9th International Cartoon Festival Solin 2013, Croatia

9. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2013, CROATIA
The organizer of 9th International festival of cartoon Solin 2013 is the city Solin. The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profesion.
2.THEME: 1. FREE; 2. ARHEOLOGY.
3.ENTRIES:
Conditions of entry:
1. All entries must be original cartoons. Framed works, also, will not be accepted.
2. Entries can be either black and white or colored.
3. There should be the name, surname and the address on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. Maximum 5 entries will be submitted.
5. Maximum size of entries is A3 format (40x30 cm).
4.DEADLINE:
Entry deadline is the 10 August 2013. Please write; PRINTED MATTER - NO VALUE.
5.ADDRESS
9.INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2013
«DOM ZVONIMIR» Kralja Zvonimira 50,
21210 Solin, CROATIA
6.PRIZE AND AWARDS:
PLAQUE....................................................1009 EUR
PRIZE CITY SOLIN................................... 3 PRIZE
7.EXHIBITION:
The exhibition will take place in the galery of the culture home „ZVONIMIR“ Solin on the 21.08.2013.
8.OTHER CONDITIONS:
Authors of works that quality to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue (DVD). The works will be returned only on the special reqest of an autor. The postage EUR 5 will be paid by autor. The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Solin 2013, 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.
PRESIDENT 9. INTERNATIONAL
CARTOON FESTIVAL - SOLIN 2013
CROATIA
Cartoonist-designer
MARKO IVIĆ.
(From: The Croatian Cartoonist Association hrvdrukar@gmail.com)
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ENTRY FORM

LAST NAME ---------------------------------------------

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STREET ---------------------------------------------------

POSTCODE -----------------------------------------------

CITY -------------------------------------------------------

COUNTRY -----------------------------------------------

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Results of the 18th International festival of cartoon Zagreb 2013, Croatia

Winners in the 18th International festival of cartoon ZAGREB 2013

THEME: THE FUNNY SIDE OF HORROR

The 18th International Exhibition of Cartoons ZAGREB 2013

has seen the arrival of 845 works of 380 authors from 61 countries.

THE WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE: RAY COSTA, Brazil (Top)

SECOND PRIZE: FRANO CEBALO, Croatia

THIRD PRIZE: MIKHAIL ZLATKOVSKY, Russia

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

MAHMOUDI HOUMAYOUN, England

NORBERT VAN YPERZEELE, Belgium

MIHAI IGNAT, Romania

ANTON BUZETI, Slovenia

VALENTIN GEORGIEV, Bulgaria (Below).

4th International City and Citizen Cartoon Contest, Tabriz 2013-14, Iran

4th International City and Citizen Cartoon Contest, Tabriz 2013-14, Iran
Rules:
We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
Theme: Municipal waste For example: Recycling, Garbage Repelling.
Please write your surname and first name, address, e-mail address, phone number.
- All participants that their works enter in exhibition will receive the catalogue of the contest.
- Sent works should be in 300 dpi with 1500 pixel width or length and jpg format.
Sent works could be published or won in a contest before.
Deadline: 1 September 2013
Prizes:
- First Prize: $1200, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
- Second Prize: $ 750, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
- Third Prize: $ 500, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
- 5 Honorable Mentions.
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: info@cwn-news.com
and by post:
Iran - Tabriz - Post box:51385-4563 Rahim Asghari
Address: Azadi st.Tabriz Municipality Art and Cultural Organization ,Tabriz,Iran
Tel:(98 411) 5545960 / 0098-9143134470
Web: http://www.cwn-news.com Source: rahimcartoon.
- Jury board of every year are the last year`s winners.
- An album will be sent to all Participants.

