2nd International Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2014, Denmark

Theme explanation: Oceans are in our hands
OCEANS
Human being, as all life on earth, came from the stars and landed through the ocean. Ocean is our very first foster mother, much more than the land where we, now, cut trees and plant transgenic corn. But, as we maltreat land, we have been maltreating our spring of life and now oceans are quite ill because of our activities : less fish but more plastic, less pure water but more oil, less coral but more garbage.
That’s why today, not tomorrow, we must do our best to save oceans of ourselves if we still want to have a future on this planet. So, to help people to get more conscience of that, we propose to our friends cartoonists all over the world to participate in our contest on the theme « Oceans ». Obviously, we will do our best to diffuse this exhibition as large as possible.
So, please be great, be free, be creative and be fun as usual and send us one or two cartoons without words about this very important subject for life on earth : Oceans.
Carlos Brito, October 2014
Conditions and rules:
Initially, each participant can submit up to 3 entries in digital format by sending them before March 5th, 2014 (NOW EXTENDED UNTIL March 15th, 2014) via internet (Upload) to the following link: www.nielsbuggeaward.org/sendcartoon.html together with the digital entry form with the informations about the author. Size for the first round: A4 Format, 300 dpi, 2480x3508 pixel, Max. 5 MB each file.
The cartoons received after the deadline will be rejected.
Out of these submissions, the jury will make a selection of 100-150 drawings.
Only the selected artists will be asked to send the original work by post.
All these works will be shown at the exhibition.
The works can be made in black&white or color, with any drawing technique, we accept only wordless cartoons, without subtitles.
The submitted work should not have been awarded before the deadline of this contest.
Cartoon works will be appreciated by the International Jury.
The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed via e-mail.
The final decisions of the jury are incontestable.
The Prizes are :
1st Prize : 3.000 EUR
2nd Prize : 2.000 EUR
3rd Prize : 1.000 EUR
The selected participants give the organizers permission to use their drawings only for promoting the artist and the event itself.
Every other aspect of the copyright remains with the artist (except for the awarded submissions).
It ensures that the awarded works can no longer be submitted in other contests or published by their authors or third parties after the official publication of the results.
The drawings that were awarded one of the prizes will become property of the organizer.
The exhibition and the award ceremony will take place in late May 2014.
By taking part in this contest the participants accept the above mentioned rules.
Contact for further information: award14@hae.de
Notice : The prizes should be payed by the diplomatic way if unexpected problems occur with the bank account.
Jury: http://www.nielsbuggeaward.org/jury.html.
WEB: http://www.nielsbuggeaward.org/.

