26.3.25

Invitation: International Caricature Festival "For life and peace", Calarcá 2025, Colombia

Caricaturists for life and peace, no to war!
CALARCA, COLOMBIA, JUNE 13, 14, AND 15, 2025
Never before has humanity, planet earth, and all forms of life been on the brink of a third world war with nuclear weapons that would bring consequences of horror, like the images we see in gaza. 
A terrifying genocide against the palestinian people by israel with the support of the u.s. As einstein said: ''I do not know with what weapons world war iii will be fought, but world war iv will be fought with sticks and stones.'' 
Today, 12,000 heads weigh on humanity's shoulders, and if activated, nothing will be left standing. In the face of this grim outlook, we make a call to caricature artists to be active participants for life and peace, no to war! 
RULES: 
1. Participation is open to all caricaturists. 
2. Each participant can submit a maximum of 3 works. 
3. Free technique. 
4. The works must be submitted in the following format: a4, jpg, 21 x 29.7 cm, 300 dpi. 
5. Works that have been awarded or published may participate. 
6. Each work must be accompanied by the following information: full name of the author, email address, and country of origin. 
7. By submitting the work, you understand that you accept the participation and authorize the event committee to publish your work in printed and electronic media. 
8. All participants will receive a certificate of participation. 
9. The jury will select 60 works to be enlarged to 50 x 70 cm, which will be exhibited on the art street in the city of calarca (colombia). 
10. Deadline for submission of works: may 15, 2025
Works should be sent to the following email: corpoterritoriocomun@gmail.com
The event has a deep sense of defending life and peace, and against war, and it is carried out with no profit intent. 
Source: Francisco Puñal Suárez.

25.3.25

The 10th World Humor Awards 2025, Italy

International Exhibition of Humorous Graphics
The tenth edition of the international exhibition of humorous graphics World Humor Awards will take place in Italy, in the places linked to Giovannino Guareschi, a well-known writer and illustrator. 
The event represents an important opportunity for professional cartoonists, caricaturists and illustrators, selected by the organization, to present their works in the field of graphic humor. 
Contest Structure 
The contest is divided into two sections: 
• Humorous Graphics: It is possible to send one or two unpublished drawings on a specific theme. The works should preferably be without text; otherwise, an English translation is required. References to current politics or local events are not recommended. 
• Caricature: Six Characters in Search of an Author: Participants can send two caricatures depicting characters from the world of politics, sports or entertainment. 
It is possible to participate in only one of the two sections. The works must be sent exclusively in digital format by email to 2025@worldhumorawards.org
Technical Requirements and Deadline 
The works must meet the following requirements: 
• A4 or A3 format (horizontal or vertical); 
• Resolution 300 dpi, in JPG format; 
• Free technique, in black and white or color; 
• The file must contain the name of the author and the title of the work. 
The deadline for sending the works is April 15, 2025
Exhibition and Publication 
The selected works will be printed on cardboard and exhibited during the event. In addition, one work for each author will be published in the official catalog of the exhibition, while all the registered works will be available online in the official gallery. 
For more information, you can visit the official website: www.worldhumorawards.org.
This report by Francisco Puñal. 
Translation by Google.

Expo Cartoon Panama 2025 with themes: Donald Trump + Fake News

Expo Cartoon Panamá
Rules of the contest 
Issue: 
A) Physonomic cartoon: Donald Trump 
B) Theme: Fake News and the distorted truth
Deadline: August 19, 2025 
Convocation at the First International Caricatures Festival Expo Cartoon Panama to be held from September 15 to 19, 2025, in Panama City. The colleagues of Panama and the world are invited to project with their works the debate around fake news, false or misleading news that are generally spread with the intention of manipulating public opinion, misinforming or generating confusion. They can be presented in the form of articles, images, videos or audios and are usually viralized through social networks and digital media. 
They can be divided into several categories: 
1. Disinformation: incorrect information spread without bad intention. 
2. Misinformation: False data shared by error. 
3. Malinformation: true but manipulated or context manipulated information to deceive. 
The impact of fake news can be serious, affecting political decisions to public health. Combating them implies verifying sources, contrasting information and promoting critical thinking. 

