Press Cartoon Europe (PCE) Grand Prix 2010

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION PRESS CARTOON EUROPE (PCE)
1. Participation in PCE is free of charge.
2. The cartoons which you will submit to us must all have appeared in the course of 2009 in a newspaper, magazine or periodical which is available to the general public, and which is published in one of the member countries of the European Union, plus Switzerland, Turkye and Iceland.
3. Each cartoon participating in PCE must be accompanied by the name and date of the publication in which it originally appeared.
4. Each cartoon participating in PCE must be accompanied by the author's personal details: family name, first name, full postal address, and telephone numbers, email address, website (if any).
5. Your cartoons, up to a maximum of three, must reach us by Friday 1st January 2010 at the latest.
6. Only those cartoons sent electronically (jpg format: minimum 300 dpi) to the following address will be considered as valid entries: nathalie@presscartoon.com .
7. All texts and captions either within the cartoon or sent with them which are in a language other than French, English, German, or Dutch must be translated into one or another of these four languages.
8. On Friday 8th January 2010 the selection committee of PCE will nominate the cartoons chosen from all those submitted to go forward for the PCE Grand Prix.
The authors of these cartoons will be notified immediately.
9. PCE will be authorized to exhibit all nominated cartoons at the International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist on the Belgian coast during the summer of 2010, and also to publish them in the annual of best European press drawings of 2009.
10. PCE will be able to make free use of all the nominated cartoons for any publications or communications in connection with the prize, including press releases, posters, announcements of events organized by PCE such as exhibitions, symposia, etc.
11. The jury, composed of journalists from several EU countries, all of whom are accredited by the European parliament in Brussels, will meet on Wednesday 17th February 2010 at the KVS (Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg – the Royal Flemish Theatre) in Brussels, and will select the winning entry to be awarded the
PCE Grand Prix 2010. This meeting will be followed by a press conference during which the name of the winner will be announced.
12. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist on Saturday 26th June 2010.
13. The author of the winning cartoon will receive a cheque for 10.000 € as well as a bronze trophy created by the Belgian artist Ever Meulen.
14. The decision of the PCE committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Wishing you great success,
The PCE-team:
Nathalie Rasschaert, Karel Anthierens, Jasper Foré.

Theme in the 5th International Award of humor and satire Costume: The World Cup

5th Edition International Award of humor and satire Costume - Italy
Directors Alfio Krancic and Claudio Bertieri announce the 5th edition of the International Prize of Humor and Satire of Costume "Giuseppe Novello: a gentleman of good family ", promoted by the Province of Lodi and the City of Codogno with support of public and private.
Participation is open to professional and amateur graphic artists, who may participate by sending unpublished drawings accompanied by the registration form. Are considered the unpublished work on any kind of periodical or exhibited in other exhibitions.
How to participate
Each artist will be allowed to participate with a maximum of three (3) works on the theme "The World Cup".
The work(s), accompanied by the complete Registration Form must be sent by the date of 11 January 2010 to:
Segreteria della 5a Edizione del “Premio Novello" presso l'Ufficio Cultura del Comune di Codogno - Via Vittorio Emanuele 4 - 26845 CODOGNO (Lodi), Italia.
Entries may also be sent in electronic format to protocollo@pec.comune.codogno.lo.it
No other forms of presentation.
Not be accepted works that are received with an incomplete registration form so that makes it impossible to pinpoint the author, or unsigned. Work must correspond to the founding spirit of the Prize, which consists of mood and satire of manners. Not will be accepted works of political satire or designs that can strike the common sense of modesty.
May participate in the competition the following types of works: pencil drawings - China ink - watercolor - colored ink - markers or pennafeltri.
The work should be: a) unpublished b) free frame; c) to A4 (21 x 29.7 cm); d) a free choice, in black and white or color and can either contain text or not.
In the case of comics pages will be a maximum of three conform to standard sizes, and be numbered.
Awards
The works received will be judged by a jury made up of cartoonists, journalists, personalities from the entertainment world and culture. The best will be exhibited in the Exhibition International Award for Humor and Satire of Costume which opens Saturday, February 6, 2010 the premises of the historical building called "Vecchio Ospedale Soave" in Codogno, Via Gandolfi 6.
The winners will have the following prizes:
1) Novello Award - I st place € 1500.00
2) II nd place € 1000.00
3) III rd place € 500.00.
The works received will not be returned but will become part of the competition archive. They will then be kept by the Culture of the Municipality of Codogno. All entries may be used for promotional purposes of the Award itself or of cultural activities Comune di Codogno in every public and private media: magazines, newspapers, books, web, etc. in Italy or abroad. Therefore, with the participation the authors consent to the reproduction of their works provided it did not work for profit.
More info at http://www.comune.codogno.lo.it/ & http://www.premionovello.it/ .
(This post updated on Jan 02, 2010 due to the updating in the competition website).