René Bouschet, France

Leo Massimino, Argentina

International Cartoon Exhibition and Competition "Silk Road" 2014, China

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
1.”Ironic Art Images about the Past, Present and Future of the Silk Road” 2014 International Exhibition is an open competition.
2. The entries for the competition are to include: Cartoon, drawings, graphics and other works of original fine art created by qualified artists using a variety of techniques.
The theme categories of the competition are:
1.Ocean, Desert and land
2.City and Countryside
3. Caricatures and People
4. Legend and Folk Arts
5. Science and Technology
6. Nature and Environment
7. Customs and Daily Lives of People
8. Sports and Entertainment
9. “Present Silk Road in the Eyes of Artists”.
(Art images are preferred without captions)
3. Artwork that received awards in other competitions are welcome. The format and size of the works are limited to a maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm).
4. Artwork must be sent or delivered by March 9, 2014 (date of postmark) and packed in a protective cover to:
Organizing Committee of
“Cartoon on the Way of the Silk Road” 2014 International Exhibition
2801 Suite, No. 7 Building,
Tianchang Yuan Media Village
Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100107 China
Tel: 0086-10-84827182 Fax: 0086-10-84827182 email: cmiassn@163.com
5. Participants wishing to participate in the exhibition and in the catalog only may send a print copy to the mailing address above or email it to cmiassn.@163.com (JEPG, 200 dpi).
6. Participation in the competition is free of charge. However, organizers reserve the right to include submitted works in the Gallery.
7. Artwork should be accompanied by their author’s photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a completed application form (PLEASE USE CAPITAL LETTERS).
8. Organizers are not responsible for any transportation damages.
PRIZES
1. Artwork submitted for competition will be judged by an International Jury.
2. The Jury will award the following cash prizes along with a certificate for each award:
Grand prize amounting to 5.000 USD
2 gold medals amounting to 3.000 USD
2 silver medals amounting to 2.000 USD
2 bronze medals amounting to 1.000 USD
9 special prizes amounting to 300 USD.
3. The jury has the right of final distribution of statutory prize and all of the jury’s decisions are final.
4. Competition results will be announced on May 1, 2014 on this website: www.cmiassn.org
5. Organizers plan to award the artist with the best debut and will give him/her the opportunity for an individual exhibition at the Gallery which will be included in the 2014 program.
AWARDS ARE SUBJECT TO TAXATION ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
PARTICIPANT PRIVILAGES:
1. Atists whose work is published in a catalogue, will receive that catalogue.
2. Artwork sent to the exhibitions will be exhibited in the country and abroad after the main exhibition.
COMPETITION PROVISIONS:
1. Organizers reserve the right to use all submitted artwork for advertising purposes without any special fees paid to the artists that include being exhibited and reproduced in a variety of advertising materials as well as printed and circulated in catalogues.
2. The Awarded works remain the property of the organizers.
3. The exhibition organizers are the final judges in interpretation of the rules and regulations.
4. By sending his/her work, the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations.
5. By sending his/her work, the artist agrees to the publication of the author's profile in the post-exhibition album.
6. Contact Information
Mailing address:
Organizing Committee of
“Cartoon on the Way of the Silk Road” 2014 International Exhibition
2801 Suite, No.7 Building,
Tianchang Yuan Media Village,
Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District,
Beijing 100107 China
Tel: 0086-10-84827182 Fax: 0086-10-84827182 e-mail address: cmiassn@163.com
TIMETABLE
o Submission deadline for receipt of artwork: March 9, 2014 (date of the postmark)
o Post-competition exhibition: August 8 to August 28,2014.
Source: http://cartooncenter.net/.
Final text of regulation: http://en.cmiassn.org/_d276261916.htm.

Mehmet Kahraman, Turkey

III International Competition of cartoons and caricatures in the International Art Festival "Gogol-fantasy"

Dear Sir or Madam,
Examine please caricature and cartoons competition in support of Evromaydan in Ukraine. The first caricatures are already on a site. We look for media sponsors. If you are agree - send please the ravines and information for placement on a competition site. Thank you in advance.
Yours faithfully, organizer Valery Krugov.
III International Competition of cartoons and caricatures in the International Art Festival "Gogol-fantasy", devoted to the difficult choice of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian authorities with the theme: "Ukrainian choice: Ukraine - European Union"
Organizer: International Festival of Arts "Gogol-fantasy" (Kherson)
The jury:
Vladimir Kazanevsky - jury chairman / Kiev, Ukraine
Konstantin Bashkirov / Kharkov, Ukraine
Valery Kruhov / Kherson, Ukraine
Nicholas Arnaudov / Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Andrzej Granzhyak / Warsaw, Poland.
Competition subjects:
I. Ukrainian choice: Ukraine - European Union.
II. Politicians in Ukraine and Europe.
The fund is formed by Proizova.
Awards:
First Place prize: bronze statuette "Rudy Panko"
10 Diplomas of competition.
Source: http://art-krug.com/News/show
Cartoons: http://art-krug.com/Themecontent/show/tema/Karikatura.

9th “Tianyan Cup” China International Children’s Cartoon Competition 2014

Notice on the Ninth “Tianyan Cup” China International Children’s Cartoon Competition

