21.12.20

World Cartoon Festival on Silencing the Guns in Africa 2021, Kenya

World Cartoon Festival on Applying Arts and Culture in
Silencing the Guns in Africa
Organizer: 
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kenya 
Over the past two decades, efforts have been made to silence the guns in Africa, and this is a positive turning point for achieving a conflict-free Africa. Despite these efforts, conflicts continue in parts of the African continent. Extremism, the threat of terrorism and transnational crimes on the continent remain an ongoing challenge. 
Arms, as the continent's most popular weapon of choice, have attracted the attention of African Union member states and sparked their initiative to put an end to arms in Africa. The main task of this plan is to achieve a conflict-free Africa, prevent genocide, achieve peace for all and clean the African continent of war, violent conflict, human rights abuses and human disasters. 
To expedite this plan, the African Union launched the "Silencing the Guns" project in 2020 by mobilizing all stakeholders. But the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 prevented us from addressing this important issue in Africa properly. The African Union's 2021 theme "Arts, Culture and Heritage" prompted us to use art to keep this important event alive next year and to strive to achieve it. 
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Kenya, in line with the efforts of the African Union, decides to hold “World Cartoon Festival on Silencing the Guns" to show that the Islamic Republic of Iran, as in the past, stands with African countries to achieve peace and development on the continent. 
Title: 
World Cartoon Festival on Silencing the Guns in AFrica 
Sub-titles: 
1) No to guns in dispute settlement 
2) Silencing the guns and the Roots of conflicts (poverty, historical injustice, inequality, climate change, ethnic and tribal disputes) 
3) Arms trade and warfare 
4) Condemnation of Genocide and war crimes 
5) Countering extremism and terrorism 
6) Silencing the guns and Human Rights 
7) Surrounding of guns and reduction of violent conflicts 
8) Effects of Silencing the Guns on the African next generation, generation of peace and dialogue 
9) Applying art and culture in silencing the guns 
Deadline for sending artworks: 30 April 2021 (EXTENDED:) 01 July 2021 (before 12 midnight) 
Conditions: 
- Each cartoonist can send maximum 5 artworks; 
- Artworks should be in A4 size and sent in JPEG format with minimum 300DPI resolution; 
- Form of entry should be completed for each artwork; 
- Submitted artworks must not have received an award previously; 
- Any technics and methods can be used; 
- Artworks should follow copyright regulations; 
- By sending the artwork, the cartoonist guarantees that he/she is creator of the artworks and gives permission to the organizer to publish the artworks anywhere it deems necessary freely. 
Awards: 
Jury selection: 
The 1st selected by jury: 4000 US$ 
The 2nd selected by jury: 3000 US$ 
The 3rd selected by jury: 2000 US$ 
Five selected artworks by the juries will also be awarded certificates. 
Kenyan artists have the chance to receive three additional awards: 
The 1st Kenyan cartoonist selected by jury: 400 US$ + Certificate 
The 2nd Kenyan cartoonist selected by jury: 300 US$ + Certificate 
The 3rd Kenyan cartoonist selected by jury: 200 US$ + Certificate 
Date of announcing selection results: May 2021 at I.R of Iran Embassy website: https://kenya.mfa.gov.ir/en 
 and Facebook: @Iran.Kenya 
 Email address for sending artworks: Silencefest2020@gmail.com 
 For more information, please consult: https://kenya.mfa.gov.ir/en 

