XXII International Biennial of Graphic Humor, Cuba

The Circle of Humorists and Cartoonists of the Union of Journalists of Cuba and the Museum of Humor of San Antonio de los Baños, summon the XXII International Biennial of Graphic Humor, which will be held from April 11 to 14, 2021, with the co-sponsorship of the Provincial Directorate of Culture of Artemisa. 

Cuban humorists and cartoonists inspired by the slogan "Humor brings us closer" invite graphic humorists from around the world to build bridges of solidarity and humanism, in the face of physical distancing and the new socio-economic challenges imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Participation in the meeting is open to all graphic comedians in the world who can compete with a free theme. Original works should preferably be sent in digital format and with the signature and data of the author. They can be done in any technique, delivered in JPG format, with a resolution of 300 dpi and no less than 1500 pixels on the longest side. 

You can compete in: 

General Humor

Political satire 

Humorous cartoon/Comics 

Personal caricature 

Humorous photography 

Tomy Prize for political humor, in memory of the beloved cartoonist Tomás Rodríguez Zayas, who would be turning 72 in 2021. The Tomy Prize seeks to reward the best exponents of counter-hegemonic, anti-imperialist and left-wing graphic discourse. This time the theme will be "Sovereignty." 

The authors will be able to compete with a work in each of the categories, plus the Tomy Prize for political humor. They should be sent to the email address: humor@upec.cu and they will be accompanied by the participation form, specifying the following author information: 

Names and surnames (also artistic name) 

Country

Title 

Category 

Private Address 

Email 

Telephone 

The same data must be included in the information of the digital works, title the file with the name of the author and country of origin, in addition to clarifying in the body of the message and in the subject, the category in which it is competing, and if the work is for the Tomy Prize. 

All proposals will be received from January 18 until March 10, 2021. 

Unión de Periodistas de Cuba (Upec) 

XXII Bienal Internacional de Humorismo Gráfico 

Calle 23 no. 452, Vedado, Cuba. CP 10 400

Phone: +5378323722 

JURIES 

The admission jury will select the works submitted to the contest that will be exhibited at the XXII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor in San Antonio de los Baños. An international jury made up of prestigious figures linked to graphic humor will award the prizes. The decisions of the jury are final and participation in the contest implies acceptance of all the terms of this call. 

AWARDS 

Eduardo Abela Prize, the highest award of the contest, is given in homage to the outstanding Cuban cartoonist (1889-1965), consisting of an accrediting diploma, trophy and cash. 

Tomy Award consisting of a diploma, a trophy and a reproduction of a work by the author. 

As is tradition, various Cuban cultural and social institutions join the contest and award collateral prizes. 

First, second and third prize in each category and how many mentions the jury considers, consisting of a diploma. 

Source: dedete.

Translation by Google.

5th Beavers Laugh Cartoon Competition, Bobritsa 2021, Ukraine

BEAVERS LAUGH CARTOON COMPETITION 2021

RULES

1 – PARTICIPATION: 1 February to 1 July 2021. 

The 5th "BEAVERS LAUGH" Bobritsa Village Cartoon Competition (the Ukraine) is open to all graphic artists, who can enter works that have not been awarded until the closing date of the entries, in the cartoon, caricature and comics modalities (The comic strip should have only one page). 

The opening of the Exhibition will take place on 11 September 2021, with the official announcement of the winners of the contest. 

Each artist can enroll with the maximum of five (5) UNPUBLISHED works in the preferable format 30x40 cm (А4 minimum) and using any technique. On the back of each drawing, or in registration you must provide the author's full name, address (with ZIP code), email, phone number. 

Additionally, please, provide your ID number, social security number and bank account – IBAN (if applicable), full name of the bank, bank code (BIC / SWIFT), correspondent bank’s name and account (for non-EU banks) (needed in case you will be one of the winners). 

The artists can participate by sending their work: 

(a) by email: beaverslaugh@yahoo.com (with maximum size of 5 megabytes) 

or 

(b) by post or courier mail: 

Bobritsa Cartoon Competition 

27 Naberezhaya Street, Bobritsa, 

Kiev-Sviatoshin District, Kiev Region, 

08142, UKRAINE. 

2 – THEME 

The theme of the 5th Bobritsa Cartoon Competition is SILENCE. 

Although the name of the contest is BEAVERS LAUGH (in Ukrainian language the name of the village Bobritsa originates from "beaver"), this does NOT mean that your works should be only about beavers. First of all, they should be original, smart and funny, please do not restrict yourself by beavers as heroes! 

But we have our SPECIAL BEAVER AWARD for "beavers’ theme" as well! 

So, if the "heroes" of your artwork are beavers your work shall be considered for BOTH (a) main theme awards and (b) special BEAVER AWARD nominations with a chance to win both of them! 

3 – AWARDS 

First prize: euro 500 (five hundred). 

Second prize: euro 300 (three hundred). 

Third prize: euro 200 (two hundred). 

Appreciation awards (2): euro 100 (one hundred) each. 

Special BEAVER AWARD (for artworks where BEAVERS are the heroes): euro 300 (three hundred). 

4 – OTHER RULES 

Before the official announcement of the winners by the Jury, the organizers reserve the right to publish electronic copies of the selected artworks (from which the Jury will make its final selection) with the purpose to determine with the help of the public if any of submitted artwork repeats or copies previously published cartoons. 

The awarded artworks will be considered acquisitive and will become part the property of the organizers, and all winning artist assign their copyright and property rights worldwide to the organizers from the date when their artworks were submitted. 

The works will not be returned. 

May not participate in this competition officials of Bobritsa village community, their relatives and anyone involved in the organization. 