I. Competition Name:
The Ninth “Tianyan Cup” China International Children’s Cartoon Competition
II. Host
Organizing Committee of China International Cartoon and Animation Festival
China National Youth and Children’s Palace Association
China International Culture Association
China Association for Children’s Plastic Arts
III. Undertaker:
Hangzhou Youth and Children’s Centre
IV. Co-undertaker:
Hangzhou Municipal People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Sina (Zhejiang)
Humorist Comics
V. Sponsor:
Zhejiang Zhongnan Group Animation Co., Ltd.
VI. Participants and Scope
Any youth or child under 18 (born after March 20, 1996) has the right to participate in the competition. Individuals or groups are welcomed.
VII. Themes (choose one)
1. Story of Horse
2. Dream
3. “Return to” the Silk Road
4. Getting hotter…
VIII. Rules
1. Participants are divided into Junior Group (middle school students) and Children Group (primary school students and preschool children).
2. Participating works shall be original, instead of modification, reproduction or copy from others. They shall boast entire copyright. In case of violation, the participation qualification of such works will be cancelled.
3. Each participant is allowed to contribute 1 piece of works.
4. The competition will not charge any participation fees.
IX. Requirements
1. Original works with healthy and positive content should be sent. The patterns of manifestation are not limited. Paper of single, four and multiple cartoon strips should not be smaller than 20×30cm or bigger than 55×40cm. No framing is needed. Cartoon books should be no more than 16 pages with a size bigger than 15×20cm and smaller than 30×40cm, and should be binded together in book form. Personalized bookbinding and layout are encouraged.
2. Each work will be stuck on the bottom right corner a form including nationality, name, sex, date of birth and group to attend (Middle School Group or Primary School Group), name of school, address, post code, telephone number, instructor, title and brief introduction to works, etc. Visit the official website of China International Cartoon and Animation Festival http://www.cicaf.com and the website of Hangzhou Youth and Children’s Center http://www.hzqsn.com to download the forms of Registration Table of the Participating Works and Statistics Table of Group Participation.
X. Awards:
1. Top Grade Prize will be awarded to 10 contestants (RMB 1,000 each).
2. Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize and Merit Prize will be awarded for 1%, 1.5%,
2.5% and 5% participants of total contribution works respectively.
3. Excellent Organizer Award and Excellent Tutor Prize are also provided.
4. Excellent Instructive Award is given to the teachers of winners of Top Grade Prize and Gold Prize as well as the teachers of the group winning the Origination Award.
5. Excellent works winning prizes will be included in the Collection. Each award winner will be awarded with certificate and one Collection.
6. Winners of Top Grade Prize and Gold Prize will award a set of Wisdom and Imagination published in the first half year of 2014.
XI. Works Exhibition
Excellent works will be displayed in professional art exhibitions or on the web, and names of all prize winners will be announced on the websites (websites of China International Cartoon and Animation Festival and Hangzhou Youth and Children’s Center). Also, some of them will be published in magazines such as Master of Humor and Wisdom and Imagination.
XII. Deadline
March 20th, 2014 (according to the date of stamp)
XIII. Agreement
No works will be returned back. The authors agree to transfer the publishing right, exhibition right and property right of the works to the Host. All the participants are deemed to agree with the rules above.
XIV. Works Shall be Mailed to
Tianyan Cup Cartoon Competition Office, Art Department of Hangzhou Youth and Children’s Center (No. 22, Zhaoqingsili Street, Xihu District, Hangzhou), Zhejiang Province, China, Post Code: 310007
Addressee: Wang Zhan, Sun Jingnan
Telephone: 0086-0571-85821035 (except for Monday and Tuesday)
Fax: 0086-0571-85821012
More info on source.