5th International Cartoon Contest, The City of Ideas 2013, Mexico

The 5th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
BRILLIANT MINDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: THE CITY OF IDEAS 2013
Eligibility & Requirements
1. Open to professional or amateur artists, over 18 years old, from anywhere in the world.
2. The artworks submitted must be completely original and unpublished. They should not be participating in another contest or event at the same time.
3. The idea to develop will be as follows:
“Dangerous Ideas”
What is your dangerous idea capable of changing the lives of 10 million people over the next six years?
Express your DANGEROUS IDEAS in a cartoon and share, with the IDEASTAS, your innovative proposals to change the reality of 10 million people in six years. Within your work you can use short texts that must be written in Spanish and translated into English. You should clearly state the question or idea in the cartoon or in title of your work.
*The organization reserves the right to withdraw from the contest those works that are considered to be offensive or violate human rights.
4. Each artist will be able to participate with 3 works of his or her own (those artists that submit more than 3 works will be disqualified from the contest).
5. Any artistic technique will be accepted (by hand or digital, coloured or black and white).
6. The artwork may not be greater than 21cm x 29cm (8,2 in. x 11.4 in) in size or proportional. In case is presented in digital format, with a resolution no less than 300 dpi and no bigger than 10 MB.
7. If the contestant submits his or her original work, he or she must attach the following information in a sealed envelope:
• Full name of the author and pseudonym
• Photo or self-portrait of the author
• Address
• Phone number
• Email
• Nationality
• Title of each work
• Is this the first time you participate?
• Brief biographical summary (CV)
8. The contestant will have to sign a certification. If the work is uploaded, the artist must click on the acceptance box. If the original artwork is sent by post, the artist must include and sign the following statement:

I, (name of the author) certify to be the author of the artwork(s) presented to the 2013 Dangerous Ideas Contest and submit them to the City of Ideas. I, (name of the author) accept, for the simple reason of presenting my work to this contest, the use of my work by Poder Cívico A.C. in any way they consider pertinent.
_________________________
Signature

9. The artworks can be sent in two formats: original or digital.
Original: Send the author's information and work to the following address:
5o. Concurso Internacional de Caricatura TUS IDEAS PELIGROSAS
Reforma 222, Piso 12
Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
C.P. 06600 México D.F.
Digital: fill the form and upload the artwork(s) in the following web page: www.ciudaddelasideas.com/caricaturas
* Fill the form for each work with resolution no less than 300 dpi and no more than 10 megabytes.
10.The selected works will be exhibited in Puebla, Mexico, during the 7, 8 and 9th of November 2013 and will appear in various media sponsored by Poder Cívico A.C.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cddelasideas
Flickr: www.flickr.com/95637596@N07
Web Page: http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com
The cartoons will be used in diverse media, for the promotion of the Brilliant Minds International Festival. This includes the reproduction of the artworks in catalogues, postcards or books, Internet or TV according to the agreements with sponsorships.
11.This call for submissions will run from May 17, 2013 to August 1, 2013. Applications submitted by e-mail or normal courier must be sent between these dates and must have the date registered in the post stamp or in the e-mail.
12.The final results will be announced in the official website of City of Ideas http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com, in Twitter and Facebook. The winners will be sent a notification to the specified e-mail they send with their personal data. We ask you to disregard any email confirmation if it does not come from the following domains: ciudaddelasideas.com or podercivico.org.mx.
13.The board will be appointed by Poder Cívico A.C. and will be entitled to solve any contest-related situation that does not meet the requirements stated in the entry requirements. The award may be declared null if the jury believes that none of the works presented comply with the quality standards. The members of the board will be announced once the call for submissions starts.
14.The non-winning authors may recover their original works in Poder Cívico A.C. head quarters, three months after posting the final results. The original works which are not reclaimed and picked up in the aforementioned period, will be on deposit with Martha Barragán Méndez15.
Awards
• First place:
-A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, accommodation and food.
-A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas, which organizes more than 30 conferences of well-known personalities who are changing the world.
-Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
-Presentation of the artwork within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
-Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
• Second Place
-A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, accommodation and food.
-A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas, which organizes more than 30 conferences of well-known personalities who are changing the world.
-Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
-Presentation of the artwork within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
-Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
• Third Place
-A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, accommodation and food.
-A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas, which organizes more than 30 conferences of well-known personalities who are changing the world.
-Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
-Presentation of the artwork within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
-Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
Three honourable mentions will be awarded: Each one will be granted a diploma that will be sent in the days following the festival.
Note: Prizes will not be paid in cash, and will not be transferable to another person.
If you are a not a Mexican national you will be required to have a passport and valid visa to attend the festival in Puebla, Mexico.
Regards
Martha Barragán Mendez "Mar"
concursocaricaturas@ciudaddelasideas.com
The City of Ideas Festival
International Cartoon Contest Coordinator
Social Networks
Twitter:
• @cddelasideas
• @RoemerAndres
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/LaCiudaddelasIdeas
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cddelasideas
CDI 2012 Video Memory: http://youtu.be/iDUSoIt28R8
Website: www.ciudaddelasideas.com
For any questions or comments
Tel: +52 (55) 5140-3660 / +52 (55) 8582-5340
E-mail:
• concursocaricaturas@ciudaddelasideas.com
• contacto@ciudaddelasideas.com.