3rd Cartoonale De Geus 2009 exhibition brochure

Just received the exhibition brochure De Geus 2009 from Belgium. The 1st prize-winner is Aleksei Kivokourtsev from Russia and his cartoon is published on the first page of the brochure which is fully in color.
On the second page is the info about the competition held every two years (with free theme this year), the members of the jury, and the complete list of participants. 121 artists from 30 countries sent in 421 cartoons and 130 are selected for the exhibition that was open between Sep 25 - Oct 4, 2009 at Galerie De Fontein, Grote Plaats, Lebbeke.
The third page covers the 2nd prize-winner Gregorz Wach (Poland), the 3rd prize-winner Luc Vermeersch, and the 4th prize (prize for the best classified competitor under 25 years old)-winner Shahin Kalantary's (Iran) works.
The next 5 pages display the cartoons by the following cartoonists:
Richard Demot (Belgium)
ARES (Cuba)
2 cartoons by Cai You (China)
Maghfouriyaun Mohammed (Iran)
Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine)
Patrick Heymans (Belgium)
Jean Van Spittael (Belgium)
Erdogan Basol (Turkey)
Luc Vermeersch (Belgium)
2 cartoons by Huey Nguyenhuu (U.S.A.)
Santiago Cornejo (Argentina) (Honorable Mention)
Fakhredin Dost Mohamad (Iran)
Akbar Pirjani (Iran) (Honorable Mention)
Wladimir Semerenko (Russia)
Sergey Smolyakov (Russia)
Dre Mathijs (Belgium) (Honorable Mention)
Mario De Koninck (Belgium) (Honorable Mention)
Melita Miloradovic (Serbia)
Erdian Hoda (Uzbekistan)
Richard Demot (Belgium)
Radik Azizov (Uzbekistan)
Amin Mohajeri (Iran)
Run Tang Li (China).
WEB: http://www.curieusdegeus.be/ .

International cartoon festival of yahootoonz (iran) 2009

International cartoon festival of yahootoonz (iran) 2009
Participation for all ages and nations is allowed.
Theme: free
Technic: free
Number of works: max 1
Size: A4 and A3, 100 dpi.
Awards:
First place: golden medal of yahootoonz with diploma of honor
Second place: silver medal of yahootoonz with diploma of honor
Third place: bronze medal of yahootoonz with diploma of honor
and 5 diploma of respect for 5 works.
The works will be displayed in catalogue and exhibition and website.
Deadline: October 31th, 2009.
Address to send works: yahootoonz@gmail.com .
Sources:
syriacartoon
cartooncenter

International Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest 2009

International Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest - India
Indian Institute of Cartoonists announces its first National & International "Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest". The Contest is open to all professional and amateur cartoonists. Participants can send maximum two caricatures of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.
Each entry should include a covering letter with the cartoonists' full name, postal address, contact numbers and Email ID.
By entering the contest, the cartoonist represents and warrants that the work is an originalwork of authorship of the cartoonist and does not infringe that rights of any third parties.
Further, the cartoonist provides Indian Institute of Cartoonsists a limited royalty-free right and license to publish and publicly display the entries (whether or not winning a prize) for non-commercial purposes such as for publicising the contest.
Entries may not be returned to the entrants and may be archived by Indian Institute of Cartoonists for records purposes. A jury of eminent personalities of the country will evaluate the entries for the prizes and the decision of the jury is FINAL.
Participants sending their entries by Email should note the following techninal details:
Size: 800 x 1100 Pixels, 300 dpi resolusion
Image & Format: JPEG, TIFF or Bitmap Color System: RGB
Deadline: November 15, 2009
PRIZES:
1st Prize: Rs. 100,000 / each theme
2nd Prize: Rs. 50,000 / each theme
3rd Prize: Rs. 10,000 / each theme.
All entries should be sent to:
Indian Institute of Cartoonists, No.1 Midford House, Midford garden, Off M.G. Road, Bangalore - 560 001 Karnataka, India.
Email: info@cartoonistsindia.com
WEB: http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/ContestNov09.htm
Source: syriacartoon

Results of World Gallery of Cartoons Osten 2009

Results of WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS OSTEN, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Theme: My Theme
Jury:
Darko Markovic - Macedonia
Ventsislav Andonov - Bulgaria
Vasil Vasilev - Macedonia
Aleksandar Blatnik - Serbia
Mosa Todorovic - Serbia
Vlado Gorevski - Macedonia
Ljuben Paunoski – Macedonia.
WINNERS
Grand Prix: Robert Dandaro - USA
First Prize: Miro Georgievski - Macedonia
Second Prize: Bretislav Kovarik - Czech Republic
Third Prize: Rumen Dragostinov - Bulgaria
Special Jury Prize Committee:
1st Oktay Bingol - Turkey
2nd Goran Divac - Serbia
3rd Pande Petrovski - Macedonia
4th Musa Gumus - Turkey
5th Seyran Caferli - Azerbaijan.
Source: tabrizcartoons

