Annnual Cartoon Contest, Olense Kartoenale 2021, Belgium

Annnual Cartoon Contest – Rules and regulation 2021

1. Participation

All contestants will be admitted with no distinction made regarding nationality or age. There are two categories:
• Youth category up to 15 years inclusive;
• Adult category: 16 years and older.
Both professional and non-professional cartoonists are allowed to participate in this contest.
2. Theme
The main theme is ‘A visit to the museum’. This year Amnesty International offers the best cartoon with the theme ‘Right to a fair trial’. More information about the theme Amnesty International is to be found in annex to this regulation.
3. Entries
• Contributions have to be digital works. They shouldn’t contain an explanation of the drawing.
• The digital works have to be sent in JPEG format with a minimum of resolution of 300 dpi (2480 x 3543 pixels).
• Dimensions including any passe-partout 21 x 30 cm (A4).
• Number of entries per contestant: maximum five for each theme.
• You have to record your contact details through www.olensekartoenale.be .
• You can sign up your participation from 1 July 2021.
• The originals of the rewarded cartoons and your curriculum vitae and a photograph will be asked and must be sent to Community Olen, Dorp 1, 2250 Olen, Belgium within 2 days after the request of the organization.
4. Property rights
Prize-winning works will become the property of the organizer or theme sponsor. All works selected may be used by the organizers to promote the contest and the village of Olen.
5. Evaluation
The jury consists of artists, cartoonists and laymen. Decisions made by the jury cannot be challenged.
6. Catalogue/Cartoon book
Selected works will be considered for inclusion in a catalogue. The authors of these works will receive a free copy of the catalogue during the prize ceremony or it will be sent afterwards by mail.
7. Deadline: 13 September 2021
The deadline is 13 september 2021 at 12.00 AM midnight. The entry form you can find on
www.olensekartoenale.be where you also can upload your works. Do not send your works to kartoenale@olen.be.
8. Prizes
For the adult category:
1st prize: 1500 euro
2nd prize: 700 euro
3rd prize: 400 euro
4th prize: 300 euro
Prize of the city of Bialogard (only for Polish participants): 200 euro
Special prize Amnesty International: 350 euro
For the youth category:
Prize for best international work: 250 euro
Prize for best Belgian work: 250 euro
9. Prize Ceremony and Exhibition
The prize ceremony will take place at Friday 12 November 2021 at approximately 20.00 h in the council room of the town hall of Olen, Dorp 1, 2250 Olen. Every participating artist will be welcome on that occasion. Only the winners are personally invited.
A selection of the cartoons will also be exhibited at the same address and can be visited:
• All working days from Monday 15 November 2021 till the end of December 2021 during
the opening hours of the town hall: 
o Monday 09.00 u – 12.00 u, 13.00 u – 16.00 u, 17.30 u – 20.00 u
o Tuesday 09.00 u – 12.00 u
o Wednesday 09.00 u – 12.00 u, 13.00 u – 16.00 u
o Thursday 09.00 u – 12.00 u
o Friday 09.00 u – 12.00 u. 

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Source: olensekartoenale.

Theme for Caneva Ride 2021: Out of the frying pan into the fire

RULES "CANEVA RIDE" 2021

1 - THEME
Pro Castello di Caneva promotes the International Contest Caneva Ride! (Caneva Laughs!) for humorous and satirical cartoons on the theme “Dalla padella nella brace” - "Out of the frying pan into the fire".
2 - PARTICIPATION
The Contest is open to all cartoonists of the world from the age of 16. Participants can apply individually or in groups (if there are several authors, a referent for all communications with the Contest promoters should be indicated).
3 - TECHNIQUES
The contestants may send up to three unpublished works, realized by using any technique, color or black and white, which haven’t been awarded in other contests. The maximum format should be A4 (21 X 29.7 cm).
4 - TERMS AND DEADLINES
The works should be sent to canevaridecontest@gmail.com no later than midnight on 17 July 2021 in one of the following formats: .jpg, .tiff or .pdf with a resolution of 300 dpi, together with the registration form including personal data (first name, last name, full address, telephone number; if the contestant is under the age of 18, the name of a parent authorizing the participation needs to be added). The individual files should not exceed the weight of 5 MB. If more than one work is submitted, please send them one at a time.
5 - JURY
Giorgio Sommacal Cartoonist, President of the Jury
Pietro Francesco Manfè Pro Castello Caneva
Mario Zorzetto Heirs Toni Zampol
Vicenzo Bottecchia Cultural comics operator
Giancarlo Rupolo Photographer
6 - AWARDS
FIRST PRIZE euro 600,00
SECOND PRIZE euro 250,00
THIRD PRIZE euro 150,00.
The amounts are to be considered pre-tax applied by the country of origin. 

