Invitation to the project of the of the Czech Union of Cartoonists: The World Draws Havel

The Czech Union of Cartoonists invites all authors, home and abroad, to make a caricature of Václav Havel, the first Czechoslovak president in the postcommunist era. We wish to pay honour in this way to the man who played so great a role in the transition of our country from totality to democracy. The works submitted will be published on the Union’s webpage and the selected caricatures will be exhibited or, as the case may be, included in a catalogue. Please, send your works in A4 size, in colour, greyscale or black and white, in resolution of 300 dpi (JPG) to the following address:
vaclav.havel@ceska-karikatura.cz .
More on WEB: http://www.ceska-karikatura.cz/en/svet-kresli-havla/.

31st Aydin Dogan International Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

31. AYDIN DOĞAN INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION

• The Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition is organized every year in Turkey by the Aydın Doğan Foundation.
• The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.
• The Jury, composed of international members, will meet in June 2014.
• The 31st Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition will be celebrated with an award ceremony in September 2014 in Istanbul.
CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
1. Choice of subject is free.
2. Only original cartoons will be accepted. Cartoons sent as printouts should bear original signatures of cartoonists.
Photographs, photocopies, etc. will not be accepted.
3. Size of cartoons should not exceed 29.7 x 42cm (A3 paper size).
4. Participants are expected to send the filled out participation form, with a short curriculum vitae and a photograph, together with their cartoons. Please fill out the form attached or download it from www.aydindoganvakfi.org.tr. The documents should be sent to Aydın Doğan Foundation, Burhaniye Mahallesi Kısıklı Cad. No 65, 34676 Üsküdar Istanbul, Turkey.
5. The Foundation will not be responsible for any damage that may occur during postage.
6. Award-winning cartoons will not be returned to their artists.
7. By filling out the participation form, the participant declares and accepts in advance that (s)he grants license in form of non-exclusive simple license to Aydın Doğan Foundation without any limitations on location, time period and number including assignment to third parties in relation to the usage rights of financial rights such as processing, duplication, distribution, representation, indication and transmission to the public via audio and/or visual means (s)he holds over the cartoon(s) which will enter the competition as defined under Articles 21-25 of the Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works; and that (s)he gives consent to Aydın Doğan Foundation to exhibit such cartoon(s), to keep them in its archives, to publish them on the Internet or through other media or to use them in any other way without any limitations.
8. Should the cartoon(s) which enters the competition earns a rank and/or a prize, the participant declares and accepts in advance that (s)he transfers the financial rights such as processing, duplication, distribution, representation, indication and transmission to the public via audio and/or visual means (s)he holds over the cartoon(s) which earned a rank and/or a prize to the Aydın Doğan Foundation without any limitations on location, time period and number including assignment to third parties under Articles 21-25 of the Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Work; and that (s)he gives consent to Aydın Doğan Foundation to exhibit such cartoon(s), to keep them in its archives, to publish them on the Internet or through other media or to use them in any other way without any limitations; and that (s)he does not have any right of disposition over the financial rights subject to transfer and thus cannot enter into any transactions with third parties in relation to transferred financial rights.
9. The Foundation will cover travel and accommodation expenses of the first three award-winning cartoonists for the award ceremony in Turkey.
10. Cartoons that have not received any awards shall be returned to their owners upon written application to the Foundation within one year. The responsibility of the Foundation finishes after one year.
11. The deadline for entries is Friday, May 9, 2014.
12. Jury members cannot participate in the competition in the year they act as a jury member.
13. The decision to upload the cartoons sent to the competition on the Virtual Museum lies with the Aydın Doğan Foundation.
AWARDS
Winner : 8,000 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation Winner Award
First Runner up : 5,000 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation First Runner up Award
Second runner up : 3,500 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation Second Runner up Award
Success Award : 500 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation Success Award
(In the event of a tie, the monetary awards may be shared equally among the winners.
A minimum of 5 and maximum of 12 success awards will be granted.)
Participation Form
Participation Rules in languages.

