38th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2011, Brazil

REGULATION
1 – DATES
The 38th International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba 2011 will be held in accordance with the following schedule: Applications: until July 20st, Art Selection: August 06th and 07th. Awards: August 20st and 21nd. Opening: August 27th. Closing: October 16th.
2 – PARTICIPATION
Professional and amateur artists, Brazilians and foreigners can apply unpublished artworks that were not awarded until the closing date for entries. The theme is free.
The works – all categories – can be sent by MAIL or ELECTRONIC MAIL (applications over the Internet, in the format and 300 DPI JPGE, attached images at once).
The graphical technique is free. Digital copies, signed by author and indicated that it is print number 01 and sculptures, with humorous content will also be accepted.
Maximum measures allowed: paper – 42 x 30 centimeters (A3) (16,54 x 11,81 inches), sculptures – 42 centimeters or 16,54 inches (height) x 30 centimeters or 11,81 inches (depth) x 30 centimeters or 11,81 inches (width).
Each artist may enter a maximum of 03 works per category. Cartoon (graphic humor with universal themes and timeless), Charge (graphic humor journalistic themes nowadays), Caricature (graphic humor that expresses the physical and / or personality character known), Comic Strips (graphic art in sequence, with plot closed in a standard format, usually published in newspaper columns) and Vanguard (only works focussing on the theme Food, proposed by the organization). “As a feast to be eaten, the food issue is a subject of multiple approaches and flavors. While some are filled with all kinds of food, others are still without the basics. The exoticism of some dietary habits linked to cultural factors. The growth of obese population around the world, and the concern to keep in shape. Fast food and the slow food. GM food … Anyway, is it true that we are what we eat?”
Along with the work entered the artist must attach a completed registration form with letters legibly. It is also requested reduced curriculum and photo, for registration in the database and search CEDHU.
Adress
38º Salão Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba/Secretaria Municipal da Ação Cultural
Av. Maurice Allain, 454 – Caixa Postal 12 – CEP 13.405-123 – Piracicaba – SP Brasil
E-mail Adresses
Cartoon Category: premiocartum@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Charge Category: premiocharge@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Caricature Category: premiocaricatura@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Comic Strips Category: premiotira@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
Vanguard Category: premioalimentacao@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br (Corrected address!)
3 – AWARDS
The Awards are a total of R$ 35,000.00 (thirty-five thousand reais), acquisitive Municipality of Piracicaba, divided as follows:
a) Five (05) prizes of 1st place in the amount of R$ 5,000.00 (five thousand reais) each, divided among the categories.
b) One (01) award of R$ 10,000.00 (ten thousand reais) called GRAND PRIZE INTERNATIONAL HUMOR OF PIRACICABA chosen among the five winners of each category.
c) For the winner of Grand Prize of International Humor of Piracicaba and for the first place winners of each category will be awarded trophies by cartoonist Zélio Alves Pinto.
It will be awarded a prize of R$ 3.131,11 (three thousand one hundred thirty-one reais and eleven cents), exclusively for the caricature category, purchasing value from the City Council of Piracicaba.
Other awards and honors may be imposed at the discretion of the Organizing Committee.
There will be a Selection Jury and an Award Jury composed by people with acknowledgeable talent in the area. If the Award Jury finds any type of fraud or plagiarism in one or more registered works, the Jury may cancel the award.
The result of the award may be contested until a week after the opening of the Exhibition, with reasonable evidence of any wrongdoing without the knowledge.
4 – ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A simple application requires the artist to acceptance of these regulations. The artists selected transfer automatically authorial rights of his artworks for reproductions and publications in any media, without restriction, aiming to promote the event. The return of the artworks after the closing of the exhibition is to be formally requested in the registration form. Otherwise the artworks will ultimately belong to the collection of the Centro Nacional de Documentação, Pesquisa e Divulgação do Humor Gráfico de Piracicaba, which will exercise the right of property, as its interest. The organization of the 38th International Exhibition Humor of Piracicaba is not responsible for possible damages that may happen when the arts are sent or returned.
Besides the completed registration form legibly, the reverse of each artwork should bring the following information: registration category, author’s name, artistic name, full address, telephone number, e-mail, CPF and Identify Registration (ID) and bank data. Send also a résumé and a photo to cataloging on the database and search of CEDHU.
The authors transfer automatically Authorial Rights of his artworks when awarded acquisitivetely (include mention), in accordance with the Law n° 9610, February 19st, 1988 (Authorial Rights Law), therefore, universal and definitely in all use modalities and gratuitous, the rights of the author, guaranteed by the mentioned law; referring to the awarded artworks in the International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba and now integrant part of Municipal Public Property for the purposes of entitlements, in accordance with the Municipal Law n° 2249, 1976, partially amended by the Municipal Law n° 2486, 1982 and consolidated by the Municipal Law n° 5194, 2002.
contato@salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br
+55 19 3403.2620 – 3403.2621 – 3403. 2615
WEB: http://salaodehumor.piracicaba.sp.gov.br/humor/

XIII International Cartoon Contest Zielona Gora 2011, Poland

Theme: Library
Deadline: 31 May 2011
Details at:
caricaturque.wordpress.com

New Izvestia Cartoon Contest 2011, Russia: Laughter and Sin

New Izvestia Cartoon Contest 2011, Russia: Laughter and Sin
Contest Rules: The contest is open for participation to everyone. The New Izvestia's jury accepts new caricatures as well as the works which were previously exhibited or awarded at other contests. However, the jury will give preference to authors of new pictures while choosing the contest prize winners.
Techniques: Authors are allowed to use any kind of drawing techniques including computer graphics.
Images: All caricatures must be submitted only electronically via a special form at the New Izvestia website. Maximum size of a submitted picture is 3 MB, minimum length of the caricature's bigger side is 2400 px. We accept only .jpg files.
Deadline: The deadline of the contest is October 1, 2011.
Contest Prizes:
* Main prize – $1000
* Second prize – $500
* Two third prizes – $300 each
* Ten Diplomas of Honor.
According to the laws of the Russian Federation, all money prizes are taxable.
Exhibitions and publications: 100 best caricatures will be printed in the contest catalog and will be exhibited at the New Izvestia editorial office and at the Central House of Artist. Both expositions will be held in November 2011 in Moscow (Russia).
Chairman: Chairman of the contest jury is Mikhail Zlatkovsky – a political caricaturist, New Izvestia.
The contest organizers reserve the right to use submitted works at their discretion with no compensations to authors.
Source: http://www.newizv.ru/fotoreport/about/?f_id=318
Submit a caricature: http://www.newizv.ru/fotoreport/sendcaricature/
WEB: http://www.newizv.ru/news/2010-12-29/138812/