The Jury reserves the right to point out further works, which will not receive cash prizes. During the exhibitions of the works, it will be possible for visitors to indicate their favorite. 

The authors participating in the competition will transfer to Pro Castello the non-exclusive right to publish their works on any support for promotional purposes, without claiming copyrights.
7 - EXHIBITION
The opening of the exhibition and the prize giving ceremony will be held on Saturday, 28 August 2021 at Villa Frova, Caneva. 

Participation Form on source.

The 30th International Festival of Humor and Satire Golden Helmet, Krusevac 2022, Serbia

30TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF HUMOR

AND SATIRE "GOLDEN HELMET"

ANNOUNCES THE COMPETITION

THE THEME - JUBILEE

CATEGORIES

1. CARICATURE
2. WRITTEN FORM
- Short story
- Poem
- Aphorism
PROPOSITIONS
1. CARICATURE: ORIGINAL, MINIMUM SIZE A4 (210x297 mm), MAXIMUM SIZE A3 (297x420 mm), ALL DRAWING TECHNIQUES (IT'S ALLOWED TO USE COMPUTER TECHNIQUES).
2. WRITTEN FORM: MAXIMUM LENGTH IS TWO TYPED PAGES, MAXIMUM UP TO 20 APHORISMS.
ALL WORKS OF CREATION MUST BE SENT WITH A UNIQUE CODE.
ONE AUTHOR CAN HAVE ONLY ONE CODE!
AWARDS
CARICATURE
1ST PRIZE: "GOLDEN HELMET" PLAQUE...600 € 

INDEPENDENT ART EXIBITION OF CARICATURE IN 2023.
2ND PRIZE...400 €
3RD PRIZE...200 €
WRITTEN FORM
SHORT STORY: "GOLDEN HELMET" PLAQUE ...200 €
POEM: "GOLDEN HELMET" PLAQUE ...200 €
APHORISM: "GOLDEN HELMET" PLAQUE ...200 €
SPECIAL PRIZE "RADE BRKA"...200 €.
You can send your works of creation until 31 December 2021.
Send only unpublished works of creation. Also you must send your short biography, address, contact telephone and e-mail address.
Written works must be sent by post in four (4) copies with the code!
Caricatures can be sent by post, but also by e-mail in JPG form (resolution of 300 dpi and a maximum size of 4 MB). Original caricatures must be sent, too. Computer-generated caricatures must be printed in A4 format, signed manually with the No.1 mark and sent by post, also.
The decision of the jury will be announced by 15 February 2022.
The Awards ceremony will be held at the Final Night of the Festival - 1st April 2022.
The Organizaion of the festival will bear the cost of the trip and accommodation for the awarded authors. The official langauges of the festival are Serbian and English.
All artists whose works are selected for the exhibition and the catalog, will receive a free copy of the catalog. The works of art remain the property of the Festival. The organizer reserves the right to use the works sent for the competition in order to promote the Festival.
Address: 

Cultural Center Kruševac 
International Festival of Humour and Satire "Golden Helmet" 
Toplicina No 2; 37000 Kruševac SERBIA 
tel/fax: 

381 (37) 423 025, 421 877 
e-mail: 

zlatnakaciga@kck.org.rs 

goldenhelmet@kck.org.rs 

zlatnakaciga363@gmail.com 

zgoldenhelmet37@gmail.com 

WEB: 

www.kck.org.rs .

IF YOU HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT FESTIVAL

YOU CAN CONTACT US ON E-MAIL ADDRESS.

XXVIII International Exhibition of Arts of Humor 2021, Spain

XXVIII International Exhibition of Arts of Humor 2021

The Quevedo Institute of Arts of Humor through The General Foundation of the University of Alcalá announces the XXVIII International Exhibition of Arts of Humor around the subject “Science”. There will be more information about the subject in the website. 

1 Participation is open to all the persons older than 18. 

2 In order to participate in the Exhibition, every artist must send a piece on the theme “Science”. It can be a vignette, a comic strip or a caricature. Together with the piece, the authors must send the filled formulary attached to these requirements. The organization reserves the right to invite those authors that the organization members agree to consider important for the exhibition. 

3 The works must be original and must be signed. They can be made with any technique and in any format, with maximum dimensions of A3 (297x420 mm). 

