Results of the XIV International Cartoon Contest "Independence", theme: "Cosmopolitan"

The result of the XIV International Cartoon Contest "Independence", theme: "Cosmopolitan" 

Session XVI International Contest Jury cartoons «Independence» (Theme: «Сosmopolitan») was held on October 20, 2016 in Kiev.
Jury: Zablocki Vitaly (Ph.D., Professor at the National Pedagogical University) Kiryuhin Denis (analyst of the Kiev Center for Political and Conflict Studies), Kurina Aksinia (social activist, journalist), Maria Ruban (correspondent of department of culture of the newspaper «Today»), Sayenko Andrei (chief artist of the magazine «Crocodile plus», cartoonist) Tovmach Eugeny (administrative and marketing Director TRK «Cosmopolitan»), Kosobukina Nina, Kosobukina Tatiana.
113 cartoonists from 31 countries submitted 329 works. 50 selected works presented at the exhibition and in the catalog.
WINNERS OF CONTEST:
1st prize: Popov Andrey (Russia) (Top), 2nd prize: Golub Victor (Ukraine), 3rd prize: Lukyanchenko Igor (Ukraine).
LAUREATE:
Haiyno Anatoly (Ukraine), Zhytnikov Alexander (Ukraine), Paschenco Igor (Russia), Kapusta Nikolay (Ukraine), Maiyorenko Georgy (Ukraine), Feng Guibo (China).
SPECIAL AWARDS:
Li Jingshan (China) — Diploma of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
Semendyaev Sergey (Ukraine) — Diploma of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Kovtun Alexander (Ukraine) — Diploma Yuri Kosobukin.
Drozdov Sergey (Russia), Kaan Saatci (Turkey) — Diploma of the Association of Cartoonists.
Source: http://cartoon.org.ua/?page=independ_16
Catalog (PDF format).

Catalog of the 22nd International Cartoon Contest Haifa 2016, Israel

Today received the new catalog of the 22nd International Cartoon Contest Haifa 2016, Israel. 16.5 x 21 cm in size, it is composed of 96 color pages + the covers.The  prize-winning cartoons in both the main theme and free humor sections are used on the cover pages.
490 artists from 68 countries took part in this edition of the event and the works are evaluated by the members of the Judging Committee (namely, Pini Shachar, Arik Polonsky, Uri Sharon, Horia Crisan, Octavian Andronic, Bernard Bouton, Kemal Ozyurt, Raul Alfonso Grisales, Ferreol Murillo Fuentes, Jacek Frackiewicz, Uri Freundlich, Ronit Eshet, and Gennady Kostovetsky) representing seven countries (Israel, Romania, France, Turkey, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Poland).
Besides the prize-winners, a lot of participants are represented in this book of humor with one or more works (some with three cartoons). And from Turkey, along with the Award of Appreciation winner Erdogan Basol, the cartoons of the following artists are included in the catalog: Kemal Ozyurt (Jury member), Murteza Albayrak, Musa Gumus, and Menekse Cam.

9th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts 2017, Iran

9th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts
February 2017, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts, Tehran, Iran

