3rd INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST URZICENI - ROMANIA

“REVELIONUL CARICATURISTILOR” 2008, URZICENI, ROMANIA The 14th Edition
URZICENI - ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST The 3rd Edition
RULES
Contest is open to all cartoonists, both professional and amateurs.
Theme: “Freedom is not Free”
Entries: max.5
The works must be accompanied by the author’s biography.
Size: A4 (210x297 mm) – A3 (297x420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: 10th December 2008
Prizes:
First Prize – 1000 $
Second Prize – 700 $
Third Prize – 500 $
One Special Prize of 600 $ for a portrait of a well known world personality – any domain.
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy.
Remark: the works will be not returned, they will remain the property of the House of Culture Urziceni for the future exhibitions.
Director Festival, NICOLAE PETRACHE
Contact details:Tel: 0040 722 433 933 ; 0040 243 254 020.
petras23n@yahoo.com
fdcrihana@hotmail.com
The works should be sent to:
CENTRUL CULTURAL MUNICIPAL URZICENI, CALEA BUCURESTI NR.27, 925300 URZICENI – IALOMITA, ROMANIA.

Personal Exhibition of Bayram Hajizadeh in Baku

Personal Exhibition of Bayram Hajizadeh
On 24 September, in Baku, in the home-museum of the first cartoonist of Azerbaijan A.Azimzadeh, the opening ceremony of the first solo-exhibition of Bayram Hajizadeh, cartoonist and Honoured Art Worker, was organized by the joint efforts of Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Artists’ Union and Cartoonists’ Union. Almost 50 cartoon works that generally won places in international cartoon contests were displayed in the Exhibition. The Exhibition will be open till the 10th of October.

See more at: http://www.azercartoon.com/personal_exhibition.htm

Results Humorest 2008 - Hradec Kralove - Czech rep.

Results of Humorest 2008 - Hradec Kralove - Czech rep.
Thema: „2“ (Two)

WINNERS

1. Prize: Miroslav Bartak - Czech rep.
2. Prize: Valentin Georgiev - Bulgarien

3. Prize: Lubomír Lichy - Czech rep.

Jury Prize: Gustav Gusttavo Oliveira - Brazil
Jury Prize: Ivan Popovic - Slovakia

Igor Sevcik Prize (Best graphic cartoon): Angel Boligan - Mexico.

International Jury „Humorest 2008“:
- Silvan Wegmann, cartoonist, Schweiz
- Slawomir Luczynski, cartoonist, Poland
- Ivan Hanousek, vicepresident Czech Union of Cartoonist, Czech rep.
- Michal Jansky, grafic artist, bienale Pisek, Czech rep.
- Vladimir Gottvald, grafic artist, bienale Humorest Hradec Kralove, Czech rep.
- Jitka Prausová, Museum Hradec Kralove, Czech rep.
- Bretislav Kovarik, president Czech Union of Cartoonist, Czech rep.

Results IX International Biennial of Ecological Cartoon Sokobanja 2008

Results of IX International Biennial of Ecological Cartoon Sokobanja 2008
This contest is now officially closed. We received 537 works from 206 cartoonists from all around of world (43 countries).
All of the received works can be found following this link.
We also thank to all cartonists for their efforts and great work.
Organizing committee of IX Biennial Of Ecological Cartoon Sokobanja 2008

And the Winners are...

First Prize: Kazanevsky Vladimir - Ukraine

Second Prize: Erdogan Karayel - Turkey

Third Prize: Jugoslav Vlahovic - Serbia

Special Diploma:

Saeed Sadeghi - Iran

Yuriy Kosobukin - Ukraine

Yanoy Xinaq Yu - China

Goran Divac - Serbia.

The Jury 9th Biennial:
Aleksandar Blatnik, Ranko Guzina, Toso Borkovic, Dimitrije Lukic, Mihajlo Jovanovic, Dušica Jursa.

The Participants: http://www.ecocartoon.opstinasokobanja.com/the_participants.html
Gallery: http://www.ecocartoon.opstinasokobanja.com/page_1.html

"Individual Disarmament: Entitle Life!" Cartoon Exhibition in Eskisehir, Turkey

"Individual Disarmament: Entitle Life!" Cartoon Exhibition in Eskisehir, Turkey

Anadolu University Museum of Cartoon Art hosts the Individual Disarmament Cartoon Exhibition between September 26 – October 17, 2008. The opening ceremony will take place on Friday, Sep 26, 17.30 hours at Akcami Mh. Malhatun Sk. No:6 Odunpazarı ESKİŞEHİR, TURKEY.

The exhibition is organized by Umut Foundation to show the damage the weapons and individual armament bring to society and environment.

We read in the report by the Foundation that “events of killing and injuring with firearms are never missing in the third pages of the newspapers, the fact that per year approximately 3000 people are killed just with firearms in Turkey and that 700 of these happen accidentally, prove how individual disarmament is an important issue.”

28th September is known as Individual Disarmament Day. It is an important ground to show our confidence to “individual disarmament” and our determination.

The Umut Foundation realizes education and campaigns besides academic works as regards the rule of law, peace and conciliation, awareness of citizenship, violence and individual disarmament as citizens knowing, requesting and implementing their rights and responsibilities, in order to spend their lives befitting to human honor, to leave our children with a world which the culture of nonviolence and peace is overriding. The Umut Foundation carries out work to mold public opinion, informing and raising awareness.

Within this frame, the Foundation organized the national "Individual Disarmament: Entitle Life!" Cartoon Contest in 2007. 265 artists (under 18 and over 18 in total) contributed with their 468 cartoons. A selection from these will be on display at Anadolu University Museum of Cartoon Art until October 17, 2008.

Umut Foundation: http://www.umut.org.tr/en/home.aspx

Anadolu University Museum of Cartoon Art: http://www.krk.anadolu.edu.tr/karw/muze/

Results Clear Look 2008 International Cartoon Festival Belgorod

Results of Clear Look 2008 International Cartoon Festival Belgorod - Russia

Winners! /18.09.2008/

1. Valentin DRUZHININ (Russia)
2. Gennadiy CHEGODAEV (Russia)
3. Masoud ZIAEI ZARDKHASHOEI (Iran)

Diplomas:
Aleksey KUSTOVSKIY (Ukraine)
Mohsen ZARIFIAN (Iran)
Alexandr PANASENKO (Russia)
Sergey RASKOVALOV (Russia)

Juriy MANAEV (Russia)

See all prize-winning cartoons at: http://look.goodideas.su/news.htm