15.5.15

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.

5.5.15

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).

4.5.15

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 ).

30.4.15

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).

29.4.15

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/.

28.4.15

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.