Center for Visual Arts of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in collaboration with the Institute for Development of Contemporary Visual Arts will hold the 9th Fadjr International Festival of Visual Arts with the aim of introducing the pure ideas and novel and creative art and research creations in February 2017.
The Festival Organizers hereby invite all artists and researchers throughout the world to participate in this artistic event.
The Festival approach:
The Festival approach is to introduce those works which are performed with new and interactive capabilities in the form of utilizing one or more visual arts field and which show a pure idea as well as an artistic concept.
Method, technique and number of works:
1. To be contemporary, novel and interactive are the basic criteria for the works‘ selection.
2. Subject, technique and method of presentation are free.
3. The space for presentation of volumetric works and arrangement at the exhibition shall be a maximum of 300×300×300 cm.
4. Each artist can participate at the exhibition with maximum 3 works or projects (or combination of both). If a number of works are shown in one composition, arrangement, figure or structure, they shall be considered as parts of one project.
5. Maximum one work or project will be selected from each selected artist.
6. The works submitted to the Festival must be new and not submitted to the previous Fadjr Visual Arts Festival.
7. The illustration, calligraphy, ceramic, photography, cartoon, graphic, volumetric and sculptures, paintings, Persian painting, new arts, etc. will be accepted in single media or mixed media form.
Method for submission and selection of the works:
1. Registration, application for participation and submission of a photo of the work will be through the festival web site at: www.ivafestival.ir
2. Minimum size of the file should be 1 and maximum 4 MB.
3. All applicants are required to register their resume and their three previous works at the Festival web site.
4. The applicants have to send a statement expressing and explaining their idea and work along with their files. This statement should not exceed the maximum of 100 words.
5. The selection will be carried out in two stages: 1. Art council shall review the resume, photo of the work and statement to choose the selected works and artists. Then the results will be informed to the artists. 2. The selected artists, in interaction with the Art Council, will prepare the final work and submit it to the Festival’s Secretariat. The superior works will be selected by a group of seven juries including the representatives of members of art council and international juries.
Awards:
1. The sum of US$ 250 will be paid to every artist whose works are selected at the Festival as a grant for preparing and presenting the work.
2. 10 works will be selected from the selected ones by the juries and each artist will be awarded the Golden Tooba, plaque of honor and US$ 3000 in cash.
3. Certificate of participation and the Festival Proceedings will be presented to all artists admitted in the exhibition.
4. The selected artists shall be invited to Iran. The costs of travel to and from Iran shall be borne by the artists, while the Festival’s organizers shall pay for the costs of 4 days accommodation. Invitation will be sent to selected artists to participation in the prize award ceremony.
The Festival Organization:
Secretary General: Mojtaba Aghaei
Art Secretary: Jamshid Haghighatshenas
Executive Secretary: Abdulrahim Siahkarzadeh
Art Council: Mahnoush Moshiri, Mohammad Bagher Aghamiri, Kambiz Drambakhsh, Ali Shirazi, nader Qashghaei, asghar kafshchian Moghadam, Reza Yasavoli, Mehran Houshyar, S. Nezamoddin Emamifar, Mojtaba Aghaei and Jamshid Haghighatshenas.
Secretary of International Affairs: Shaban Azadi
Terms of Conditions and regulations:
1. The Festival is open to all artists and researchers without any limitations.
2. Preparing, presenting and exhibiting constitute a part of the overall work and shall be the responsibility of the artist.
3. Shipment, transportation and execution of the works at the exhibition are the responsibility of the artist.
4. The Festival’s Secretariat shall have the right to utilize the works in printed and information media, cultural advertisement and exhibition in Iran and abroad subject to mentioning the name of the artist.
5. The Secretariat has no liability for damages caused by improper packing and posting.
6. The final decision about unforeseen events shall be the responsibility of the Festival’s Secretary General.
7. For more information, please refer to Festival web site: www.ivafestival.ir
Festival Calendar:
1. October 15, 2016, call for entries and registration through the web site
2. December 11, 2016, 12 P.M., deadline for registration in the web site
3. December 14-22 2016, preliminary selection of the works
4. December 22, 2016, results notification of the preliminary selection of the works
5. December 24-January 5, 2017, receiving the selected works from the artists
6. January 7-11 2017, final selection of the works
7. January 11, 2017, notification of the final results of those works entered in the exhibition
8. February 2017, Festival’s date
Venue of the Festival:
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts
Address & contact of the Festival’s Permanent Secretariat:
No. 17, Shahid Sadoughi Lane, Opposite Laleh Park, above Keshavarz Blv., North Kargar St., Tehran, Iran
P.C: 1418693541
Tel.: +98-21-66946910
Cell phone: +98-9121306179
Fax: +98-21- 66946911
E-mail: info@ivafestival.ir
Web site: www.ivafestival.ir .

1st International Cartoon Exhibition Cakovec 2016, Croatia

1. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION CAKOVEC 2016

A. PARTICIPATION
The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profession.
B. THEME:
1. Child Friendly City
2. Gas in the household
C. ENTRIES
Conditions of entry:
1. Original works and digital artworks will be accepted
2. Entries can be either black and white or coloured.
3. The cartoons must not have been previously awarded on festivals.
4. The Contest is held via internet.
5. Each cartoonist can send up to 2 work per theme
6. Size of entries is a A4 or A3 format (jpg 300 dpi)
Send them to this email: cartoondamir@gmail.com
7. Cartoon works will be appreciated by the International Jury.
D. DEADLINE
Entry deadline is the 4 December 2016.
E. ADDRESS
Original works can be sent to:
DAMIR NOVAK
PRVOMAJSKA 1
MALI MIHALJEVEC
40311 LOPATINEC
CROATIA
F. PRIZES AND AWARDS
First Prize - 400 EUR
Second Prize - 200 EUR
Third Prize – 100 EUR
Five Special mentions
G. EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place in Gallery Scheier in Čakovec on the 15th of December 2016.
H. OTHER CONDITIONS
Authors of works that qualify to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition cataloque.
The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Čakovec 2016, as the advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to an author whose work may be used.
The prize-winning works become property of the organizer.
I. CONTACT
damir.novak3@gmail.com
Source: resistart .