The award cash amounts are payable only upon the receipt of the original artworks of the winners by the organizers of the Competition to the personal bank accounts of the winners provided in writing (email) with copies of their passports (if required by the bank). 

The organizers have full discretion to decline any submission before the Jury's consideration and to revoke / cancel any prize awarded by the Jury in case of confirmed facts of plagiarism, repetition of the plot etc. 

By sending your artwork to the organizers a participant confirms his/her full agreement to all terms above. 

For any information, please, contact: beaverslaugh@yahoo.com. 

Source: Beavers Laugh.

53rd World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2021, North Macedonia

53rd WORLD GALLERY of CARTOONS Skopje 2021

• The organizer of the competition is OSTEN Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.
• The SELECTOR assigned by the organizer will select the submitted works, and the INTERNATIONAL JURY will appraise the short-listed works.
• Opening of the exhibition and the official announcement of the awards will take place in September 2021 in Skopje, N. Macedonia.

CRITERIA for PARTICIPATION

• Types of works – cartoons | satirical drawing | comic/strip (one panel of non-linguistic strip).

• Theme | technique | format – by the author's choice.
• Number of works – unlimited.

RULES for PARTICIPATION

• Only ORIGINAL, hand-created works are eligible. If the author works exclusively in digital technique, printed DIGITAL WORKS numbered and signed in pencil on the front will be accepted 

• Only original works from the NEWER PRODUCTION, which have not previously been PUBLISHED or AWARDED, will be considered 

- Works that are deemed by the jury to be identical or closely similar to the known works by another cartoonist will NOT be judged 

- If detected the cartoonist has violated any of the rules for participation after the awarding, the jury has the right to withdraw the award 

- According to the organizer’s directions, the selector and the international jury will pay particular attention to the visual expression of the submitted works 

• REGULAR APPLICANT should: 

- Fill out the APPLICATION FORM (electronically or manually) and send it to the e-mail: cartoons@osten.com.mk along with a photo, short bio and digital images of the submitted works 

- Send the electronically submited works BY POSTAL MAIL along with the printed and signed Application Form 

Note: the name of the author, the title of the work and the technique should be stated on the back of each work 

• By completing the application, the author gives to the organizer a NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to use, exhibit, study and publish his works for the needs of the event. 

DEADLINE

For selection will be considered the works that will arrive up to

30th April (EXTENDED:) 31 MAY 2021 to the address:

OSTEN – WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS

8 Udarna Brigada 2, 1000 Skopje, N. Macedonia

IMPORTANT!!!

While sending the works, make sure to write on the package:

NOT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES / FOR EXHIBITION ONLY!!!

PARTICIPATION FEE

You should choose one of the options below:

O To participate WITHOUT A PARTICIPATION FEE (the submitted works remain in the OSTEN Collection)

O To participate WITH A PARTICIPATION FEE of 10 $ (non-selected works to be returned to the author).

PAYMENT INFORMATION

The payment should be done via money transfer to the OSTEN Skopje account:

Beneficiary: OSTEN DOOEL SKOPJE, 8 Udarna Brigada 2, Skopje 1000, N. Macedonia

IBAN: MK07210701000702188 | SWIFT: TUTNMK22

Bank: NLB AD SKOPJE, Majka Tereza 1, Skopje 1000, N. Macedonia

SELECTION AND JURYING

• The SELECTOR decides about the CARTOONISTS who go to the next level of jurying with all

submitted works and makes a short-list of FINALISTS

• The INTERNATIONL JURY reviews the works of the selected cartoonists, chooses the work that will be presented in the catalog and decides on the awards envisaged by the organizer

• The organizer will notify all registered cartoonists about the results of the selection (until the end of

May 2021) and the jury decision (by the end of June 2021) by email and will publish the results on its

website - osten.mk, and other printed, electronic and social media.

PRESENTATION

• The works by the SELECTED CARTOONISTS will be exhibited in the official exhibition

September 2021 / Skopje, N. Macedonia

• The FINALISTS and AWARD-WINNING CARTOONISTS who will be present in Skopje during the opening of the exhibition and presentation awards ceremony, receive print portfolios of their works

produced by OSTEN

• The AWARD-WINNING CARTOONISTS receive appropriate monetary award (where envisaged),

appropriate printed Plaques and printed copy of the catalog via postal mail. Their works remain

in the OSTEN Collection

• The OTHER CARTOONISTS receive appropriate digital Certificate and a catalog in .pdf via e-mail.

The ones, who like to have the Certificate / catalog in hard copy, can order it for a price of 30 $ and

they will be sent to the appointed address by registered postal mail

• The organizer invites ALL PARTICIPATING CARTOONISTS to attend the opening of the exhibition

and presentation awards ceremony in September 2021 in Skopje.

AWARDS

GRAND PRIX for LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT (1500 $ & Sculpture) – decision by the Ambassadors of OSTEN

FIRST AWARD ($1000 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

SECOND AWARD ($500 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

5 THIRD AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

5 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

CICO AWARD * for a Macedonian Cartoonist (Plaque) – decision by the OSTEN Board

* In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – Cico.

Application Form in PDF.

(Updated: 30 April 2021 23:00).

Catalog of The Best Cartoons of Nippon 2020, Japan

Received yesterday the color catalog of the International Cartoon Festival in Saitama 2020, Japan. It was the 30th year of the festival in 2020. I participated in the event with two cartoons of mine, one on the theme KAIKAKU which means "innovation" and the second one of FREE THEME. Works on both themes by 43 Japanese and 54 foreign artists are included in the catalog of the exhibition that took place at Plaza North in November 2020. 

