Catalog 6th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

Received yesterday the newly-published catalog of the 6th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey. 22.7x23 cm in size (a bit larger than my scanner's, so the cover image above is cropped of top and bottom), the full-color catalog has 208 pages. This recent edition they also added the young competitors category which brought 56 pages more compared to the previous one of 2013. The book contains 186 finalist works in both adult and youth category, reduced from 920 works by 489 cartoonists representing 60 countries. The prizes were all-inclusive holidays for two persons each in 5-star hotels in Turkey as was the theme: "All-inclusive Holiday".
What this catalog brought new to me among others is the extraordinary art of Anon Anindito from Indonesia. Quite unusual, kind of bitter, in humor, the artist also has a masterly technique to portray the scene. None of his three works in the catalog is awarded probably because not directly related to the recent edition's theme.
The catalog is available now in PDF here which is downloadable also to be printed if you are an enthusiast.
My thanks to Nazmi Kozak, the publisher and member of the organizing committee, who sent me this book of amusing cartoons.

Rules for the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2015, Peru

Dear colleagues and artists:
Peru wears the joy, creativity and art with the completion of the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2015.
The theme for this year's: Floods.
A flood is the occupation by water or residential areas for agriculture, either by overflowing rivers, torrential rains, snowmelt, by rising tides over the habitual level or avalanche caused by tsunamis.
Floods are one of the natural disasters that occur more victims in the world. It has been estimated that in the twentieth century some 3.2 million people have died for this reason, which is more than half of those killed by natural disasters in the world during that period.
We invite all artists to send their works on this topic that allows us to reflect on or is happening on the planet and what we can do to make it a better world. It is humor is a good tool for that.
The success of the International Exhibition of Graphic Humor, considered one of the most important artistic events in Latin America depends on you.

REGLAMENT
Theme: FLOODS
1. The works submitted must stick to the theme chosen for this sixth edition: Floods
2. The artist may submit up to two works from his personal archive. These may have been published and / or previously awarded.
3. They shall send to the organizers their personal details (full name, address, contact number, address).
4. The work must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi and a minimum size of A-4 (30 x 21 cm.)
5. The works, along with the required data have to be sent only to the official email: salonhumorperu@salonhumorperu.com 
6. The closing date will be July 30, 2015.
7. The works received that pass the selection form the exhibition which is scheduled for Thursday, September 10, 2015.
8. The artists whose works are selected will receive a copy of the official catalog of the Hall of Humor, sent through the Foreign Ministry to countries which have diplomatic representation.
9. The artist authorizes the organizers to use his work for the publicity that The Hall of Humor Graphic required to promote the event (posters, poles, press releases, etc.).
10. By entering the artist accepts all the conditions laid down in the rules of the call for the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor - Lima 2015.
WEB: http://www.salonhumorperu.com.

International Cartoon Contest: Politics and Sex 2015, Israel

CONTEST TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. The contest is open to all entrants.
2. Cartoons must meet the ethical and aesthetic standards of civilized society. No incitement to violence, racial or national discrimination, or scenes of violence and pornography.
3. In the event of rule breaking or overt plagiarism, entries will be removed from the contest without further discussion.
4. Method of execution is up to the entrant. Cartoons submitted in digital form will have the following formats: JPEG, A-4, 300 dpi. Author’s name, billing address and e-mail will be attached to the entry.
5. Maximum of three entries per participant.
6. Narration will be in English, but wordless entries are encouraged.
7. The contest will last for one month. Final submission date for entries is 4-th of July.
8. Entries will be published on the contest’s Facebook page and “Beseder?”’s website – beseder.ru
9. As well as entering a file into the contest, authors whose works will be chosen for the exhibition, must send in the original or a high quality copy in A-4 format by 4-th of August.
10. Cartoons must be watermarked in digital form.
11. Final results will come in on 12-th of July.
12. Exhibition of entries will be held in September-October of 2015. A catalog is planned by year’s end. Each author, whose work is included in the catalog, will receive one copy for free.
13. There are also plans for the auctioning of cartoons with the author receiving 50% of the profits for the sale of their work.
14. By entering the contest, the author of an entry accepts the terms and conditions, and agrees for their work to be published on the website beseder.ru, in promotions, social networks and the contest’s catalog. Having said that, the author retains their copyright for the work.
15. The originals and copies participating in the contest will not be returned to the author.
PRIZES
1-st place – 1000 USD + honorary diploma
2-nd place – 700 USD + honorary diploma
3-rd place – 500 USD + honorary diploma
10 works will be recognized with honorary diplomas.
CATALOG
Each participant in the catalog will receive an author’s copy.
CONTEST JUDGES
Andrei Biljo, cartoonist
Victor Bogorad, cartoonist
Mark Galesnik, c. editor of the website beseder.ru
Michael Zlatkovsky, cartoonist
Sergei Tunin, cartoonist
Victor Shenderovich, satire writer
Lev Sheglov, professor of sexology.
ADDRESSES
Address for contest entries: beseder.cartoon@gmail.com 
Address for originals: Beseder, P.O.B. 3233 Jerusalem 91030 Israel .