The 3rd International Biennial Book Cartoon Contest 2016, Iran

The 3rd International Biennial Book Cartoon Contest 2016, Iran

Themes:
Book & City, Book & Life, Book & Family, Book & Child, Book & Library, Book & Librarian, Book & Media, Book & Future
Rules:
Each Participant Can Send Up To 5 Cartoons.
Must Send His (Full Name, Post Address, Email Address& Phone Number) Via Word File.
Send Cartoons Must Be 200 Dpi Resolutions, Width Or Length 2000 Pixel & Jpg Format.
Send Cartoons Must Not Won Prizes Before.
Send Cartoons Must Not Been Published In The Previous Catalogs Of This Biennial.
Prizes:
First Prize: 2000 $, Trophy, Mention
Second Prize: 1500 $, Trophy, Mention
Third Prize: 1000 $, Trophy, Mention
With Five 500 $ For Five Person With Trophy, Mention.
Deadline: 30 Dec 2016 (EXTENDED:) 19 JANUARY 2017
Cartoon Must Be Sending To: info@booktoon.ir
Web Site: www.booktoon.ir .

XVI International Salón Humor Santa Clara 2016, Cuba

XVI International Salón Humor Santa Clara 2016

The humoristic monthly Melaito and the Cuban Association of Authors and Artists (UNEAC) in Villa Clara, call for the XV International Salon Humor Santa Clara 2016.
Regulations:
The themes for the salon will be “free” and “erotic”.
The works must not exceed 25 x 35 cm in any technique including printed copies of digital images.
Tridimensional works should not exceed 50 x 50 cm on any side.
Each participant can send a maximum of three works for each theme.
Entries should be posted no later than November 30 th, 2016 to the following address:
XVI Salón Internacional de Humor Santa Clara 2016
Casa de la Uneac
Máximo Gómez no. 107
entre Julio Jover y Martí,
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
Awards:
The Organizing Committee will award three prizes for each category and other discretionary prizes.
Prizes for international participants will consist of an original painting by a well-known local artist and a prize certificate, which will be posted by secured delivery.
A panel of prestigious cartoonist will decide the winners and its decision is final.
The awards will be given on December 20th at the UNEAC venue. Shortlisted cartoons and works will be part of an exhibition.
For more details about this announcement you can emails: 40melaito@gmail.com , archegaleria.vc@uneac.co.cu
Organizing Committee.
Source: cartoonblues.

Catalog of the 7th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2015, Turkey

Time to review the recent catalog (received a couple of months ago I must confess) of the International Tourism Cartoon Competition organised in Turkey by Anatolia: A Journal of Tourism Research of Anadolu University and the Association of Tourism Writers & Journalists. This 7th edition had the theme of "Tourism and Peace" which brought in a lot of cartoons with doves, olive branches, and the peace signs while some works had migration as the sub-theme which is of course the most important problem the humanity is faced nowadays because of the ongoing wars and regional conflicts. Forced or voluntary migration is the negative form of changing places in stark contrast with tourism. So what will tourism look like in the future if all these wars last for a long time? Will people change worlds if not places on planet earth? That is the new theme this year of the International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2016 and will bring more hope and joy in the cartoons I suppose: Future of Tourism.

The International Tourism Cartoon Competition catalog is sent to all cartoonists whose works are included in the book. The 145 works in the book are the finalist cartoons selected by the pre-evaluation committee from the 895 works sent in by 445 cartoonists representing 67 countries. The objective way the cartoons are selected, nominated and qualified for awards is a bit complicated process but it works with the help of internet and some volunteer work.
And this catalog published in paper is also within reach of internet users on the website of the competition. There you can also find in 7 languages the guidelines for submission by internet or snail mail, the youth and adult categories, and the awards of course, the all-inclusive holidays of 5 days in a 5-star hotel in Turkey for 2 persons: http://tourismcartoon.com.
Also on facebook.