“Humor i salut” 5th Annual Health and Graphic Humor Contest 2011, Spain

“Humor i salut” 5th Annual Health and Graphic Humor Contest 2011, Spain
The Faculty of Medicine of Lleida University , with the collaboration of the Cultural Association Humoràlia, organizes "Humor i salut", the international competition of graphic humor of sanitary subject.
RULES
1.Any professional or amateur artist can participate in this competition.
2.The topic of this contest will be on AIDS, understood as the physical and social disease and the impact that it has on developing countries, as well as sexual and condom promotion educational programs.
3.The participants may submit up to three (3) items to the contest, with the provision that these images have not previously recieved awards in other contests.
4.The works (only drawings) can be any graphic technique in single A-4 (210 mm x 297 mm) format or proportional size, in Catalan, Spanish or English.
5.All works must be submitted only via e-mail, to humorisalut@gmail.com, after being scanned at 300 point resolution in JPG (JPEG) format.
6.The submission deadline is March 31, 2011. According to FECO-SPAIN the deadline is 8 April 2011 (http://feco-spain.blogspot.com/2011/03/v-concurso-humor-grafico-y-salud-lleida.html).
7.Works must be accompanied by a file which includes first and last name, address, telephone number and a photograph or caricature of the artist.
8.A prize of 1000 € will be given to the winning application and a second prize of 500 € will also be awarded.
9.The jury panel of competition may declare that there is no winner. The decision of the jury panel is not subject to appeal.
10.The composition of the jury panel will be made public after the winner is announced.
11.The decision of the jury panel will be communicated to the winner during the month of April, by email, and will then be published on the website http://www.udl.cat/.
12.The first fifty (50) works selected will be exposed at the University of Lleida Medical School during the second half of May, furthermore, a catalogmagazine with these works will be published, as well as editions of the posters.
13.The electronic version of the works will be available in a virtual gallery on http://www.udl.cat/ after the competition.
14.The organizers reserve the right to reproduce and distribute the winning entry without express authorization from the author and without further compensation to the artist.
15.The fifty (50) entries published in the final catalog must also be presented on paper.
16.Participating in the competition constitutes acceptance of the contest rules in their entirety and without reservation. Any questions or conflicts will be resolved by the jury panel.
Source: http://www.udl.cat/serveis/oficina/Novetats/2011/humorisalut_en.html

International Working Women's Day by Turkish cartoonists

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for my posts with images.
Thank you.

International competition on drawing for women: Jaka bede 2012, Poland

REGULATIONS
XXIV International competition on drawing for women - "Jaka bede ...2012"
The topic of the is a woman in the satirical presentation, modern and fashionable, joyful and upset one, a wife, mother and a friend but not also a sportswoman, a physician or just the woman... Everybody knows that it is not possible to live without her...
Participation
In the competition will take a part drawing, cartoons and other plastic acts made in optional technics; those original works that have already been exhibited or published but not being rewarded.
1. Competition will be carried in categories: DRAWING
2. Format of work - max A3, amount of work - up to 1 works
3. Entrants are responsible for ensuring the correct postage.
4. Entries must arrive at the address below by not later that 25.02.2012 /deadline/
Miroslaw Krzyśków
ul. Powstancow Warszawy 10/1,
11-400 Ketrzyn
Poland
(with additional note: Konkurs)
5. The reverse side of the cartoon and / or drawing should bear the surname, forename and address of the entrant in Latin block letters.
6. A short biographic note and some personal details (the surname, forname, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address) should be added.
7. The condition of returning of sent entries is handing down for the Gallery one selected by the author work.
8. Rewarded works will belong to the organisers.
9. Sending plastic works is synonymous with author's agreement for the regulations of the competition.
10.They can participate in the competition above the person 16 of year of the life.
Prizes
1. Entries will be appreciated by the jury selected by organisers among friendly artists and satirists.(Tomasz Wołoszyn (2001), Krzysztof Toboła(2002), Dorota Chwałek(2003) Andreas Malecki - Niemcy (2003) Daniel Strzelczyk (2005) Sławomir Łuczyński (2006) Bretislav Kovarik - Czechy (2005, 2006) Anna Sokolska (2005, 2006) Stanislav Aszmarin - Rosja (2005), Małgorzata Gnyś - Polska (1998,2007), Dariusz Wójcik - Polska (2002, 2007), Valentin Georgieev - Bułgaria ( 2009), Oleksi Kustovskiy - Ukraina (2009), Sonia Churova BUŁGARIA (2010), Henryk Cebula - POLSKA(2010),Anatoli P. Radin - ROSJA(2010, Mirosław Krzyśków - (organizator).
Never work of jurors subjected estimate and they are exposed (set out) beyond competition.
2. Prizes will be appropriate, unexpected and original.
3. Awards are handed in during the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Jaka bede..." or during the summer /plener/ in Jedwabno organized specially for laureates of the competition. On special request of a laureate his award can be sent by mail.
Privileges of the entrants
1. Authors of selected for the exhibition entries will get a gratuitous catalogue.
2. The participating in the competition is free of charge.
If you need more details please contact: mirek@krzyskow.pl
WEB: http://jaka.krzyskow.pl/

6th International Digital Cartoon Competition SICAF 2011, Korea

Entry deadline: 22 April 2011
Regulation in PDF

Results 1st “Vignettes for Human Rights” International Competition

(The image above could only be uploaded on March 5, 2011, a week after they started blocking the blogspot blogs in Turkey) 210 contestants from 47 countries submitted a total of 483 works accepted.
The three countries with more competitors are in this order: Spain (36), China (17), Turkey (16), and the rest of the countries represented, provided by number of participants: Ukraine, Argentina, Romania, Indonesia, Iran, Serbia, Poland, France, India, Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, South Korea, Colombia, United-States, Brazil, Uruguay, Montenegro, Cuba, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Israel, Italy, Armenia, Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Belgium, Singapore, Egypt, Australia, Thailand, Slovenia, Finland, Croatia, Cameroon, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Chile, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Slovakia, Hungary, Mexico, Lithuania.
The jury convened in February 2011 and awarded five authors.
The winners of the 1st “Vignettes for Human Rights” International Graphic Humour Contest organised by Fernando Buesa Foundation:
1º Francisco Pérez Villanueva – Santiago de Compostela/Spain.
(Top above: finally was able to add an image on March 5, 2011)
2º David Vela – Zaragoza/Spain.
3º Olga Carmona Peral – Granada/Spain.
4º Jitet Kustana – Central Java/Indonesia.
5º Anne Derenne – Madrid/Spain.
It is possible to see these works in:
http://www.fundacionfernandobuesa.com/latira.htm

( Because of the blocking of blogspot blogs in my country, it is impossible to publish any images here for the time being; still I managed to publish a few at: http://caricaturque.wordpress.com/ )

No blogs today: Blogspot is blocked from February 25 in Turkey

Because of a legal problem originating from unauthorised showing of live football games on some blogs, all the blogspot blogs have been blocked in Turkey since Feb 25, 2011. That is the way they solve the problem, hope it is solved now!
This is a post from me through a leak or a tunnel which possibly won't work the next time or won't allow me publish any posts neither this one who knows. If they don't release the blocking on blogspot, I will go on at www.caricaturque.wordpress.com and if that doesn't work will be tumbling forth in Turkish at http://kozy55.tumblr.com/ with a notice or two in English. And in case internet fails throughout the country, please note my snail mail address in my profile.