12.12.20

19th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2020, China

Rules of 19th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2020
1,Sections/Themes: 
1) Cartoon: 
(A) More Powerful Novel Coronavirus, More Long Struggle 
(B) Free Theme 
2) Caricature: 
(A) Famous President (B) Sports Star 
(C) Entertainment Star (D) Business Star 
2,Deadline: 
January 31, 2021 
3,Entries: 
1) Size: Min: A4(210mmx297mm), Max:A3(297mmx420mm). 
2) Quantity: Unlimited. 
3) Please send digital original drawings to this contest. Black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted. 
4) Participants are requested to send together with their cartoons, an entry-form with digital signature, a photograph or caricature. The form can be downloaded at FreeCartoonsWeb. 
5) Titles or entry-form must be filled out in understandable English or Chinese. 
6) All cartoonists can participate in festival through their own E-mail by submitting their cartoons to: 
Format: JPEG; Size: max 4M per cartoon; Resolution ratio: 200dpi-300dpi. 
7) The excellent cartoons will bepublished in Chinese newspaper and magazine. Some cartoons will be exhibited in China. All cartoons will not be returned. 
4,Prize: 
1) Cartoon: 
Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 
Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 
Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 
Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF). 
2) Caricature: 
Grand Prize (1 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 
Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 
Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 
Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF). 
5,Contact: 
Source: fcw .

9.12.20

Similarity: Ayres - Sultanovic: The Prisoner

Erico Junqueira Ayres
Resad Sultanovic

Gender Mainstreaming: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality International Cartoon Contest 2021

IZMIR METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
SPECIFICATION

SUBJECT: GENDER MAINSTREAMING 

INTRODUCTION: 
The United Nations (UN) was founded following the Second World War by 51 countries including Turkey on October 24, 1945, to realize the noble humanity vision of securing international peace and providing security, supporting sustainable development and safeguarding human rights. Turkey, as a founding member of the United Nations, plays an important role in the fulfillment of various duties of the organization from peacekeeping and peace building to improving the lives of people in need around the world. 
UN Turkey and its partners work towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals: The 17 ambitious goals in connection with each other aim to solve the problems faced by people all over the world, including Turkey. One of these goals is GENDER MAINSTREAMING. We can explain the gender mainstreaming, which is the main goal here, within the following scopes: 
• Ending all forms of discrimination against women and girls everywhere, 
• Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private domains, including woman trafficking and sexual and all forms of abuse, 
 • Eliminating child marriage, early forced marriage and all harmful practices against women, 
• Making policies of public services, infrastructure and social protection regarding unpaid care and housework, and recognition and appreciation of responsibility within the household and family through improving the sharing of responsibility in a nationally appropriate manner, and; 
• Ensuring women's full and effective participation in decision-making processes of political, economic and social life and equal opportunities for women to exist in decision-making leadership mechanisms. 
IZMIR and especially IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality, which has become a leading example for Turkey with exemplary efforts towards improving the lives of women and girls, is a part "Women Friendly Cities Program" since 2006 and carries the distinction of being the first metropolitan province in being so. This was documented by the "Women Friendly City Certificate" issued in 2009. We can define a "Women Friendly City" in general as a city where the urban rights of women are realized, their participation in local decision-making processes and decision-making mechanisms is ensured, local equality policies that improve women's living conditions and ensure equality of women and men in all areas of life are established, and local services are provided through embedding these policies in the understanding of local government. Established in Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, "Directorate of Women’s studies" sets an example for the sustainability and permanence of the Women Friendly Cities program. Besides, there are Women's Shelters; “Key” Integrated Service Center; Fairy-Tale Houses for women with children; Vocational Factories that prepare women for Employment and Entrepreneurship; and Equality Unit. 
Women managers are an example of the given priority of the number of female employees and female employment. IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality gives training on Gender Mainstreaming and provides services that facilitate the life of women in the city while taking into consideration of their rights and freedom through awareness-raising activities carried out on special days including November 25 Combating Violence Against Women; March 8 International Women's Day, December 5 Turkish Women's Right to elect and to be elected, and through conducting mutual work and well-attended meetings with NGOs and Trade Associations. 

OBJECTIVE: Cartoonists! Empowering women means empowering the world: Think, draw ... Show everyone what comes to mind when you think about women's rights and empowerment. The areas of interest of our Cartoon contest are as follows. 
You can get inspired by the following subjects and much more: 
- Women and the Environment - Women in Power and Decision Making - Girls - Women and the Economy - Women and Poverty - Violence against Women - Human Rights of Women - Education of Women - Institutional Mechanisms for the Improvement of Women - Women and Health - Women and Media. 