List of artists represented in the catalog of V BHLOG – Penela 2016, Portugal

List of artists represented in the catalog of V BHLOG – Penela 2016

Afeganistão
Manssoreh Sadeqi - pág. 110
Albania
Agim Sulaj – pág. Capa, 200, 255
Argélia
Aimeur Youcef – pág. 181, 366
Argentina
Lawry – pág. 105, 312, 313
Martins Favelis – pág. 114
Omar Perez – pág. 131, 335, 397, 398
Austria
Stefan Wenczel – pág. 151
Azerbeijão
Soltan Soltanli – pág. 151
Bélgica
Bossens Philippe – pág. 51, 52, 252, 275
Cost - Sunnerberg Constantin – pág. 58, 280
Luc Descheemaeker (O-SEKOER) – pág. 320. 321
Patrick Heymans – pág. 133, 134
Philippe Cruyt – pág. 233, 341
Bielorússia
Vitaly Bondar – pág- 359
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Resad Sultanovic – pág. 202, 220, 223, 225
Brasil
Alisson Affonso – pág. 42
Anderson de Oliveira Delfino – pág. 44, 266
Carlos Amorim – pág. 195, 236, 277
Cival Einstein –pág. 54, 278, 279
Eder Santos – pág. 65, 290
Érico Junqueira Nascimento – pág. 70, 207, 210, 253
Evandro Alves - 73
Glen Batoca – pág. 198, 201, 209, 213, 252
João Bosco de Azevedo (J.Bosco) – pág. 98, 231
Luis Gê – pág. 37
Mancini - pág. 327
Mello, Silvano – pág. 224, 331, 332
Nilo Trovo – pág. 205
Sergio Campelo – pág. 210
Waldez Duarte – pág. 172, 173, 362
William Martins Ribeiro – pág. 174, 210
Bulgária
Tsocho Peev – pág. 157
Walex - Alexandrov Valeri – pág. 230, 253, 363
Zidarov Veselin – pág. 368
Chile
Pelayos (Pepe & Alex ) – pág. 340
Chipre
Huseyin Cakmak – pág. 92
Colombia
Camilo Triana – pág. 223, 276
Guaico – pág. 214, 234
Fernando Pica – pág. 75, 76, 242, 296
Luis Eduardo Leon – 106, 386
Stela Peralta -152, 153
Costa Rica
Ferrom (Ferreol Murillo Fuentes) pág. 79, 196
Croácia
Borislav Hegedusic – pág. 376
Damjan Roce –pág. 59, 281
Cuba
Voland - Roberto Castillo - pág. 171, 361
Egipto
Fawzy Morsy – pág. 74
Marwa El Wahab – pág. 116, 393
Samira Saeed Dadawy – pág. 347
Wesam Khalil – pág. 197, 204, 219, 403, 404
Eslováquia
Vladimír Pavlík – pág. 164, 165
Eslovénia
Milan Alasevic – pág. 119
Espanha
Adene – pág. 38
Fernando Ruibal Piai – pág. 77, 78, 241, 297
Harca – Juli Sanchis – pág. 252, 378, 379
Joaquín Aldeguer – pág. 217, 248
Luis Mandiguren Tarrés – pág. 322, 323, 389
Manuel Arriaga – pág. 115, 328
Estónia
Ester Lauringson – pág. 72
Finlandia
Riina Maido – pág. 142
França
Bernard Bouton – pág. 273, 274
Mario Montolivo – pág. 112
René Bouschet – pág. 346
Holanda
Willem Rasing – pág. 175, 176, 228, 405
India
Manoj Chopra – pág. 245, 392
Prasad Shriram Pande – pág. 139
Rahul Dev – pág. 343, 344
Vishwas Suryawanshi – pág. 358
Indonésia
Agus Eko Santoso – pág. 258
Armen Hamonangan – pág. 49
Bambang Sulistyo – pág. 50
Bayu Angora – pág. 374, 375
Budio Kusdwiyanto – pág. 53
Jitet Kustana – pág. 306, 384, 385
Yunus Erlangga – pág. 35, 182, 244
Irão
Abbas Naaseri – pág. 39
Ali Akbar – pág. 269
Alireza Pakdel – pág. 261
Alireza Zakeri – pág. 262, 263
Aliyeh Mazaheri – pág. 264
Amirreza Torkaman – pág. 43
Bagher Vasegh – pág. 270
Elham Khoshanjam – pág. 66
Emad Salehi - pág. 31
Ghenaatpisheh - pág. 83,298
Hamed Bazrafkan – pág.249, 299
Hassan Omidi – pág. 300
Hedieh Sediqi Kasmaei – pág. 252, 301
Esmaeil Babaei – pág. 71, 292
Khodayar D.Naroei – pág. 247, 311
Mahdi Afradi – pág.324, 389
Mahmoud Hazrati – pág. 325, 326
Masoom Ahi Andy – pág. 329, 330
Mohsen Asadi – pág. 124
Mojtaba Heidarpanah – pág. 396
Naghi Hamidi – pág. 125, 203, 250
Nasrin Sheykhi – pág. 235, 246
Sanaz Khadem Yahyavi – pág. 199
Shahram Rezaei – pág. 348, 349, 402
Sohrab Kheiri – pág. 150
Vahide Fallahi – pág. 36, 353
Yalda Hasheminezhad – pág. 178
Yaser Khanbaray – pág. 406
Israel
Boris Eremburg – pág. 373
Ilya Katz – pág. 303, 380, 381
Itália
Alessandro Gatto – pág.32
Ciro D’Oriano – pág. 55