7th P. C. Rath Memorial International Web Cartoon Contest 2015, Bolangir, India

7th P.C.RATH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON CONTEST 2015, BOLANGIR, INDIA
In remembrance of Historian Purna Chandra Rath, Superintendent of Archeology, Patna State, Bolangir, P.C. Rath Memorial Trust invites cartoons from both professional and amateur cartoonists of the world.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST
Rules:
1. THEME: EDUCATION
2. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ENTRIES: One (Any technique: Black & white; Colour; Digital)
3. ABOUT THE CARTOON:
A) Only one unpublished Cartoon is to be sent as e-mail attachment. (Don't send previously awarded cartoon)
B) The e-mail should also have Full Name and Complete Postal Address of the participant in CAPITAL LETTERS.
C) The Entry Form (only in MSWord) must accompany the cartoon as attached mail (See Entry form below)
D) Size: 21 x 30 cm (A-4)
E) Cartoon should be in JPG format (strictly 100 dpi) (Maximum 1MB).
4. E-MAIL: pcrcon7@yahoo.com (Write Full Name and Complete Postal Address in CAPITAL LETTERS in the email accompanying the cartoon)
WEB SITE: www.aswiniabani.com
5. DEADLINE: 15th June 2015
6. THE PRIZES:
There will be 07 prizes (First, Second, Third, Special mention-2 and Honourable mention-2). All the prize winners will be awarded with a Diploma Certificate and a CD album of selected cartoons.
7. RESULT AND EXHIBITION:
A) Result of the contest is likely to be declared in the last week of June 2015 and selected cartoons will be exhibited in the website: www.aswiniabani.com
B) The Diploma certificates and CD albums for all the winners will be sent by post after the function.
C) The exhibitions will be organized from June onwards in various places.
8. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZER:
A) Once sent, the works belong to the organizing committee. It can be published, distributed or used for promotional purpose in future.
B) Cartoons should be downloadable and clear. Committee would not be responsible in situations like net-failure, undownloadable cartoon etc. It is therefore advised to keep the file small.
C) Plagiarism, if detected, the entry will be summarily rejected or even the diploma would be withdrawn, if awarded.
D) In case of a dispute, decision of the Committee would be final. The committee reserves all rights to cancel or modify any of the rules/conditions.
Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
Convener Jury: Aswini and Abani.

7th P.C.RATH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON CONTEST-2015

ENTRY FORM
(Must be sent in MS Word)



PHOTO

NAME :

ADDRESS:

EMAIL:

WEBSITE:

TELEPHONE:

CV(SHORT):




My entry is original and unpublished. I accept all the terms and conditions of the contest.

SIGNATURE

Similarity in cartoons: Cakmak - Drljevic

Huseyin Cakmak (Cyprus) Yeni Duzen Sanat (16 October 2010)
International “Banana” Cartoon Contest 2010 (Canada)
Press Cartoon Europe (PCE) 2010 (Belgium)
International “Fax for Peace, Fax for Tolerance” Cartoon Contest 2010-2011 (Italia)
International “Pisek” Cartoon Contest 2011 (Czech)
International “St Just Le Martel” Cartoon Exhibition 2011 (France)
International “Chelyabinsk” Cartoon Contest 2011 (Russia)
International “Livadia” Cartoon Exhibition 2013 (Greece)
International “Molla Nasreddin” Cartoon Contest 2013 (Azerbaijan)
International Biennial Exhibition of Humour in Art 2013 (Italia)
International “Delcevo” Caricatures and Aphorism Competition 2015 (Macedonia).

Darko Drljevic (Montenegro) Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2015 Second Prize.
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This report by Hüseyin Çakmak cakmak@kibris.net .

4th International "Olive" Cartoon Contest 2015, Kyrenia - Cyprus

KYRENIA MUNICIPALITY
CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION

14. OLIVE FESTIVAL
4. INTERNATIONAL “OLIVE” CARTOON CONTEST – 2015
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)

1. The contest is open to all amateur or professional cartoonist or any one who could submit a cartoon regardless individual's race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, age, or other protected characteristic.

2. Themes: Olive, Olive and Time, Olive and History, Olive and Mythology, Olive and Technology, Olive and Cyprus, Olive and Life, Olive and Peace, Olive and Conflict, Olive and War, Olive and Health, Olive and Women, Olive and Men, Olive and Children, Olive Oil, Olive Branch, Olive Tree, Benefits of Olive, Olive and Olive Mill/Press, Banning of Uprooting, Burning and Cutting Down Olive Trees and so forth.

3. All Submissions must be in the form of cartoon. Any painting or illustrations will not be accepted and will be disqualified. Cartoons must be without words

4. All submissions must be originals. Submission dimensions: A4 or A3 in any color or black and white. Each entrant must provide name and surname, address, phone number including country code, and email address on the back of the submission; each entrant should also provide short background and a photo (optional) on a separate A4.

