16.8.07

2nd Urziceni Competition

The 2nd International Cartoon Competition “Revelionul Caricaturistilor”
URZICENI – ROMANIA

The competition is organized by the Cultural Centre Urziceni in collaboration with the City Hall Urziceni. It is the second time that we organize the competition for authors from all over the world. The first edition was a success. The catalogue is on post to the participants. Your art cartoons will be very welcome again in Romania.
Rules of the competition
1. Theme: SUPERSTITION
2. The works must be originals. The digital art works are accepted. Copies are not accepted.
3. Dimension of the works: min. A4, max A3.
4. The cartoons will stay in our archive to be used in the future anniversary editions of the festival.
5. The jury will meet in December 2007.
6. Prizes:
First Prize 600 Euros
Second Prize 400 Euros
Third Prize 200 Euros
The organizers will award Mentions and Special Prizes
7. Deadline: 15 November 2007
Address for sending works:
CENTRUL CULTURAL MUNICIPAL URZICENI, CASA MUNICIPALA DE CULTURA, CALEA BUCURESTI 27, 925300 URZICENI, ROMANIA
Information: Nicu Petrache - Director petras23n@yahoo.com

10.8.07

5th FCW Cartoonet Festival (2006) results

Results of 5th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival-2006

Grand Prize:
Mikhael Zlatkovsky (Russia)

Gold Prize (2 awards):
Marcio Leite da Silva (Brazil)
Tomasz Woloszyn (Poland)

Silver Prize (4 awards):
Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan)
Arsen Gagiki Gevorgyan (Armenia)
Aghaei Amin (Iran)
Shahrokh Heidari (Iran)

Bronze Prize (8 awards):
Dai Peicheng (China)
Huang Qigong (China)
Javad Tarighi Akbarpoor (Iran)
Ramin Rezaie (Iran)
Julian PENA-PAI (Romania)
Raed Khalil (Syria)
Deniz Dokgoz (Turkey)
Oguz Gurel (Turkey)

Success Award (15 awards):
Ba. Bilike (China)
Cai Lian (China)
Hou Xiaoqiang (China)
Ji Shaohua (China)
Wang Ruisheng (China)
Yang Xiaobo (China)
Zhang Jiaxue (China)
Wolfgang Schlegel (Germany)
Dariush Ramezani (Iran)
Mahmood Nazari (Iran)
Mohammad Ali Khalaji (Iran)
Mohammad Reza Babaei (Iran)
Pooya Sareh (Iran)
Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine)
Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan).

9.8.07

Results of International Cartoon Exhibition - Women - May & June, 2007

Results of the First International Cartoon Exhibition (Women) Syria 2007 Monthly Prize – May & June, 2007
THE JURY:

Afraa Alyousef / Syria, cartoonist
Rasha Mahdi / Egypt, cartoonist
Marie Kiriaky / Austria, Head of Arab Women's Association
Bassam Alkadi / Syria, supervisor of Syria women website
Raed Khalil / Syria, cartoonist
Winners:
First Prize: Marcio Leite / Brazil
Second Prize: Julian Pena Pai / Romania
Third Prize: Jovan Prokopljevic /Serbia
Mourhaf Yousef / Syria.
8/8/2007
Jury photos and all prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.syriacartoon.com/news/2007/news-080800701.htm


6.8.07

Nature & Man Cartoon Contest / Turkey

THE PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
SUBJECT : Nature and Man
The subject of the year 2007 : Global Climate Change and Our World.
The Association of Cartoonists, TEMA Foundation and Cartoon Publishing organize this contest aiming to direct people for focusing more on this matter by describing through cartoons that mankind will sooner or later face these dangers and by focusing on their probable results and also aiming to create an attitude and behavioral change in the society in order to slow down this process.
The contest is open for all the amateur and professional cartoonists.
The cartoons may be published or awarded. Technique is free. Can be color or black and white. The size is A4 (21 x 29.7 cm)
Contestant cartoons can be sent only through internet.
Awards: By the end of each month, the best 3 cartoons of that month will be selected and 20 saplings will be planted in Tekirdag Memorial forest on their behalf. An introductory sign will be erected on the plantation region. Below: June 2007 First Prize: Fereol Murillo Fuentes (Costa Rica)

The works that are sent to the contest will be exhibited through internet.
By the end of the year, the awarded works and works determined by the selection committee will be collected in a CD and will be sent to the authors of the works as free of charge.
The cartoons of the contest, whether awarded or not, may be exhibited in the introductory announcements of the contest and they can be published in books, magazines, posters, postcards. Copyrights will not be paid to the authors of the works for these publications.
In case they are used for other purposes or by third parties, then permission will be obtained from the author of the work.
Those who send their works to the contest, will also indicate whether they can be used or not, on t-shirts to be produced by TEMA Foundation's Economic Management in order to obtain revenue.
The utilization rights of the works are for Turkey.
The artists participating in the contest will be deemed to accept all the participation conditions.
This contest is organized by the Association of Cartoonists, TEMA Foundation and Cartoon Publishing.
Since environmental disasters are continuous, our contest will also continue without interruption. Below: May 2007 First Prize: Raed Khalil (Syria)