Important message for cartoonists from Osten Gallery, Skopje

Dear Cartoonists and friends,
There was a technical problem with our email address.
If you have sent your cartoons until yesterday they probably did not arrive.
We apologize in advance for this inconvenience and we ask you to send the same email once again on our address: cartoons@osten.com.mk
We assure you that this email address is functional and this time we will receive your cartoons and participation forms.
Once again, thank you for being our friends and for participating on our manifestation.
Moreover, if you have recommended this contest to your friends, please forward this email or announcement to them so if they have sent some works, to send them again.
We remind you that our deadline for sending cartoons is 15th of March 2011.
Thank you very much, big apology to all our cartoonists.
Sincere regards
Mice Jankulovski
OSTEN.

International Forum of Visual Humor KARIKATURUM 6 Surgut, Russia

The International Forum of Visual Humor KARIKATURUM 6 Surgut 2011-2012
The Competition Terms
I. generalities
1. The International Forum of Visual Humor KARIKATURUM 6 is held with the view of development and support of the humoristic visual arts, consolidation of creative and professional international contacts.
2. Nomination: caricature
3. Topics
The main topic: “Oh, what a lucky man!”
Special topics:
“Surgut is the town of Black Fox”
Surgut was founded in 1594. A black dog-fox became its symbol that is depicted on the emblem of Surgut.
“The Surgut Fine Arts Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary!”
4. The organizers
Department of Culture, Youth Policy and Sports of Surgut Administration;
The Surgut Fine Arts Museum
5. Time-frame
Competition starts on the 1st of February 2011.
Deadline – the 1st of June 2011.
Period of the jury work – 9-13 of June 2011.
Opening of the Exhibition and the Award Ceremony – 11-12 of June 2012.
The exhibition will be open till the 31st of August 2012.
6. The Jury
Andrei Popov (Russia),
Vladimir Stepanov (Russia),
Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria),
Svetlana Kruglova (Russia),
Iatsek Fratskevich (Poland).
7. Prizes
The main prizes:
Topic: “Oh, what a lucky man!”
The 1st Prize “Golden Ushanka” 120 000 rubles
The 2nd Prize “Silver Ushanka” 60 000 rubles
The 3rd Prize “Bronze Ushanka” 30 000 rubles
The special prizes:
Topic: “Surgut is the town of Black Fox”
The 1st Prize “Black Fox in the Golden Ushanka” 50 000 rubles
The 2nd Prize “Black Fox in the Silver Ushanka” 30 000 rubles
The 3rd Prize “Black Fox in Bronze Ushanka” 20 000 rubles
Topic: “The Surgut Fine Arts Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary!”
2 prizes each worth 20 000 rubles.
According to the legislation of Russian Federation the money prizes are taxable.
II. THE TERMS AND THE ORDER OF PARTICIPATION
The competition is open, professional artists as well as amateurs can take part in it.
Only original works of authorship or printouts of high quality with the autograph (for computer works) are accepted to the competition. The works sent by e-mail as well as xerocopies are not to be considered.
Any techniques are available. The size of each work is from А4 (210х297) to А2 (420х590). The quantity of works is not limited.
The works must be carefully packed. The shipping cost is paid by the participants of the competition. The organizers do not bear responsibility for any damages caused during the shipping.
The works sent to the competition stay it the Museum collection. The Surgut Fine Arts Museum expresses big thanks for the presented works and pressingly requests a free expression from the authors for donation to the Museum collection which is declared in the Deed of Gift. Please, send the Deed of Gift with the works and the Form.
The participant’s Form must be filled in with block letters. The works without the filled Form are not to be considered.
At the back of the work there must be the topic (the main or the special topic), the name, surname, address, telephone, fax, e-mail of the author, material and techniques.
The works sent to the competition may be exhibited at the Surgut Fine Arts Museum, other museums, galleries and exhibition halls at the discretion of the Museum. Also the works can be displayed at the Museum site.
The organizers have the right to publish the works in mass communication media and replicate them for the publishing package of the Forum, with no royalties to the author.
Сopyright for the picture, title and the texts of the work belongs to the participant of the competition (the author of the picture), it’s inalienable. The author bears responsibility for his works as provided by the existing legislation of RF. The author reserves the prerogative right to the original work of art at alienation (transfer into the ownership, donation) if the author doesn’t transfer the right by the Deed of Gift.
Drawings awarded at other competitions can take part in our competition, but it must be stated where and when they were awarded. The jury reserves the right to introduce such works to the award list or not.
The money prizes may be divided among several winners by the jury’s decision.
The fact of the participation in the Forum means the participants submit to all the Terms of the Competition.
Special conditions
To the Winners of the Main and Special Prizes of the Forum the organizers pay the travel costs to the Award Ceremony by any type of transport from any city in Russia and back, and staying in a hotel in Surgut.
To the opening of the exhibition and the Award Ceremony all comers are welcome. They bear travel and living costs by themselves.
A catalogue will be issued as a result of the competition KARIKATURUM 6. All authors whose works will be included in the catalogue by the jury’s decision will take a free issue.
The organizers and sponsors of the Forum may institute more special prizes after having received all the works to the competition.
Address:
The International Forum of Visual Humor
KARIKATURUM 6
The Surgut Fine Arts Museum,
30 Let Pobedy Str., 21/2,
Surgut, Tyumen region, Russia, 628403
Tel/fax: +7 (3462) 51-68-16, 51-68-12, 51-68-08,
e-mail: karikaturum@admsurgut.ru, scruglova@rambler.ru
web-site: http://www.karikaturum6.blogspot.com/
Please, pass information about the Forum to your friends – artists.

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International cartoon contest Volunteering, Ruse - Bulgaria 2011

International cartoon contest: Volunteering
Ruse, Bulgaria 2011
Organizers:
· European Information Centre Europe Direct Ruse
7000 Ruse, 4 Svoboda sq.
· Ruse Art Gallery
7000 Ruse, 39 Borisova str.
Terms and conditions
Concept:
The aim of the contest is to have a look at Europe’s 2011 theme Volunteering through the creative insight and interpretation of professional and amateur cartoon artists from all over the world. "If our hopes of building a better and safer world are to become more than wishful thinking, we will need the engagement of volunteers more than ever," Kofi Annan said. It is in this spirit that 100 million Europeans dedicate their time and expertise to help those in need and give back to their communities: A retired art teacher gives lectures on European masterpieces to foreign visitors at a museum. A high school student reads to sick children at a hospital. A former national football player coaches at a neighbourhood club. There are thousands of ways people make a difference. To highlight these efforts and encourage more citizens to join in, the European Commission kicked off the 2011 European Year of Volunteering.
Category:
І. Cartoon;
Terms for participation:
1. The contest is open for professional and amateur cartoon artists over 18 years;
2. Each participant could send up to 3 works /originals/ in A4 or A3 format;
3. Cartoons could be either color or black and white;
4. Deadline for receiving works 29.04.2011 on the following address:
European Information Centre Europe Direct Ruse
4 Svoboda sq., p.b. 209,
7000 Ruse Bulgaria
For Cartoon contest
5. Participants should send a short СV, as well as name and family name, titles of the works, postal address, e-mail address and telephone.
6. Jury:
· Rudy Gheysens – director of European Cartoon Center Kruishoutem, Belgium;
· Paul De Ruyck - European Cartoon Center Kruishoutem, Belgium
· Dominique Termote - European Cartoon Center Kruishoutem, Belgium
· Ivaylo Tsvetkov – chairperson of FECO for Bulgaria, cartoon artist for newspaper Monitor, newspaper Telegraph and magazine Tema.