19th International Cartoon Exhibition Zagreb 2014, Croatia

19. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION ZAGREB 2014
A. PARTICIPATION
The organizer of the 19th International cartoon exhibition ZAGREB 2014 is the Croatian Cartoonist Association. The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profession.
B. THEME
INVENTIONS THROUGHOUT HISTORY
C. ENTRIES
Conditions of entry:
1. Original works and digital artworks will be accepted. Digital artwork is to be numbered in pencil on the front and pencil signed. Copies cannot be admitted.
2. Entries can be either black and white or coloured.
3. There should be the name, the surname and the adress on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. The cartoons must not have been previously awarded on festivals.
5. Maximum 3 entries will be submitted.
6. Size of entries is A4 or A3 format.
D. DEADLINE
Entry deadline is the 17th of April 2014.
E. ADDRESS
CROATIAN CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION
(HRVATSKO DRUŠTVO KARIKATURISTA)
SAVSKA CESTA 100
10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
F. PRIZES AND AWARDS
First Prize: 1.000 EUR
Second Prize: 500 EUR
Third Prize: 300 EUR
Five Special mentions.
G. EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place in Gallery Klovićevi dvori in Zagreb on the 3th of June 2014.
H. OTHER CONDITIONS
Authors of works that qualify to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition cataloque.
Only on explicit request will remaining (original) works be returned to the owners in the end of the exhibition cycle (in the second half of the year 2015).
The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Zagreb 2014, 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.
Entry Form on WEB: http://www.hdk.hr/.

1st Cairo International Cartoon Exhibition 2014, Egypt

1st CAIRO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION (To be held in March 2014)
Foreign Cultural Relations Sector, Ministry of Culture in Egypt, organizes in cooperation with Egyptian Caricature Society, 1st Cairo International Cartoon Exhibition.
Eligible Participants
Open to all artists from all over the world above 18
Theme
1- Egypt in the eyes of cartoonists
2- Free
Technical Criteria
• All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi actual size A4 (210mmx297mm), or A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPG format.
• Submitted works can be in color or black and white, in any style or technique
• Number of entries is unlimited.
• Submitted works must not violate copyright laws.
• By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the organizers to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition.
Submission
• The entry should be submitted to egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com latest by 25th February 2014 (EXTENDED: 15 MARCH 2014)
• The submission should contain the candidate’s
~ Full Name
~ e-mail address
~ Contact no
~ Full address
~ Date of birth (date-month-year)
A brief C.V. in English and passport size photo of the artist should be submitted as well.
Selection Criteria
• Entries will be judged by prominent Jury based on the quality of work submitted.
• A catalogue of selected artworks will be printed, a copy of which will be sent to the selected authors.
Organizing Committee:
Samir Abd Elghany (Cartoonist and Board Member of the Egyptian Caricature Society)
Fawzy Morsy (Cartoonist and Board Member of the Egyptian Caricature Society)
Emad Abd Elmaksud (Cartoonist)
Mona Abdel Karim (Photographer)
Ameenah Kamel (Cartoonist)
For more details please visit:
http://www.egyptcartoon.net
https://www.facebook.com/egyptcartoon
or contact us at :
egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com .

Exhibition call: Palestinian Women 2014

Artist women around the world in solidarity with Palestinian women at the International Women's Day and in the Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Opening exhibition: March 8, 2014.
Museum of Graphic Humor and Written Diogenes Taborda.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Website: www.museotaborda.org
Web: www.museodiogenestaborda.blogspot.com
RULES:
All the professional or amateur female cartoonists can register works. Each author can register up to four (4) works all technique. All the works can be sent through for e-mail, digitalized in 300 DPI, color way RGB, in the format JPG (high quality) or PDF obeying the maximum limit of 1,0 MB for each work. Deadline: February 20, 2014.
Rules, registration and information: exposicionmujerpalestina@gmail.com 
Source: facebook.