Saitama City is the place where Rakuten Kitazawa - the father of modern cartoon in Japan - spent his later years. The Saitama Municipal Cartoon Art Musem in the home to Kitazawa in his later years hold the Saitama-City Rakuten-Kitazawa Manga Awards competition each year. In 2020 they held the 35th edition and the winning cartoons are included in this collection book of "The Best Cartoons of Nippon" which are also displayed on the museum website here.
The standard A4-sized (21x29.7 cm) catalog of "The Best Cartoons of Nippon 2020" has 108 pages, about 70 of them covering the color and the black&white cartoons participated in the festival and selected for the catalog. The remaining pages are the lists of the Japanese and the Foreign artists with their personal histories in both English and Japanese. With the help of this perfectly designed book of art, it is possible to compare the style and wit of the native and overseas manga/cartoon artists and enjoy the great humour in their works.
From Turkey are nine cartoonists whose cartoons published in the catalog; namely, Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu, Behiç Yalçın Ayrancıoğlu, Erdoğan Başol, Hüsnü Berkalp Üstün, Kaan Saatçi, Kamil Yavuz, Kemal Özyurt, Muammer Kotbaş, and Musa Gümüş.
Thank you to the festival organizers and the staff of Plaza North who sent me this great collection of manga/cartoon art.

(back cover).

3rd International Rhubarb Cartoons Contest 2021 - Transilvania, Romania

RHUBARB CARTOONS CONTEST 2021 – TRANSILVANIA

3rd Edition

RULES OF THE CONTEST

The contest is open to all cartoonists. 

Cartoons theme: RHUBARB – A means of recovering our health, society and economy. 

Deadline: 15th April 2021 

Entries: max 5 

The cartoons will be uploaded (in electronic format), after creating an account with a username and password to: https://cartoons.rabarbura.ro 

 Will be accepted only original works (created for this contest). 

The techniques used while making the cartoons are up participants. 

First prize - 500 EUR 

Second prize - 300 EUR 

Third prize - 200 EUR 

Other Special Prizes offered by the sponsors may be awarded. 

The jury’s decisions are final. 

The cartoon’s author consents that the cartoon or cartoons sent will become the property of the Organizer. The Organizer is entitled for all reproduction right for any cartoon registered in competition. 

The Organizer does not assume any responsibility for any breaches of copyright, exclusive responsibility for copyright lies with the one who sent the cartoon. 

The cartoons that will win the first, second and third prize will be sent mandatorily in original version to the Organizer. 

In the absence of interbank relations between Romania and the country of origin of the winner, the Organizer is relieved of any liability. 

By submitting the works to International Rhubarb Cartoons Contest 2021, the artist accepts the decisions of the jury and the rules printed above. 

Calendar of the Contest: 

Deadline to submit the cartoons: 15th April 2021. 

Preselection: Phase one: vote of the jury 20th -25th April 2021 (based on this vote, will be preselected 50 cartoons for the final vote of the Jury) 

FINALVOTE: 27th April 16 GMT, online streaming on https://www.facebook.com/rabarbura/ and https://www.facebook.com/rabarburaERP/ 

The description of the RHUBARB can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhubarb

 Organizer 

Transilvania CLOUD 

Munteanu Mircea 

President 

Source: cartoons.rabarbura.

European Cartoon Center, Kruishoutem, Belgium: Happy 2021 - Gelukkig 2021

Cartoon by Pol Leurs.

*

https://www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/en/.

27th International Cartoon Humour Competition GOLDEN KEG 2021, Slovakia

THE BEER GALLERY in Prešov

and the editors of Bumerang magazine

ANNOUNCE

27th International Cartoon Humour Competition-

GOLDEN KEG on the Topic of BEER

On Thursday, 1st April 2021, an exhibition of the best competing works, a festive announcement of the results and the handing of prizes to the most successful authors of the 27th competition in accordance with the Jury´s decision will take place as follows:

GRAND PRIZE (Grand Prix) Golden Keg and € 500

1st Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and € 200

2nd Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and € 150

3rd Prize Small Golden KEG and € 100.

• The Jury of the competition reserves the right not to award some of the prizes, to modify the amounts of the financial rewards and/or to award more prizes and/or honorary mentions. 

• The organisers will accept for the competition all works that will be delivered at the address of the Šarišská gallery in Prešov by Friday 26th February 2021. 

• The organisers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to reinstall the exhibition.  

• The diploma and the exhibition catalogue will be received in print by every awarded author and in the electronic form by every participating author who also provides his or her e-mail address. Main prizes and financial rewards can be received by an awarded author only in person on 1st April or through a person authorised by him/her. 

Competition rules: 

1. Each author can send at maximum five original works, including graphic techniques. 

2. The competition is open to anybody and everybody, and it is not restricted in terms of artistic design methods. 

3. The formats of the works should not exceed the A4 dimensions. 

4. The competition is non-anonymous. Each work should be signed on the reverse and bear the author´s full address. 

5. The rewarded works will become property of the BEER GALLERY in Prešov. 

6. Send your works at the address: 

ŠARIŠSKÁ GALÉRIA (Mr. Fedor VICO) ul. Hlavná 51, 080 01 Prešov Slovakia 

Please clearly mark the envelope with the word „PIVO“. 

e-mail: fedorvico@gmail.com .

*

Source: raedcartoon .

Denizli Metropolitan Municipality 1st International Cartoon Contest 2021, Turkey

DENİZLİ METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

1. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST SPECIFICATIONS

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

We wish the participation of cartoonists from all around the world this year by organizing internationally the cartoon contest that we have organized nationally for three years. 

We’ve decided the topic of the contest as Climate Change and Organic Agriculture. 

Our world becomes more and more uninhabitable in time. Because of unconscious behaviors of humankind such as harming green areas, blue seas, clean water resources and clean air; they actually didn’t realize that they harmed themselves. 