5. Submission of materials, which has previously been submitted and or presented and or published elsewhere, is welcomed providing copyright is not infringed, however previously any award wining material cannot be submitted.

6. All work submitted for evaluation by the International Selection Committee and work of finalist will be published at official web page of the competition. In addition submissions will be reviewed and evaluated for plagiarism by international associations. If Plagiarism detected and or any previously award wining material submitted, submissions will be canceled and the next eligible entry will be considered for the prize.

7. Entrants could submit more than one work, however no more than one award will be awarded to participants.

8. All submission must be received by JUNE 20, 2015 at the address provided below.

9. All submission, awarded or not, will be kept and archived by Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association at the newly established “International Cyprus Cartoon Museum.”

10. The entrants will receive a Diplom of Participation by e-mail.

11. All prize winner submissions and selected works by the Steering Committee will be published in a booklet and displayed at the City Center by the Kyrenia Municipality building during the “14. International Olive Festival 2015.”

12. The results of the competition will be published thru media and prizing winning entrants will be informed by contact information provided.

13. Kyrenia Municipality will provide travel and boarding expenses for three prize winners and six special prizewinners as stated in the terms and conditions of the competition.

14. The Kyrenia Municipality and Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association will have the publishing rights to publish or print, in any media or format, any or all submissions.

15. All persons entering the competition agree that the rules of the competition as set out in these terms and conditions are binding on them. And all submissions could be published and printed by the Kyrenia Municipality and Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association as set out in these terms and conditions without any future compensation.

AWARDS:
1. Prize: 1,000 Euro + Gold Medal
2. Prize: 800 Euro + Silver Medal
3. Prize: 600 Euro + Bronze Medal
6 entrants: Special Prize (Bronze Medal)
DEADLINE:
JUNE 20, 2015
SUBMISSION ADDRESS:
Kıbrıs Türk Karikatürcüler Derneği
4. Uluslararası “Zeytin” Karikatürleri Yarışması
Posta Kutusu: 87
Lefkoşa – Kuzey Kıbrıs (Via Turkey)
WEB PAGE:
http://www.zeytinkarikaturleri.com
STEERING COMMITTEE.
(First blogged on caricaturque on 03.04.2015 18:00).

Result of the KARIKATURUM 8 International Forum of Visual Humor Surgut 2015-16, Russia

In Surgut Art Museum held a press conference dedicated to the results and the announcement of winners of the International Forum of Visual Humour KARIKATURUM 8.

Theme: The Power of Life

The Surgut Fine Arts Museum in the International Forum of Visual Humour KARIKATURUM 8, 162 artists from 37 countries sent 555 works. From 15 to 17 May 2015 by the International Jury of the Forum was held the eighth selection of the best entries, and at the final press conference were named winners:

1. Jing Shan Li / China - Grand Prize: Platina ushanka (Top)

2. Ilja Bereznickas / Lituania - Gold ushanka

3. Аndrey Popov / Russia - Silver ushanka

4. Agim Sulaj / Italy - Bronze ushanka

5. Dmitriy Moskin / Russia - Prize of Surgut Museum

6. Sergey Lemehov / Russia - Prize of the Jury

7. Vareri Alexandrov – Walex (Walex Alexandrov) / Bulgaria - Prize of the Jury.

Results of the 3rd Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2015, Denmark

Theme: Equal in Diversity
Jury:
Bernard Bouton, Secretary General FECO, Cartoonist . France
Carlos Brito, Vice-President General FECO, Cartoonist . France
Claus Seidel, Cartoonist . Denmark
Jugoslav Vlahović, Prof. at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Cartoonist . Serbia
Lars Refn, Chairman of Danish Cartoonists, Cartoonist . Denmark
Marlene Pohle, Vice-President General FECO, Cartoonist, Illustrator . Germany
Morten Thorning, General Director of Animation Workshop . Denmark
Peter Nieuwedijk, President General FECO, Cartoonist . Holland
Zoran Petrović, Cartoonist . Germany.
WINNERS:
1st Prize: Angel Boligan Corbo . Mexico (top)
2nd Prize: Darko Drljevic . Montenegro
3rd Prize: Markus Grolik . Germany.
Read more on http://nielsbuggeaward.com/.

Is the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, Poland, being liquidated by the City Hall?

Officials from the Warsaw City Hall decided to liquidate the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw. They want the caricature museum to be part of the Museum of Warsaw. It is acting to the detriment of culture in Warsaw, Poland, and Europe. There is no substantive evidence for such a connection. Let us do everything to defend the Caricature Museum, which is one of the most original cultural institutions in Europe. Say "no" to thoughtlessness. On this page we will keep you informed about what is happening in this case. Join us!
Perhaps not everyone saw the drawing by Marcin Bondarowicz (below). We also ask other writers who wish to comment on the absurd idea of liquidation of the Museum of Caricature to send in their work. We will post them here. Also we pass the Warsaw city officials. Read more.