Participation in the meeting is open to all cartoonists who can compete. The original works must be sent in digital format, with the author's firm and data. Only digital works of art will be accepted. 
File specifications: 
A4 -A3, 300 DPI, JPEG or PNG format. 
Tickets can be black and white or in color. 
The genres in which the contest will be held are the following: 
A) General humor 
B) Political satire 
Participants will send a work for each category (A and B). 
The works will be sent to the following email address: expocartoonpanama@gmail.com and must be accompanied by the following information: 
Name and surname (in addition to the artistic name) 
Country 
Title 
Particular address 
Electronic chip. 
Holder the file with the name of the author and the country of origin. 
All proposals will be received until August 19, 2025
On the jurors an international jury will select the works presented to the contest, which will be exhibited from September 15 to 19 in the city of Panama. 
Will award the awards: 
First place: $ 500 
Second place: $ 300 
Third place: $ 200 
The decisions of the jurors are unappealable and the participation in the contest implies the acceptance of all the terms of this call. 
Other conditions 
The organizers reserve the right to use the works for various purposes without compensation obligation. The works will be included in the Archive Portal and in the Permanent Exhibition. The exhibition will be itinerant and will be presented in various parts of the country. When sending jobs, the authors accept these rules. 
• Participation in this contest is voluntary and free. 
• All participants must be of legal age. 
• Works that do not meet the conditions specified in these bases or that are offensive, injurious, discriminatory or promote racial, ethnic or religious hatred will not be admitted to contest. 
Each author may submit only one work A4 per category.
• By participating in the contest, each author accepts the free transfer of the works presented to the organizer and confirms that he is the author of the works presented and that his presentation to the contest does not violate third parties. 
• The presentation of the work authorizes the Expo Cartoon Panama contest to use the images in exhibitions, publications, social networks and platforms or formats where the promotion of the event is required. 
The deadline for the delivery of works can be modified in favor of the participants and extended without modifying these bases. The organizer will notify the participants of the deadline change. 
• When judging the works, the jury will take into account, in particular, the artistic value of the drawing, its precision in the interpretation of the subject and its humorous aspect. 
• If the organizer, coorganizer or jury members, after or before the delivery of the awards indicated in the regulations, receive information that the work presented to the contest constitutes plagiarism or violates the law or provisions of these regulations, the organizer has the right to: 
- suspend the prize or delivery of the same until such doubts are clarified. 
- make the decision not to deliver an award in the contest. 
• The winner must be the same holder of the bank account in which the prize will be deposited. 

By participating in the contest, the participant declares to possess all the copyright of the work presented and that this does not violate any personal, author or third party right. In case of claims related to the work presented, the participant exempts the organizer of any derivative obligation in this regard, undertakes to collaborate with him in the related disputes and will assume the expenses incurred in relation to the claims of third parties.
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E-mail address corrected thanks to Lutfu Cakin, the cartoonist. 18.07.2025. 

18.3.25

The XXth International Cartoon Contest, Braila 2025, Romania

REGULATION
International Cartoon Contest, the XXth edition, 2025, Braila, Romania

The running of the contest: from the 24th of February to the 21st of November 2025 
Theme: Smiley Face 
Entries: max. 3 
The cartoon works will be original and accompanied by a brief biography, photo, addresse and phone number. 
The making technique of the cartoons is free. 
Submission of the cartoon works: 
The cartoon works will be sent by e-mail from the 24th of February to the 10th of July 2025, 24:00 o’clock (Romanian local time) to: cartooncontestbraila@gmail.com 
The judging process will take place between: the 15th-31st of July 2025. 
Technical conditions: 
The works will be submitted in electronic format, JPG, 300 dpi resolution, CMYK. 
Each submitted cartoon work will contain the author's name and the title of the work, in the file name. 
Awarded Prizes: 
The BIG prize 1000 EURO 
The FIRST prize 700 EURO 
The SECOND prize 500 EURO 
The THIRD prize 400 EURO 
3 SPECIAL prizes 3 x 200 EURO each 

From the moment the ranking is handed over by the jury members and the judging report is signed, CJCPCT Braila is exempted from any obligation towards the participants in the event, regarding the final results. 
The jury decision cannot be neither appealed nor motivated. 
The amounts corresponding to the prizes are taxable according to the Romanian legislation in force, at the date of their awarding. 
In order to receive the prizes, the winners must send the winning work in original (with the author's signature on the back of the paper) within a maximum of 45 days from the announcement of the winners (on the facebook page of the Organizer: https://www.facebook.com/Centrul.de.Creatie.Braila, once with the Salon’s opening). The winning works will be accompanied by a statement (annexed to this Regulation) regarding the assignment of copyright for exposure for an indefinite period as well as personal bank account data (bank name, IBAN code, SWIFT code), through a document issued by bank, lei account (for Romanian competitors), respectively in euro / national currency (for foreign competitors). 
The prizes will be offered in RON, at the euro exchange rate of the Romania National Bank from the date of approval of the initial Regulation. 
The payment of the prizes is made by bank transfer. The transfer costs will be borne by both parties (Organizer and the winner of the prize), according to the banking legislation. The prizes will be transferred within a maximum of 60 days from the announcement of the winners, in compliance with the legal provisions. 
The winning cartoons will be sent by post to the following address: Romania, Brăila, Traian Square, no. 2, postal code 810153
The Organizer shall not be responsible for the impossibility of a winner to take possession of the prize for reasons not related to it. If the competitor does not comply with the obligations imposed by this regulation, the Organizer is exonerated from any liability. 
Note: In the absence of interbank relations between Romania and the country of origin of the winner, the Organizer is exonerated from any liability. 