The VI “Molla Nasreddin-Azerbaijan” International Cartoon Contest 2013

The VI “Molla Nasreddin" Azerbaijan
International Cartoon Contest 2013
The Terms of the Contest:
1. Deadline of the acceptance of works:
15 September 2013
2. The topic of the Contest:
“The Occupation of Lands”, “Aggression”, “No to War”, “Separatism”.
3. The Contest is held via internet.
4. Each cartoonist can send 2-5 works.
5. The size of cartoon works must be in A4 Send them to this email: Molla.Nasreddin2013@gmail.com
6. Cartoon works will be appreciated by the International Jury.
7. A book consisting of the best cartoons of the Contest will be published.
Awards
- I Place - gold medal and diploma
- II Place - silver medal and diploma
- III Place - bronze medal and diploma
- Special Award by Jury.
- Special Award by Azerbaijan Artists’ Union.
Source: http://www.azercartoon.com/Molla_nasreddin_2013_en.htm
WEB: http://www.azercartoon.com/.

VI International Exhibition of Graphic Humor, Lima 2013 with theme: Energy Efficiency

RULES FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE EXHIBITION
Theme: “ENERGY EFFICIENCY”
1. The artist that wish to participate in VI International Exhibition of Graphic Humor – Lima 2013 must send to the organizers of the event his/her personal information (Full name, address, contact number, postal address) next to his/her art work, a short autobiography and a photography and/or cartoon.
2. The works that will be sent must be about the selected theme for the sixth edition: ‘Energy Efficiency’. However, the artistic technique used will only depend on the artist.
3. The artist is able to send up to two works from his/her personal carpet. Those works can’t have been published previously before.
4. The work must have 300 dpi resolution (minimum), and the size must be A-4 (30 x 21 cm.).
5. The art works, next to the information required, must be sent only to the official e-mail: salonhumorperu@salonhumorperu.com
6. The last day to send the works will be June 28th, 2013 (UPDATED!) JULY 30th, 2013.
7. The received works that are selected will be part of the itinerant exhibition that will be opening September 5th, 2013.
8. The artist whose works were selected will get a Luxury Book of The Exhibition of Graphic Humor, the one that will be published with the different works received.
9. The artist authorize the organizers the use of his/her art work to create publicity pieces for the International Exhibition of Graphic Humor to promote the event (posters, t-shirts, press notice, and others).
10. The moment the artist makes his/her inscription accepts every condition established in the rules for participating in the VI International Exhibition of Graphic Humor.

Salón Internacional de Humor Gráfico
Centro Empresarial El Nuevo Trigal / Torre ‘A’- Oficina 604 , Urb. La Alborada - Surco
Telf. Fax: (511) 273-3412 / 273-3449 anexo 101 • Celular: 99818*8489
www.salonhumorperu.com • salonhumorperu@salonhumorperu.com

Don Quichotte "Öktemer Köksal Portraits E-Exhibition 2013" prizewinners announced

"ÖKTEMER KÖKSAL" PORTRAIT E-EXHIBITION 2013
PRIZES:
GRAND PRIZE: WALTER TOSCANO / PERU
"CNC" SPECIAL PRIZE: XIO GIANG HO / CHINA
"DON QUICHOTTE" SPECIAL PRIZE: ALİ REZA PAKDEL / IRAN
MENTIONS:
1. MENTION: LUIZ CARLOS FERNANDES / BRAZIL
2. MENTION: ELENA OSPINA / COLOMBIA
3. MENTION: ŞEVKET YALAZ / TURKEY
4. MENTION: GUAICO CARICATURISTA / COLOMBIA
5. MENTION: HALİL İ. YILDIRIM / TURKEY
6. MENTION: J. BOSCO AZEVEDO / BRAZIL
7. MENTION: ULISSES ARAUJO / BRAZIL
8. MENTION: HAKAN ARSLAN / TURKEY (Top)
9. MENTION: OMAR ZEVALLOS / PERU
10. MENTION: MURAT AHMETİ / KOSOVO.
More: http://www.donquichotte.org/content/blogsection/1/153/lang,tr/.