Rules of 12th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2013 (by E-mail), China

1,Sections/Themes:
1) Cartoon:
(A) Mobile Internet; (B) Air Pollution; (C) No Smoking; (D) Free Theme
2) Caricature:
(A) Famous President; (B) Sports Star; (C) Entertainment Star; (D) Business Star
2,Deadline:
January 30, 2014(Chinese New Year's eve)
3,Entries:
1) Size: Min:A4 (210 mm x 297 mm), Max: A3 (297 mm x 420 mm).
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 your own E-mail by submitting your cartoons to: freecartoons@126.com .
Format: JPEG Size:max.4M per cartoon Resolution ratio: 200 dpi - 300 dpi.
7) The excellent cartoons will be published 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+Gifts;
Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue;
Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue.
2) Caricature:
Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue+Gifts;
Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue;
Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue.
5,Contact:
URL: http://www.fcwfcw.com , http://www.fcw.cn
E-mail: freecartoons@126.com (Only for Festival)
Tel: 0086-13818006180
Source: http://fcwfcw.com/Diary.asp?ID=694 .

Don Quichotte new @-exhibition theme: Illegal Immigration

DON QUICHOTTE NEW @-EXHIBITION THEME: "ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION"
Every year, "journey of hope"of thousands of people which is held by highway or seaway, has not always a happy end. Despite measures against this illegal way of immigration, millions of people are dying during this "death ride". Especially, to arrive to the destination is a big luck for the people who prefer seaway. The bad conditions of the weather and unsafe boats are the main reasons of this tragedy. Illegal immigration is not only achieved by seaway, but also there are immigrations which are held by highway. Unfortunately, many of these are ending with tragedy. Moreover, African countries are demanding illegal immigration more than other countries.
It should be noted that there's an international annuity which is nourished from the people with the dream of a life with higher standards of living, who die tragically. Rising unemployment due to the global economic crisis triggered immigration of cheap and illegal workers. In Italy we have experienced the biggest tragedy, is a kind of survive from underdeveloped countries to developed countries. Just in a boat, the number of deaths was over 350.
We want to get under the spotlight their unsafe journeys from their own countries to other countries, the illegal gangs which left them with danger of death, expulsion reasons of the referencing country for asylum. Our goal is to attract attention of world public opinion to this everlasting tragedy, to contribute with a touch of art.
At the end of the exhibition the most successful 3 cartoons will be awarded with "Don Quichotte" medal. In addition 10 other cartoons will be given "certificate of Don Quichotte" as a reward.
Deadline: 28 February 2014
e-mail: info@donquichotte.org .
Source: www.donquichotte.org .

Results of the 6th International "Smiling Cat" Cartoon Web Contest 2013, Azerbaijan

THE RESULTS OF 6TH INTERNATIONAL "SMILING CAT" CARTOON WEB CONTEST 2013
Theme: Shadow
First "Smiling Cat" prize: Sergei Semendyaev - Ukraine (Top)
Second "Smiling Cat" prize: Marian Avramescu - Romania
Third "Smiling Cat" prize: Antonio Santos - Portugal
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Darko Drijevic - Montenegro
Abdul Syukur - Indonesia
Ivailo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria
Sava Babic - Serbia
Jacek Frackiewicz - Poland
Sunnerberg Constantin - Belgium
Sergei Tunin - Russia
Ciosu Constantin - Romania.
YOUNG "SMILING CAT" PRIZE:
Maya Khalil - Syria
Xiaorui Wang - China
Cranberry cartoon club - Russia.
See all prize-winning cartoons on source.