Negative behaviors disrupted the balance of the world. Natural conditions changed. On the one hand, the danger of drought; on the other hand, global warming and the rapid destruction of natural areas are the unique reasons why calamity and natural disasters are often threatening humankind. Accordingly, the damage to the agricultural areas has increased the share of inorganic nutritions and GMO (genetically modified organism) foods in the market and naturally proportion in the food chain. The use of hybrid seeds has also endangered the future of sustainable natural agriculture. 

The importance of organic agriculture is obvious for healthy nutrition and consequently the future of humanity. 

We have implemented and developed many environmentally-kind projects in order to increase the proportion of Denizli's green areas, to protect and save water resources, to minimize the pollution of the air we breathe and to recycle waste and garbage for the nature. 

We have worked for forming organic aggriculture areas and directing farmers to organic aggriculture besides raising the awareness of our public. Furthermore, our works still keep on. 

We wanted to bring up Climate Change and Organic Agriculture, we see it as a problem that threatens the whole world, with your valuable interpretations as master cartoonists. Thus, we desired to contribute to the awareness of people. 

I thank you and wish you success. 

Osman ZOLAN 

Mayor Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

TERMS & CONDITIONS: 

1. The topic of the contest: Climate Change and Organic Agriculture 

2.Deadline: Cartoons must be uploaded on eng.denizli.bel.tr (official municipality website) until 12.00 (a.m) 7 March 2021, on Sunday. 

3.The contest is open to amateur and professional cartoonists all over the world. 

4. It is not required that the cartoons which will be sent to the contest have been published or not in previous contests. However, the cartoons you will send must not have been awarded in another contest before. Cartoons that the selection committee (jury) deems the same or similar or the ones specified as another cartoonist’s belonging by the committee will not be evaluated. 

5.You can participate in the contest with maximum three cartoons. 

6. Cartoonists will send their cartoons digitally to our contest. Every cartoon must be in A4 size, between 150-300 dpi, JPEG format and minumum 1 MB maximum 10 MB capacity. 

7. Some cartoons which will be choosen from among the received cartoons by the jury will be collected in a cartoon album. The works of cartoon deemed worthy to be exhibited will also be displayed whenever and whereever Denizli Metropolitan Municipality deems suitable. No fee will be paid for the works of cartoon choosen by the jury for the exhibition and the album. 

8. One-night accommodation and meal expenses of the winners of the cartoon contest will be provided by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

9. Selection committee (The Jury Members) 

* Serhat Akbulut (Assistant General Secretary) 

* Hüdaverdi Otaklı (Head of Culture and Social Affairs Department) - Coordinator 

* Arif Duru (Director of Culture and Art) 

* Şevket Yalaz (Cartoonist) 

* Savaş Ünlü (Humourist) 

* Mehmet Selçuk (Cartoonist) 

* Abdülkadir Uslu (Cartoonist) 

 * Altan Özeskici (Cartoonist) 

* Ali Şur (Cartoonist) 

 * Kübra Deligöz (Cartoonist). 

10. Prizes 

First Prize Winner: 7500 TL 

Second Prize Winner: 5000 TL 

Third Prize Winner:3500 TL 

Honorable Mention (3 pieces of prize): 1500 TL 

 The Prize for Under 18 Years Old (2 pieces of prize): 750 TL. 

11. The Calendar of Contest: 

 A.The deadline application to contest is 7 March 2021, 12.00 (a.m) on Sunday. 

B.The evaluation meeting of the jury will be conducted on 13 March 2021 (on Saturday) and 14 March 2021 (on Sunday). 

C. Announcement of the results: The results will be announced on the official websites of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality: https://www.denizli.bel.tr and eng.denizli.bel.tr on 17 March 2021 (on Wednesday). 

D. Prize-giving Ceremony: Because of Covid-19 pandemic, how and when ceremony will be conducted depends on Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

12. No matter cartoons get reward or not, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality will become right owner to use all cartoons providing that participants’ names are clearly mentioned, in accordance with the law No.5846. 

The participants will have accepted that the rights of use their works will be transferred to Denizli Metropolitan Municipality free of charge to be used in all activities, promotions, events and trainings of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. In addition, The Municipality has rights of use their works for providing materials such as poster, catalogue, brochure, gifted book and etc. and publishing in the media. Furthermore, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality has also the rights of use their works to reproduce, disseminate, distribute and demonstrate. 

The works of the participant, which received or did not receive an award, can be used in print media, radio and television and also other mass media in accordance with the purposes of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality, from the moment of the delivery. Moreover, participants accept and undertake that Denizli Metropolitan Municipality takes over the rights of use the their works by means of broadcasts on the internet, brochures, catalogues, agendas, posters, CDs, DVDs and each digital media or calendars. 

 The participant declares that the work sent to the contest belongs entirely to herself/himself. Due to this work, the participant undertakes that she/he is the sole and absolute addressee of the requests of third parties that may arise from Law No:5846 (Intellectual and Artistic Works) and other laws. Besides, the participant also accepts that the legal and criminal responsibility for the work belongs entirely to himself/herself. In addition, the participant undertakes that Denizli Metropolitan Municipality does not have any legal and criminal liability regarding the matters forementioned (the right of recourse to the owner of the work is reserved). 

The right of the works belongs to Denizli Metropolitan Municipality as the organizing institution of the contest and the owner of the work. 

13. Participants are deemed to have already accepted the terms & conditions of the contest and jury decisions. If disagreements between Denizli Metropolitan Municipality and contestant arise in regards to undefined matters in the agreement or in case of doubt, the selection committee (jury) will arbitrate between both sides. In case of disagreement, this commitee will be authorized. 