2nd International Humor Exhibition of Manaus 2014 with theme: Football World Cup

2nd International Humor Exhibition of Manaus 2014, Brazil
REGULATION

1 - DATES
The 2nd International Humor Exhibition of Manaus 2014, conducted by Jack Cartoon Productions / CT Tech Amazon Fight City Hall / Manaus / Amazonas State Government shall comply with the following schedule - Registration: until May 7. Art Selection: 22 and 23 May. Opening and Awards: June 2. Closing: August 3.
2 - PARTICIPATION
Professional and amateur artists, Brazilians and foreigners can apply unpublished artworks that were not awarded until the closing date for entries.
The works - all categories - can be sent by MAIL or ELECTRONIC MAIL (applications over the Internet, in the format and 300 DPI, JPGE, attached images at once).
The graphical technique is free. Digital copies signed by author and being indicated that it is print number 01 and sculptures, with humorous content will also be accepted. Maximum measures allowed: paper - 42 x 30 centimeters (A3) (16,54 x 11,81 inches), sculptures - 42 centimeters or 16,54 inches (height) x 30 centimeters or 11,81 inches (depth) x 30 centimeters or 11,81 inches (width).
Each artist may enter a maximum of 03 works per category: Cartoon (( graphic humor themed to FOOTBALL WORLD CUP), Charge – GRAPHIC HUMOR ( with graphic humor journalistic themes to FOOTBALL ), Caricature ( graphic humor which expresses the physical traits and / or character personality known in SOCCER WORLD CUP), Comic Strips/Comic Stories ( graphic sequentially . Caution: for comics stories will be accepted a maximum of 02 pages ) and THEME SOCCER WORLD CUP. Along the arts enrolled the artist must attach the completed registration form legibly and signed. It is also requested resume and photo to the database of Amazon Fight Training Center Tech.
ADDRESS
2º Salão Internacional de Humor de Manaus /Jack Cartoon Produções – Rua. 24 de Maio, 590 – Caixa Postal - CEP 69010.-080 – Manaus AM BRASIL
E-MAIL ADRESSES
Cartoon Category: premiocartum@gmail.com
Charge Category: premiocharge@gmail.com
Caricature Category: premiocaricatura@gmail.com
Comic Strips/Stories Category: premiotira@gmail.com
3 - AWARDS
The Awards are a total of R$ 30,000.00 (thirty thousand reais), of divided as follows:
a) Four 1st place prizes in the amount of R$ 5,000.00 (five thousand reais) each, divided among the categories.
b) One award of R$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand reais) called GRAND PRIZE INTERNATIONAL HUMOR OF MANAUS chosen among the five winners of each category.
c) Beside the money prize, the awarded artists will be receiving trophies. Other awards and honors may be imposed at the discretion of the Organizing Committee.
There will be a Selection Jury and an Award Jury composed by qualified people in the area. If the Award Jury finds any type of fraud or plagiarism in one or more registered works, the Jury may cancel the award. The result of the award may be contested until a week after the opening of the Exhibition, with reasonable evidence of any wrongdoing without acknowledgement of the committee.
4 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The simple application requires the artist to accept these regulations. The selected artists automatically transfer the authorial rights of his artworks for reproductions and publications in any media, without restriction, aiming promotion of the event. The returning of the artworks after the closing of the exhibition must be formally requested early in the registration form. Otherwise the artworks will ultimately belong to the collection of the CT Tech Amazon Fight City Hall, which will exercise the right of property, as it finds interesting.
The organization of the 2nd International Humor Exhibition of Manaus 2014 is not responsible for possible damages that may happen when the arts are sent or returned.
The authors transfer automatically Authorial Rights of his artworks when awarded acquisitively (including mentions), in accordance with the Law n° 9610, February 19st, 1988 (Authorial Rights Law), therefore, universal and definitely in all use modalities and gratuitous, the rights of the author, guaranteed by the mentioned law; referring to the awarded artworks in the 2nd International Humor Exhibition of Manaus 2014 and now integrant part of the CT Tech Amazon Fight City Hall .
IMPORTANT: The work submitted must be accompanied by the registration form, duly completed and signed by the author. Registration Form on source.

International Contest for the Young up to 18 Year Old, Krusevac - Serbia

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Source: http://www.kck.org.rs/.

18th edition of the International Fax for Peace, Fax for Tolerance 2013-14, Italy

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"Rights" is the theme in 46th International Contest "Umoristi A Marostica" 2014, Italy