Visit also the website here.

Winners in the 20th International Cartoon Exhibition Zagreb 2015, Croatia

20th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION ZAGREB 2015 CROATIA
THEME PAINTING ( FROM CAVES TO COMPUTERS )
The 20th International Exhibition of Cartoon ZAGREB 2015 has
seen the arrival of 538 works of 263 authors from 47 countries
THE WINNERS 
FIRST PRIZE: NIKOLAY ARNAUDOV, Bulgaria (Top)
SECOND PRIZE: MUSA GUMUS, Turkey
THIRD PRIZE: PAVEL CONSTANTIN, Romania
SPECIAL MENTION
VJEKOSLAV BOJAT, Montenegro
DARIJAN KUČKO, Croatia
OLEKSY KUSTOVSKY, Ukraine
KLAUS PITTER, Austria
IVAN SABOLIĆ, Croatia.
See the catalog here in PDF.
More on web: http://www.hdk.hr/.

Winners in the 5th International Turhan Selcuk Cartoon Competition, Milas 2015, Turkey

230 artists from 36 countries sent in 780 cartoons.
Jury meeting: 16 May 2015.
Theme: FREE
WINNERS:
1. Mojmir Mihatov (Croatia) (Top)
2. Ali Bulca (Turkey)
3. Jitet Kustana (Indonesia)
SPECIAL PRIZES:
SP Cumhuriyet Gazetesi: Sasha Dimitrijevic (Serbia)
SP Milas Sanayi ve Ticaret Odası: Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine)
SP Scrikss: Masoud Ziaei Zardkhashoei (Iran)
SP Milas Sanatçılar Derneği: Konstantin Kazanchev (Ukraine)
SP Muğla Bisikletçiler Derneği: Andrea Pecchia (Italy)
SP Tüm Kırtasiyeciler Derneği: Ehsan Ganji (Iran).
Prize-giving ceremony: 12.09. 2015
All prize-winning cartoons on source.

11th International festival of cartoon Solin 2015, Croatia

11. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2015, CROATIA

PARTICIPATION
The organizer of 11th International festival of cartoon Solin 2015 is the city Solin.
The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profesion.
2.THEME:
1. FREE
2. ARHEOLOGY
3.ENTRIES
Conditions of entry:
1. All entries must be original cartoons. Framed works, also, will not be accepted.
2. Entries can be either black and white or colored.
3. There should be the name, surname and the address on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. Maximum 5 entries will be submitted.
5. Maximum size of entries is A3 format (297 mm x 420 mm)
4.DEADLINE
Entry deadline is the 11 August 2015.
Please write PRINTED MATTER - NO VALUE.
5.ADDRESS
11.INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2015
«DOM ZVONIMIR» Kralja Zvonimira 50,
21210 Solin, CROATIA
6.PRIZE AND AWARDS
1. PLAQUE....................................................1011 EUR
2. PRIZE CITY SOLIN................................... 3 PRIZE
7.EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place in the galery of the culture home „ZVONIMIR“ Solin on the 20.08.2015.
8.OTHER CONDITIONS
Authors of works that quality to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue (DVD). The works will be returned only on the special request of an author. The postage EUR5 will be paid by author. The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Solin 2015, 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.
PRESIDENT 11. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2015 CROATIA
Cartoonist-designer MARKO IVIĆ ivic1963@gmail.com.

Results of the 46th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015, Rep. Macedonia

Results of the international jury on the 46th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015, Rep. Macedonia
Dear friends cartoonists,
In the jubilee year when OSTEN celebrates 70 years since its establishment (1 January 1945) in the 46th edition of its WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015, we appear again before the world public to convey the messages from the cartoonists coming from all over the world. Consistent with our commitment to promoting art on paper, again this year one of the basic criteria to participate in the World Gallery of Cartoons was to apply with original, hand-drawn cartoons, satirical drawings, and comics. We are pleased that cartoonists from all over the world welcome this commitment of ours and recognize our endeavors to encourage genuine artistic values in the creation of cartoons. That is, after all, also confirmed by the traditionally great number of participants in our event: this year 206 cartoonists with 680 original works from 50 countries all over the world have applied!
The figures speak for themselves in context of the interest shown to participate in the competition; on the other hand, the issue of the quality of the works sent was entrusted to real professionals in the field of cartoons: the first selection was made by prominent cartoonists from Bulgaria, Alla and Chavdar Georgievi, while members of the international jury deciding on the prizes consisted of: Bernd Pohlenz (Germany), Murat Erdoğan (Turkey), Stane Jagodič (Slovenia), Midhad Ajanović Ajan (Sweden), and Mice Jankulovski (Macedonia).
Their shared assessment is that this year’s edition of World Gallery of Cartoons received cartoons, satirical drawings, and comics of exceptional quality, both with regard to the very idea and conveying the message, and to the artistic expression… which, by the way, made their work even more difficult. Still they agree on this results:
FIRST AWARD FOR CARTOON - Mehmet KAHRAMAN, Turkey (Top)
FIRST AWARD FOR COMIC/STRIP - Pavel CONSTANTIN, Romania
FIRST AWARD FOR SATIRICAL DRAWING - Mikhail ZLATKOVSKY, Russia
SPECIAL AWARDS
Agim KRASNIQI - KrAgi, Kosovo
Aleksandar BLATNIK, Serbia
Angelo CAMPANER, Italy
Blaze DOKULESKI, Macedonia
Halit KURTULMUS AYTOSLU, Turkey
Louis POL, Australia
Raul Fernando ZULETA, Colombia
Mirko MOLNAR, Serbia
Ross THOMSON, UK
Valeriu KURTU, Germany
AWARD CICO (for Macedonian Cartoonist) - Darko MARKOVIC.
You can see the Awarded Cartoonists here.
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners, and many thanks to all participants of the 46th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015!
As Murat Erdogan (the jury member and author of the foreword in the catalog) said: All cartoonists who sent their works to the 46th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2015 contributed to the philosophy of life which challenge the problems of the world and encourage peace, freedom and smile over the world, and they will leave their marks to the history of cartoons.
On the behalf of the OSTEN team, I'm sending you best regards and… see you next year!
Kornelija Koneska, CEO
P.S. Follow the updates of the opening of the exhibition of cartoons and the official announcement of the awards in OSTEN Gallery tomorrow, on 28th May 2015 at 20:20 h. on the World Gallery of Cartoons FB fun page...