· Valentin Georgiev, cartoon artist, illustrator, artist;
· Elena Velikova, director Ruse Art Gallery;
· Irina Jordanova, expert in EIC Europe Direct Ruse.
1. Prizes:
І prize of the contest – plaque and diploma;
2 special prizes and diplomas;
All awarded and selected works will be part of exhibition in Ruse Art Gallery and EIC Europe Direct. Cartoons will not be returned. All cartoons will be included in collection of Europe Direct and will be included in travelling exhibition among Europe Direct Centers in Bulgaria.
2. Postal costs for sending works are covered by participants. There is no fee for participation;
3. Selected and awarded authors will receive electronic catalogue - CD with exhibition.
4. Participation in this contest is considered as author’s agreement with present terms.
5. We wish success to all participants!
Opening of exhibition:
3rd June 2011, 17.30 EET.
Ruse Art Gallery, Ruse, 39 Borisova str.
Contacts:
For all questions referring organization and terms of the contest you can write to: info@europedirect-ruse.eu to the Europe Direct Ruse or to valyo1970art@yahoo.com Valentin Georgiev.

16th International Festival of Cartoon Zagreb 2011, Croatia

16th International Festival of Cartoon Zagreb 2011, Croatia
PARTICIPATION
The organizer of the 16th International festival of cartoon ZAGREB 2011 is the Croatian Cartoonist Association. The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profession.
THEME
VICES (alcohol, smoking, adultery, gambling ...)
ENTRIES
Terms of entry:
1. Original works and digital artwork will be accepted. Digital artwork is to be numbered in pencil on the front and pencil signed. Copies cannot be admitted.
2. Entries can be either black and white or coloured.
3. There should be the name, the surname and the adress on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. The cartoons must not have been previously awarded on festivals.
5. Maximum 3 entries will be submitted.
6. Size of entries is A4 or A3 format.
DEADLINE

Entry deadline is 2nd May 2011.
ADDRESS
CROATIAN CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION (HRVATSKO DRUŠTVO KARIKATURISTA) SAVSKA CESTA 100, 10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
PRIZES AND AWARDS
First Prize 1.000 EUR
Second Prize 500 EUR
Third Prize 300 EUR
Five Special mentions.
EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place in Klovićevi dvori Gallery in Zagreb on 21st June 2011.
OTHER TERMS
Authors of the works that qualify to the exhibition will receive a copy of the exhibition cataloque. Original works will be returned to the authors in the end of the exhibition cycle (in the second half of 2012) on explicit request only at the organizers expense. The organizer keeps the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Zagreb 2011, as the advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to an author whose work may be used. The prize-winning works become property of the organizer.
ENTRY FORM Entry form download here
Source: http://www.hdk.hr/vijesti/zagreb2011pozivnica.htm

11th International Editorial Cartoon Competition 2011, Canada

The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom 11th International Editorial Cartoon Competition
1. The theme for the 11th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is:
“Wikileaks” and its creators: villains or heroes?
The Internet and the growth of social networking have greatly enhanced freedom of expression and people’s access to information. The “Wikileaks” revelations has shown us the degree to which the US, like many governments, operates behind a veil of secrecy and severely limits the information citizens need to participate in a free society. While the First Amendment protects freedom of speech, some legislators are calling for the prosecution of Julian Assange and insist that the disclosures threaten international relations. You be the judge.
2. Prizes: three prizes will be given: a first prize of $1500, a crystal trophy, plus a Certificate from Canadian UNESCO, a second prize of $750 plus a certificate, and a third of $500 and certificate. All sums are in Canadian dollars. Ten additional cartoons will receive an ‘Award of Excellence.’ Regrettably no financial remuneration accompanies the Awards of Excellence.
3. Only one cartoon will be accepted from each cartoonist. It may be either in color or black and white and must not have won an award.
4. The size of the cartoon should not exceed A4; 21 by 29.2 cm; or 8.50 by 11 inches.

5. The name, address, telephone number and a short biography of the Cartoonist must be included in the submission.
6. The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom shall have the rights to use any of the cartoons entered in the Competition for promotion of our Editorial Cartoon Competition. Entrance by the cartoonist is deemed acceptance of this condition.
7. The winners of the Cartoon Competition will be announced at the World Press Freedom Day Luncheon held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011 as well as being advised by e-mail. The winner’s names and their cartoons will be posted on the CCWFP web site: http://www.ccwpf-cclpm.ca/
8. The best 30 cartoons will be exhibited at the Luncheon.
The deadline for receipt of Cartoons is 5 p.m. Friday, April 8th, 2011.
Send submissions by E-mail to: info@ccwpf-cclpm.ca
Cartoons should be in jpeg format at 300 dpi.
Source: canadiancartoonists

"The Value of Your Creativity" by Mike Lynch

Should you give away your work for free?
If you do, then "free" is your price.
Hey, even if you do not want to work for free, there are people out there who have no problem asking you... (Read the whole post by Mike Lynch)

Deadline in the 23rd Rotary Cartoon Awards: 31st May 2011

The Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City invites you to enter . . .
The 23rd Rotary Cartoon Awards
GENERAL INFORMATION
The competition is designed to recognise the best of Australian and International cartoons with prizes totalling over $10,000. The Rotary Cartoon Awards are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City to raise funds for various Rotary charities and to promote cartooning through the Bunker Cartoon Gallery. All entries will be donated to the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City for exhibitions at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery and other galleries in Australia. They will become part of the Coffs Cartoon Collection. The cartoons may be exhibited and reproduced in a catalogue or similar, onto post cards and copied, at the Rotary Club's discretion, any time in the future, for sale through the Bunker Cartoon Gallery. The First and Merit winners in all categories also receive a medallion.
NATIONAL AWARDS
Info at source: http://www.rotarycartoonawards.com.au/
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
Open to cartoonists worldwide, over 18 years of age. Closing date for entries is 31st May 2011.
This year there are two possible themes available; the cartoonist may choose either:
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
or
WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIPS (ie Motor Sport)
Prizes: 1st: $750 ; Merit: $250
CARTOON OF THE YEAR
One cartoon will be selected from all categories (National and International sections).
This prize which includes the category prize will be $3000 and a special Winner’s Plaque.
The Award Presentation will be held on Saturday 23rd July 2011 at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour. The Rotary Cartoon Awards 2011 are conducted in association with the Australia Cartoonists' Association and the Federation of Cartoonists Organisations.
WEB: http://cartoonists.org.au/
Entry form & Rules in PDF