“Gio” - Mariagrazia Quaranta – pág. 252
Marco Fusi – pág. 110
Nicola Bucci – pág. 126, 252
Japão
Das - Daniel Sahade – pág. 60, 285
Dragica Ohashi –pág. 64
Lituânia
Vladimiras Beresniovas – pág. 169, 170
México
Arturo Valentin Paz – pág. 267, 268
Gerardo Antonio Barba Rios – pág. 81, 82
Montenegro
Darko Drljevic – pág. 283, 284
Luka Lagator – pág. 109
Nicarágua
Pedro Molina – pág. 194, 216, 338, 339
Perú
Karry – Julio Carryon Cueva – pág. 307, 308, 309
Walter Toscano – pág. 211, 215
Polónia
Dariusz Dabrowski – pág. 59, 282
Henryk Cebula – pág. 87, 88
Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek – pág. 94
Jacek Majcherkiewicz – pág. 95
Jerzy Stepniak – pág. 383
Krzysztof Suski – pág. 101, 102
Lucjan Madziar – pág. 107, 108
Miroslaw Hajnos – pág. 121, 122
Piotr Depta – pág. 401
Radoslaw Rucinski – pág. 141, 342
Slawomir Luczynski – pág. 149
Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz – pág. 191
Portugal
Agostinho Pereira – pág. 256, 257
Álvaro Santos – pág. 265
António Coelho – pág. 45
António José Lopes – pág. 46
António Paiva – pág. 47, 48, 243
Helder Peleja – pág. 85, 86
Hermínio Felizardo – pág. 89, 90, 302
José Bandeira – pág. 33, 212, 271
José Santos – pág. 99
Mário Teixeira – pág. 113
Miguel Jarro – pág. 118
Onofre Varela – pág. 218, 253
Paulo Fernandes – pág. 135
Pedro Manaças – pág. 138, 240, 253, 336, 337
Ricardo Ferreira – pág. 142
Santiago (Antonio Santos) – pág. 144, 208, 222, 238
Quénia
Kang’ethe Njenga – pág. 387
Rep. Arménia
Dizo - Arsen Gevorgyan – pág. 61, 287
Haroutiun Samuelian – pág. 84
Rep. Checa
Evžen David – pág. 232, 293, 294
Jana Maťátková – pág. 96
Jiří Novák – pág. 34, 97, 304, 305
Roman Kubec – pág. 143
Rep. Popular da China
Baoxin Sun – pág. 272
Hong Xue – pág. 91
Li Hai Feng – pág. 314
Li Kui Jun – pág.315, 316
Liu Qiang – pág. 388
QiaoWei – pág. 139, 140
Shangjun – pág. 148
Shi Lin – pág. 146, 147
Yang Lijie – pág. 179, 365
Yin Zijing – pág. 180
Zhao Yun Sheng – pág. 188, 189, 367
Roménia
Aurel Silviu Cocianu – pág. 49
Cornel – Marin Chiorean – pág. 56, 57, 252
Doru Axinte – pág. 62, 63, 289
Felix Artuche – pág. 295
George Licurici – pág. 80, 252
Liviu Stanila – pág. 237, 317, 318, 319
Marian Lupu – pág. 111, 252
MIS - Carmen-Niculina Misaila – pág. 123
Nicolae Lengher – pág. 127, 192, 193, 253, 334
Nicoleta Ionescu – pág. 128, 129, 251
Pavel Constantin – pág. 136, 137, 226
Petry, Bogdan & Crisan, Horia – pág. 399, 400
Sepa - Andrei Misaila – pág. 145
Rússia
Ivan Anchoukov – pág. 93
Smagin Maxim – pág. 116, 117
Valentin Druzhinin – pág. 158, 159, 160
Vasiliy Alexandrov – pág. 259, 260
Vladimir Semerenko – pág. 166, 167
Viasheslav Shilov – pág. 162
Zlatkovsky, Mikhail – pág. 190, 253, 369, 370, 371
Sérbia
Dejan Borkovic – pág. 286
Mileta Miloradovic – pág. 227
Miroslava Rakovic – pág. 120
Toso Borkovic – pág. 155, 156
Vaso Krcmar – pág. 355
Vladimir Stankovski – pág. 168
Síria
Wissam Asaad – pág. 177, 364
Tailândia
Passaprawas A –Chinoboonwat – pág. 132
Turquia
Abdulkadir Demirhindi – pág. 239
Ayten köse – pág. 372
Ediz Evrenos – pág. 291
Eray Ozbek – pág. 67
Erdogan Basol – pág. 68, 69, 377
Ismael Kar – pág. 382
Kaan Saatci - pág. 100
Kemal Ozyurt – pág. 310
Menekse Çam – pág. 394, 395
Musa Gumus – pág. 333
Ucrânia
Alexander Dubovsky – pág. 40, 41
Oleg Gutsol – pág. 130
Oleksy Kustovsky – pág. 103, 104, 206, 221
Valentyn Bezruk – 161, 354
Valeriy Doroshenko – pág. 288
Victor Holub – pág. 356, 357
Vladimir Kazanevsky – pág. 163, 360
Yuriy Galiakbarov – pág. 183, 184
Yuriy Pogorelov – pág. 185, 186, 187, 253
Uruguai
Raquel Orzuj – pág. 141, 253, 345
Uzbekistan
Mahmudjon Eshonkulov – pág. 390, 391
Salidjan Mamatkulov – pág. 229
Vietnam
Thai Sac Ma – pág. 154
Zambia
Simon Nsaka (Stillmatic) - pág. 350, 351, 352
Source: humorgrafe .