1st international “IlustraMaxima” competition on maxims about subjects related to water

Illustration contest
FIRST INTERNATIONAL ILUSTRAMAXIMA COMPETITION. "WATER"
The 1st international “IlustraMaxima” competition is hereby announced.
The artists shall carry out their work based on maxims about subjects related to water. (see maxims here)
1. PRESENTATION
The competitors must register or identify themselves on the web page and attach their work in JPG format, in the competition section, in the field provided for this purpose.
2. COMPETITORS
The competition is free. Anyone that wants to can participate. Candidates must be at least 16 years old. Participants should register on the competition’s web page and upload their work in JPG format. Each participant may present a maximum of three works.
3. MODALITIES
The competition is based on aphorisms or maxims chosen previously by the organiser and its partners. These maxims are all linked to the subject of the current year. For the year 2013, the subject chosen is “water”. Each candidate should illustrate a maxim in a single cartoon / illustration, using the technique of their choice. The candidate should indicate, in the lower right margin of the illustration, the number of the maxim chosen. The scenes and characters must be self-created and unpublished.
4. FORMAT
Each of the works handed in should not exceed a format of 800 x 600 pixels, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
5. PLACE AND DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION
The work must be sent exclusively through the webpage by 12th October 2013.
6. JURY
A qualified jury shall choose the best works. The prizes shall be awarded within six weeks following the end of the competition. The jury may declare a certain number of prizes null, and this decision cannot be appealed against. The works shall be evaluated based on three criteria: Quality of the work: 40% Agreement of the work with the subject of the maxim and the competition: 30% Quality of the educational focus of the work: 30%
7. PRIZES
The IlustraMaxima competition has 4,000 Euros in prizes distributed amongst 5 categories as follows: 1st prize: 1,500 Euros. 2nd: 1,000 Euros. 3rd prize: 700 Euros. 4th prize: 500 Euros. 5: 300 Euros.
8. CESSION OF RIGHTS
The illustrator exclusively cedes to the publisher the rights to reproduction and distribution of the illustrations, for commercial use (digital and paper), in all of the world’s languages and countries, for a duration fifteen years. All of the authors chosen, including the winner, shall receive a free access code to the collective book in one of the languages of the publication.
The organizer of the competition shall create, based on the five prizes, in an undetermined period of time, a limited edition on paper of five numbered copies signed by the president of the jury, as evidence of the awards received. This limited edition shall remain in the possession of the organiser that shall make them available for sale.
The original works shall remain in the possession of the authors.
The rest of the works, including the works presented and subsequently selected by the jury, shall be published by the publisher. In order to correctly display the works, the publisher shall create a book (costing between 2 and 3 Euros) and / or a paper agenda the year after that shall not accrue any pecuniary rights for the authors of the illustrations. Each author published in the e-book / catalogue shall receive an access code in order to be able to read the e-book and use it freely and personally. The granting of this right shall end fifteen years following its publication.
These elements constitute a source of funding of the competition and contribute to the payment of the prize money for the five winning works in Euros and to publish the work of the selected artists.
The publisher reserves the right to exhibit or to allow the works to be exhibited, within the scope of the IlustraMaxima competition, without paying any financial compensation.
9. OTHER PROVISIONS
Participation in this competition implies acceptance of these rules.
Rules in languages on source.