The Human Stupidity is the theme in 1st Cartoon Contest Virton 2011

1. NAME : The 1st international press cartoon and humor contest in Virton (Belgium)
2. THEME : « the human stupidity »
3. DEADLINE OF SENDING : March 1st 2011
4. PARTICIPATION :
The draftsmen of any countries, any sex, any age can participate.
The participants accept the rules and the decisions of the jury.
The jury has the right to refuse a cartoon for moral reasons.
No correspondence will be done concerning the results and the decisions of the jury. 5. THE JURY : The jury consists of draftsmen and journalists.
6. SENDINGS:
A maximum of 3 works by author will be authorized.
Characteristics: in black and white or in colors.
We prefer the works without text. If there is a text, it will be accepted only in English or in French.
Sending in the form of digital .jpeg files, resolution of 300 dpi, at the following address: virtondessin@yahoo.fr
The author will indicate in his sending the following information:
- His (her) name
- His (her) first name
- His (her) date of birth
- His (her) complete address
- His (her) e-mail address
- His (her) phone number - The title of his (her) work.
- Join a short biography with photo or self-portrait.
The list of the participants will be published on the site (?).
7. DONATION OF THE WORKS : By participating, the authors give to the organizers their agreement to use, to archive, to print, to make a copy of their work(s) and to let them participate in any demonstrations - commercial one included -, without any compensation or payment for the author.
The rewarded works remain the property of the organizers.
We are constituting a permanent collection with the aim of promoting our international contest.
8. EXHIBITION : From Friday 3rd June (Inauguration show) to Sunday 5th June 2011 (rewards attribution).
9. AWARDS :
The prices will be awarded on Sunday at the end of morning during a cocktail party.
The best cartoons will be selected for the book "Virton International press cartoon and humor contest 2011".
All the artists whose work is selected for the exhibition will receive a certificate and those selected for the publication will receive free of charge a copy of the book.
Organisation : ACAI Virton in partership with the Lion's club «la Gaume»
Organizers:
Michel BLAISE: rue de la Vergette, 7. B-6761 Chenois (Virton) tél. : +32 (0)496.41.11.13.
Raphaël DONAY: Place Nestor Outer, 6. B-6760 Virton tél.: +32 (0)496.38.74.32.
Source: http://www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/graphics_algemeen/virton.pdf

Hal Foster Award 2011 goes to Mat Schifferstein of Sherpa Publishing

***INVITATION***
HAL FOSTER AWARD 2011 GOES TO MAT SCHIFFERSTEIN OF SHERPA BOOKS PUBLISHING
The prestigious Hal Foster Award for the Advancement of Comic Books and Art will be bestowed upon Mat Schifferstein, founder of Sherpa Books Publishing, this Friday 11 February at 5:30 P.M. local Amsterdam time. The Awards Ceremony will take place in Lambiek Comic Bookstore, Kerkstraat 132 in Amsterdam.
The jury wants to express its appreciation for the way Mat Schifferstein makes obscure comics and comic art accessible for Dutch readers. The jury consists of the comic book artists and/or experts Klaas Knol, Aloys Oosterwijk, Ben Westervoorde, Floris Oudshoorn and Peter de Wit.
The Hal Foster Award was created in 1982 and has been given to Dutch comics entrepeneurs Rene Meulenbroek, Peter de Wit, Frits Jonker, Pieter M. Dorrenboom, Shamrock, Vince and Klaas Knol. The Hal Foster Award honours those who commit themselves to the advancement of comic books and art. Mat Schifferstein's translations include Alan Moore (Sandman), Neil Gaiman (Sandman), Mezzo & Pirus (King of the Flies), Nate Powell (Swallow Me Whole) and Mariko and Jilliam Tamaki (Skim).
Stripantiquariaat Lambiek
Kerkstraat 132
1017 GP Amsterdam
020-6267543
lambiek@lambiek.net

1st International Competition ‘Cartoonist without borders’ 2011

1st International Competition ‘Cartoonist without borders’ 2011, Istanbul - Turkey
- Cartoonists are free to participate with already published works as long as these works have not previously been awarded in any other contest.
- The subject of the competition is: "Disabled people and life".
10 % of the world population are with disabilities. They cannot hear, see and walk…
They face with many obstacles in social life.
Lots of people with disabilities are in need of care when we compared to many developed countries…
Most of them cannot read and continue their lives without medical support.
Can we describe the lives of people with disabilities in social life…
We are inviting you to think for them…
- The participants may send maximum 3 cartoon work.
- The dimensions of works should not exceed 30x40 cm.
- Cartoons can be send via email but the original cartoon works should be send until 15 April 2011 via post.
- Participants should write their name, surname, address, phone number and country of origin on the back of their cartoon work.
- Short CV of the participants should be attached.
- The works must reach the organizing association until 15 April 2011.
- Results will be announced on 23rd of April 2011.
- The participating cartoons will be put into an album. The cartoons for the album and the exhibition will be selected by a jury.
- Competition album will send to cartoonists whose works are exhibited and published in the album.
PRIZES
First Prize: 1000 Euro
Second Prize: 750 Euro
Third Prize: 500 Euro
Success Prizes: 250 Euro for 4 participants
Special Prizes: Special prizes offered by various organizations and associations.
Adress: 1.Uluslararası “Engel Tanımayan Karikatürler” Yarışması KuzguncukART, İcadiye caddesi No: 145/1 Kuzguncuk / İstanbul / Turkey
Tel: +90 (0216) 532 00 24
WEB: http://www.duyabilirsin.com/
E-mail: info@www.duyabilirsin.com ; duyabilirsin@gmail.com
Source

6th International Biennial for Caricature, Plovdiv 2011, Bulgaria

SIXTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL FOR CARICATURE

MASTERS OF CARICATURE Plovdiv 2011

Subject:"You are welcomed by your clothes, you are seen off by …"
This is a part of a popular Bulgarian proverb which you should “complete”.
As a rule the first impression of a man leaves its mark on our mind.
We expect to receive interesting caricatures matching the text which should either keep the tradition or be a personal interpretation of the authors.
We are looking forward to your works.
Address for submission:
Regional Ethnographic Museum
2, Dr. Chomakov St.
4000 Plovdiv BULGARIAPhone: ++ 359 32 626328; ++ 359 32 625257.
E-mail: ethnograph@abv.bg
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
1. The Biennial for Caricature is open to professional and amateur caricaturists from all over the world;
2. Each participant should send up at least one piece of work 210x297 mm (A4 format);
3. The caricatures may be colorful or black-and-white;
4. Participants should send their caricatures by 31 July 2011;
5. It is advisable that together with their caricatures, participants also send a photograph or take-off and CV;
6. An international jury will nominate five caricaturists who will be conferred the title Master of Caricature;
7. Prize caricatures are not sent back;
8. The rest of the caricatures will be sent back if authors state that in written form;
9. The catalogue of the exhibition will be given free of charge to participants whose caricatures are included in the catalogue.
Time and venue: 1 October 2011, at 18.00 hrs at the Regional Ethnographic Museum.
Submission deadline: 31 July 2011 (mail date)
The nominated works will be kept in Works of Fine Art Stock of Regional Ethnographic Museum, Plovdiv.
Source: syriacartoon

Be a member of worldwide funny organization, Good Humor Party!