Raed Khalil : Contests....... But ...?

Contests....... But ...?
Contest usually organised worldwide, so every country has its own cartoon contest for example and such intellectual events varies according to amount and quality of media and financial support.
On the other hand, there are several Contests here and there which have lost credibility, the thing that enforced every respectable cartoonist to exclude himself away from them because of the lack of organising and ignoring his/her questions & requests though.
Worth mentioning that other Contests usually held just to bring in cartoons, collect and then sell them or invest them within other special affairs, in other words we can see that eventually, cartoonist is the skip goat of such exploitation and other... etc.
Our questions are the following:
1 - When would you boycott cartoon Contests in general? Please clarify your point of view and justify the reasons, what and why.
2 - Is politics are the most important element of joining or not joining cartoon contests?
3 - Is the special situation and private circumstances of every contest are the only reason for some cartoonists to include two faces within their contributions?
Regards
Raed Khalil
(Source: raedcartoon).

Kicking out unemployment: Contest of Humor SHG 2016, Brazil

Contest of humor SHG 2016, Brazil

Join with cartoon, caricature, or cartoon strip,

using a comic balkcony within the theme

Dalcio / Kicking out unemployment.

There's no fun on unemployment. Most of all, when it takes who made the Brazil's culture. The cartunist, Dalcio Machado, is one more victim of this, so we will make him a tribute to all unemployed cartunists, through cartuns having Dalcio as a theme. Just he, who have participate and awarded on all Humour Contest around the world!
Awards:
1st place: A original art signed by Dalcio Machado
1st to 3rd places: Digital certify
   Honour Mentions to 5 participants.
- Send one work only.
- Theme: Kicking out unemployment
Send your cartun until October 23, 2016
NEW DEADLINE: 30 November 2016
to the page "Salões de humor gráfico"

Examination Board:
Jota A.
Dalcio Machado
Silvano Mello
Camilo Lucas
Lex franco.
Hats off to Dalcio Machado.
Hats off to the Brazilian Cartun.

The 2nd International Contest of Research, Technology & Innovation 2016, Iran

The 2nd International Competition of “Research, Technology & Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers & Cartoonists”

Secretariat of the Science Council, Research and Technology and Science Policy Research Center of Iran to identify Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities of Research Technology and Innovation Field in the Eyes of Photographers and Cartoonists holds the Second Competition of “Research, Technology and Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers and Cartoonists”.
Festival Organizer invites all of interested students and professionals around the world to participate in this competition.
Theme: Challenges and Opportunities of Research, Technology and Innovation
Rules:
Each participant can send up to 5 cartoons.
Must send his (Full Name, Post Address, Email Address & Phone Number) via word file.
Sent cartoons must be 200 dpi resolutions, width or length 2000 pixel & jpg format.
Sent cartoons must not be won a prize before.
Prizes:
Five 1000 $ for Five Cartoonists with Five Honorable Mentions
Deadline: 20 November 2016
Cartoon must be sending to: iranbestcartoon@yahoo.com
the gallery of the first national contest
Source: resistart .