IZMIR METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

SUBJECT: GENDER MAINSTREAMING 
1. The contest is organized nationally and internationally and is open to amateur and professional cartoonists all over the world. 
2. Cartoons that do not abide by the general rules of ethics, that contain insults, serve political purposes, violate personal rights and contain statements that may constitute a crime will be excluded from the contest. 
3. Relatives of the selection committee members cannot participate in the contest. 
4. Drawing technique is free. Competitors are required to fill in and send the participation form. By completing the participation form, the participant declares and acknowledges his/her consent in advance that he/she is the owner of the work of cartoon(s) that he/she will participate in the contest with and is vested with these work(s) and the participant grants license to IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality as defined under the provisions of Articles numbered 21-25 of the Law of Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works No. 5846, as the economic rights of communication to the public in the form of a non-exclusive license, without limitation of any place, time and number, and in a way that includes the right to transfer to third parties by means of processing, reproducing, disseminating, representing and transferring signs, sounds and/or images and that IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality may use the cartoon(s) in any way it wishes by exhibiting, keeping in the archive, reproducing and publishing on the internet and in other ways, and furthermore, the participant cannot claim any price from the Municipality for this reason. 
5. Cartoons will only be admitted to the specified e-mail address through the internet. Cartoon sizes should be maximum A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) and 300 dpi resolution in RGB and jpg format. They should be sent without using a compression program such as ZIP or RAR. 
6. Cartoons to be sent should not have been awarded in any national or international contest before. Cartoons that the selection committee deems the same or similar or that belong to another cartoonist will not be evaluated. 
 7. The Cartoons that made it to the finals against similar claims will be exhibited on IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality website and social media for a week. Objections received after this period will not be taken into consideration and the decision of the jury will be final. 
8. Cartoons that are found to be similar will be excluded from the contest. In the event of such a determination, the works selected as a backup will be awarded. The participant will be responsible for any possible discussions and stolen and similar claims. 
9. Participants can send a maximum of 5 Cartoons. 
10. Cartoons should be sent to the ibbcartoon@gmail.com address with the title of "Izmir Metropolitan Municipality International Cartoon Contest" until February 1, 2021, at 17:00. 
11. The money awards won by the participants in the contest will be transferred to the bank IBAN that they have sent us. The award winner must complete, sign and send the required documents, along with the IBAN. Situations that may arise due to the failure of the award owner to declare the IBAN or to be unable to receive the award price due to various reasons expire at the end of 1 year after the results are announced. In the event of a time-lapse, the right holder cannot demand any awards, royalties, etc. In case of disputes that may arise between the IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality and the participant, the jury's arbitration is sought first, if no result is reached, IZMIR Courts will be authorized to resolve the disputes. 
12. Among the cartoons sent to the contest, the works selected by the jury and deemed worthy of the exhibition will be collected in an album to be organized by IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality. This album will only be sent to the participants who were placed in the contest and whose work was published. No additional fee is paid for the works selected for the album. 
13. At the end of the contest, the works which have won an award, honorary mention, gained the right to be exhibited and to be put in the album will belong to IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality indefinitely together with the owner of the work based on the processing defined in Article 21, reproduction defined in Article 22, dissemination defined in Article 23, representation defined in Article 24, and the economic rights of communication to the public by means of transferring signs, sounds and/or images defined in Article 25 of the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works numbered 5846. Within the framework of these rights, IZMIR Metropolitan Municipality can use or provide the usage of the work indefinitely within or outside of Turkey, in Turkish or in any other world languages, in all kinds of media and material content by specifying the name of the author. No additional fee is paid for the works selected for these uses. No fees will be paid to the Consultant Members who take part in the contest. All participants who submit their work to the contest are deemed to have accepted the above conditions. 

AWARDS: 
First Prize: 15,000 TL 
Second Prize: 10,000 TL 
Third Prize: 5,000 TL 
Honorable Mention (3): 2,000 TL. 

SELECTION COMMITTEE: 
Cemalettin Güzeloğlu – Cartoonist 
Canol Kocagöz – Cartoonist 
Eray Özbek – Cartoonist 
Menekşe Çam – Cartoonist 
Görkem Şengüler – Illustrator 
Hilal Bayındır – Illustrator. 