10 years of Good Humor Party - cartoons for exhibition and GHP website:
Make cartoon about GHP, scan, send by e-mail and be a member of worldwide funny organization name Good Humor Party!
More info
Szczepan Sadurski
cartoonist, president of Good Humor Party
Warsaw, Poland
http://www.sadurski.com/

39th World Gallery of Art on Paper, Osten 2011, R. Macedonia

39th WORLD GALLERY OF ART ON PAPER / CARTOONS 2011
* Organizer of the Manifestation is OSTEN, Skopje, R. Macedonia
* The received works will be judged by international jury.
* The ceremony of the opening and announcing of the prize winners will be held on 26th May 2011 in Skopje.
* PROPOSITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
Theme: "My Theme/Subject"
* The cartoons are sent electronically.
* One author may send maximum three (3) cartoons.
* Size of the cartoons: A4 (210x297 mm) or A3 (297x420 mm)
(300 dpi resolution, CMYK or RGB, pdf, jpg or tiff file).
* All works of the artists will remain in the collection of the Museum of Art on Paper.
* By completion of the Participation form, the participant declares and accepts in advance that (s)he hands over the copy rights (s)he holds over the drawings for printing/publishing by World Gallery of Art on Paper – Cartoons 2011 and Osten without any limitations on time period or location of publishing. The author agrees that the organizer can use the art works, exhibit them, study them and publish them on internet or through other media.
* Participants are expected to send the filled Participation form including short curriculum vitae (CV) and photograph, all together with their work(s).
* The participation form is sent on the email address either scanned or downloaded from Osten webpage.
* The participation form and coupons can be photocopied and passed to friends and colleagues who would like to participate in the World Gallery of Art on Paper – Cartoons 2011.
* The commission for selection will maket he selection of artists that will be presented in the catalogue. The presented artists will get a free catalogue.
* Deadline for submitting cartoons is 15 March 2011
* The selected works which are candidates for awards are sent in original samples at Osten address no later than 15th April 2011.
* The organizer will cover the accommodation expenses for first prize winners for the opening and award ceremony in Republic of Macedonia.
* E-mail: cartoons@osten.com.mk ;
* WEB: http://www.osten.com.mk/
* Address: OSTEN World Gallery of Art on Paper – Cartoons 2011, 8 Udarna brigada 2, 1000 Skopje, R. Macedonia
* PRIZES
Grand Prix for Life Achievement: 5000 $
First prize for cartoon: 1000 $
First prize for strip: 1000 $
First prize for satiric drawing: 1000 $
Ten (10) Special prizes.

4th International Contest of Caricature & Cartoon of Vianden 2011

The Museum of the Caricature of Vianden with the cooperation of Les Amis du Château de Vianden, Naturpark OUR and CartoonArt.lu are pleased to announce the 4th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN 2011
1. Subject: Capitalism
2. Deadline: 15th March 2011
3. Prizes:
Adult category: 1 prize: 3000 € + trophy, 2 prize: 2000 € + trophy, 3 prize: 1000 € + trophy; four honourable mentions.
Youth category: Prize: 500 € Shopping Center Belle Etoile + trophy. This is a special category for people who are no older than 25 and who are currently residents of the Grande Région (including Wallonia, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Lorraine, and Luxembourg). This deadline is 15th July 2011.
4. Entries: Initially, each participant can submit up to 3 entries in digital format by sending them to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu . The author must include the following details in his or her e-mail: first name, last name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number, date of birth, as well as the category and the title or the number of each submission. The specifications for these electronic submissions are as follows: format JPEG, good quality, and max. 1MB per picture. If, for some reason, the participant is unable to submit his or her work via e-mail, he or she may submit the original prints via regular mail. Out of these submissions, the jury will make a selection of 90-120 drawings and will ask the artists to send in the original documents via regular mail. All these originals will be shown in the exhibition and in the catalogue. Their size should be between DIN A4 (210x297mm) and DIN A3 (297x420mm); furthermore, the paper should be of high quality. The drawings must not be folded or included in a passe-partout. On the backside of every drawing, the artist needs to indicate his/her first name, last name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number, date of birth, as well as the category and the title or the number of the work. This deadline is 8th April 2011.
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in colour, without subtitles. Printouts of digitally created drawings will be accepted, but will not be returned. The submitted drawings must be signed by the artist on the backside. Photos, collages, photocopies and coloured b&w reproductions will be eliminated.
6. Exhibition: The award ceremony for the adult category will be held on 7th May 2011 in Castle Vianden and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of Castle Vianden from 8th May until 5th June 2010. There are plans to display the exhibits in the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden and in other cities until June 2012. The award ceremony of the youth category will be held during the opening of the itinerant exhibition at the Shopping Center Belle Etoile in Bertrange.
7. Returns: At the end of this series of exhibitions, the original drawings will be returned to their authors. The drawings that were awarded one of the prizes will not be returned. They will become property of the organizer. The organizer cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage that might occur during shipping.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose submissions are selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail upon return of his or her submissions. Prize winners will get their catalogue at the award ceremony.
9. Results: The results will be published on the website www.caricature.eu on 8th May 2011. The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed via e-mail or by phone. The final decisions of the jury are incontestable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants give the organizers permission to use their drawings only for promoting the artist and the event itself. Every other aspect of the copyright remains with the artist (except for the awarded submissions). It ensues that the awarded works can no longer be submitted in other contests or published by their authors or third parties after the official publication of the results.
11. Generalities: The submitted work should not have been awarded or published before the deadline of this contest. Artists interested in selling their work will need to label the backsides of their drawings with the words “for sale” and the selling price. By taking part in this contest, the participants accept the abovementioned rules.
12. Submission address:
Musée de la Caricature et du Cartoon de Vianden
48, Grand-RueL - 9410 VIANDEN
Luxembourg
13. Further informations:
Florin BALABAN Phone nr.: 00352 – 621 28 37 90
Pol LEURS Phone nr.: 00352 – 78 83 18
E-mail: cartoon@caricature.eu
Source: http://www.caricature.eu/salon%202011.html .

Received the catalog 2010 Osten World Gallery of Cartoons, Macedonia

Grand Prix for Life Work: Darko Markovik

1st Prize for Satiric Drawing: Dusan Ludwig

Osten World Gallery of Cartoons after its revival a few years ago, organised the 38th international exhibition of art on paper (World Gallery of Cartoons) in 2010 in Skopje, Macedonia, between Oct 14 - Dec 14 and they sent the catalog to every participant in the event. According to the introduction, in 2010 they started to build an International Institute of art on paper sited in Ohrid - the town where Cyrillic alphabet was developed as a foundation of Slavic literature - where they plan to establish Museum of the Art on Paper.
The catalog is 20x22 cm in size and has 112 pages all color. The prize-winning cartoons are followed by the selected ones published in the alphabetical order of their countries of origin. There are special pages for some works of Darko Markovik, the laurate of the Grand Prix for Life Achievement in 2010. An index of participants is also given at the end of the catalog.
From Turkey in 2010 the cartoons of the following artists are selected for the catalog: Nuri Bilgin, Erdogan Basol, Mehmet Kahraman, Serdar Sayar, Musa Gumus, Sait Munzur, Omer Cam, Cemalettin Guzeloglu, Mete Agaoglu (See above), Osman Gural Suroglu, Oktay Bingol.

