKS (hand drawn cartoons, satirical drawings and comics) will be considered in the selection process. They should be sent no later than 31st March 2017 to our address:
OSTEN WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS
8.Udarna Brigada 2, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Selector:
Damir NOVAK, Croatia (Cartoonist)
Jury members:
Rudy GEYSENS, Belgium (President of the ECC – European Cartoon Center)
Angel BOLIGAN, Mexico (Cartoonist, editorial cartoonist of “El Universal” newspaper)
Massoud Shojai Tabatabai, Iran (Editor-in-chief of the magazine “Iran Cartoon”)
Seyran CAFERLI, Azerbaijan (Cartoonist and Director of the International Cartoon News Center)
Mice JANKULOVSKI, Macedonia (Artist, representative of OSTEN).
The jury activities will take place in April 2017, and the official opening of the 49th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2017 and the announcement of the awards will take place on 25th May 2017 at the OSTEN Gallery, Skopje.
Download the APPLICATION FORM, fill it, submit it, follow us on FB, and do not forget to share this information with your colleagues and friends. For additional information, you can always contact us on: cartoons@osten.com.mk .
Source: osten.