46th International Contest "Umoristi A Marostica" 2014, Italy
REGULATIONS

1. Theme of the competition and participation rules
The contest is open to all cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world. It is possible to participate also out of the competition. This request excludes the author from the award of the prizes.
The theme of the contest is: RIGHTS, inviolable and universal
Authors can participate with a maximum of 3 works (Cartoons or Strips), inherent to the theme proposed in relation to man, his existence and the society where he lives, seen in a humorous viewpoint. In order to be understood worldwide and beyond every linguistic barrier, the works must be without dialogue or texts.
Works must be inedited (that is, neither published before nor used to participate in other competitions). The organization can decide to exclude from the award of the prizes those works that are found to have been already edited.
2. Shipping of the works and deadlines
Works can be sent by email to: 2014@umoristiamarostica.it
Otherwise, they can be sent through the following services:
WeTransfer (http://www.wetransfer.com)
DropBox (http://www.dropbox.com)
Google Drive (http://drive.google.com)
Together with the application form −containing all author’s data− that can be downloaded from the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
The works, in black/white or color made with any technique, must be in GIF, JPG, PNG or PDF, 150 dpi resolution, saved in high quality, weight max. 3 MB. Larger files will not be accepted.
The deadline for works reception is February 21, 2014
The acceptance of the works, the selection, and the assigning of the prizes are completely up to the Jury nominated by the Artistic Direction and "Gruppo Grafico Marosticense". The Jury's decisions are unquestionable and uncontestable.
3. The Award of the Prices and the Delivery of the Original Works
The Jury will award the "International Grand Prix Scacchiera", the Special prize "Sandro Carlesso", the Special prize "Marco Sartore" and 10 Special prizes "Umoristi A Marostica". Other special prizes or honorary mentions may be awarded.
The results of the Jury will be given directly to all participating artists by email and published on the web site www.umoristiamarostica.it.
The authors selected by the jury must send the original works for the exhibition.
If the work is realized exclusively with a digital technique, the author will have to send a dated, numbered and signed copy of the work.
Works must be sent (postage paid by the sender and without frames or glass), by April 15, 2014 to the following address: UMORISTI A MAROSTICA | PIAZZA CASTELLO 12 - 36063 MAROSTICA (VI) - ITALIA
4. Opening Ceremony, Awarding and Acceptance of the Regulation
The opening ceremony and the prize distribution will take place on May, 10, 2014 at Castello Inferiore of Marostica. The exhibition will be open until June 22, 2014.
All the authors selected will receive a free copy of catalogue. Non-selected participants will have the possibility to demand the catalogue compiling the form on the site www.umoristiamarostica.it.
The works selected for the exhibition and for the catalogue will not be returned and will be included in the collection of "Umoristi A Marostica Museum". Nonselected paper works for the exhibition and the catalogue will be given back on request before and not after June 22, 2014. Shipping cost is debited to the author.
The "Gruppo Grafico Marosticense" reserves the right to authorize the reproduction of the works and the diffusion of them through various communication means citing the author with the words "Taken from Umoristi A Marostica", without any payment. The "Gruppo Grafico Marosticense" is not responsible for transport damages.
The participation in the contest implies the complete acceptance of all the conditions and rules from the author.
Jury of Umoristi A Marostica 2014
SILVER, cartoonist | FERRUCCIO GIROMINI, journalist | ALESSANDRO TICH, journalist | MARILENA NARDI, cartoonist | FABIO MAGNASCIUTTI, cartoonist | MASSOUD SHOJAI TABATABAI, Director of Biennial Tehran (Iran) | Municipality of Marostica | GIÓX & MAURIZIO MINOGGIO, cartoonists, Art Directors of "Umoristi A Marostica" | Gruppo Grafico Marosticense
Timetable of Umoristi A Marostica 2014
Theme: RIGHTS | Participation deadline: February, 21 2014 | Deadline for the reception of the selected works: April, 15 2014 | Jury: from March, 3 to March, 10 2014 | Opening ceremony and awarding: May, 10 2014 | Exhibition: May, 10 – June, 22 2014.
Participation Coupon on the WEB: http://www.umoristiamarostica.it/.

"The Eye of the Fish" by Anatoliy Stankulov, Exhibition and a Charity Sale

THE STATE INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE, MFA
Kindly invites You to
THE EYE OF THE FISH
BY ANATOLIY STANKULOV
EXHIBITION AND A CHARITY SALE
The profit will be used to help the children refugees from Syria
12.12.2013, Thursday at 18.00 h
The Mission Gallery, State Institute for Culture
2, Al.Nobel str / entrance from Al.Zhenov str.
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The International Cartoon Contest Haifa 2014, Israel

Source: feco-spain.

20th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of Beer: Golden Keg 2014

THE BEER GALLERY in Prešov and ŠARIŠ GALLERY in Prešov, announce the 20th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of BEER: GOLDEN KEG 2014, Slovakia
On Tuesday, 1st April 2014, 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 20th 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 Competition Jury reserves the right not to grant any of the prizes or to grant other special prizes.
The organisers will accept for the competition all works that will be delivered at the address of the Šarišská gallery in Prešov by 24th February 2014.
The organisers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to re-install the exhibition, while each competitor will receive a competition catalogue.
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
(p. Fedor VICO)
ul. Hlavná 51
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia
Please clearly mark the envelope with the word „PIVO“.
e-mail: fedorvico@gmail.com.
Complete Rules in PDF.

