30.9.08

UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 2009 Theme: LIES

UMORISTIA MAROSTICA 41ª rassegna internazionale di grafica umoristica
Theme for the year 2009 will be: LIES (BUGIE)
The time limit to send your works are 15 of January 2009
Verbale di Giuria 2008 (PDF)
(Soon we will update the website, meanwhile, you can peek on the information reviewed at this address): www.fanofunny.com/guests/umoristimarostica
Umoristi A Marostica, Piazza Castello, 12, 36063 Marostica - Vicenza - Italia
Tel.-Fax. +39 0424 72150
E-mail: info@umoristiamarostica.it

26.9.08

Competition for Tourism - Magazine "RHINOCEROS"

Competition for Tourism - Magazine "RHINOCEROS" CARTOON/COMICS COMPETITION!
Theme: "TOURISM"
Two categories:
First Category: Cartoon
First Prize 300 Euros
Second Prize 200 Euros
Third Prize 100 Euros
Special Diploma: 5 diplomas
Honorable Mentioned Diploma: 3 diplomas
Second Category: Short Comics (one table; without words)

Prize 200 Euros
Special Diploma: 5 diplomas
Technique: Any technique will be accepted.
Deadline: December 31st 2008
Maximum entry (for each category, separately): 7 (seven)
You may send by post or e-mail (A4 - A3 size).
Post address:
MAGAZINE "NOSOROG" CARA DUSANA 4, 78000 BANJA LUKA, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, EUROPE
Note: You may send originals, but we will not send you back!
Address for sending by e-mail: nosorog.rhinocervs@gmail.com
Note: 300 dpi resolution, JPEG format!
In both cases sending, please, write your name, address and e-mail.
Note: Sender must be author of caricature!
Attention: Because, at the same time, we have one more competition, please, write on envelope, or in Subject (depends with what you send): "FOR TOURISM CARTOON/COMICS COMPETITION!"
Jury:
Mr. Goran Kljajich, president; writer, founder of "RhinoCervs" magazine and this competition; Republic of Srpska
Mr. Miladin Berich, writer, vice-president; Republika Srpska
Ms. Ana von Rebeur, Cartoonist & Writer, Argentina
Miss. Stela Dusanich, Cartoon Gallery Director, Croatia
Mr. Carlos Alberto da Costa Amorim, Cartoonist, Brazil
Mr. Zoran Matich Mazos, Graphical designer & Cartoonist, Serbia
www.nosorog.rs.sr/diff/diff2.html ; http://www.nosorog.rs.sr/

25.9.08

3rd INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST URZICENI - ROMANIA

“REVELIONUL CARICATURISTILOR” 2008, URZICENI, ROMANIA The 14th Edition
URZICENI - ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST The 3rd Edition

RULES
Contest is open to all cartoonists, both professional and amateurs.
Theme: “Freedom is not Free
Entries: max.5
The works must be accompanied by the author’s biography.
Size: A4 (210x297 mm) – A3 (297x420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: 10th December 2008
Prizes:
First Prize – 1000 $
Second Prize – 700 $
Third Prize – 500 $
One Special Prize of 600 $ for a portrait of a well known world personality – any domain.
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy.
Remark: the works will be not returned, they will remain the property of the House of Culture Urziceni for the future exhibitions.
Director Festival, NICOLAE PETRACHE
Contact details:Tel: 0040 722 433 933 ; 0040 243 254 020.
petras23n@yahoo.com
fdcrihana@hotmail.com
The works should be sent to:
CENTRUL CULTURAL MUNICIPAL URZICENI, CALEA BUCURESTI NR.27, 925300 URZICENI – IALOMITA, ROMANIA.

24.9.08

Personal Exhibition of Bayram Hajizadeh in Baku

Personal Exhibition of Bayram Hajizadeh
On 24 September, in Baku, in the home-museum of the first cartoonist of Azerbaijan A.Azimzadeh, the opening ceremony of the first solo-exhibition of Bayram Hajizadeh, cartoonist and Honoured Art Worker, was organized by the joint efforts of Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Artists’ Union and Cartoonists’ Union. Almost 50 cartoon works that generally won places in international cartoon contests were displayed in the Exhibition. The Exhibition will be open till the 10th of October.

Results Humorest 2008 - Hradec Kralove - Czech rep.

Results of Humorest 2008 - Hradec Kralove - Czech rep.
Thema: „2“ (Two)

WINNERS


1. Prize: Miroslav Bartak - Czech rep.
2. Prize: Valentin Georgiev - Bulgarien

3. Prize: Lubomír Lichy - Czech rep.

Jury Prize: Gustav Gusttavo Oliveira - Brazil
Jury Prize: Ivan Popovic - Slovakia

Igor Sevcik Prize (Best graphic cartoon): Angel Boligan - Mexico.

International Jury „Humorest 2008“:
- Silvan Wegmann, cartoonist, Schweiz
- Slawomir Luczynski, cartoonist, Poland
- Ivan Hanousek, vicepresident Czech Union of Cartoonist, Czech rep.
- Michal Jansky, grafic artist, bienale Pisek, Czech rep.
- Vladimir Gottvald, grafic artist, bienale Humorest Hradec Kralove, Czech rep.
- Jitka Prausová, Museum Hradec Kralove, Czech rep.
- Bretislav Kovarik, president Czech Union of Cartoonist, Czech rep.

21.9.08

Results IX International Biennial of Ecological Cartoon Sokobanja 2008

Results of IX International Biennial of Ecological Cartoon Sokobanja 2008
This contest is now officially closed. We received 537 works from 206 cartoonists from all around of world (43 countries).
All of the received works can be found following this link.
We also thank to all cartonists for their efforts and great work.
Organizing committee of IX Biennial Of Ecological Cartoon Sokobanja 2008
And the Winners are...


First Prize: Kazanevsky Vladimir - Ukraine


Second Prize: Erdogan Karayel - Turkey


Third Prize: Jugoslav Vlahovic - Serbia

Special Diploma:
Saeed Sadeghi - Iran
Yuriy Kosobukin - Ukraine
Yanoy Xinaq Yu - China
Goran Divac - Serbia.

The Jury 9th Biennial:
Aleksandar Blatnik, Ranko Guzina, Toso Borkovic, Dimitrije Lukic, Mihajlo Jovanovic, Dušica Jursa.