Exhibition: The exhibition of the contestant cartoons will be realized at the gallery of the Association of Cartoonists.
Award-giving ceremony: will be announced later.
Sending address by e-mail: dogalcevre@gmail.com and naturalenv@gmail.com
Jury evaluation: Election will be held every month.
General Authority of the Organization: Muhittin Koroglu
Selection Committee:
Representative of the Association of Cartoonists
Representative of TEMA Foundation
Representative of Cartoon Publishing.
WEB: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/yduyuru.asp
WEB: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6294
Winning cartoons at: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/sergiler2.asp

3.8.07

Prizewinners International Nasreddin Hodja

27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest has concluded.
The Grand Jury (see below) consisted of six members from Turkey and six from abroad.
They convened at Ramada Plaza Hotel in Istanbul on July 26, 2007, and after examining 2320 cartoons by 1055 artists sent in from 63 countries, they decided to award the Grand Prize to Igor Nikitin’s work from Russia.

THE JURY:
Ercan Akyol (Turkey), Zeljko Ceric (Croatia), Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria), Valentin Druzhinin (Russia), Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu (Turkey), Raed Khalil (Syria), Valeriu Kurtu (Germany), Ismet Lokman (Turkey), Metin Peker (Turkey), Turhan Selcuk (Chair/Turkey), Tonguc Yasar (Turkey), Jugoslav Vlahovic (Serbia).

PRIZE-WINNERS:
Igor Nikitin (Russia): Grand Prize + 3.000 $ (see above)
Agim Sulaj (Italia): Honour Prize + 750 $ (see below)
Alessandro Gatto (Italia): Honour Prize + 750 $
Muhittin Koroglu (Turkey): Honour Prize + 750 $
Ahmet Ozturklevent (Turkey): Honour Prize + 750 $

SPECIAL PRIZES:
Cristi Vecerdea Criv (Romania): Special Prize of Nasreddin Hodja (see right >>)
Musa Gumus (Turkey): Special Prize of the Association of Cartoonists
Sami Caner: Special Prize of the Jury
Angel Boligan (Mexico): Special Prize of Turkish Ministry of Culture
Donyo Donev (Bulgaria): Special Prize of Press, Publications & Information General Administration
Sevket Yalaz (Turkey): Special Prize of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Dongbum Kim (South Korea): Special Prize of Cankaya Municipality
Taeyong Kang (South Korea): Special Prize of Cumhuriyet Newspaper
Xue Hong (China): Special Prize of Aksam Newspaper
Saeed Sadeghi (Iran): Special Prize of Turkish Association of Journalists
Victor Crudu (Moldovia): Special Prize of Turkish Radio & TV Company
Hamid Soufi (Iran): Special Prize of Turkish Union of Lawyers
Goran Divac (Serbia): Special Prize of Umut Foundation
Aristides E. Hernandez (Cuba): Special Prize of Show TV Channel
Omidreza Khorsand (Italia): Special Prize of TV8 Channel
Li Xiao Yang (China): Special Prize of Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions.
All the prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6641

2.8.07

2nd International Solin Cartoon Festival / Croatia

FANOFUNNY's remark: Prizes not payed by Organizers in 2005!
REGULATIONS
Contest: open to all cartoonists
Themes: A) ARCHAEOLOGY; B) FREE.
Entries: max. 5 cartoons. The works must be original and accompanied by the author's entry-form and biography.
Size: max. A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: August 15, 2007
Prizes: Gold Medal - 1.001 €uro; Silver and Bronze Medal; 5 Special Prizes
Exhibition: September 2007
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy
Remark: the works - except the winning and awarded works - will be returned on request and at costs of author.
The works should be sent to:
DOM ZVONIMIR Kralja Zvonimira 50, 21210 SOLIN - CROATIA
For further informations, complete regulations and entry-form: marketing@bobis-svagusa.hr

(Source: http://www.fanofunny.com/)

1.8.07

Olympic Cartoon Competition June 07 winners

The results of 1st International China Olympic Cartoon Competition monthly prize - June 2007
Free section: Winning Prize: Kazanevsky Vladimir (Ukraine) (see above)
Free section: Winning Prize: Liu Manhua (China)
Special prize of Jury: Marcin Bondarowicz (Poland)
Honourable Prize: RONALD LIBIN (Belgium)
Honourable Prize: Cai Weidong (China)
Honourable Prize: B.Bleg (China) (see below)

See all the prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.cartooncn.org/enmprize.asp?pid=10