The Soul is the theme in the 21st European Cartoon Contest - Kruishoutem 2017, Belgium

21st Eropean Cartoon Contest - Kruishoutem 2017, Belgium

Dear Madam, Sir,
For the 21th time already our association is organizing its biennial cartoon contest.
In the first place we would like to thank all participants of the previous editions for their continued participation in this contest. The increase in the number of participans, entries and participating countries, and especially the quality of your work, proves the trust you put in our organization.
New in this edition is that you can upload your drawings by a new online platform.
To do this you have to register first on www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/register
1. If you did receive an invitation to participate at your home adress, you also did receive a personal code. Please always use this personal code to register!
2. If you don't have a personal code, you can register by entering your e-mail address.
Of course you can still enter your works by traditional post:
Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem - c/a Waregemsesteenweg 113 - 9770 Kruishoutem BELGIUM
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RULES
1. Theme: "The Soul"
2. The number of entries is limited to 5.
Any kind of graphical technique will be accepted. The works may not have been awarded before. The drawings shall not bear subtitles.
3. You can send your works in two ways:
- Register and upload your cartoons on our website www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/register
OR
- Send them by regular post to the following address:
EURO-KARTOENALE
WAREGEMSESTEENWEG 113,
9770 KRUISHOUTEM 
BELGIUM - EUROPE
On our website you can check the list of participants to see if your works have arrived. The entry list is updated daily.
4. The drawings shall have the following dimensions: A4 - 300 dpi (maximum 3 MB) for digital works.
5. The drawings sent by post must bear, on the reverse side, the surname, forename, and preferably the "personal code" of the participant.
6. By participating, the artist agrees with these rules and authorizes the organizers to publish the submitted works in the catalogue and for the promotion of the exhibition. For any other use of the cartoons the permission of the cartoonist is previously requested.
7. The following prizes are awarded:
1st prize: € 1.800,00 + trophy
2nd prize: € 1.500,00 + trophy
3rd prize: € 1.300,00 + trophy
Best European Cartoon: € 900,00
Best Belgian Cartoon: € 900,00
Prize of the ECC: Personal exhibition in the ECC.
On the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony, all the winners are invited for a stay of 3 days in Kruishoutem.
8. On request the participants get a free catalogue. However, the postage costs are for their own account. They can also collect the catalogue at the European Cartoon Center.
9. By participating the artist lends the submitted works to the organizers for itinerant exhibitions. Consequently, the selected works will remain at the disposal of the organizers until December 2018! The awarded works will become property of the organization.
10. The entries will only be sent back by the organizers on written request. The organization can in no way be held responsible for eventually damaged or lost works.
11. If after announcement of the prizes, it appears that plagiarism has been committed, the jury can after deliberation withdraw the prize.
12. The international jury of cartoon professionals will meet in Kruishoutem on 27th of January 2017. The complete jury will be announced on our website after the expiry of the deadline.
13. The inauguration and prize-giving ceremony will take place on Saturday 8th of April 2017.
The exhibition will run from 9th of April till 2nd of July 2017.
DEADLINE : 8th of January 2017.
Source: ecc-kruishoutem.
List of participants.

Can you afford it? – International Environmental Cartoon Contest 2016, Hungary

Can you afford it? – International Environmental Cartoon Contest

Organizer Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda
Application begins 1 October, 2016.
Deadline for entries 15 November 2016.
Theme
The Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda invites all professional and amateur cartoonists, satirical artists and graphic designers to an international illustration contest with the theme: Those people who put their own momentary interest before the interest of a long livable planet are making a mistake.
Some are satisfied when they pay the price of their overconsumption or their destruction and they fail to realize that they cause irreversible damage with their selfish behavior.
Many people often feel they deserve something because they paid for it, but do we really deserve everything we paid for?
Awards
I. prize: 300 €
II. prize: 200 €
III. prize: 100 €
General rules
Entries can be sent via post or e-mail to the organiser of the contest.
Size of entries received by post should be A/3.
Cartoons sent by emails should be in JPG format (300 dpi), sized at about 2500 pixels wide if in portrait format and 3500 pixels wide if in landscape format.
Competition details
 All participants must be 14 or older.
 Previously published cartoons are not allowed for submission.
 Each competitor is allowed to participate in the competition with a maximum of 3 cartoons.
 Postal address for entries: Sopron, Pf. 101, 9401, Hungary
Entries received by post will not be returned.
 Email address for entries: palyazat@zoldbicikli.hu
 Cartoons sent by email should contain the surname of the participant and a two digit serial number. A txt, doc or docx format text is required with the same two digit serial number, which includes the data of the participant and the cartoon. (listed below)
 Attachment of works received either by post or by email should include:
o Title of the work
o Name
o Address
o Phone number
o Email address of the applicant.
Jury
Works will be judged by a professional jury. The jury will automatically disqualify any submission deemed offensive or inappropriate or any submission that violates copyright law or the rules of the competition.
A notification of the result of the competition will be sent to the provided email address by 25 November 2016.
Exhibition
The best pictures will be part of an environmental awareness exhibition, which will be accompanying significal events and will be presented as a travelling exhibition as well.
The works of the exhibition will be seen on the homepage and on the facebook site of Zöldbicikli Productions.
Information
Further information about the competition will be constantly posted from 10 October 2016 on www.zoldbicikli.hu homepage.
Special professional advice can be asked of the competition’s artistic director Szénási Ferenc at the following email address: palyazat@zolbicikli.hu
The competition organizer claims the rights for all submission.
By taking part in the competition, all participants agree to the conditions and regulations of the competition.
By entering the contest, the participants accept that any decision made by the jury is not negotiable.
We wish good luck to all participants!
Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda.
Source: zoldbicikli .

