Ismet Lokman cartoon exhibition

Ismet Lokman cartoon exhibition in Istanbul, Turkey

One of the modern masters of Turkish cartoon, Ismet Lokman will exhibit his recent work at Istanbul Cartoon and Humour Museum, Turkey. The opening ceremony will take place on Tuesday, Oct 16, 2007 at 18.00 local time and 40 originals by Lokman will be on exhibit. The cartoons all are selected by the artist from his work of 2006. The exhibition is on until Oct 31, 2007 at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Cartoon and Humour Museum, Ataturk Bulvari, Kovacilar Sk. No:12 Fatih / Istanbul / Turkey.

Phone: ++90 212 521 12 64 karikaturmuzesi@hotmail.com

Ismet Lokman was born in Bafra, Turkey, in 1938. He graduated from the Interior Architecture Department of the State Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul. His cartoons and illustrations have appeared in many magazines and newspapers. Some of his international awards are: Simavi Cartoon Competition "Erol Simavi Special Prize" (1988), Honourable Mention (1989, 1990); International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest Grand Prize (1989), Honour Prize (1993); Knokke-Heist (Belgium) Honourable Mention (1991); Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan) Excellence Prize (1993) and Citation prizes.

Once again the Grand Jury member in the 27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest this summer, he is planning to exhibit his most recent work of 2007 in Anatolia.

See images:

The invitation card for the exhibition (right above)

One of his 2006 cartoons (right in the middle)

A comic strip from his 2007 work (right below)

A postcard from Lokman's archive (left below).

3rd "Dietetic Science" Competition

Aiming at inspiring cartoonists’ creative ability and advocating dietetic science, China cartoon information website (okcomic.net) associating with the “dietetic science” magazine organizes the third Cartoon Competition about “Dietetic Science”. We collect cartoon works all over the world. Please pay attention to the latest news of okcomic.net. (Hacked?!)
1. Theme: dietetic science: Health, delicious food, cooking, environment protection, epidemic prevention and so on.
2. Organizer:China cartoon information website (Okcomic.net), “Dietetic Science” magazine
Undertaker: Beijing ZhongYatu Culture Developing Cooperation
3. Date:April 1st 2007----November 31st 2007
4. Rules
[1]. All the people who are interested in cartoon could take part in this competition, with no restriction of age, district and gender.
[2]. Original works that have never been published on any kind of media before (including the internet). Plagiarist will be disqualified.No restriction on form and style. Both single piece and multi grid are ok (better no more than 4 grids). Both black and white works and colored ones are welcomed.
[3]. Size: Letter submissions: A4 (21x29.7cm) is better. Each of the works must carry an identification label, clearly filled in, including name, address, phone number, e-mail and a brief curriculum.
Digital submissions: resolution ratio: no less than 200dpi; the longest side: 1000pels; the quality of compression: 10 is the best. The title of the mail should be: To the Cartoon Competition about “Dietetic Science”. In the letter, clearly write: name, address, phone number, e-mail and a brief curriculum.
[4]. Address: Cartoon Competition about “Dietetic Science”
WeiBohao 6-3-1101,Weigongcun Street #1,Haidian District, Beijing, China Postcode: 100081
E-mail: yinshikexuetougao@163.com
Phone: 86 10 88571219
Fax: 86 10 88571219 – 608
5. Judging process:
[1] All the submitting works will be exhibit on the competition pages of Okcomic.net.
[2] Every month, the period better works will be published on “Dietetic Science” magazine.
[3] Final judgment will be made by professional jury.
Members of the jury:
Heads: Han Suolin (chief editor of the “Dietetic Science” magazine), Zhang Fushan (general manager of Beijing ZhongYatu Culture Developing Cooperation（the owner of Okcomic.net）)
Members: Xia Dachuan (well-known Chinese cartoonist from Beijing), Chen Zhihua (well-known Chinese cartoonist from Taiwan), Cui Zimo (deputy chief editor of the Chinese Culture Pictorial), Sima Lieren (well-known Chinese writer)
6. Prize: First prize: one, 1000 RMB with certificate
Second prize: two, 500 RMB each with certificate.
Third prize: three, 100 RMB each with certificate.
Excellent works: twenty. certificate.
7. Copyright Statements: All the submitting works will not be returned to their authors. The organization has the right to publish all the submitting work both on internet and on paper. The proprietary right of the collected works belongs to the organization, while the authors have the right to sign their names. The selecting committee has the right to interpret all the items above.
Addition: We'd like to communicate with cartoonists all over the world, providing the opportunity to publish your works in Chinese media, discovering and propagandizing the rising stars in the cartoon field and making friends with cartoon fans. We wish all of those who care about China cartoon industry worldwide could join us for the great days of cartoon field.
WEB: http://www.zhongman.com/ad/yinshi4/shuominge.htm

Greekartoon "Maria Callas" Web Exhibit

1st International Greekartoon "Maria Callas" Web Exhibition
Dear Artist,
GREEKARTOON in further honouring the unique Maria Callas, would like to announce an international web exhibition.
REGULATIONS

Permanent Web Exhibition: Open to all artists worldwide, cartoonists, caricaturists, painters, illustrators, etc, etc.