Angelo Campaner

Catalog 14th Fax for Peace, Fax for Tolerance 2009-2010, Italy

Catalog to every participant: that is what they say in their regulation and now I see that they do what they promise. This is great job! And it is worth of course I should say, to promote the artistic struggle for peace and tolerance in the world! Congratulations to the organizers and many thanks for sending me this precious cartoon book although my work is not included in it (I did participate of course!).
This partly color catalog is 21x21 cm in size and has 96 pages. The book opens with the introductory essay by prof.ssa Lucia D'Andrea, School Executive of the Istituto d'Istruzione Superiore of Spilimbergo. Then follows the longer one by Kerry Kennedy where the father Robert Kennedy is remembered in his efforts for equality, democracy, and justice:
"Those whose lives he touched began to believe in themselves.
He urged us to dream things that never were and say why not."
After these essays come the lists of participating artists, participating schools, pre-selection jury members, and the international jury members of the event.
http://www.isspilimbergo.it/
http://www.faxforpeace.it/

Best Work (satira): Azad Maryam (Iran)

Morteza Khosravi (Iran)

Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria).

HADAF Somalia International Cartoon Competition 2011

The Association of East African Cartoonists (KATUNI )invites all cartoonists to participate in the
HADAF Somalia International Cartoon Competition.
Theme: The search for peace in Somalia: Achievements and Challenges
1st Prize: $ 3000
2nd Prize: $ 1500
3rd Prize: $ 750
Competition Rules
The maximum number of entries you may submit is 5.
Deadline for receiving cartoons is Monday 14 March, 2011.
All entries should be without any kind of frame and must not be folded.
Each entry must be accompanied by a short biography and/or CV as well as the name and contact details of the cartoonist.
Submitted works may be put on exhibition and used in future publications.
The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence shall be entered into it.
Submitted works will not be returned.
By participating, you grant the organizers the rights to publish and use the submitted artworks in any form including:
a) Reproduction and dissemination in printed form for all editions (e.g. study edition, school edition, special edition) and in unlimited print-runs (printing right). The printing right embraces in particular hard-cover editions, paperback editions, reprints, magazines, newspapers, collected works, via all distribution channels such as retail bookshops, other retailers selling books, book clubs, open and closed user groups and in all formats.
b) Electronic/digital storage and making accessible (including in databases) by means of digital or other storage or data transmission technology, with or without intermediate storage, in such a way that users have access from a place and at a time selected individually by them and can download, play back, interactively use and/or pass to third parties this work via PC, eBook, mobile telephone or other wired or wireless appliances, for example via the internet, UMTS, cable, satellite or other transmission paths (online right).
How to Enter:
Digital copies of the cartoons may be sent to katuni@gmail.com and should be in JPEG format with a resolution of at least 300 dpi.
Original artworks or clear prints (no photocopies) should be placed in an envelope marked “Hadaf Somali Cartoon Competition” and either sent to:
Hadaf Somali Cartoon Competition, P.O. Box 2074
Village Market 00621, Nairobi, Kenya
or dropped off at one of the following venues:
Alliance Francaise de Nairobi, Loita/Monrovia streets, Nairobi.
4D Innovative Ltd, 3rd Floor, Revlon Plaza, Kimathi St., Nairobi.
GoDown Arts Centre, Dunga Rd., Industrial Area, Nairobi.
Source: gathara

1st International Biennial of Resistance Cartoon Contest, Tabriz - IRAN

The First International Biennial of Resistance Cartoon Contest
Theme: Resistance to Occupation
Peripheral parts
cartoon
comic strip
This course: Creating the occupier characters
Animation: Animation works would be send on cd ,without restriction period and technique.
Size: min A4, max A3.
Entries: 5 works.
Please write your name, surname, address, phone number in Email or in backside of each work.
Sent works could be won in other contest.
Prize:
First prize: 1000 $ + diploma + statuette
Second prize: 500 $ + diploma + statuette
Third prize: 250 $ + diploma + statuette
And 5 selected prize : diploma + statuette.
Deadline: 1.sep.2011
Address:
Ashtab - martyr Montazeri Crossroads - Foundation for Preservation of
Monuments and Publishing Values of Sacred Defense - Tabriz - Iran
Zip code: 51396-13117
Tel: +98 +411 284 30 94
E.mail: info@arsoyism.com
rahim@tabrizcartoons.com
tabrizcartoons@tabrizcartoons.com
WEB: http://resistancebiennial.com/
Source: tabrizcartoons

Results the First International Cartoon Contest Canadian Banana 2011

Results the First International Cartoon Contest Canadian Banana 2011
with theme: IN VINO VERITAS (Alcoholism)
First Prize - Dusan Petricic (Canada) (Above)
Second Prize - Zoran Petrovich (Germany)
Second Prize - Vladimir Kazanevski (Ukraine)
Third Prize - Chengvey Yin (China)
Third Prize - Pavel Taussig (Germany).
10 Honorable Dyplomas:
Juri Kosobukin (Ukraine)
Jiri Sliva (Czech Rep)
Igor Varchenko ( Cyprus)
Florian Doru Krihana ( Romania)
Sergey Sichenko (Israel)
Vassili Aleksandrov (Russia)
Sergej Tjunin (Russia)
Junior Lopes Chuntra (Brasil)
Dariush Ramezani (Iran)
Andrej Popov (Russia)
M.M. Zlatkovski (Russia).
Special Prize of the Jury
Ali Divandari (Iran).
Special Prize of Studio DO
Boris Erenburg (Israel).
More winning cartoons at source: cartoonall

Laura Peláez sends greetings for the New Year 2011

Laura Peláez
Diseñadora gráfica
http://www.guaicaricaturas.blogspot.com/

New Year greeting e-card arrives from Santosh Paliwal, India.

Santosh Paliwal (Cartoonist, Artist), INDIA

2011 Caretoon Contest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the U.S.A.

Enter Now...
the National Liberty Museum's 2011 "CARETOON" CONTEST
Transform the art of cartooning into drawings that "care!",

Submit an original work of art expressing positive attributes,
such as friendship, courage, peace or diversity.
FOUR PRIZES:
$500 ADULT International · $500 ADULT National
$500 STUDENT International · $500 STUDENT National
You don't need to be a professional cartoonist to draw a Caretoon.
The Caretoon Contest is open to people of all ages and artistic ability.
Group submissions are welcomed!
For an entry form or additional information, click here,
or call 215-925-2800, ext. 124.
Deadline: April 15, 2011.
National Liberty Museum
321 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
215-925-2800
http://www.libertymuseum.org/

28th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition 2011 - Turkey

XXVIII. Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition
Deadline: May 2nd, 2011
Participation Rules & Participation Form