First international cartoon contest MAIDAN 2014, Ukraine

First international cartoon contest MAIDAN 2014, Ukraine
Rules of contest
1. Organizers
The organizers of First international cartoon contest MAIDAN are the newspaper "Gazeta po-ukrainski", the magazine "Kraina" and the website Gazeta.ua
2. Participation
All persons can participate in this international contest, regardless of nationality, age, gender or profession. Participants are agree to the terms and conditions and the decisions of the international jury.
3. Theme
Maidan (revolutionary square)
Who holds the power - the powers that be or the people? There have been cases in history when people had have to prove their power on the town squares. For instance, the popular assemblies (Viche) in the medieval cities Novgorod and Kyiv had gathered on the squares near the St. Sophia Church. There was a sign "Now we dance here" at the Place de la Bastille in Paris on the place of fortress ruined by the revolutionaries. Nowadays, people stand up for their rights on the town squares. Widely known places of the mass people actions are Tahrir Square in Cairo, Taksim Square in Istanbul, Bolotnaya Square in Moscow, Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Independence Square (Maidan) in Kyiv.
4. Entries
No more than 5 entries per person, black and white or colour. The cartoons must not contain text. Drawings can also be made digitally. Minimum size: 500 KB, maximum size: 3 MB. Format: A4, JPG. Please, send your full name, phone, post address and e-mail together with cartoons in attachment.
5. Deadline: 30.05.2014
6. Address
Please, send your cartoons by e-mail: maidan@gpu.ua
7. Prizes
First prize - $1,000
Second Prize - $500
Third Prize - $300
Five special awards.
8. International jury
Volodimir Ruban - Editor in chief of newspaper "Gazeta po-ukrainski" and magazine "Kraina", Ukraine;
Odile Conseil - Associate Editor of magazine Courrier International, France;
Cau Gomez - cartoonist, Brasil;
Dmitro Skajenik - cartoonist, Ukraine;
Marilena Nardi - cartoonist, Italy;
Ivailo Tsvetkov - cartoonist, Bulgaria;
Oleg Dergachov - cartoonist, Canada;
Eray Őzbek - cartoonist, Turkey;
Vladimir Kazanevsky - cartoonist, Ukraine.
9. The organizers reserve the right to publish the work submitted to the contest as an advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to the author. All rights reserved by the authors of cartoons.
For further information please contact us: kazanevsky@gmail.com
Dear artists, we are waiting for your works – as always witty, original, reflecting the author's independent ideas.
Source: raedcartoon.com .

Oburmizah cartoon website, Turkey

Saskia Gheysens, European Cartoon Center, Belgium

Final Results Correction: 2nd International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2013, México

Fawzy Morsy, Egypt

16th PortoCartoon World Festival 2014, Portugal

Dear Cartoonist,
The water is a key to life on the planet: Living Water / Living Earth!
This is the theme of the 16th PortoCartoon-World Festival 2014.
Ecology, environmental protection, biodiversity are concepts that do not dispense the water as a central element. When we talk about water, we speak of a common heritage of mankind.
Water is becoming not only scarce, as well as the target of a global wave of privatization. All over the world, many countries are losing supremacy over the water.
Water - 'the blue gold' of the 21st century - is no more than merchandise on the logic of the multinationals.
The dangers are on the agenda. Many researchers and movements of active citizenship have launched the alert. All very little. The Humor ALERT is missing.
PortoCartoon 2014 also presents two special Caricature awards:
Caricature Award Nelson Mandela and Caricature Award Álvaro Siza Vieira.
One to distinguish the role of Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, and the first black leader to assume the presidency of South Africa (1994-1999), after more than 25 years in prison under the apartheid regime.
The other is to celebrate the work of one of the most famous architect of our times. Álvaro Siza Vieira won more than thirty international awards, including the Pritzker Prize / Chicago (considered the "Nobel of architecture').
We will be looking forward to receiving your most appreciated participation, with our best wishes for a 2014 full of humour,
Luís Humberto Marcos
Director
Contacts:
PortoCartoon-World Festival
Portuguese Printing Press Museum
Estrada Nacional 108, nº 206
4300- 316 Porto
Portugal
Tel: +351 22 530 49 66
Fax: +351 22 530 10 71
portocartoon@museudaimprensa.pt
www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org
General Rules & Regulations in PDF.

Cristian Topan, Romania