Theme: “Maria Callas”

Deadline: No deadline (Permanent Exhibition)

Entries: No limit

Technical Info: Any style, any technique, any size, any format, max 300 dpi will be accepted.
All works will be published and displayed on Greekartoon's website at http://www.greekartoon.gr/ and http://www.greekartoon.com/

Participators must send their works along with their biography and photo.

All artists can participate through E-mail by submitting their works to: support@greekartoon.gr with subject "Maria Callas"
Please, feel free to send your works about Maria Callas to the attention of GREEKARTOON's IT Manager Mr. Nickola' van Karavanis at support@greekartoon.gr

If you need additional information about Maria Callas (fotos etc.) contact us by e-mail at support@greekartoon.gr

Thank You.

International Satyrykon-Legnica 2008

REGULATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2008
PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

1. The SATYRYKON 2008 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 (2007-2008), and qualified by artists to:
HUMOR and SOCIAL SATIRE (drawing without captions preferred)

D O G I feel, I love, I Wait and bark (drawing without captions preferred)

3. WORKS AWARDED IN OTHER COMPETITIONSwill be excluded from the competition.
4. The format of the works - maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm).
5. Works should be sent or delivered by February 1, 2008, packed in a protective cover to:

International Exhibition SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2008

AKADEMIA RYCERSKA 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, the organiser 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 (please use capitals).
7. Works should be accompanied by their author's photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a filled application card.

PRIZES

1. Works for the competition will be qualified by the International Jury.
2. The Jury will award the following prizes:
* GRAND PRIX SATYRYKON 2008- pure gold key and purse amounting to 5.500 PLN
* 2 gold medals and purses amounting to 5.000 PLN
* 2 silver medals and purses amounting to 4.500 PLN
* 2 bronze medals and purses amounting to 4.000 PLN
* 4 special prizes amounting to 3.500 PLN each
* the Legnica Culture Centre director's award for the youngest participant of the competition.
Right: Julia MIRNA (Poland) "House-Cat", The Director of Legnica Culture Centre award 2007
The 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, 2008 at Satyrykon web site: http://www.satyrykon.com/.

N o 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, 2008, or indicating a bank account the money should be transferred to.

PRIVILAGES OF PARTICIPANTS

1. Authors of work qualified to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue and a free-of-charge place in the catalogue.
2. The organisers provide the competition prize-winners with gratuitous participation in the SATYRYKON 2008 event on June 12-15, 2008.
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 2009.

FINAL PROVISIONS

1. The 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 finial judges in interpretation of the regulations.
4. Sending his work the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations and agree to the publishing of the author's profile in the post-exhibition catalogue.
5. Legnica Centre of Culture and Fundation Satyrykon are organisers of the SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2008 International Exhibition

(PL-59-220 Legnica, Chojnowska 2, tel. 0-048 76 852-23-44) e-mail: satyrykon@wp.pl.

Right: Gabriel RUSU (Romania) "I lov' iT", 2007 Award of Restaurant TIVOLI

Timetable

* Deadline for works reception February 1, 2008
* Jury meeting February 15-17, 2008
* Post-competition exhibition June 5 - August 24, 2008
* Return of works after the exhibition cycle December 31, 2009

Rules pdf: http://www.satyrykon.pl/download/rules.pdf

Application card: http://www.satyrykon.pl/download/zgloszenie.pdf

6th FreeCartoonsWeb Festival - China

6th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival-2007
1. Sections/Themes:
1) Cartoon:
A) Olympic Humour (for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: 1. track and field events, 2. gymnastics, 3. shooting, 4. weight lifting, 5. judo, 6. equestrianism, 7. soccer/football, 8. badminton, 9. tennis, 10. softball, 11. field hockey/cricket, 12. rowing/boat, 13. swimming, 14. archery, 15. wrestling, 16. boxing, 17. fencing, 18. basketball, 19. volleyball, 20. table tennis, 21. baseball, 22. handball, 23. cycling, 24. paddling/skin boat, 25. sailing, 26. modern pen-tathlon, 27. Taekwondo, 28. Iron-man triathlon, 29. Olympics)
B) City Life (for Shanghai 2010 expo)
C) Free Theme
2) Caricature:
A) Famous President B) Sports Star C) Entertainment Star D) Business Star
2. Deadline: November 8, 2007
3. Entries:
1) Size: Min: A4 (210mmx297mm), Max: A3 (297mmx420mm)
2) Quantity: Unlimited
3) Please send original drawings to this Festival. Black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted. Digital artworks (CD&Disk) and good quality photocopies will be accepted.
4) Please write the following information in the top left corner on the back side of cartoon: name, address, tel & fax, e-mail, title & theme, sections.
5) Participants are requested to send together with their cartoons, an entry-form with signature, a photograph or caricature.
6) Titles or entry-form must be filled out in understandable English or Chinese.
7) After sending original drawings, all cartoonists can participate in festival through your own E-mail by submitting your cartoon to: freecartoons@126.com
Format: JPEG, Size: max. 2000 k per cartoon, Resolution ratio: 200 dpi – 300 dpi.
(Each e-mail must be accompanied by the author's entry-form for the submitted cartoon.)
4. Prize:
1) Cartoon: Grand Prize (1 award), Gold Prize (2 awards), Silver Prize, Bronze Prize: Certificate + CD-Catalogue.
2) Caricature: Grand Prize (1 award), Gold Prize(2 awards), Silver Prize, Bronze Prize: Certificate + CD-Catalogue.
5. Contact:
Address:
Jiang Lidong
FCW2007 Cartoonet Festival
No.01,Lane 68 YanQing Road,
Shanghai 200031, P.R.CHINA
WEB: http://www.fcwfcw.com/, http://www.fcw.cn/
E-mail (Only for Festival): freecartoons@126.com
Tel: 0086-13818006180
Complete regulations & entry-form 2007: http://feature.fcw.cn/main.php?sLAN=en