4 All pieces will be sent properly wrapped. It is recommended to protect them with flat cardboard. The organization won't take responsibility on any possible damage occurred during transportation. Mailing costs will be the responsibility of the participants in this call, and the organisation will not assume any costs (e.g. customs charges) or any liability in the event of damage or loss of the work. 

5 All art pieces will be sent before 23rd May 2021, by mail (miah@iqh.es) or to the following address: 

Fundación General de la Universidad de Alcalá 

Muestra Internacional de las Artes del Humor 

C/ Nueva, 4. 28801 Alcalá de Henares 

Madrid (España) 

For digital works, they must be made in formats JPG or TIFF with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, and they must be sent to miah@iqh.es. It is essential to comply with the noted date for the adequate planning of the catalogue and design of the exhibition. 

6 A Selection Comission will carry out a selection of the pieces submitted, that will be exhibited in the XXVIII Internacional Exhibition of the Arts of Humor in september-november. 

7 All pieces submitted will be kept at the Graphic Humour Archives of the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá, except specific indication to the contrary, for which the artist must write on the reverse of the piece “Devolución/Return”. 

8 The submission of the piece means that the author authorizes the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá to reproduce it and exhibit it, as long as the name of the artist is displayed and the objective is the media coverage of the Exhibition and the rest of activities of the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá within the field of Graphic Humour and/or of this call (edition of catalogues, posters, leaflets, media coverage, web page, etc.), and in any case it generates any type of obligation on the author's part. 

9 The organization will communicate through the Exhibition web page the list of participants with submitted piece and the list of selected pieces. 

10 At the end of the exhibition in Alcalá, those people with selected pieces will receive a copy of the catalogue, which will be edited to mark the celebration of the Exhibition. 

11 The organization reserves the right to not exhibit those pieces considered to infringe individual or collective rights. 

12 The participants will be responsible before any claim on the authorship of the works. The organization will not be responsible before any claim made by a third party upon the violation of intellectual rights or property of the works. 

13 The participation on this Exhibition means the acceptance of these conditions of entry. 

Participation Form on source in languages: https://iqh.es/miah/ .

XXI. Biennial of Cartoon Humor and Satire, Novomestský osteň 2021, Slovakia

Novomestský osteň 2021

XXI. YEAR OF THE BIENNIAL OF CARTOON HUMOR AND SATIRE

THEME 

Radio and Television — on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of Slovak Television and the 95th anniversary of Slovak Radio 

COMPETITION DEADLINE 

30. 06. 2021 

COMPETITION PROPOSITIONS 

• Each author can participate in the competition with a maximum of three works that have not been awarded in other competitions. 

• The competition is open to everyone. The method of artistic execution is not limited. 

• The works should not exceed the A3 format. 

• The competition is non-anonymous. Each drawing must be marked on its back with the name and the full address of the author 

• The submitted drawings will not be returned to the authors but will become the property of the Municipal Cultural Centre in Nové Mesto nad Váhom. Works are to be delivered by post to the address: 

Mestské kultúrne stredisko, Hviezdoslavova 4, 

915 01 Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia, 

or electronically: osten@galeriahumoru.sk . 

• The file name must match the following pattern: 

surname_name_country_number 

(Kovac_Peter_Slovakia_01).jpg, 

A4 horizontal or vertical, resolution 300 DPI, format JPG, TIFF. 

• If you have submitted your work electronically and it will be awarded a prize, you will be asked to send the original drawing to the organizer within one month of the announcement of the results of the competition to the address of the Municipal Cultural Centre (see above). 

AWARDS 

1. prize Golden Novomestský osteň and 500 € 

2. prize Silver Novomestský osteň and 300 € 

3. prize Bronze Novomestský osteň and 200 € 

• Material and financial prizes are awarded at the ceremonial opening of the Novomestský osteň exhibition which will take place in September 2021 (the exact date will be published in time). In the case you will not be able to participate in person, the prizes will be sent to you. 

• The jury of the competition reserves the right not to award any of the above mentioned prizes, or to award 10 honorable mentions or other special prizes. The jury’s decision is final. 

• By participating in the competition, the participant confirms that he or she is the author of the works and agrees that the organizer of the competition has the right to publish the drawings on the Internet or in other media and also to use them in any other way without restriction. 

• By submitting the works, the author declares that the organizer of the competition has the right to reproduce copies free of charge for publication in electronic means, in printed media and other sources without further consent and rewards. 

• Entries may not infringe copyright or the rights of others, may not infringe confidentiality or contain defamation or insult to any company, community or person. 