CONSULTANT MEMBERS: 
Neptün Soyer – Teacher 
Izel Zenginobuz – IMM (Izmir Metropolitan Municipality) Deputy Chairman of Child and Family Commission, Lawyer 
Nilay Kökkılınç – IMM Head of Gender Mainstreaming Commission, Lawyer. 

REPORTER: 
Ömer Çam – IMM Directorate of Vocational Factory, Cartoonist 
Mert Gültekin – IMM Directorate of Culture and Art. 

CONTEST SCHEDULE: 
The deadline is until February 1, 2021, at 17:00. 
The jury evaluation meeting will be held on February 5, 2021. 
The publication of the final works will be announced on 8 February 2021. 
The final results of the contest will be announced on 15 February 2021. 
The cartoons deemed worthy of the exhibition by the jury will be exhibited at the date; time and place determined by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. 
Note: Izmir Metropolitan Municipality reserves the right to make changes in this specification if deemed necessary. 

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3.12.20

Results of voting on the best cartoon sites in the world 2020

Results of voting on the best cartoon sites in the world
Again, the site of the Syrian Cartoon ranking first in the questionnaire,
which has been to the best sites in the world's speed and credibility
to keep up with the event wherever... 
The titles of success
Iranian website received the second ranking.
Cartoon site caricaturque ranked third. 
RESULTS
1st Syriacartoon (www.raedcartoon.com
2nd Irancartoon (www.irancartoon.com
3rd caricaturque (caricaturque.blogspot.com
MENTION
tabrizcartoons (www.tabrizcartoons.com)
Source: raedcartoon.

30.11.20

The First Cartoon Festival 2020, Indonesia: "Anti Hoax!"

The First Cartoon Festival 2020 Indonesia
Theme - "Anti Hoax!
Hoaxes will destroy the life of the people of the nation and state. 
PAKARTI as a forum for Indonesia cartoonists invites all cartoonists around the world to fight against hoaxes: 
Terms and Conditions 
1. The festival is open to all entrants from all nations. 
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. Method of execution is up to the entrant. Cartoons submitted in digital form will have the following formats: JPEG, A3, 300 dpi, Max. 5Mb / cartoon. Author's name, billing address and email will be attached to the entry: pakartinew@gmail.com or agenda@pakarti.org 
4. In the event of rule breaking or overt plagiarism, entries will be removed from the festival without discussion. 
5. Maximum of three entries per participant. 
6. Final submission date for entries is December 06, 2020 (EXTENDED:) December 14, 2020
7. The following prizes are awarded: 
1st Prize - Money + Trophy 
2nd Prize - Money + Trophy 
3rd Prize - Money + Trophy 
Three Special Prizes. 
Exhibition in the HARTONO Mall Sukoharjo - Solo baru INDONESIA. 
The inauguration and prize giving ceremony will take place on 11 December 2020. 
Website: Pakarti.org
Source: pencere.

28.11.20

International Cartoon Web Contest 2021, Azerbaijan: Stop war, Make smile

International Cartoon Web Contest 2021, Azerbaijan
COMPETITION RULES:
1. Open competition for cartoonists all over the world.
The participation is free of charge.
THEME: STOP WAR, MAKE SMILE
2. Will be submitted not more than 5 works
3. Deadline: January 15, 2021.
Works must be digitized in 300 DPI resolution,
RGB color mode, in JPG format, with a maximum size of 2 MB.
4. Send your cartoons and your CV to the e-mail address:
5.The contest results will be announced on the 20 January 2021
6.The International Jury will award the following prizes for the best works:
GOLD Medal, Special Honor Diploma
SILVER Medal, Special Honor Diploma
BRONZE Medal, Special Honor Diploma
5 Honorable Mention: Diploma.
7. For further information, please e-mail us to:
Bahram Arif Bagirzade, Actor, publisher, honored artist of Azerbaijan.
Seyran Caferli, Director International Cartoon News Center.