“Stamps” International - Belgrade 2008

“STAMPS”, INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION, Belgrade 2008
Organizers: FECO Serbia and JUGOMARKA Company for creating and distribution of postage stamps
REGULATIONS:
Theme: STAMPS
Entries:
Originals or digital prints signed by the artist
Cartoon mail art (Cartoons on the envelops and postcards)
Size: up to A3 (297x420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Exhibition: March/April 2008
Postal Museum, Belgrade
Prizes:
1st prize – 500 euros
2nd prize – 300 euros
Personal stamp (face value 46 dinars), 100 pieces
Personal stamp (face value 20 dinars), 100 pieces
Special prize for the best cartoon mail art (Collection of Serbian cartoon books)
Catalogue: to each selected artist
Remark: all works remain property of the Museum
Address for sending cartoons:
JUGOMARKA (Jaksa Vlahovic) Palmoticeva 2, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
For further information e-mail: jvlahovic@ptt.yu

"Winterberger Winterspott" Festival

International Cartoon- und Comedy-Festival "Winterberger Winterspott"

All European Cartoonists per E-Mail

European Cartoon-Awards

International Cartoon- und Comedy-Festival "Winterberger Winterspott"

Dear Cartoonists!
"Alles im grünen Bereich" - "Climate change and winter sports" are the subjects of the first European Cartoon-Contest "Winterberger Winterspott 2007/08".
All representatives of the funny and critical art can let their imagination run wild.
In the course of the Cartoon Contest a committee of experts will select the best motives of the submitted works and assign awards totalling to app. 10 000 Euros.
This Cartoon-Contest will take place in the German town Winterberg (Sauerland) - known for its winter sports and trekking tours.
Entry conditions, names of the experts, schedule for the vernissage and the award ceremony are indicated on our homepage http://www.cartoon-contest.eu/ respectively http://www.winterspott.de/.
Here already some important information:
The subject is "climate change and winter sports". The format of the cartoons should be within DIN A5 and A3. The painting - or drawing techniques are optional.
Deadline is the 31st October 2007.
We are looking forward to your participation. Sincerely yours,
Managing director: Andreas Dunker.
Address:
Blumenstrasse 8, 58739 Wickede (Ruhr) North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
Phone: +49(0)2377/8090830
Mobile phone: +49(0)171/3640306
Fax: +49(0)2377/8090831
E-mail: ad-medien@t-online.de
Homepage:http://www.cartoon-karikatur.de/

German version: http://www.cartoon-contest.eu/wwsDeutsch/aktuelles/index.php?navid=1
(Source: www.cartoonblues.com)

The 8th Tehran Cartoon Biennial - Iran

The 8th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial organizing committee invites cartoonists from all over the world to participate in this contest.

Regulation:

1) The contest is open to all cartoonists.

2) The contest will be in four categories:

A- Cartoon (Two Sections) Theme: 1. Money 2. Free.

B- Comic strip, theme: Bad luck.

C- Caricature, theme: Free. Special Prize theme: Luciano Pavarotti.

3) THE PRIZES:

Grand Prize: 8000$, Trophy and Honorable Mention (The main cartoon theme)

First Prize: 2000$, Trophy and Honorable Mention

Second Prize: 1500$, Trophy and Honorable Mention

Third Prize: 1000$, Trophy and Honorable Mention

The first to Third Prize will be awarded separately for each section of the contest.

The jury panel of the 8th Tehran Cartoon Biennial will also award 10 selected artists with Honorable Mentions.

Special Prizes will be offered by various Sponsors, Establishments, Associations, Newspapers and Agencies.

4) A maximum of 3 works in each section can be submitted by the participating cartoonists.

5) The dimensions of works should not exceed the minimum 20x30 cm and maximum 30x40 cm.

6) Comic strip must be presented in one page and without any words.