14. Contact Information: 

Arif Duru (Director of Culture and Art) : +90 (258) 280 25 68 

Telephone central: +90 (258) 280 20 20 

E-Mail: denizli@denizli.bel.tr 

Website: http://www.denizli.bel.tr - eng.denizli.bel.tr 

Address: Denizli Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Altıntop Neighborhood, Lise Street, No:2 Postalcode: 20100 Denizli TURKEY

Source: https://www.denizli.bel.tr/karikaturyarismasiEN/ .

23rd PortoCartoon 2021 with the main theme of Health, Portugal

HEALTH is the main theme for the PortoCartoon 2021

Luther King and Maria João Pires - Special Caricature Awards

PortoCartoon (an initiative of the Portuguese Printing Pres Museum) will continue to follow the UN principles, Health is the the main theme chosen for 2021. The invitation to participate was just been made to cartoonists around the world ( below). 

Placed as the 3rd SDG (Sustainable Development Goals), in 2015, health is today the main pillar for the defense of humanity. COVID-19 - a virus without borders and still uncontrollable - has become the "main threat to the world security", according to the UN General Secretary, António Guterres. 

After the Anti-COVID Virtual Gallery 19 (http://www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org/i_gal_anticovid_f.htm) created by the Portuguese Printing Press MuseumI, with hundreds of participants, the theme of health gains another relevance in the global context. 

Following the line started in 2013, with the introduction of the Caricature award in PortoCartoon, the choice for 2021 was the Nobel Peace Prize winner Luther King, who was murdered in 1968. The current situation in the world, the frequent violation of Human Rights and the need to social transformation for a better and free world, for all races - especially the most segregated ones -, gives relevance to this choice. 

The other chosen figure was the Portuguese pianist Maria João Pires, whose "way of playing the piano has often been described as magical, captivating and deeply poetic" (Deutsche Grammophon). With an international career and more than 140 albums edited, Maria João Pires is the Portuguese who follows other figures such as Manoel de Oliveira, José Saramago, Amália, Siza Vieira or António Guterres. 

This will be the 23rd edition of the Portuguese Printing Press Museum initiative that started in 1998, with the theme of “Discoveries” (inaugurated by President Jorge Sampaio in 1999) and has put Portugal on the podium of the worldwide cartoon. 

In the twenty-two previous editions, more than 7000 cartoonists from five continents had participated.

 *

General Rules and Regulations

1 MAIN THEME HEALTH 

Placed as the 3rd SDG (Sustainable Development Goals), in 2015, HEALTH is today the main pillar for the defense of humanity. COVID-19 – a virus without borders and still uncontrollable – has become the “main threat to the world security”, according to the UN General Secretary, António Guterres. 

The fragility of the health services, in dozens of countries and regions of the world, and the lack of water and sanitation, has aggravated the people capacity for health defense. Epidemics claim millions of lives. Vaccines are a sign of hope, but again the poorest are the most unprotected. Even with so many speeches for equality, the tragedy seems to continue. And it is necessary to prevent the spread of the virus from being aggravated by the proliferation of misinformation. 

In this context, the role of wise and beautiful humor is central and irreplaceable. 

Therefore, PortoCartoon chose HEALTH as the main theme for 2021. 

2 SPECIAL AWARDS FOR CARICATURE 

MARIA JOÃO PIRES (1944- ) The pianist Maria João Pires is a prominent artist in classical music. She came to be recognized internationally when awarded with the first prize of the international competition of the bicentenary of Beethoven in 1970, in Brussels. Her career includes numerous tours, interpreting works by Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Schubert, Mozart, Brahms, Chopin and many other composers. Invited by the great world orchestras, she performs regularly in Europe, Canada, Japan, Israel and the USA. “Her way of playing the piano has often been described as magical, captivating and deeply poetic” (Deutsche Grammophon). 

Being a dreamer she created a unique work in the relationship between music and nature: Belgais Arts Center (Portugal). 

MARTIN LUTHER KING (1929-1968) had a special dream: to create a world of peace for blacks and whites, with freedom and justice. Because of that he was murdered at 39. His dream remains alive, which many want to see dead. 

He was a human rights martyr, like others who had followed him, Luther King was one of the first political figures in the United States to express himself, clearly, against racial discrimination. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and Henry Thoreau’s theory of civil disobedience, he advocated a peaceful and without weapon fighting. In 1964, he received the Nobel Prize for Peace, becoming at that time, the youngest winner of such an award. 

The nowadays situation in the world, the frequent violation of the Human Rights and the need for social transformation for a better and free world for all races - especially the most segregated ones - give relevance to this choice of PortoCartoon 2021. Luther King deserves a special gallery. Likewise, his utopic dreams.

3  Cartoonists can submit works for the MAIN THEME and for the FREE CATEGORY, as in the previous editions.

4 Artists who don’t wish to compete can send us their works EXTRA-COMPETITION, informing of their decision.

5.1. Cartoons must be original. We accept any kind of graphical techniques, including digital artwork sent by e-mail, as long as the drawings are SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, are identified as PRINT NUMBER ONE and as an original for this contest. 

5.2. Can also be presented sculptures pieces of humour, in any kind of material.

6 The artworks cannot exceed the following measurements: 

- IN PAPER, 42 x 30 cm (DIN A3); 

- SCULPTURE PIECES, 42 x 30 x 30 cm.

7 Cartoons should be sent with the author’s Resumé, in Portuguese or English, (publications, exhibitions, prizes…) and must be identified on the reverse with the following information: 

- Author’s name and address; 

- Year, title and theme section.