12th International Cartoon Contest Karpik 2014, Niemodlin - Poland

XIIth INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST “KARPIK 2014” NIEMODLIN - POLAND
Competition rules
THE DRAWINGS MUST BE SENT IN ORYGINAL VERSIONS AND A CD COPY IN GOOD RESOLUTION MUST BE ATTACHED.
MAX.2 WORKS.
THE FORMATS OF THE WORKS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE A-4.
EACH WORK SHOULD BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE AND BEAR THE AUTHOR’S FULL ADDRESS.
THEME: “FISH, FISHERMEN, FISHING, ANGLERS”.
THE FOLLOWING PRIZES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED:
 Grand Prix 2500 PLN
Three equal of 1000 PLN.
THE WORKS MUST ARRIVE BY 30 SEPTEMBER 2014!
THE ORGANISER MAY AWARD ADDITIONAL PRIZES.
AFTER THE EXPOSITION, ILLUSTRATIONS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF ORGANIZER AND MAY BE USED FOR PROMOTION PURPOSES END EXHIBITION.
THE WINNERS AS WELL AS CARTOONISTS QUALIFIELD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POST-COMPETITION EXHIBITION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FREE COPY OF A CATALOGUE PUBLISHED BY ORGANIZERS.
SEND YOUR WORK AT THE ADDRESS:

OŚRODEK KULTURY
(KARPIK 2014)
UL. MIKOŁAJA REJA 1
49-100 NIEMODLIN
WOJ. OPOLSKIE
POLAND

Source: http://www.spak.art.pl/?p=2090.

Results Humor a Gallarate 2013 with theme "Devil", Italy

The winners of Humor a Gallarate 2013, Italy
Theme: Devil
Grand Prix Marco Biassoni: Sergio Tessarolo (Italy)
First prize graphics section: Andrei Popov (Russia)
Special Jury Prize graphics section: Giovanni Curi (Italy)
Mentions graphics section: Margherita Allegri (Italy), Paolo Dalponte (Italy),
Elena Ospina (Colombia), Hicabi Demirci (Turkey) (See below), Mihai Ignat (Romania).
First prize section satire: Doru Axinte (Romania) (See top)
Special Jury Prize section satire: Alessandro Gatto (Italy)
Mentions section satire: Marco D'Agostino (Italy), Marco Marilungo (Italy),
Pavel Constantin (Romania), Oleksy Kustovsky (Ukraine), Julio Angel Carrion Cueva (Peru)
First prize caricature section: Ivailo Tsvetkov (Bulgaria)
Special Jury Prize caricature section: Emanuele Benetti (Italy)
Mentions section caricature: Mariagrazia Quaranta (Italy), Mario Magnatti (Italy),
Fernando Resendiz Mendoza (Mexic), Juan Camilo Lopera Arroyave (Colombia), Raul Iglesias Blanco (Spain).
See all prize-winning cartoons here.

Results International Cartoon Contest URZICENI 2013, Romania

Results of International Cartoon Contest URZICENI 2013, Romania
Theme 1. RICH MAN - POOR MAN
Theme 2. FREE
The WINNERS
1. FIRST PRIZE (ex-aequo): PETRISAN, Romania (500 $)
and Bozidar STEFANOVIC, Bosnia Herzegovina (500 $)
2. SECOND PRIZE: Chaiporth PANICHRUTIWONG, Thailand (500 $)
3. THIRD PRIZE: Omer CAM, Turkey (400 $)
Special PRIZES:
1. Pavel BOTEZATU, Romania
2. Hule HANUSIC, Austria
3. Constantin SUNNERBERG, Belgium
4. Li JINGSHAN, China
5. Vladimir KAZANEVSKY, Ukraine
6. Nikola OTAS, Serbia
7. Darko DRLIJEVIC, Montenegro
8. Constantin PAVEL, Romania
9. Slobodan BUTIR, Croatia
10. Vaso KRCMAR, Serbia
Theme 3: PORTRAIT / Romanian sportsman:
1. Special prize: Ivailo TSVETKOV, Bulgaria
2. Special prize: Aquil RASTEGARI, Iran
3. Special prize: Iulian LALU, Romania
4. Special prize: Kresimir KVESTER, Croatia.
(Cash prizes from PORTRAIT section were CANCELED, for low participation.)
JURY Members:
Julian PENA-PAI, Romania - President
Jugoslav VLAHOVIC, Serbia - member
Cristi VECERDEA-CRIV, Romania - member
Liviu STANILA, Romania - member
Nicu PETRACHE, Romania - member/organisator.
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Pantomim on Paper: Cartoon Exhibition by Kambiz Derambakhsh in Tehran, Iran