Catalan Sports Drawing + Graphic Humour Competition 2011

CATALAN INTERNATIONAL SPORT BRIEFING
1st INTERNATIONAL SPORTS DRAWING COMPETITION
3rd SPORTS GRAPHIC HUMOUR COMPETITION
The Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya (Catalan Union of Sports Federations) announces its 1st International Sports Drawing Competition which is open to all artists and whose theme is sport in general.
The competition will be biennial, and is intended to bring sport closer to the work of artists in order to extend and promote drawing as an expression of sport.
The works can be presented until February 28.
The Union also announces its 3rd Sports Graphic Humour Competition which is open to all works published in the print media or on the Internet and all unpublished works submitted to the Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya prior to the deadline established in the competition rules.
Sports Drawing
There will be a single indivisible prize of €3,000 (three thousand Euros), and two honourable mentions with a prize of €1,000 each, to be awarded by a majority vote of the jury.
Sports Humour
There will be a prize of €1,500 (one thousand five hundred Euros) and a second prize of €1,000 (one thousand Euros), both to be awarded by a majority vote of the jury.
You will find all the requirements for entries, the prizes, the jury and the other features of the competition in the attached documents at source:
http://feco-spain.blogspot.com/2010/12/ii-concurso-de-humor-grafico-union-de.html
More information: ufec@ufec.cat

Theme in 2nd International Cartoon Competition: Dictatorship & Tolerance

2nd International Cartoon Competition /Germany 2011
Beginning of the Competition: 1st January 2011!!
www.limes-net.com/contest2011
Regulations of the Competition
General
The competition takes place online and over this internet side only!
Sent originals cannot be accepted. A return isn‘t possible for organizational reasons.
Sending by e-mail can only be accepted in exceptional case.
Subject
The theme of the contest 2011 is: „Dictatorship and Tolerance“
Prizes and Awards
1st Prize: 1000 € + golden elk
2nd Prize: 500 € + silver elk
3rd Prize: 300 € + bronze elk
and Special Awards + Competition Catalogues for the best placed cartoonists
Participation Conditions
Participants: all cartoonists
Organizer
Valeriu Kurtu (KURTUKUNST Gallery) in cooperation with the LIMES Image Agency im KU-DAMM Karee, Kurfürstendamm 207-208, Eingang Lietzenburger Str 80, 10719 Berlin
E-mail: contact@limes-net.com
Jury
The prize winners are determined by an independent jury.
Deadline
The deadline for receipt of cartoons: 15th March 2011.
The transmittal of the cartoons takes place in digital form via this internet page:
http://www.limes-net.com/contest2011
Number of Cartoons
Max. number of entries per cartoonist: 3.
The cartoons must be the original work of the artist.
Registration
The registration for the competition takes place via this internet page:
http://www.limes-net.com/contest2011
First you have to registry as a participants of the competition. After registration an email will be sentto you with your password for your personal area. In this area you can upload your cartoons on our server.
Size / File Format
Minimum Size: 500 KB
Maximum Size: 25 MB
File Format: JPG
Color Mode: RGB
Production
The cartoon can be produced analogue or digital, but it has to be sent to us only in digital format.
Caption
The caption takes place only via internet before uploading of the cartoons.
Dates
The jury starts with the determination of the prize winners from 20th March 2011.
The exhibition date is not yet fixed.
Presentation of the Cartoons
The contestant allows the organizer to use the cartoons for own puplications only in connection with this competition.
With the sending of the works for the competition the contestant accepts automatically the regulation of the competition and agrees the print of the cartoons for the exhibition and catalogues.
- Competition Catalogue
- Exhibition in Berlin. Place und Date (expected date May 2011) is not yet fixed.
- Cartoon-Museum in Vianden (Luxembourg), the date is not yet fixed.
- Stadtmuseum Ungheni (Moldova), the date is not yet fixed and online: www.limes-net.com/contest2011
All copyrights are held by the author of the cartoons.
The decision is final.
Errors and changes excepted.
The 2nd Cartoon Competition 2011 is supported by the Lotto Stiftung Berlin.
Source: syriacartoon

Results Biennial International Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2010

Theme: The influence of internet social networks
AWARDS
Personal Cartoon (Caricature)
-First Prize: $ 10,000
Luis Fabián Gaspardo, born 1969, native of Santa Fe, Argentina
Title: Mars.
-Second Prize: 1,800 euros
Gonzalo Álvarez Fernández, born in 1978 in El Paso (La Palma)
Title: Pedro Guerra.
-Third Prize: 1,200 euros
María Elena Galarza Hernández, born in 1966 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Title: Nelson Mandela.
Humorous Drawing (Cartoon)
-First Prize: $ 10,000
David Vela Cervera, born 1967, native of Zaragoza
Title: Your friends. (See top)
-Second Prize: 1,800 euros
Eduardo Gonzalez Rodriguez, born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Title: Cebolleda.
-Third Prize: 1,200 euros
Xavier Tárrega Ratón, born 1980, native of Barcelona
Title: Facebook.
More info
Source: feco-spain

More New Year 2011 greeting e-cards from friends of caricaturque arrived at another e-address of mine

Juan Felipe Salcedo
http://www.mute-ant.com/
http://www.comicsocialclub.com/

Fabio Shin
http://fabioshin.com/
http://www.caricaturaemmanga.com.br/

Ismail Kar

KARCOMICS

The 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival 2011 - Turkey

The 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival 2011
The 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 15th to 18th 2011 during the 82nd Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year on the 23rd April.

The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival. The aim of the competition is to make children familiar with the art of cartooning and to contribute the development of sensitivity towards humour by enriching their world with the help of cartoons you will draw.
All proffessional and amateur cartoonists will be welcomed to join in by drawing cartoons for children.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original cartoon that can be understood by children. Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 15th, 2011.
Cartoons should be sent to the following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA/ TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE ($2,000) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 1st, 2011 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 15th to 18th, 2011 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.
NEZIH DANYAL
KARIKATUR VAKFI
PK: 364 YENISEHIR/ANKARA
http://nd-karikaturvakfi.org.tr/
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The First Anti Terrorism International Cartoon Contest – Iran

The First Anti Terrorism International Cartoon Contest – Iran
Introduction:
The modern world is prey to wretched acts of evil totalitarians who see nothing but their interests. Indeed, architects of violence and terrorism have no other intention but to obliterate any other existence. Their evil deeds know no boundaries and their targets include the public from all walks of life.
Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine and x are among territories that have for a long time been areas of interest for dominators. Although they have suffered great tyranny, these people stood strong to retain their pride and go down the history.
Objective:
The objective of this competition is to unfurl the evil face of terrorism that creates agitation, concern and insecurity in societies by killing innocent people to achieve its objectives.
Theme: Anti Terrorism
Deadline: February 19, 2011 (DEADLINE EXTENDED) 09 APRIL 2011 (http://www.irancartoon.com/2010/daily/contest/antiterrorism.htm)
REGULATIONS
The number of sent cartoons is 5.
-Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV)
-All participants that their works enter in exhibition will receive the catalogue of the contest.
-Sent works should be in 200dpi with 2000 pixel width or length and jpg format.
-Please Specify Contest Title in your Subject email.
Address:
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: info@irancartoon.com
Awards:
First prize: 2000 Euro + Honorable Mention + Trophy
Second prize: 1500 Euro + Honorable Mention + Trophy
Third prize: 1000 Euro + Honorable Mention + Trophy
Top ten artists will also receive Honorable Mention.
Manager: Abbas Ghazi Zahedi
http://www.irancartoon.com/
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