8 Entries should arrive at the PORTUGUESE PRINTING PRESS MUSEUM until February 15th 2021 (EXTENDED:) February 28th 2021, along with the filled Entry Form.

9 The works should be sent to: 

PortoCartoon-World Festival, 

The Portuguese Printing Press Museum, 

Estrada Nacional 108, nº 206 

4300-316 PORTO, Portugal. 

Or to the e-mail address: portocartoon@museudaimprensa.pt

10 The participation in PortoCartoon automatically implies that the author waives copyrights of his works in any kind of platform, concerning the production and diffusion of the festival.

11 The AWARDS, including a TROPHY and a DIPLOMA, will be the following: 

Grand Prize PORTOCARTOON 4000 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine), 

travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal 

2nd Prize PORTOCARTOON 1200 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine), 

travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal 

3rd Prize PORTOCARTOON 800 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine), 

travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal 

Special Award for CARICATURE 1st Prize 1000 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine) 

Special Award for CARICATURE 2nd Prize 300 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine) 

Special Award for CARICATURE 3rd Prize 200 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine) 

Honorable Mentions 50 Euro.

12 The organization does not ensure to send prizes on bottles of wine. 

13 The Jury will have an odd number of members and its decisions will be final and cannot be subject to any type of appeal or complaint.

14 The awarded works will become property of the PORTUGUESE PRINTING PRESS MUSEUM and will take part of the INTERNACIONAL CARTOON GALLERY. The others will be returned to the artists, if formally requested with the entry form, after the exhibitions (during PortoCartoon and others in different cities and countries). 

15 In case of using non-awarded works in other cases except PortoCartoon exhibitions or its promotion, copyright payment will be made to the artists.

16 All the artists whose works are selected for the exhibition will receive a DIGITAL CATALOGUE, that will be sent by e-mail to download. If the artist wants to receive a printed catalogue, he should request it and support the shipment costs. 

17 The winning artists will receive the prizes in June 2021, in a public ceremony.

More on http://www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org/.

World Cartoon Festival on Silencing the Guns in Africa 2021, Kenya

World Cartoon Festival on Applying Arts and Culture in

Silencing the Guns in Africa

Organizer: 

Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kenya 

Over the past two decades, efforts have been made to silence the guns in Africa, and this is a positive turning point for achieving a conflict-free Africa. Despite these efforts, conflicts continue in parts of the African continent. Extremism, the threat of terrorism and transnational crimes on the continent remain an ongoing challenge. 

Arms, as the continent's most popular weapon of choice, have attracted the attention of African Union member states and sparked their initiative to put an end to arms in Africa. The main task of this plan is to achieve a conflict-free Africa, prevent genocide, achieve peace for all and clean the African continent of war, violent conflict, human rights abuses and human disasters. 

To expedite this plan, the African Union launched the "Silencing the Guns" project in 2020 by mobilizing all stakeholders. But the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 prevented us from addressing this important issue in Africa properly. The African Union's 2021 theme "Arts, Culture and Heritage" prompted us to use art to keep this important event alive next year and to strive to achieve it. 

The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kenya, in line with the efforts of the African Union, decides to hold “World Cartoon Festival on Silencing the Guns" to show that the Islamic Republic of Iran, as in the past, stands with African countries to achieve peace and development on the continent. 

Title: 

World Cartoon Festival on Silencing the Guns in AFrica 

Sub-titles: 

1) No to guns in dispute settlement 

2) Silencing the guns and the Roots of conflicts (poverty, historical injustice, inequality, climate change, ethnic and tribal disputes) 

3) Arms trade and warfare 

4) Condemnation of Genocide and war crimes 

5) Countering extremism and terrorism 

6) Silencing the guns and Human Rights 

7) Surrounding of guns and reduction of violent conflicts 

8) Effects of Silencing the Guns on the African next generation, generation of peace and dialogue 

9) Applying art and culture in silencing the guns 

Deadline for sending artworks: 30 April 2021 (EXTENDED:) 01 July 2021 (before 12 midnight) 

Conditions: 

- Each cartoonist can send maximum 5 artworks; 

- Artworks should be in A4 size and sent in JPEG format with minimum 300DPI resolution; 

- Form of entry should be completed for each artwork; 

- Submitted artworks must not have received an award previously; 

- Any technics and methods can be used; 

- Artworks should follow copyright regulations; 

- By sending the artwork, the cartoonist guarantees that he/she is creator of the artworks and gives permission to the organizer to publish the artworks anywhere it deems necessary freely. 

Awards: 

Jury selection: 

The 1st selected by jury: 4000 US$ 

The 2nd selected by jury: 3000 US$ 

The 3rd selected by jury: 2000 US$ 

Five selected artworks by the juries will also be awarded certificates. 

Kenyan artists have the chance to receive three additional awards: 

The 1st Kenyan cartoonist selected by jury: 400 US$ + Certificate 

The 2nd Kenyan cartoonist selected by jury: 300 US$ + Certificate 

The 3rd Kenyan cartoonist selected by jury: 200 US$ + Certificate 

Date of announcing selection results: May 2021 at I.R of Iran Embassy website: https://kenya.mfa.gov.ir/en 

 and Facebook: @Iran.Kenya 

 Email address for sending artworks: Silencefest2020@gmail.com 

 For more information, please consult: https://kenya.mfa.gov.ir/en 

 Source: https://kenya.mfa.gov.ir/files/en353/Call.English.pdf. 

Entry Form and more on https://kenya.mfa.gov.ir/en/viewpage/13977. 