The participants will declare that they own the works and own the copyright of the cartoon works entered in the competition. 
By entering the works in the contest, the participants agree on the exhibition of the respective works within the cartoon exhibitions organized in art galleries or museums, assigning the copyrights for the respective works for exposure (the agreement being given implicitly for the promotion of the International Cartoon Contest). 
The organizer assumes no responsibility for any infringements of copyright or ownership. The single responsibility lies to the person who submitted the cartoon work. 
The winners of the International Cartoon Contest transfer the ownership of the awarded works to the Organizer (Braila County Center for the Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture) at the time of sending over the original cartoon works to it. 
The winners declare under their own responsibility that they assign the copyright on the cartoon works for the realization of exhibitions in order to promote the event, the institution and the image of the city, for an indefinite period, by any means. 
Exhibitors from the catalog of the edition allow CJCPCT Brăila the right to use the works in order to promote the institution, the city and the salon in Art Galleries, museums, etc. 

The contest opening and the awarding ceremony: the 03rd of October, 2025. 
The organizer will provide accommodation and meals for one day, for the winners who will be present at the opening ceremony. 
The organizer can decide to invite, limited by the approved financial budget, the winner of The Big Prize. 
Winners residing in the Municipality of Brăila are exempted from accommodation. 
The exceptions to the accommodation are the winners residing in the Municipality of Brăila. 
The Organizer reserves the right to change the conditions of the contest; subsequent changes will be communicated to those interested. 
The catalog of the International Cartoon Contest, in pdf format, can be downloaded from the institution's website: http://centruldecreatiebraila.ro/ after the Cartoon Contest opening will take place. 
Registration for the Cartoon contest is equivalent to taking note of and complying with the Regulation of the International Cartoon Contest. 
Contact: Brăila County Center for the Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture, Traian Square 2, 810153, Brăila, Romania; Telephone and fax: +40.239.614.710. 

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Declaration - assignment of copyright

I, the undersigned......................................hereby declare that I assign the copyright/exposure right to Brăila County Center for the Preservation and Promotion of the Traditional Culture, on the awarded cartoon work within the 20th Edition of the International Cartoon Contest, 2025, Brăila, Romania, for the making of exhibitions, in order to promote the event, the institution and the image of the city, indefinitely, by any means. 

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15.3.25

The 10th International Contest, Animalcartoon 2025, Serbia

10th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST ANIMALCARTOON 2025
 Portal ANIMALCARTOON, Belgrade (www.animalcartoon.net
 INFORMATIKA, Belgrade 
 ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN, Belgrade 
are organizing cartoon contest on theme 
"BIRDS". 
A. Participation 
The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world, over the age of 18, regardless of nationality, religion, gender and education. 
B. Cartoon theme: BIRDS 
C. Artworks - Send by e-mail on address: info@animalcartoon.net
Only the original artworks (up to 5) in digital form send by e-mail will be accepted. 
Digital works (A4, up to 300 dpi, JPEG or TIFF (NOT Png!) , the maximum length per one artwork 3 MB - Artworks bigger than 3 MB will not be opened neither accepted) with personal information - name, address, e-mail, cartoonist photo and brief CV (.doc format, NOT PDF) should be sent by e-mail. 
Condensed file zip, rar, etc... WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
The cartoons must not be previously awarded. 
Arrived submissions that passed the pre-selection will be immediately published on the portal Animalcartoon. 
D. Deadline 
Entry deadline is Septeber 01, 2025
E. Prizes and awards 
First prize 300 € - neto 
Second prize 200 € - neto 
Third prize 150 € - neto 
Special Prize "Lazo Sredanović Dikan" 200 € - neto. 
It will be also awarded 10 diplomas. 
F. Exhibition 
The exhibition will be staged in Zoological Garden Belgrade (BEO ZOO VRT) from October 10, 2025 to October 10, 2026. 
The exhibition will be shown in other towns in Serbia and abroad. 
G. Catalogue 
All participants of the competition will be able to download the catalog in PDF format from our portal. 
H. Other conditions 
The organizers reserve the right to use them for various purposes without any obligation to compensate for it. The works will be included in the permanent exhibition and archive portal Animal Cartoon. 
By submitting works is considered that the authors accept these rules. Arrived artworks remain the property of the organizers. 
Špiro RADULOVIĆ, cartoonist 
Manager of Portal Animalcartoon 

11.3.25

The 1st International Comics Festival of Portugal BD Gallery


1st International Comics Festival
Theme: Free.
1 | Standard: The comic strip should be composed of the harmonious integration of visual elements and poetry, ensuring that the narrative develops through the complementary junction between image and poetic text. The drawings should express the atmosphere and emotion of the plot, while the poetry should contribute to the depth of the story, and can take different forms, such as free verse, as long as it maintains coherence with the illustration. 
2 | All authors over the age of 18 are eligible to enter. 
3 | Contestants can submit individually realised comic strips, with the text in Portuguese or English
4 | The comic strips submitted to the competition must be made up of 12 original unpublished pages, each page with only one vignette, presented in black and white. 
5 | The format of the boards submitted to the competition must be A5 (148x210mm)
6 | The four boards must be numbered. 
7 | Delivery deadline: 31 December 2025 
8 | Send format: 300 dpi, JPG. 
9 | The selected works will be exhibited in various Portuguese galleries and schools. 
10 | The three winners will receive a trophy (a piece of local handicraft), a diploma and a digital catalogue. 
11 | More information: ricardoferreira.bd.gallery@gmail.com .