7) Only original artworks are accepted, without any kind of frame, accompanied by the entry form and author's short biography and photo.

8) Quality prints of works achieved by digital tools will be accepted as originals as long as they are hand signed by the author, accompanied by the digital file of the artwork in Tiff format with 300 Dpi resolution on a CD. No photocopies or photographs will be accepted.

9) Name, surname, address, phone number and e-mail of the participant should be written on the back of each cartoon

10) The choice of technique is free, color or B&W and etc.

11) The deadline: October 22, 2007 Depending on the posting date.

12) The participating cartoons will not be returned.

13) All cartoonists whom their cartoons are published in the catalogue will receive a free copy.

14) The organizers will do their best to protect all submitted cartoons from any probable damage, but takes no responsibility of the damages caused by post or bad transport.

15) The organizers hold all the rights to publish the cartoons submitted to the contest and use them in any from.

16) All participants are considered to accept all the conditions.

17) All works must be sending to the following address:

Iranian house of cartoon, No.60, Golnabi (Ketabi) St., Shariati Ave, Tehran, I.R. Iran

18) For further information,

Visit our website or email us: http://www.irancartoon.com/ E-mail: info@irancartoon.com

Tel: (+98 21) 22868600-22846928 Fax: (+98 21) 22867080

Nature & Man Cartoon Contest - Turkey

THE PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST NATURE & MAN

SUBJECT : Nature and Man

The subject of the year 2007 : Global Climate Change and Our World.

The Association of Cartoonists, TEMA Foundation and Cartoon Publishing organize this contest aiming to direct people for focusing more on this matter by describing through cartoons that mankind will sooner or later face these dangers and by focusing on their probable results and also aiming to create an attitude and behavioral change in the society in order to slow down this process.

The contest is open for all the amateur and professional cartoonists.

The cartoons may be published or awarded.

Technique is free. Can be color or black and white.

The size is A4 (21 x 29.7 cm).

Contestant cartoons can be sent only through internet.

Awards: By the end of each month, the best 3 cartoons of that month will be selected and 20 saplings will be planted in Tekirdag Memorial forest on their behalf. An introductory sign will be erected on the plantation region.

The works that are sent to the contest will be exhibited through internet.

By the end of the year, the awarded works and works determined by the selection committee will be collected in a CD and will be sent to the authors of the works as free of charge.

The cartoons of the contest, whether awarded or not, may be exhibited in the introductory announcements of the contest and they can be published in books, magazines, posters, postcards.

Copyrights will not be paid to the authors of the works for these publications. In case they are used for other purposes or by third parties, then permission will be obtained from the author of the work.

Those who send their works to the contest, will also indicate whether they can be used or not, on t-shirts to be produced by TEMA Foundation's Economic Management in order to obtain revenue.

The utilization rights of the works are for Turkey.

The artists participating in the contest will be deemed to accept all the participation conditions.

This contest is organized by the Association of Cartoonists, TEMA Foundation and Cartoon Publishing. Since environmental disasters are continuous, our contest will also continue without interruption.

Top above: August 2007 Prizewinner: Dragana Jovanovic (Serbia)

Right above: July 2007 First Prize: Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria)

Right below: August 2007 Prizewinner: Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan)

Exhibition: The exhibition of the contestant cartoons will be realized at the gallery of the Association of Cartoonists.

Award-giving ceremony: will be announced later.

Sending address by e-mail: dogalcevre@gmail.com and naturamailto:naturalenv@gmail.com

Jury evaluation: Election will be held every month.

General Authority of the Organization: Muhittin Koroglu

Selection Committee:

Representative of the Association of Cartoonists

Representative of TEMA Foundation

Representative of Cartoon Publishing.

WEB: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/yduyuru.asp

Winning cartoons at: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/sergiler2.asp

http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6650

http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6696

Shots from June 2007 exhibition at: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6587

WEB: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6294

1st International Cheval Blanc - France

The First International Cartoon Contest of Cheval Blanc - FRANCE 2007 - FIREMEN

Dear Cartoonist:
The Festival of Cheval Blanc,the site Infos-Matin and the town of Cheval Blanc invite you to participate in The First International Cartoon Contest of Cheval Blanc (FRANCE 2007)

RULES
Theme: Firemen
Entries:
1 - Each cartoonist can submit a max of (3) original works (black & white or colored). Works made by computer, or photocopies will be accepted;
2 - Size: strictly A4 (21X 29.7)
3 - Deadline: November 1st, 2007
4 - On the back of each work the following information should appear: First name - surname - address - tel & fax - e-mail.
5 - The works will be displayed at Infos-Matin website: http://www.infos-matin.fr/ or may be used for promotional purposes; cards, posters, newspapers, catalogs, books, etc. Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submitted works may be reprinted and used without permission.
6 - All the cartoonists whose works will be selected for the exhibition will receive a catalogue
7 - The jury will not reward the cartoons submitted to other festivals. The prize winners will be informed by mail. And the results will be declared in November 2007
8 - Frequency: Annual
9 - PRIZES:
Golden prize…………….150 Euros
Silver prize…………….. 100 Euros
Bronze prize…………….. 50 Euros
And 20 selected works will be awarded (Album).
10 - By submitting the works, the author accepts the rules and regulations of the Contest and the decisions of the Jury.