19th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2020, China

Rules of 19th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2020

1,Sections/Themes: 

1) Cartoon: 

(A) More Powerful Novel Coronavirus, More Long Struggle 

(B) Free Theme 

2) Caricature: 

(A) Famous President (B) Sports Star 

(C) Entertainment Star (D) Business Star 

2,Deadline: 

January 31, 2021 

3,Entries: 

1) Size: Min: A4(210mmx297mm), Max:A3(297mmx420mm). 

2) Quantity: Unlimited. 

3) Please send digital original drawings to this contest. Black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted. 

4) Participants are requested to send together with their cartoons, an entry-form with digital signature, a photograph or caricature. The form can be downloaded at FreeCartoonsWeb. 

5) Titles or entry-form must be filled out in understandable English or Chinese. 

6) All cartoonists can participate in festival through their own E-mail by submitting their cartoons to: 

freecartoons@126.com

Format: JPEG; Size: max 4M per cartoon; Resolution ratio: 200dpi-300dpi. 

7) The excellent cartoons will bepublished in Chinese newspaper and magazine. Some cartoons will be exhibited in China. All cartoons will not be returned. 

4,Prize: 

1) Cartoon: 

Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF). 

2) Caricature: 

Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF). 

5,Contact: 

http://www.fcwfcw.com 

http://www.fcw.cn 

E-mail: freecartoons@126.com 

Source: fcw .

Similarity: Ayres - Sultanovic: The Prisoner

Erico Junqueira Ayres

20th Zagreb International Cartoon Exhibition 2015 (p.93).

Resad Sultanovic

Karpik International Satirical Picture Competition 2020 (p.33).

Gender Mainstreaming: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality International Cartoon Contest 2021

IZMIR METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST

SPECIFICATION

SUBJECT: GENDER MAINSTREAMING 

INTRODUCTION: 

The United Nations (UN) was founded following the Second World War by 51 countries including Turkey on October 24, 1945, to realize the noble humanity vision of securing international peace and providing security, supporting sustainable development and safeguarding human rights. Turkey, as a founding member of the United Nations, plays an important role in the fulfillment of various duties of the organization from peacekeeping and peace building to improving the lives of people in need around the world. 

UN Turkey and its partners work towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals: The 17 ambitious goals in connection with each other aim to solve the problems faced by people all over the world, including Turkey. One of these goals is GENDER MAINSTREAMING. We can explain the gender mainstreaming, which is the main goal here, within the following scopes: 

• Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere, 

• Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private domains, including woman trafficking and sexual and all forms of abuse, 

 • Eliminating child marriage, early forced marriage and all harmful practices against women, 

• Making policies of public services, infrastructure and social protection regarding unpaid care and housework, and recognition and appreciation of responsibility within the household and family through improving the sharing of responsibility in a nationally appropriate manner, and; 

• Ensuring women's full and effective participation in decision-making processes of political, economic and social life and equal opportunities for women to exist in decision-making leadership mechanisms. 

IZMIR and especially IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality, which has become a leading example for Turkey with exemplary efforts towards improving the lives of women and girls, is a part "Women Friendly Cities Program" since 2006 and carries the distinction of being the first metropolitan province in being so. This was documented by the "Women Friendly City Certificate" issued in 2009. We can define a "Women Friendly City" in general as a city where the urban rights of women are realized, their participation in local decision-making processes and decision-making mechanisms is ensured, local equality policies that improve women's living conditions and ensure equality of women and men in all areas of life are established, and local services are provided through embedding these policies in the understanding of local government. Established in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, "Directorate of Women’s studies" sets an example for the sustainability and permanence of the Women Friendly Cities program. Besides, there are Women's Shelters; “Key” Integrated Service Center; Fairy-Tale Houses for women with children; Vocational Factories that prepare women for Employment and Entrepreneurship; and Equality Unit. 

Women managers are an example of the given priority of the number of female employees and female employment. IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality gives training on Gender Mainstreaming and provides services that facilitate the life of women in the city while taking into consideration of their rights and freedom through awareness-raising activities carried out on special days including November 25 Combating Violence Against Women; March 8 International Women's Day, December 5 Turkish Women's Right to elect and to be elected, and through conducting mutual work and well-attended meetings with NGOs and Trade Associations. 

Sources: https://www.kureselamaclar.org/ 

http://www.kadindostukentler.com/content/docs/kitapcik-1.pdf 

OBJECTIVE: Cartoonists! Empowering women means empowering the world: Think, draw ... Show everyone what comes to mind when you think about women's rights and empowerment. The areas of interest of our Cartoon contest are as follows. 

You can get inspired by the following subjects and much more: 

- Women and the Environment - Women in Power and Decision Making - Girls - Women and the Economy - Women and Poverty - Violence against Women - Human Rights of Women - Education of Women - Institutional Mechanisms for the Improvement of Women - Women and Health - Women and Media. 

IZMIR METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

SUBJECT: GENDER MAINSTREAMING 

1. The contest is organized nationally and internationally and is open to amateur and professional cartoonists all over the world. 

2. Cartoons that do not abide by the general rules of ethics, that contain insults, serve political purposes, violate personal rights and contain statements that may constitute a crime will be excluded from the contest. 

3. Relatives of the selection committee members cannot participate in the contest. 

4. Drawing technique is free. Competitors are required to fill in and send the participation form. By completing the participation form, the participant declares and acknowledges his/her consent in advance that he/she is the owner of the work of cartoon(s) that he/she will participate in the contest with and is vested with these work(s) and the participant grants license to IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality as defined under the provisions of Articles numbered 21-25 of the Law of Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works No. 5846, as the economic rights of communication to the public in the form of a non-exclusive license, without limitation of any place, time and number, and in a way that includes the right to transfer to third parties by means of processing, reproducing, disseminating, representing and transferring signs, sounds and/or images and that IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality may use the cartoon(s) in any way it wishes by exhibiting, keeping in the archive, reproducing and publishing on the internet and in other ways, and furthermore, the participant cannot claim any price from the Municipality for this reason. 