International exhibition "Apaguemos el Maltrato" is on from 25 November in Spain

The International exhibition themed "Apaguemos el Maltrato" (Extinguish Violence Against Women) is opened in 25th November 2013 in Madrid where is the capital of Spain with the participation of 24 prestigious artists from 21 countries and aims to raise awareness of abuse against women. In the afternoon, it was presented in Alcorcón, the first of the 12 towns that will hold the exhibition by the hand of the Women’s Institute of Madrid.

The exhibition after Madrid Royal Mail House will be placed at headquarters at the Women Institute of Madrid for a year. During the same period, it will be exhibited in Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Aranjuez, Boadilla del Monte, Getafe, Las Rozas, Móstoles, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Soto del Real, Torrejón, Tres Cantos and Valdemoro.
The two cartoons by Menekşe ÇAM take place in the exhibition to represent Turkey.
The all participating artists;
Angel Boligán (Mexico), Pablo Blasberg (Argentina), Menekse Cam (Turkey), Darío Castillejos (Mexico), Doaa Eladl (Egypt), Alex Falco (Cuba), Ares (Cuba), Riber Hansson (Sweden), Adán Iglesias (Cuba), Doddy Iswahyudi (Indonesia), Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine), Pawel Kuczynski (Poland), Yu Liang (China), Marc Lynch (Australia), Marilena Nardi (Italy), Miel (Singapore), Enio Navarro (Spain), Victor Ndula (Kenya), Vilma Vargas (Ecuador), Elena Ospina (Colombia), Tsocho Peev (Bulgaria), Andrei Popov (Russia), Kianoush Ramezani (Iran), Ann Telnaes (USA).
The cartoons in the exhibition were collected in an album will be sent to the participating artists.
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Winners in 2nd International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2013, Mexico

Theme: Migration
519 participants from 68 cuntries sent in 1043 drawings.
WINNERS
First Prize: Wissam Asaad - Syria (Top)

Second Prize: Mohammadreza Babaei – Iran (Above)
Third Prize: Darío Castillejos - Mexico
Honourable Mentions:
Mihai Ignat – Romania
Hasan Ali Ismail – Syria
Bahman Jalali Nokandeh – Iran
Mete Agaoglu – Turkey
Michel Moro Gomez – Cuba
Musa Gumus – Turkey
Bobisa – Serbia
Norbert Van Yperzeele – Belgium
Viktor Manuel Barrera – Colombia
Rainer Ehrt – Germany.
All winning cartoons here.

Paolo Dalponte: Esposizione di disegni "Caffè?"

Studio d'Arte Andromeda via Malpaga 17 Trento, Italy.
December 7, Saturday, 18:00.

International 7-77 Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

The 19th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 18th to 20th, 2014 during the 85th Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year on the 23rd April .
The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 20th International Ankara Cartoon Festival. The aim of the competition is to make children familiar with the art of cartooning and to contribute the development of sensitivity towards humour by enriching their world with the help of cartoons you will draw.
All proffessional and amateur cartoonists will be welcomed to  join in by drawing cartoons for children.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original  cartoon that can be understood by children.
Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 1st, 2014. Cartoons should be sent to the  following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA/ TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE (1000 €) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2014 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 18th  to 20th, 2014 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 20th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those  competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.