International Exhibition Satyrykon 2017, Poland

International Exhibition Satyrykon 2017, Poland

Regulations

Participation conditions
1. SATYRYKON 2017 International Exhibition is an open competition.
2. The objects of the competition are drawings, graphics and other works of fine arts and photography created with the use of optional techniques, being originals, completed within the recent two years (2016-2017), and qualified by artists to section:
SECTION I – THEME: TOLERANCE
SECTION II – JOKE AND SATIRE
(drawing without captions preferred)
3. WORKS AWARDED IN OTHER COMPETITIONS will be excluded from the competition SATYRYKON.
4. The format of works – maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm).
5. Works should be sent or delivered by February 6, 2017 (date of the postmark), packed in a protective cover to:
SATYRYKON – Legnica 2017
International Exhibition
Chojnowska 2, 59-220 Legnica, Poland
Organisers are not responsible for transport damages.
THE PARTICIPANTS ARE KINDLY ASKED NOT TO POST, THE WORKS VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS AS THESE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THE COMPETITION.
6. Participation in the competition is free of charge. However, organisers reserve the right to include one of the submitted works in the Satyrykon Gallery. The work, chosen by the author, will in this way cover our costs of mailing.
7. Works should be accompanied by their author’s photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a filled application form (PLEASE USE CAPITALS).
Prizes
1. Works for the competition will be qualified by the international Jury.
2. The Jury will award the following prizes:
GRAND PRIX SATYRYKON 2017 - pure gold key and purse amounting to 8,000 PLN
2 gold medals and purses amounting to 6.000 PLN
2 silver medals and purses amounting to 5.500 PLN
2 bronze medals and purses amounting to 5.000 PLN
and 4 special prizes amounting to 4.000 PLN each
Director of Legnica Culture Centre for a photography work in amount of 4,000 PLN award
Mayor of Legnica award in amount of 4.000 PLN
The organisers are expecting extra awards for laureates: for Author of THE BEST DEBUT and Author of THE STUDENT DEBUT to be accompanied by a solo exhibition at the Satyrykon Gallery within the programme of SATYRYKON 2017 events.
Jury has the right of final distribution of the statutory prizes, change of their amount, or non – awarding them or non – awarding the GRAND PRIX SATYRYKON. Jury’s decisions are final.
The competition results will be announced on March 1, 2017 at Satyrykon web site: www.satyrykon.pl
No t e !
AWARDS ARE SUBJECT TO TAXATION ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS. The condition to pay the authors is their arrival for the opening of the exhibition and collection of their awards by December 15, 2017, or it can be transferred into a bank account in a currency specified by the author.
Participants’ privileges
1. Authors of work qualified to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue.
2. Organisers provide competition prize-winners with gratuitous participation in the SATYRYKON 2017 event on June 15-18, 2017.
3. Works sent to the exhibitions will be exhibited in the country and abroad after the main exhibition, and then will be returned to their authors by the end of 2018.
WE KINDLY ASK THE AUTHORS TO NOTIFY US ABOUT ANY CHANGES TO THEIR ADDRESS DATA – RETURN ADDRESS / PHONE / E-MAIL.
Final provisions
1. Organisers reserve the right to use the sent works for SATYRYKON advertising purposes without any special fees paid to the authors: to be exhibited and reproduced in a variety of advertising materials, as well as printed and circulated in catalogues.
2. The prize-winning works become the property of the organisers and will be included in the collection of the Satyrykon Gallery.
3. The exhibition organisers are the final judges in interpretation of the regulations.
4. Sending her/his work the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations and agree to publishing of the author’s profile in the post-exhibition catalogue.
5. Legnica Culture Centre (+4876 72-33-700; e-mail: lck@lck.art.pl) and Satyrykon Foundation (+48 76 852-23-44; e-mail: satyrykon@wp.pl – PL 59-220 Legnica, Chojnowska 2 – are organisers of the International Exhibition SATYRYKON – Legnica 2017.
T i m e t a b l e:
Deadline for works reception February 6, 2017
(date of the postmark)
Jury meeting February 17-19, 2017
Post-competition exhibition June 8 – August 27, 2017
Return of works after the exhibition cycle December 31, 2018.
Source: http://en.satyrykon.pl/regulamin/ .