The Jury members of the 11th International Cartoon Contest SYRIA 2015

Theme: The Victory

1200 works of 300 cartoonists from
71 countries were sent to the competition.
The list of participants here.
The Jury
1 - Alireza Pakdel / Iran
2 - Haydar Alyasiry / Iraq
3 - Mowafaq Farzat / Kuwait / Syria
4 - ‏‎Esam Hanafy / Egypt
5 - Naji Benaji / Morocco.
(Written by Syria Cartoon 03 May 2015)
Source: raedcartoon.

Another false competition seems to be on the net again

Received an e-mail with the regulation of a new cartoon contest:
THE INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION 2015 -- MADE IN CHINA.
The themes of the competition:
a) MADE IN CHINA
b) FREE.
Participant send electronic edition (JEPG, 300 dpi) to: zjjxnnsg@126.com . If your works are selected, you send the original works to us.
Well, to whom to send the original works if selected?
To the e-mail address that seems to be the only organisator for the time being?
If not selected, what would happen with all the 12 cartoon ideas (maximum 6 each theme) of each participating cartoonist? Plagiarized, copied, sold to third parties?!
It is already 3 years now that we haven't had a pirate cartoon competition and finally it emerged again. Somebody is looking for the original ideas of honest creative cartoonists to paint or sell cartoons by his/her name! Not very difficult to guess the name(s)!
No cartoonist will participate I hope, no website shall put the regulation or promote this fishy competition MADE IN CHINA.
If any cartoon website editor doesn't want to belong to the gang of thieves of cartoon ideas, s/he should take the emergency action and delete the false announcement of the fake competition.
See the recent history of fake cartoon competitions here.

Winners in the 12th International Tabriz Cartoon Festival 2015, Iran

Theme: Culture
Jury: Kambiz, Kiyasat, Ismail Kar (Turkey), Rahim.
WINNERS:
1st Prize: Oleksy Kustovsky, Ukraine (Top)

2nd Prize: Mahmud Azadniya, Iran

3rd Prize: Borislav Hegedusic, Croatia

SELECTED WORKS BY:
Angel Boligan, Mexico
Darko Drljevic, Montenegro
Jordan Pop-Iliev, Rep. Macedonia
Mehmet Kahraman, Turkey
Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine.
All winning cartoons on source.