Contact: infosdumatin@lavache.com

Infos-Matin http://www.infos-matin.fr/

All works should be sent to:
Y Delpech , 17 voie ancienne poste 30400 Villeneuve / Avignon - France

CineCartoon International - Turkey

CineCartoon International Cartoon Competition is organised in Turkey by International Izmir Short Film Festival and 35 Izmir Film Festival. It is planned to keep this competition annually as a tradition within the festival. Competition is open to all professional and amateur cartoon artists from all countries. The exhibit to be held this year has a theme on "cinema and woman".
General Info
1.Original works should be sent to the competition. If the cartoons are sent as a computer output, it should have original signature (wet signature) on it. Photographs, photocopies, etc. won't be accepted.
2.The size of the cartoons to be sent can not exceed A3 paper (29,7 x 42 cm).
3.CinCartoon organisation is not responsible of any damages or losses during transport or on mail.
4.Exhibition is open to professional and amateur artists.
5.To apply, the online entry form should be filled in. A short biography and a photograph of the artist should be sent along with the original work. Otherwise the application won't be accepted.
6.Cartoons should be sent to the festival as scanned at least 300 dpi, jpg format. The maximum file size is 10MB. The address to be sent is info@cinecartoon.net.
7.Selection Jury; Cem Koç (The Association of Cartoonists, Izmir Correspondant), Kayhan Kirmizigul (IISFF President), Mehmet Aslan, Murteza Albayrak, Eray Özbek.
Selection Jury will gather in November 2007.
8.The works accepted to the exhibition won't be sent back.
9. The applicant accepts that he gives the permission to use his works for news and promotion purposes by filling in the online application form.
10.The works that are not accepted for the exhibit can be sent back by the written demand of the artist.
11.All cartoons used for the exhibit will be gathered in an album. This album will be sent to all artist whose works are used.
12.Exhibition will go on during the festival. The three works selected by the festival & exhibiton viewers will be awarded. Also they will be rewarded by sponsor companies.
13.CineCartoon International Cartoon Exhibition Award Ceremony will be held in Izmir in November 2007.
14.Deadline for entries is 20 October 2007.
WEB: http://www.cinecartoon.net/en/

2nd Braila - Romania

BRAILA COUNTY COUNCIL, THE COUNTY CENTER FOR PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE BRAILA

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2nd edition 2007
REGULATION
Contest: open to all cartoonists
Theme:
A) Braila - a multi-ethnic province (in Braila’s region cohabit beside Romanians the following ethnic communities: Bulgarians, Greeks, Italians, Jews, Lipovenians, Roms, Tatars and Turks).
B) Free.
Entries: max. 5.
The works in original must be accompanied by the author's biography.
Size: A4 (210 x 297 mm) - A3 (297 x 420 mm).
Technique: free.
Deadline: November 20th, 2007
Prizes: Great Prize – 1000 €; First Prize – 800 €; Second Prize – 500 €; Third Prize – 300 €; 3 Special Prizes – 200 € (each).
Members of jury: Tudor Octavian – art critic, Mihai Stanescu – cartoonist, Leonte Nastase – cartoonist, Costel Patrascan - cartoonist.
Exhibition: December 8th, 2007
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy.
Remark: the works will not be returned, they will remain the property of The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila.
The works should be sent to:
The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila, Piata Traian 2, 810153 Braila, Romania.
Contact details:
Tel / Fax: +40 239 614 710

E-mail creatie@braila.net

costel_patrascan@yahoo.co.uk

No news from FAX FOR PEACE

To: InterCartoons@yahoogroups.com
From: "tawan chuntra" tchuntra@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:49:11 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [InterCartoons] information
--- tawan chuntra tchuntra@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Sir:
My name is TAWAN CHUNTRA, a cartoonist from THAILAND.
In January 2007 I send my cartoon for cartoon contest FAX FOR PEACE, http://www.faxforpeace.it by e-mail.
I win an award but now I do not get any information or an award prize from that contest. I wrote and sent the post to the organization, but it's not any respond. I know many cartoon contests have the manner like FAX FOR PEACE cartoon contest but I hope it's the last time that happening to cartoonist.
Please post my information to the cartoonist e-mail of FAX FOR PEACE: istsuperiore@faxforpeace.it
Best regards
TAWAN CHUNTRA

