Raed Khalil : Contests....... But ...?

Contests....... But ...?
Contest usually organised worldwide, so every country has its own cartoon contest for example and such intellectual events varies according to amount and quality of media and financial support.
On the other hand, there are several Contests here and there which have lost credibility, the thing that enforced every respectable cartoonist to exclude himself away from them because of the lack of organising and ignoring his/her questions & requests though.
Worth mentioning that other Contests usually held just to bring in cartoons, collect and then sell them or invest them within other special affairs, in other words we can see that eventually, cartoonist is the skip goat of such exploitation and other... etc.
Our questions are the following:
1 - When would you boycott cartoon Contests in general? Please clarify your point of view and justify the reasons, what and why.
2 - Is politics are the most important element of joining or not joining cartoon contests?
3 - Is the special situation and private circumstances of every contest are the only reason for some cartoonists to include two faces within their contributions?
Regards
Raed Khalil
(Source: raedcartoon).

Kicking out unemployment: Contest of Humor SHG 2016, Brazil

Contest of humor SHG 2016, Brazil

Join with cartoon, caricature, or cartoon strip,

using a comic balkcony within the theme

Dalcio / Kicking out unemployment.

There's no fun on unemployment. Most of all, when it takes who made the Brazil's culture. The cartunist, Dalcio Machado, is one more victim of this, so we will make him a tribute to all unemployed cartunists, through cartuns having Dalcio as a theme. Just he, who have participate and awarded on all Humour Contest around the world!
Awards:
1st place: A original art signed by Dalcio Machado
1st to 3rd places: Digital certify
   Honour Mentions to 5 participants.
- Send one work only.
- Theme: Kicking out unemployment
Send your cartun until October 23, 2016
NEW DEADLINE: 30 November 2016
to the page "Salões de humor gráfico"

Examination Board:
Jota A.
Dalcio Machado
Silvano Mello
Camilo Lucas
Lex franco.
Hats off to Dalcio Machado.
Hats off to the Brazilian Cartun.

The 2nd International Contest of Research, Technology & Innovation 2016, Iran

The 2nd International Competition of “Research, Technology & Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers & Cartoonists”

Secretariat of the Science Council, Research and Technology and Science Policy Research Center of Iran to identify Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities of Research Technology and Innovation Field in the Eyes of Photographers and Cartoonists holds the Second Competition of “Research, Technology and Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers and Cartoonists”.
Festival Organizer invites all of interested students and professionals around the world to participate in this competition.
Theme: Challenges and Opportunities of Research, Technology and Innovation
Rules:
Each participant can send up to 5 cartoons.
Must send his (Full Name, Post Address, Email Address & Phone Number) via word file.
Sent cartoons must be 200 dpi resolutions, width or length 2000 pixel & jpg format.
Sent cartoons must not be won a prize before.
Prizes:
Five 1000 $ for Five Cartoonists with Five Honorable Mentions
Deadline: 20 November 2016
Cartoon must be sending to: iranbestcartoon@yahoo.com
the gallery of the first national contest
Source: resistart .

The Soul is the theme in the 21st European Cartoon Contest - Kruishoutem 2017, Belgium