18th International Salon of Antiwar Cartoon "Kragujevac 2015", Serbia

Memorial Park “October in Kragujevac”
Desankin venac bb
KRAGUJEVAC SERBIA

DEAR FRIENDS CATOONISTS,
In memory of the severe crime that happened in Kragujevac in 1941, 74 years ago, when the German occupying forces executed several thousand of innocent civilians in just one day, also sincerely wishing the peace to may prevail in the world, especially today when it sinks into the abyss of the world war
The City of Kragujevac a n n o u n c e s
THE 18TH INTERNATIONAL SALON OF ANTIWAR CARTOON «KRAGUJEVAC 2015»
The International jury will make a selection out of submitted cartoons which is to be exhibited and published in the Salon’s catalog. Besides, the following prizes are to be awarded:
The Grand Prix «The Peace Messanger» and 1.500 euros prize is to be awarded by the International Association of Peace Messanger Cities
The Gold Plague and 1.000 euros prize
The Silver Plague and 800 euros prize
The Bronze Plague and 500 euros prize
The Mayor of Bydgoszcz (Poland) Award, amounts 750 euros
The City of Ingolstadt (Germany) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Suresnes (France) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Pitesti (Romania) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Carrara (Italy) Award, amounts 500 euros
The prize fund is 7.050 euros in total.
The Jury might additionally award several diplomas to close contenders.
Cartoonists and fine artists from all over the world have the right to participate. They should submit at most three (3) cartoons, which have not been awarded by any other international competition, on the subjects of antiwar as well as solidarity between people and nations. The artworks should be utmost A4-A3 formated, while art technique is at the artist’s choice, including electronical version of the cartoon with the original signature. On the back of the artwork there should be written data on the artist (such as: name, surname, address, phone/fax, e-mail).
Every selected entrant will receive free catalogue.
The submission deadline is September 11, 2015. The jury session is to be held on September 12-13, 2015.
The cartoons are to be sent to the following address:
SALON ANTIRATNE KARIKATURE,
Spomen park «Kragujevacki oktobar»,
Desankin venac bb, 34000 Kragujevac,
Srbija,
or via e-mail: biblioteka@spomenpark.rs
Submitted artworks are not to be returned, they remain in the Salon’s collection.
JURY:
1. Metin Peker, cartoonist, president (Turkey)
2. Toso Borkovic, cartoonist (Serbia)
3. Jugoslav Vlahovic, cartoonist (Serbia)
4. Spiro Radulovic, cartoonist (Serbia)
5. Miodrag Stojilovic, journalist (Serbia).
NOTE: The International Antiwar Cartoon Salon had so far the strongest international promotion and afirmation. On the occasion of the award ceremony the prizes were handed over and the exhibition was opened in Kragujevac. Afterwards, the Salon exhibition displays in many cities and international organuzations all over the world. The Salon exhibition was displayed at the United Nations Palace in New York, in the European Commission Charlemagne building showroom. Then, the chosen artworks at the 17th Salon were exhibited in Kragujevac, Polish cities of Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Bidgoszcz, Plonsk, Wielun, Torun, Pitesti (Romania), Ingolstadt (Germany) and New Haven (USA).
Again, the Salon has got the invitation to set the show in Novi Pazar (Serbia), Suresnes (France) and Carrara (Italy).
Miodrag Stojilovic
Director of the Salon of antiwar cartoon
www.antiwar.kragujevac.rs.
Updated on 19.08.2015.

Cemalettin YILDIZ exhibits his graphic work in Gabrovo, Bulgaria

Turkish graphic artist Cemalettin Yıldız exhibits his work at the Museum House of Humour and Satire from 16 May until 30 September 2015. He is the winner of Golden Aesop, the Grand Prix in the 21st Biennial Gabrovo 2013.
The exhibition poster is designed by Yordanka Shiyakova.

25th International Festival of „Humor......at Gura Humorului” 2015, Romania

Gura Humorului Townhall
 Suceava County Council The Bucovina Cultural Centre
Mănăstirea Humorului Village hall
„HUMOR......AT GURA HUMORULUI”,
THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CARTOON AND HUMOROUS LITERATURE
The 25nd edition, 2015
The 24nd edition of „Humor......at Gura Humorului”, the International Festival of
Cartoon and Humorous Literature will be held between 10th and 12th of July, 2015.

THE CONTEST REGULATIONS CARTOONS

1. The Edition theme: TAKE YOUR MASK OFF !
2. Original works are accepted, in digital format, created after January, 1st, 2014, which were not published and submitted or awarded prizes to other competitions.
3. Two (2) is the number of papers accepted.
4. The works will be submitted by June 25th, 2015 (posting date) on the following addresses:
email: umorlahumor@gmail.com or postal address: Muzeul Obiceiurilor Populare din Bucovina, Piaţa Republicii, nr. 2, 725300-Gura Humorului, judeţul Suceava, România.
5. Technical requirements:
- Papers sent by e-mail: minimum1600 x 1200 pixels, JPG format
- Papers sent by regular postal mail: format A3
- The technique used for the works will be at the free choice of the artist
6. The works are not to be returned. They will be added to the patrimony of the „Humor......at Gura Humorului” Festival and the organizers are entitled to use them later as edited materials with the name of their author on them.
7. The participants are required the following documents enclosed with their works: the completed entry form attached (see below), a brief CV and a personal photography/cartoon self portrait of minimum 6x9cm (on paper) or 710x1065pix. (digital format).
8. The prizewinners will be notified by July 10th, 2015 to be present for the Awards Festivity held on Sunday, July 12th, 2015.
9. Transport expenses, accomodation and meals are the responsibility of the participant or the organization/institution he/she is part of. The organizers will be notified in due time to make the necessary reservations.
10. The prizes to be awarded:
1st Prize : EUR 500
2nd Prize : EUR 300
3rd Prize : EUR 200
The "George Gavrilean" Prize for the debutantes in Bucovina - EUR 200.
11. The jury are the ones who decide upon awarding or not awarding or re-allocating the prizes. In addition, the jury will decide upon the works or the authors to be rewarded by sponsors, associations, mass-media, institutions, commercial societies or private persons, with their consent.
12. There will be no participation fees.
Further information:
The Bureau of Press Relations of „Humor......at Gura Humorului” Festival
 Prof. Elvira Romaniuc- Muzeul Obiceiurilor Populare din Bucovina
Telephone: 00 40 740 926 479
E-mail: umorlahumor@gmail.com
 Coordinating Director Mihai Mardare – Local Cultural Center Gura Humorului
Telephone: 00 40 749 683 278.