• The author sends together with the work a completed participation form which he downloads from the website www.galeriahumoru.sk and fills it in Slovak, Czech or English. 

• By sending the completed form, the author or his legal representatives agree to the processing of their personal data for the purpose of organization of the competition. 

Mária Volárová, director of MsKS 

Vladimír Pavlík, director of the competition.

Jury members of the 4th International Artoonist Cartoon Seasonal Festival \ Spring 2021

 Theme:

 Education after coronavirus + Free.

Deadline: 21 June 2021

IV International Competition of Satirical Drawing «DZHMELYK», Dolyna 2021, Ukraine

IV International Competition of Satirical Drawing «DZHMELYK», Dolyna 2021, Ukraine

The founder: Dolyna City Council. 

Organizers: CI “Center of Culture and Arts” Department of Culture of Dolyna City Council “City House of Culture” of Dolyna, Ukraine Association of Cartoonist 

1. The Competition can be attended by citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, stateless persons. 

Participation in the Competition is free. 

2. Competition is held in the following age categories: 

Category I (from 7 to 11 years old) 

Category II (12 to 17 years old) 

Category III (17 years and older) 

3. Theme of work: bumblebee, bee, wasp, bee products and others. 

4. The winners of the Competition will be awarded with prizes and monetary rewards. Prize fund of the Competition is 40 thousand hrn. The organizer may assign additional prizes in any form or quantity determined by him. 

5. To participate in the Competition, the competitioner fills in the Entry Form and sends the work. 

The works are accepted in two variants on a choice: 

• original versions of the handwritten drawing or qualitative copies on a dense paper at the address: 

«Dzhmelyk» 

CI “Center of Culture and Arts»,, 

Dolyna City House of Culture 

6 Prospect Nezalezhnosti, 

Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region, 

77504, Ukraine 

• by e-mail: 

artdolyna@gmail.com 

Necessarily! For an electronic version the title of the file has to be next: 

surname → underline→ country → underline→ work number 

6. A competitioner can submit no more than 3 works, on a sheet of paper from A4 to A3. 

For the electronic version: A4 format, RGB color concept, 300 dpi resolution, maximum file size up to 3 MB. 

7. The deadline for submitting works is May 31, 2021. 

8. Each work (original or copy) must be described in reverse way as follows: surname, name and address of the author, year of birth, telephone or electronic contact, optional work title. 

Also, with the drawings, the participant's Entry Form MUST BE SENT in printed or electronic form (if the work was sent by e-mail). 

9. The submitted work must be authored. The participant accepting the terms of this Regulation confirms that he is the author of the work he sent and has the right to his unlimited copyright and related rights to use and dispose of the work submitted. 

10. Works submitted to the Competition that do not meet the conditions set forth in this Regulation will not be included in the Competition. Also, works that promote violence, religious and ethnic hatred are not allowed to the Competition. 

11. Submissions will be evaluated according to the following main criteria: 

- having a sense of humor; 

- interesting plot; 

- creative approach; 

- technique of execution; 

- conformity of works to the subject of the Competition. 

12. The quantitative and personal composition of the jury is determined by the organizer, approved by the mayor's decree. The jury selects works for the exhibition and defines the winners of the Competition in three age categories. The jury's decision is final and can not be appealed. 

13. The organizers of the contest provide catalog printing. Each participant of the Competition, whose work is included in the number of selected works of the winners, will receive a catalog of the Competition. 

14. The winners of the Competition will be announced and awarded during the Festival of Humor «Vesela Kopytcya» on July 7, 2021. The selected works will be exhibited in The Dolyna Regional Museum of Tetyana and Omelan Antonovych «Boykivschyna» (Dolyna, Chornovola St., 2a). 

15. This Regulation is the only document that determines the conditions of the Competition. Changes and additions to this Regulation are made in the order of its adoption. 

16. The organizers of the Competition reserve the right to use works in conducting further exhibitions, to prepare and publish informational materials, printed products (catalogs, calendars, booklets), publications on the competition, etc. in the media and on the Internet. The organizers are obliged to provide the corresponding reference to the author of the work in any public reproduction of the works of the participant. 

17. E-mail for help: centre_art@ukr.net Tel.: +38 (050) 6405330 - Galyna Kurus, Director of the Organizing Committee of the Competition. 

CI «Center of Culture and Arts ,, Department of Culture of Dolyna City Council, City House of Culture» of Dolyna,, Nezalezhnosti ave. 6, the city of Dolyna, Ivano-Frankivsk region. 77504, Ukraine. 

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