2nd Salao Internacional de Humor da Amazonia with ecological themes

2nd Salao Internacional de Humor da Amazonia 2009 - Brazil
Rules
1. Nature and scope of the Salon
The 2nd Amazon Humor Salon – Ecology in a line-drawing, intends to be part of the agenda of events related to cartoon production in Brazil and abroad. It aims at stimulating and publicizing the production of cartoonists in general. It is important that this salon is a graphic platform that will show the talent and critic perception of all cartoonists concerned with ecological problems that affect our planet, specially the Amazon region.
2. Deadlines
The 2nd Amazon Humor Salon – Ecology in a line-drawing, will take place from December 19th to 27th, 2009 at Espaço São José Liberto, Belém- Pará-Brazil. See deadlines below:
a) Registration/Submission of entries: from October 06th to November 20th, 2009;
b) Selection of entries: November 23rd, 2009;
c) Announcement of selected entries: November 25th, 2009;
d) Opening and Award Ceremony: December 19th, 2009;
e) Closing ceremony: December 27th, 2009.
3. Themes and Selection
Theme A: Ecology (Compulsory): We consider to be part of this category all cartoons whose theme is related to ecological problems. Seventy (70) works will be selected for this category.
Theme B: Rain (Optional): We consider to be part of this category all cartoons whose theme is related to rain. Fifty (50) works will be selected for this category.
4. Participation
a) Registration is open to artists of all nationalities;
b) Fill out the registration form with the following information: the title, author's name, stage name, address, phone numbers, e-mail, number of identity card or passport, bank details and attach the work, image resolution 300 dpi; size of 3543 x 4724 pixels or 30 x 40 cm color model RGB, jpg format (average quality = 5) the maximum size of 1.5 MB, the participant to click send automatically agree to the terms of this event;
c) Each participant may send a maximum of 2 (two) works per theme;
d) To submit works whose theme is “rain”, the participant must also submit works for the category ecology;
e) Works selected in the previous editions of the Amazon Humor Salon will not be accepted;
f) Entries must be sent with filled form until November 20th 2009, at 11.59 pm (Brasília time zone);
5. The jury
a) The organizing team of the 2nd Amazon Humor Salon will appoint a Pre-Selection Committee whose responsibility will be to select works that will take part in the exhibition and in the contest. This Committee will also select the works that will be in the catalogue;
b) The Jury will be constituted by five members, all qualified professionals in the field;
c) The president of the Jury will be an artist specially invited for the event;
d) The number of works in the catalogue may be different from the number selected for the exhibition. No complaints on this matter will be considered;
e) The Jury is responsible for granting prizes and special awards;
f) Decisions made by the Jury and the Pre-Selection Committee are final;
6. Works and originals
a) Submitted works will not be returned and will be part of the Amazon Humor Salon’s collection;
b) The production company Central de Produção – Cinema e Vídeo na Amazônia, which is responsible for this project, has the right to use any submitted work, at any time, for publicizing the event;
c) None of the works will be put for sale or used for commercial purposes;
d) In order to complete his/her registration, the participant must accept and agree with the event’s terms and conditions;
7. Catalogue
a) All participants whose works are selected to be published in the catalogue will receive a copy, which will be sent within a period of 8 (eight) months after the closing of the Amazon Humor Salon;
8. Copyright
a) Submitting a work will automatically imply the author grants the salon reproduction rights for non-commercial purposes;
11. Prizes
a) A total of 4 (four) prizes will be given:
Ecological Cartoon
1st prize R$ 4,000.00 (gross amount)
2st prize R$ 2,000.00 (gross amount)
Rain Cartoon
1st prize R$ 4,000.00 (gross amount)
2st prize R$ 2,000.00 (gross amount).
b) Prizes are subject to tax withholdings as established by the current and applicable law;
c) All winners will receive a trophy.
9. Venues and Dates
The 2nd Amazon Humor Salon – Ecology in a line-drawing will take place in the city of Belém, State of Pará, Brazil, from December 19th to 27th, 2009, at Espaço São José Liberto.
10. Organization
Conceived and coordinated by Biratan Porto, the Amazon Humor Salon is organized by Central de Produção – Cinema e Vídeo na Amazônia.
WEB: http://www.salaohumordaamazonia.com/