Zlatkovsky exhibit in Turkey

Zlatkovsky exhibition in Turkey
Anadolu University Museum of Cartoon Art is displaying Mihail M. Zlatkovsky's works in Turkey. There are 60 cartoons in the exhibition about problems in human life by the world-famous Russian artist. They will be on exhibition between Sep 26 - Oct 22, 2007 at: Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Karikatürleri Müzesi, Akcami Mh. Malhatun Sk. No: 6 Odunpazarı ESKİŞEHİR / TURKEY.
The opening ceremony is at 17.30 on Wednesday, Sep 26, 2007.
MIKHAIL M. ZLATKOVSKY
Was born in August, 21, 1944 at village of St.Christopher, Tambov region in a family of The Red Army officers. The family legend says that Russian branch of Zlatkovskies is from a Polish nobility traced back to the end of XII century. After suppression of Kostyushko' rebellion, (end of XVIII century), the great-great-grandfather of the artist was banished to Russia. All men in the family were a sort of priests: before 1831 - Catholics, after - orthodox priests in the Oryol province, European part of Russia.
The grandfather, Kozma Mikolajevitch, did not accept "Sergijanski's heresy" and served secretly as a priest of Russian Cave Church for fourteen years. He was executed on November 26, 1937. The father, Michael Kuzmitch, a colonel, a professor, and a doctor of the military sciences. Being 7 years old, he has officially refused from his father, then from his son at his 72.
Mikhail Zlatkovsky was graduated from Moscow Engineering-Physical Institute (Nuclear Physics Dept.) in 1967 with major in Accelerators of Elementary Particles and worked as the physicist-researcher for 5 years.
In 1971 throw out physics and became a free-lance artist.
Worked as the Chief-Art-Designer in several leading newspapers and magazines. In 1993-98 used to live in the USA, where was Chief-art director of newspapers.
Now the Editorial Cartoonist of the daily all-state newspaper "New Messages ".
Primary activity: political cartoons and caricature, books and magazines illustration, posters.
The basic direction in creativity: "sense art, "problems graphics".
Art-research scientist of the State Institute of Art, where has prepared the thesis for a doctor's degree "The History of the Russian Cartoon", and wrote text books "The Theory and Practice of Images Creation".
During 1999-2001 term took the professor position at The Moscow State University, department of the art journalism.
Secretary of the Russian Journalists Union
During 18 years (till 2001) his collection of the art awards was the biggest all over the world – 211 prizes of the international and national competitions of cartoons, animations, posters, designs, illustrations, among its there are about 50 Grand prizes - "Gold Esope " of Gabrovo, Bulgaria, Grand prix of Montreal, Canada, "the Gold Hat " of Knokke-Hiest, Belgium, (twice), the First prize in Istanbul, Turkey, Grand prix in South Korea, "Gold Date" of Bordighery, Italy, "the Gold Egg" of Kroushoutem, Belgium, "the Gold Pencil "of "Satyricon", Poland, and others.
The most important art achievements are:
In 1992, was awarded as "The Best Artist in a Cartooning" after international Peers interrogation,
“Gold pen”- the highest Russian professional artist award. 2003,
“The Best artist of the world”,- Grand prix of the XVI Amadora International cartoons festival, Portugal, 2005.
Personal exhibitions in Belgium, Germany, France, Italy (twice), in Malta, Poland (twice), Russia, Switzerland, USA.
Founder and the President of the Russian Union of Cartoonists.
President of The Russian division of FECO
WEB: http://www.krk.anadolu.edu.tr/karw/muze/sergiler_exhibitions.htm
Zlatkovsky's personal website: http://www.zlatkovsky.ru/movie.lhtm

7th Barakaldo

Conditions
The city of Barakaldo organizes the "New technologies" seventh international contest of pictorial humour and flash humour.
The cartoonists will send a work of illustrated humour or FLASH in relation with new technologies which have a considerable impact on the day to day life (i.e. internet, biology, space, telecommunications, medicine, etc...). The idea is to help citizens to think about the new grounds for scientific progress.
Non-animated category 1st Prize 2006: Marcin Bondarowicz / Poland (see right above)
1. Applicants:
The competition is open to everyone, especially with no regard of age. Each applicant can present a maximum of three piece of work. The works of the authors who won the Hermes prize the year before will not be taken in consideration.
2. Form and size:
The scenes and characters will have to be originals and of proper creation. The works can be drawn in black and white or in colour. They can be either static or with motion. As far as the motion piece of work is concerned, it must not weight more than one mega. The works will have a length of one page that will not exceed 800 x 600 pixels, with a minimum resolution of 72 pixels per inch.
The authors must not include their name or any other information about themselves on the works. Otherwise, they will be eliminated from the contest.
3. Languages:
Only two languages can be used: spanish and basque. Nonetheless the panel will take into consideration works of pictorial interest without text, proceeding from artists of places where these languages are not used.
Non-animated category 2nd Prize 2006: Pawel Kuczynski / Poland (see right)
4. Presentation:
Applicants will send a e-mail with their names, surnames, address, date of birth, passport number, telephone number. They will send this e-mail with the file of the picture in format JPEG, GIF, GIF animated or FLASH.
5. Place and deadline of the application:
The piece of work with the reference of the artist will be sent exclusively through e-mail, to the following address: hermesbarakalmailto:hermesbarakaldo@barakaldo.org before 2007 October 8th.
Non-animated category 3rd Prize 2006: Rumen Dragostinov / Bulgaria (see right below)
6. Virtual showing: The city contemplates realizing a public diffusion of the works presented and lately selected by the panel.
7. Awards: The "Hermes de Barakaldo" prize is divided in two categories:
Animated category:
1st prize: 1.200 euros
2nd prize: 800 euros
3rd prize: 600 euros
Non-animated category:
1st prize: 1.200 euros
2nd prize: 800 euros
3rd prize: 600 euros
8. Panel: A qualified panel of judges will pick out the best works. Prizes will be handed on the first week of December 2007, in Barakaldo. The city leaves to the panel the possibility to declare no winners, according to quality criteria.
9. Other determination:
Taking part to the competition implies the acceptance of the conditions overhead.
WEB: http://www.barakaldo.org/barakaldo/html/eventos/hermes/index.html
See more prize-winners at: http://www.barakaldo.org/barakaldo/html/eventos/hermes/premios/index.html