21st Eropean Cartoon Contest - Kruishoutem 2017, Belgium

Dear Madam, Sir,
For the 21th time already our association is organizing its biennial cartoon contest.
In the first place we would like to thank all participants of the previous editions for their continued participation in this contest. The increase in the number of participans, entries and participating countries, and especially the quality of your work, proves the trust you put in our organization.
New in this edition is that you can upload your drawings by a new online platform.
To do this you have to register first on www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/register
1. If you did receive an invitation to participate at your home adress, you also did receive a personal code. Please always use this personal code to register!
2. If you don't have a personal code, you can register by entering your e-mail address.
Of course you can still enter your works by traditional post:
Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem - c/a Waregemsesteenweg 113 - 9770 Kruishoutem BELGIUM
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RULES
1. Theme: "The Soul"
2. The number of entries is limited to 5.
Any kind of graphical technique will be accepted. The works may not have been awarded before. The drawings shall not bear subtitles.
3. You can send your works in two ways:
- Register and upload your cartoons on our website www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/register
OR
- Send them by regular post to the following address:
EURO-KARTOENALE
WAREGEMSESTEENWEG 113,
9770 KRUISHOUTEM 
BELGIUM - EUROPE
On our website you can check the list of participants to see if your works have arrived. The entry list is updated daily.
4. The drawings shall have the following dimensions: A4 - 300 dpi (maximum 3 MB) for digital works.
5. The drawings sent by post must bear, on the reverse side, the surname, forename, and preferably the "personal code" of the participant.
6. By participating, the artist agrees with these rules and authorizes the organizers to publish the submitted works in the catalogue and for the promotion of the exhibition. For any other use of the cartoons the permission of the cartoonist is previously requested.
7. The following prizes are awarded:
1st prize: € 1.800,00 + trophy
2nd prize: € 1.500,00 + trophy
3rd prize: € 1.300,00 + trophy
Best European Cartoon: € 900,00
Best Belgian Cartoon: € 900,00
Prize of the ECC: Personal exhibition in the ECC.
On the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony, all the winners are invited for a stay of 3 days in Kruishoutem.
8. On request the participants get a free catalogue. However, the postage costs are for their own account. They can also collect the catalogue at the European Cartoon Center.
9. By participating the artist lends the submitted works to the organizers for itinerant exhibitions. Consequently, the selected works will remain at the disposal of the organizers until December 2018! The awarded works will become property of the organization.
10. The entries will only be sent back by the organizers on written request. The organization can in no way be held responsible for eventually damaged or lost works.
11. If after announcement of the prizes, it appears that plagiarism has been committed, the jury can after deliberation withdraw the prize.
12. The international jury of cartoon professionals will meet in Kruishoutem on 27th of January 2017. The complete jury will be announced on our website after the expiry of the deadline.
13. The inauguration and prize-giving ceremony will take place on Saturday 8th of April 2017.
The exhibition will run from 9th of April till 2nd of July 2017.
DEADLINE : 8th of January 2017.
Source: ecc-kruishoutem.
List of participants.

Can you afford it? – International Environmental Cartoon Contest 2016, Hungary

Can you afford it? – International Environmental Cartoon Contest

Organizer Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda
Application begins 1 October, 2016.
Deadline for entries 15 November 2016.
Theme
The Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda invites all professional and amateur cartoonists, satirical artists and graphic designers to an international illustration contest with the theme: Those people who put their own momentary interest before the interest of a long livable planet are making a mistake.
Some are satisfied when they pay the price of their overconsumption or their destruction and they fail to realize that they cause irreversible damage with their selfish behavior.
Many people often feel they deserve something because they paid for it, but do we really deserve everything we paid for?
Awards
I. prize: 300 €
II. prize: 200 €
III. prize: 100 €
General rules
Entries can be sent via post or e-mail to the organiser of the contest.
Size of entries received by post should be A/3.
Cartoons sent by emails should be in JPG format (300 dpi), sized at about 2500 pixels wide if in portrait format and 3500 pixels wide if in landscape format.
Competition details
 All participants must be 14 or older.
 Previously published cartoons are not allowed for submission.
 Each competitor is allowed to participate in the competition with a maximum of 3 cartoons.
 Postal address for entries: Sopron, Pf. 101, 9401, Hungary
Entries received by post will not be returned.
 Email address for entries: palyazat@zoldbicikli.hu
 Cartoons sent by email should contain the surname of the participant and a two digit serial number. A txt, doc or docx format text is required with the same two digit serial number, which includes the data of the participant and the cartoon. (listed below)
 Attachment of works received either by post or by email should include:
o Title of the work
o Name
o Address
o Phone number
o Email address of the applicant.
Jury
Works will be judged by a professional jury. The jury will automatically disqualify any submission deemed offensive or inappropriate or any submission that violates copyright law or the rules of the competition.
A notification of the result of the competition will be sent to the provided email address by 25 November 2016.
Exhibition
The best pictures will be part of an environmental awareness exhibition, which will be accompanying significal events and will be presented as a travelling exhibition as well.
The works of the exhibition will be seen on the homepage and on the facebook site of Zöldbicikli Productions.
Information
Further information about the competition will be constantly posted from 10 October 2016 on www.zoldbicikli.hu homepage.
Special professional advice can be asked of the competition’s artistic director Szénási Ferenc at the following email address: palyazat@zolbicikli.hu
The competition organizer claims the rights for all submission.
By taking part in the competition, all participants agree to the conditions and regulations of the competition.
By entering the contest, the participants accept that any decision made by the jury is not negotiable.
We wish good luck to all participants!
Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda.
Source: zoldbicikli .