Catalog Pannonpower International Caricature Contest 2014 arrives from Hungary

Received from Hungary the new catalog Pannonpower International Caricature Contest 2014 focusing on color green and biomass-based renewable energy production. 14.5 x 20.5 cm in size, the full color catalog has 48 pages including the covers. Nearly 260 artists from 60 countries participated in the competitiom with more than 660 drawings. From Turkey are included the works by Cuneyt Senyavas and Kemal Ozyurt in this collection of cartoons.
You can visualise (and print if you like) the e-catalog in PDF here.
Many thanks to the organising company and the cartoonist friend Kelemen Istvan for sending me this valuable catalog.

International Cartoon Festival Ymittos 2015, Greece

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL YMITTOS 2015
ABOUT YOUTH DANGERS
THEMES FOR CARTOONS AND SKETCHES:
Youth Dangers : 
“Bullying”,
“Internet and Mass media”
MUNICIPALITY OF DAFNI-YMITTOS, WORKSHOP
CARTOON FRIENDS ASSOCIATION
October 24 - November 7
Venue:
Event Hall of the municipal community of Ymittos
1 Iroon Polytechniou Square
Ymittos.

A competition will take place during the exhibition. The best works will be awarded. The awards will include: 1st prize, Visitors’ award and four more. All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a Digital Certificate of Participation.
CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
. The cartoons must be black and white or in color.
. Each participant may present up to 3 works (size A3).
. Resolution must be at least 300 dpi.
. It would be preferable that the work should not contain any text or comments. In case they do, the English or Greek language should definitely be included.
. The use of collage is prohibited.
. The works must be sent via e-mail.
. The works that the Artistic Committee will judge that have been copied from other cartoonists’ works will be disqualified.
. The works should not have been exhibited before.
. The works should not have offensive content.
. A short CV, the e-mail address, Skype account (if available), and the postal address of each participant is required.
. All participating works may be exhibited in a touring exhibition in Greece or abroad.
EXHIBITION
. Up to 200 works will be exhibited and evaluated by the Artistic Committee.
. The prizes will be decided by the Artistic Committee.
. Eminent experts from the world of Letters and Arts will make up the Committee.
RIGHTS
. The works may be used in the advertising campaign of the exhibition. On no account should works or copies be sold. Commercial exploitation of part or the whole exhibition is prohibited.
. Participating artists will not receive any kind of payment for their participation.
. Copyright of the exhibition belongs to the organizers.
. Participants will receive a digital catalogue of the exhibition.
. Participation in the exhibition implies full acceptance of all the above terms.
A new announcement will be made to offer information about the prizes.
The Artistic Committee members’ names will be announced soon.
Submission Deadline: September 20th
The works should be sent to the following e-mail address: cartoondafniymittos@gmail.com
The Organizing Committee.
More on fb.
(Theme updated on 15 and 26 May 2015).

Winners in the 20-21st Humour a Gallarate International Cartoon Contest 2015, Italy

Theme: The Global Market
The jury, chaired by Luca Missoni, considering five hundred twenty-five cartoons
from all continents and then voted for the winners of the five categories:
Winner of the first prize for the "Graphics" Andrea Pecchia.
Winner of the first prize for the "Caricature" Mario Magnatti.
Winner of the first prize for the "Satire" Gianni Audisio.
Winner of the "Prize Cava" Luka Lagator (Top).
Winner of the "Grand Prix Marco Biassoni 2015" Alessandro Gatto.
Participants and selected artists in bold: humouragallarate.
( Source ).

5th International Sports Humour Drawing Competition 2015

V INTERNATIONAL SPORTS HUMOUR COMPETITION 2015

The Sports Federation Union of Catalonia co-organises with the Barcelona Olympic Foundation the V International Sports Humour Drawing Competition, with the goal of spreading and encouraging sports-related jokes and comic strips.
1. Participants
Any artist that is over 18 years of age and from any nationality and place of residence can participate in the competition.
2. Entries
Entries must be sports-related. They can be done from any perspective and technique. A maximum of two entries can be submitted per participants and these entries must not have previously won in other competitions.
Complete Regulation here in PDF.
3. Presentation
Entries can be submitted directly through concurs.ufec.cat or sent to the Sports Federation Union of Catalonia: Rambla de Catalunya, 81 08008 - Barcelona
4. Calendar
The deadline for presenting entries is 31 July 2015.
5. Prizes
The first prize is 1,500 €. Two runner-ups will receive 1,000 € each.
6. Exhibition
The awarded entries and other selected entries will be exhibited in the Olympic Museum's exhibition room from October 1 to 1 November 2015.
WEB: http://www.ufec.cat/.
(Updated 6 May 2015).