Registration extended for the Amazon

1st International Saloon of Humor for the Amazon Forest / Brazil
1. Dates:
Registration extended: until September 26th.
Result of the previous selection: September 2007
Result of the selection by the International jury and the releasing of the final result: October 2007
2. Participation: All cartoonists, professional or not, are allowed to submit original works, since they have not been awarded in other saloons up to the deadline for registrations. Each author may submit up to 3 (three) works developed under any technique, including those ones done by computers. For each work sent, one entry form must be filled up. The entry forms are available at http://www.brazilcartoon.com/
3. Theme: Humor for the Amazon Forest
4. Sending the works: All works, including those ones drawn by hand, must be sent by e-mail, resolution 300 DPIs, color mode RGB, JPG (average quality - 5) or PDF up to the limit of 1,5 MB for each work. Each e-mail must contain only one work and it must come with the respective entry form.
5. Prizes:
5.1 The guiding criteria for selecting and awarding will be:
Creativity.
Originality (The work must not have been published in any kind of media and must not have been awarded in this kind of competition either).
Quality of the drawings.
5.2 Prizes: The prize for the first place will be R$ 10.000,00 (Ten thousand Reais) plus a trophy and a certificate. The second and third places will receive trophies and certificates. The jury may give honorable mentions to the participants.
The awarded works will be part of the brazilcartoon Artwork Collection.
Prizes not taken in 90 (ninety) days after the releasing of the results will become worthless.
The value of the prize for international works will be converted to dollars according to its value on June 27th 2007, date of the beginning of the competition. The prize will be paid in March 2008.
6. Copyright: By submitting their works, the authors transfer automatically all copyright of their awarded works to brazilcartoon, which may use the works freely. The awarded works will be part of the brazilcartoon Artwork Collection.
7. Disagreement on results: If the jury verifies any kind of fraud or plagiarism on one or more works, it will cancel the prize. The works will be on the website http://www.brazilcartoon.com/ in October 2007 and the results may be contested up to 10 (ten) days after the opening of the saloon, supported by proper proves of any mistake made by the jury. Works sent that are not according to these rules and regulations or those containing any kind of plagiarism will be automatically excluded of the contest.
8. Where to register: To ensure that the works will be sent properly, we suggest that the works be sent through our website, using the system bellow, filling out the entry form and attaching your drawings.
ENTRY FORM
Deadline: September 26, 2007. The date the e-mail was sent will be observed.
9. Further information: Brazilcartoon Organization.
Marcio Leite 55 38-3216-1109 info@brazilcartoon.com

Flexibility at work! - Belgium

Flexibility at work! - congress ACV BI 2007 -
Cartoon theme: Flexibility at work
Deadline: November 7, 2007
Prizes: Prizes will be awarded as follows:
1st prize: 1000 Euro, 2nd prize: 500 Euro, 3rd prize: 250 Euro, Special prize public: 500 Euro.
Number of entries: Unlimited. Free technique. Original cartoons only. Digital: Yes.
Format: Min A4, Max A3
Works returned: Yes, on demand (award – winning cartoons will not be returned).
Exhibition: November 17 & 18, 2007 Ol Fosse d’Outh, Houffalize, Belgium
Free catalogue: No. After the contest on our website http://www.acvbi.be/
Copyright issues: The artworks will only be used in the magazines and leaflets of our organization, ACV Bouw en Industrie, a trade union for the construction and industry.
Address to send the artworks:
ACV BI Cartoon contest “Flexibility at Work” Trierstraat 31, 1040 Brussel BELGIUM
phone: +32 (0)477 54 39 35 (Piet Daneels)
e-mail: bouw_industrie@acv-csc.be website: http://www.acvbi.be/

16th Golden Helmet - Serbia

RULES OF XVI CONCURS

*Golden Helmet* announces a contest titled *WHAT'S INSURED IS FOR SURE*

CATEGORIES:

1. CARTOON

2. WRITTEN FORM - Short story - Poem- Aphorism

3. COMIC

PROPOSITIONS:

1. CARTOON: Original, Minimum A4 (210x297 mm), Maximum A3 (297x420), free technique:

2. WRITTEN FORM: maximum two typed pages or up to 20 aphorisms;

3. COMIC: original, up to eight tables, free technique;

AWARDS:
CARTOON:

1st AWARD: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* + 1000 € + One-man Exhibition in 2008;

2nd AWARD: 500 €

3rd AWARD: 300 €

WRITTEN FORM:

SHORT STORY: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* + 400 €

POEM: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* + 400 €

APHORISM: PLAQUE *GOLDEN HELMET* + 400 €

COMIC: 200 €

PORTRAIT CARICATURE - TOPIC: ALL MY PRESIDENTS
PROPOSITIONS: original, minimum A4, A3

AWARD: 300 €

DEADLINE: Nov. 20, 2007.

Only unpublished works will be taken into consideration. Author's short biography, phone number, and e-mail are obligatory.

Written works to be sent under a code!
Jury decision will be announced on Dec. 1, 2007 and awards will be handed at Final Festival Evening on April 1, 2008. The Organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors.

Festival official languages are Serbian and English.

All works remain property of the Festival.

E-mail: goldenhelmet@ptt.yu

Adress: “GOLDEN HELMET” TOPLICINA 2/2, 37000 KRUSEVAC - SERBIA

(Source: http://www.nosorog.rs.sr/diff2.html)

Master Cup International

Master Cup International Cartoon and Illustration Biennial
1. Participation
The contest is open to all artists regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
2. Organizer
The organizers are "Master" Illustrators's Federation and Beijing Cartoon Center.
3. Theme
A) Fish –The artwork of demiurge? The spirit of water? Human's pet? or for our food and sport?
B) Butterfly –The world becomes beautiful for you.
4. Entries
4-1) The works whether they have been awarded in other contests previously will be accepted.
4-2) Participators should submit the original works. Any slide, photograph or xerox will not be accepted.
4-3) The maximum five entries should be submitted for each category.
4-4) The maximum size of the works should be 300 x 420 mm (11.81 x 16.54 inch) respectively.
4-5) The works should be accompanied by the author's resume and photo (caricature).
4-6) First name, Last name, Address, Email, Telephone number and selling price should be written on the reverse side of the works.
4-7) Technique and medium of works are unlimited. Any painting, print making will be accepted.
5. Entry Form
Please download the entry form on our web site: http://www.bjcartoon.com.cn/html/news/Entry_form_of_Master_Cup.doc
At the same time, the self-made entry-form is also accepted.
6. Deadline and Exhibition
6-1) The deadline for entry is the 1st of October 2007.
6-2) The Opening of the exhibitions will take place in "Master" Illustrators's House in December, 2007.
7．Delivery
7-1) The entries must be flat protected with hard cardboard, or rolled in a hard case. The folded works will not be accepted.
7-2) Please send entries to the address as follow:
Ms. XIAO GU YUE
CUI PING XI LU 86 HAO (101100)
GE RUI YA JU 206 HAO LOU, 122 SHI
TONG ZHOU QU, BEIJING
BEIJING OF CHINA
8. Judgment
8-1) The president of jury group is Dachuan Xia, well known artist and the secretary-general of China artist's association cartoon committee.
8-2) The jury meeting will be held on 20th October 2007.
8-3) Biennial will announce the result on November 1, 2007 on web site. At the same time organizer will contact the winning artists via postal mail or e-mail.
9. Prizes
9-1) Grand Master prize –Master Cup plus 2000 US Dollars (after tax).
The winner will be invited to Beijing for ceremony and one week holiday, the organizer will cover the traveling tickit and hotel.
9-2) "Master" Illustrators's Federation prize –Master Cup plus statuette.
The winner will be invited to Beijing for ceremony and one week holiday, the organizer will cover the traveling ticket and hotel.
9-3) Master prize –Master Cup plus statuette –10 works.
9-4) Special prize of organizers and sponsors–10 works.
9-5) The honorary prize –30 works.
10. Copyright and selling
10-1) Explicitly participators have whole copyright for their entries, of course organizers may use some works on web site and other media for spreading biennial and artists.
10-2) All the works will be available for selling base on selling price given by authors. Organizers will keep 10% of the selling price, the others will be remitted to authors directly, but the authors should bear the tax according to the Chinese tax regulations.
11. Catalog
The authors whose works have been selected will receive one copy of the catalog made for the contest.
12. Provisions
12-1) The submitted works will not be returned. They will be collected in "Master" Illustrators's house.
12-2) Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury's decision.
For Information
Ms. XIAO GU YUE
ZHONG GUO BEIJING SHI TONG ZHOU QU
CUI PING XI LU 86 HAO
GE RUI YA JU 206 HAO LOU 122 SHI (101100)
BEIJING OF CHINA
Telephone: 86-10-82867845-823 Fax: 86-10-82867121
Web site: http://www.bjcartoon.com.cn/ E-mail: mcartist@163.com