5. Cartoons will only be admitted to the specified e-mail address through the internet. Cartoon sizes should be maximum A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) and 300 dpi resolution in RGB and jpg format. They should be sent without using a compression program such as ZIP or RAR. 

6. Cartoons to be sent should not have been awarded in any national or international contest before. Cartoons that the selection committee deems the same or similar or that belong to another cartoonist will not be evaluated. 

 7. The Cartoons that made it to the finals against similar claims will be exhibited on IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality website and social media for a week. Objections received after this period will not be taken into consideration and the decision of the jury will be final. 

8. Cartoons that are found to be similar will be excluded from the contest. In the event of such a determination, the works selected as a backup will be awarded. The participant will be responsible for any possible discussions and stolen and similar claims. 

9. Participants can send a maximum of 5 Cartoons. 

10. Cartoons should be sent to the ibbcartoon@gmail.com address with the title of "Izmir Metropolitan Municipality International Cartoon Contest" until February 1, 2021, at 17:00. 

11. The money awards won by the participants in the contest will be transferred to the bank IBAN that they have sent us. The award winner must complete, sign and send the required documents, along with the IBAN. Situations that may arise due to the failure of the award owner to declare the IBAN or to be unable to receive the award price due to various reasons expire at the end of 1 year after the results are announced. In the event of a time-lapse, the right holder cannot demand any awards, royalties, etc. In case of disputes that may arise between the IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality and the participant, the jury's arbitration is sought first, if no result is reached, IZMIR Courts will be authorized to resolve the disputes. 

12. Among the cartoons sent to the contest, the works selected by the jury and deemed worthy of the exhibition will be collected in an album to be organized by IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality. This album will only be sent to the participants who were placed in the contest and whose work was published. No additional fee is paid for the works selected for the album. 

13. At the end of the contest, the works which have won an award, honorary mention, gained the right to be exhibited and to be put in the album will belong to IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality indefinitely together with the owner of the work based on the processing defined in Article 21, reproduction defined in Article 22, dissemination defined in Article 23, representation defined in Article 24, and the economic rights of communication to the public by means of transferring signs, sounds and/or images defined in Article 25 of the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works numbered 5846. Within the framework of these rights, IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality can use or provide the usage of the work indefinitely within or outside of Turkey, in Turkish or in any other world languages, in all kinds of media and material content by specifying the name of the author. No additional fee is paid for the works selected for these uses. No fees will be paid to the Consultant Members who take part in the contest. All participants who submit their work to the contest are deemed to have accepted the above conditions. 

AWARDS: 

First Prize: 15,000 TL 

Second Prize: 10,000 TL 

Third Prize: 5,000 TL 

Honorable Mention (3): 2,000 TL. 

SELECTION COMMITTEE: 

Cemalettin Güzeloğlu – Cartoonist 

Canol Kocagöz – Cartoonist 

Eray Özbek – Cartoonist 

Menekşe Çam – Cartoonist 

Görkem Şengüler – Illustrator 

Hilal Bayındır – Illustrator. 

CONSULTANT MEMBERS: 

Neptün Soyer – Teacher 

Izel Zenginobuz – IMM (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) Deputy Chairman of Child and Family Commission, Lawyer 

Nilay Kökkılınç – IMM Head of Gender Mainstreaming Commission, Lawyer. 

REPORTER: 

Ömer Çam – IMM Directorate of Vocational Factory, Cartoonist 

Mert Gültekin – IMM Directorate of Culture and Art. 

CONTEST SCHEDULE: 

The deadline is until February 1, 2021, at 17:00. 

The jury evaluation meeting will be held on February 5, 2021. 

The publication of the final works will be announced on 8 February 2021. 

The final results of the contest will be announced on 15 February 2021. 

The cartoons deemed worthy of the exhibition by the jury will be exhibited at the date; time and place determined by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. 

Note: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality reserves the right to make changes in this specification if deemed necessary. 

*

IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality 

 Participation form of 

International Cartoon Contest 

On Gender Mainstreaming 

                                                                                                                               PHOTO 

Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………. 

Surname: …………………………………………………………………………………. 

Addres:………………………………………………………………………………… 

……………………………………………………………………………… 

Country: ……………………………………………………………………………………. 

IBAN:……………………………………………………………………………… 

Telephone: ………………………………... ……………………… 

Fax: ………………………………………. …………………… 

E-mail: ………………………………….@ ………………………………………….. 

Brief BACKGROUND INFORMATION 

...…………………………………………………………………...………………………………………

………………………………………………… 

...………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………

……………………………………………………………………… 

...………………………………………………………………………………………...…………………

………………………………………………………………………  

I accept the Conditions of the Contest. 

 

Date 

Name, Surname, 

Signature

*

Also on kultursanat.izmir.bel.tr/ .

Results of voting on the best cartoon sites in the world 2020

Results of voting on the best cartoon sites in the world

Again, the site of the Syrian Cartoon ranking first in the questionnaire,

which has been to the best sites in the world's speed and credibility

to keep up with the event wherever... 

The titles of success

Iranian website received the second ranking.

Cartoon site caricaturque ranked third. 

RESULTS

1st Syriacartoon (www.raedcartoon.com) 

2nd Irancartoon (www.irancartoon.com) 

3rd caricaturque (caricaturque.blogspot.com) 

MENTION

tabriztoon (www.tabriztoon.com/English.aspx) 

ECC (www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/en) 

tabrizcartoons (www.tabrizcartoons.com)

Source: raedcartoon.