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

6th International "Smiling Cat" Cartoon Web Contest 2013
REGULATIONS
Contest: Open to all cartoonists
THEME: Shadow
Deadline: 20 December 2013
ENTRIES: Max. 2 cartoons
TECHNICAL INFO:
A4 size max. 100 dpi, format (JPEG).
Max one entry in each section: black & white or colored,
any style, any technique will be accepted.
Name, address, tel and e-mail.
At the end of competition there will be an exhibition
on internet from the selected cartoons.
The participant must send their photo along with their autobiography.
All cartoonists can participate through their own e-mail
by submitting your cartoons to: smiling.cat2013@gmail.com
PRIZES:
First Smiling Cat prize: Diploma
Second Smiling Cat prize: Diploma
Third Smiling Cat prize: Diploma
Honourable mentions: 5 (certificate).
The results will be on http://www.cartooncenter.net on 30 December, 2013,
right after the international juries' evaluation.
Organizer: Seyran Caferli
Address: Az 1000, Post BOX N0 1, Baku-Azerbaijan.
E-mail: cartooncenter@gmail.com
Web: http://cartooncenter.net.
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Prize-winners in National Liberty Museum's Caretoons Contest 2013, U.S.A.

Theme: Building Bridges
WINNERS
Annie Briglia (Student National)
Mark Mattson (Adult National)
Menekşe Çam - Turkey (Adult International) (Top)
More info here.

5th International Cartoon Contest Virton 2014, Belgium

5ème Festival International du Dessin de Presse, d’Humour et de la Caricature 2014
www.virton-cartoons.be VIRTON from 29th May to 1st June 2014
1. CONTEST : Organized by Lions Club La Gaume in partnership with La Gaume ça Cartoon asbl.
2. THEME : « When peace will be »
3. DEADLINE : 15th February 2014
4. PARTICIPANTS : Are admitted cartoonists of any country, sex, or age. The participants accept the regulations as well as the jury's decisions. The jury has the right to refuse an artwork for moral reasons. There will be no correspondence about the contest or the jury's decisions.
5. THE JURY : 5 members and presided by the Director of the festival.
6. ELIGIBILITY : Each author is allowed to submit maximum 3 artworks.
Characteristics : Black and white or color artworks without text and in standard A4 format.
Artworks must be delivered by internet only in 300 dpi resolution and in Jpeg format to: lionslagaumecartoons@gmail.com
Previously awarded cartoons are not allowed to participate.
The artist must complete the registration form on the website www.virton-cartoons.be/concours.htm and join a biography and photo or self-portrait.
The full list of participants will be published on the website www.virton-cartoons.be
7. ROYALTIES : By participating, the authors agree that the organization may archive, print, or reproduce the artworks to be used for all purposes without any compensation for the artist. All the award winning artwork becomes property of the organization and will not be returned. This way a permanent collection is established to promote our venue.
8. EXHIBITIONS : from Thursday 29th May to Saturday 7th June included.
9. AWARDS : The award-ceremony will take place Thursday 29th May at 20:00. A selection of the best artworks will appear in the catalogue “ Rencontres Internationales du dessin de presse et d’humour de Virton 2014”.
PRIZES:
1st prize: 500 € + invitation
2nd prize: 250 €
3rd prize: 150 €.
Before we can award the prizes, the laureates will be asked to send us the originals.
SEND YOUR ARTWORKS ONLY TO lionslagaumecartoons@gmail.com.

Winners in 25th Olense Cartoenale 2013, Belgium

Results of the 25th Olense Cartoenale 2013, Belgium
Theme: Clear surface water
WINNERS:
1st prize: Pavel Kuczynski (Poland)
2nd prize: Robert Rousso (France) (Top) (See Similarities)
3rd prize: Kfir Weizman (Israel)
4th prize: Grigori Katz (Israel)
5th prize: Raed Khalil (Syria) (See below)
The Amnesty International Prize: Marco De Angelis (Italy)
Prize of the city of Bialogard: Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek (Poland).
Young Cartoonists under age 15 yr:
1st Prize: Zhang A He (China)
2nd Prize: Ekin Özeskici (Turkey)
3rd Prize: Zhang A He (China)
4th Prize: Li Yu Xuan (China).
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Results 12th International Graphic Humour Contest Barakaldo 2013 on New Technologies

See all prize-winning cartoons here.