Results of the 6th International Cartoon Competition Berlin 2015, Germany

The Winners of the Cartoon Competition Berlin 2015
Theme: Spying
The online contest was organized and arranged by the KURTUKUNST Gallery in collaboration with
the LIMES Image Agency. 1187 works of 567 cartoonists from 81 countries were sent to the competition.
Under the patronage of the Mayor (Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf) Reinhard Naumann the awards ceremony
takes place on the 5th of June 2015 at 7 o'clock pm in the Museums THE STORY OF BERLIN.
WINNERS
1st Prize: Sergey Semandyaev, Ukraine (Top)
2nd Prize: Dieter Hackebeil, Germany
3rd Prize: Milenko Kosanovic, Serbia
Audience Award: Jean Kim, U.S.A.
KurtuKunst Gallery Prize: Cristian Topan, Romania
Limes Prize: Pawel Nawrot, Poland
Awards:
Saeed Sadeghi, Iran
Fan Lintao, China
Sava Babic, Serbia.
Source: http://limes-net.com/contest/.

Competition for awards for caricatures and aphorism, Delcevo 2015, Rep. Macedonia

Based on article 55 from Statute of Delcevo municipality (“Official gazette of Municipality of Delcevo” 12/06), the Commission for organizing events and cultural manifestations within Municipality of Delcevo, on the occasion of International festival of caricature and aphorism “Drinker 2015”, announces:
C o m p e t i t i o n
For awards for caricatures and aphorism on subject “Watch out! A human!”
1. Call for caricature and aphorism on subject “Watch out! A human!” is open to authors from Macedonia and abroad, according following criteria:
• Art works to be original, not marked, black-white or in color;
• Art works to be encoded – code written on the back side of art work, and in separate envelope to deliver following data (name, surname, address and e-mail of author);
• Each author sends a set of 10-15 aphorisms;
• It is allowed to participate with maximum three art works;
• The authors in the category of caricature can participate in any number of caricatures;
• Maximum size of caricatures A3 or A4.
2. The most successful authors in the category aphorism and caricature category will be awarded the following awards:
• golden plaque;
• silver plaque;
• bronze plaque.
3. Jury for this occasion will decide for the awards.
4. Detailed information about this call:
Mr. Mile Gjorgijoski, telephone 00389 70 382 189, е-mail: mile_otkosi@yahoo.com .
5. All received aphorisms / caricatures become ownership of the organizer.
6. Deadline for submission of aphorisms / caricatures: 12.05.2015 (Tuesday).
7. The results will be published on 20.05.2015
8. Aphorisms / caricatures to be delivered on following address:
Municipality of Delcevo
„Svetozar Markovik” 1, 2320 Delcevo
Republic of Macedonia
Reference: Open call on subject: „Watch out! A human!“
Municipality of Delcevo
Commission for organizing of events
and cultural manifestations
Delchevo, 06.04.2015
Source: blog.zikison.

International award "Caneva Ride" 2015, Italy

RULES "CANEVA RIDE" 2015

1 - THEME
Pro Castello di Caneva promotes the international award Caneva Ride! (Caneva Laughs!) for humoristic sketches and satirical costume about the theme Like cats and dogs... friends and foes.
2 - PARTICIPATION
The award is open to all cartoonists of the world from 16 years old. Participants can apply individually or in groups (in case of several authors, the referent for all communications with the award’s promoters shall be indicated).
3 - TECHNIQUES
Up to three unpublished works, realized by any technique, color or black and white, which haven’t been awarded in other prizes. The maximum format shall be A4 (21 X 29.7 cm).
4 - DEADLINE
Works shall be submitted within 24:00 of 27th June 2015 at the address canevaridecontest@gmail.com, as a .jpg, .tiff or .pdf file with resolution of 300 dpi, and report all personal data (first name, surname, complete address, phone number, in case of minors the name of one parent authorizing the participation). Every single file shall not exceed 5 MB. If more than one single work is submitted, then send each by single mail.
5 - JURY
Marco Tonus, Cartoonist President of the Jury 2015
Pietro Francesco Manfè, Pro Castello di Caneva
Vicenzo Bottecchia, Cultural Comics Operator
Giancarlo Rupolo, Photographer.
6 - AWARDS
FIRST PRIZE euro 500,00
SECOND PRIZE euro 150,00
THIRD PRIZE euro 100,00
The jury reserves the right to report other works, which shall not receive any money prize. The authors, by participating the competition, agree with the non-exclusive right to reproduce the works on any support for promotional purposes of Pro Loco Castello, without any claims of copyright.
7 - EXHIBITION
Opening of the exhibition and prize giving will be held Sunday 18th July 2015 during Castello in Festa 2015.
Source: canevaride.

Festival Economia 2015 cartoon exhibition on-line with theme: Social Mobility

(Click on the image to enlarge.)

Source: studioandromeda.