Results Süleyman Demirel University 16th International Science & Spring Festival Cartoon Competition 2013 with theme: “Saving”, Isparta - Turkey

SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY
16TH INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND SPRING FESTIVAL
CARTOON COMPETITION
LIST OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHO TOOK PRIZE, CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND EXHIBITION AWARDS
A total of 113 people participated in competition from Bulgaria, Iran, China, Thailand, Bosnia Herzegovina, Canada, Ukraine, Serbia, Romania, Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt, Colombia, Spain,Macedonia , France, Germany and Turkey. A list of the participants who took prize,certificate of achievement andexhibition awards as below.
AWARDS:
FIRST PRIZE Musa GÜMÜŞ (TR)
SECOND PRIZE Mehmet ZEBER (TR)
THIRD PRIZE Halit KURTULMUŞ (TR) (Top)
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:
Trayko POPOV (BUL)
Aşkın AYRANCIOĞLU (TR)
Turan AKSOY (TR)
Selim TANRISEVEN (TR)
EXHIBITION AWARDS:
Mehmet KAHRAMAN (TR)
Halit KURTULMUŞ (TR)
Musa GÜMÜŞ (TR)
Aziz Yavuzdoğan (TR)
Muammer OLCAY (TR)
Ömer ÇAM (TR)
Trayko POPOV (BUL)
Emrah ARIKAN (TR)
Önder ÖNERBAY (TR)
Mohammadreza SAGHAFİ (IRI)
Kürşat ZAMAN (TR)
Halil Nezih SEZER (TR)
Ahmet Ümit AKKOCA (TR)
Hicabi DEMİRCİ (TR)
Turan AKSOY (TR)
Uğur ÜNSOY (TR)
Burak ERGİN (TR)
Gürhan BİLGET (TR)
Passaprawas A-CHINOBOONWAT (THA)
Vladimir KAZANEVSKY (UKR)
Mohammad Ali KHALAJI (IRI)
Mete AĞAOĞLU (TR)
Carlos AUGUSTO (BRA)
Toso BORKOVİC (SRB)
Wesam KHALIL (EGY)
Selim TANRISEVEN (TR)
Darsono (INA)
Elena OSPİNA (COL)
Fernando HINCAPIE (COL)
Angel Ramiro ZAPATA MORA (COL)
PS: Certificate of Achievement Award and Exhibition documents will be sent to the participants by postal.
Source: sdu.edu.tr.
COMPETITION JURY (Alphabetic):
Assistant Professor Doğan ARSLAN (Academic-Cartoonist)
Erdoğan BOZOK (Cartoon and Humor Museum Director, Cartoonist)
Associate Professor Yusuf KEŞ (Academic Personal, Graphic Designer)
Muhittin KÖROĞLU (Cartoonist).

23rd International Festival of Cartoon and Humorous Literature at Gura Humorului 2013

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International competition of visual humour "Fun in Vassylivka style” 2013, Ukraine

We declare new International competition of visual humour "Fun in Vassylivka style”. Held competition for development and support of cartoon, humour and satire in the genre of small graphic arts, strengthening of creative and profe
ssional international contacts, popularizations of local and other brands too.
Also to the exposure and support of young cartoonists.
Main theme: «Travel and travellers».
1 prize - gold medal + diploma
2 prize - silver medal + diploma
3 prize - bronze medal + diploma
Another theme: Free
1 prize - gold medal + diploma
2 prize - silver medal + diploma
3 prize - bronze medal + diploma
The terms of work of the contest:
Start sending - from 1 june, 2013 - to 15 August, 2013
Juri work: from 25 August, 2013
The choice of prize works of judge and organizational committee of competition reserve, in obedience to position about a competition. Opening of exhibition and awarding ceremony - from Septembers, 2 - for October, 15 in 2013
Conditions and rules
1. The competition is open, in contest can take part both professional artists and amateurs.
2. On a competition is accepted only author original works.
3. Works, sent an e-mail, are examined ( .jpg, 300 dpi ).
4. Technique of execution - any.
5. The amount of works is unreserved, minimum 2 works from every theme.
6. The works sent on a competition remain in collection of organizational committee of competition.
7. The inquiry of participant must be filled in a letter of seal by English, Russian or Ukrainian. ( the form of participant is added ).
8. The works sent on a competition can be exhibited in show-rooms of Vassylivka, other museums, galleries, in decision of organizers and also can be placed on the site of museum.
9. Organizators must write name, surname author, his contry on all works.
10. Copyrights on image, names and texts of works, belong to the author, they do not change. An author carries responsibility for the works in obedience to the current legislation of Ukraine.
11. Pictures which were the before recipients of an award on other competitions, sending is possible, but with an obligatory mark, where and when they were the recipients of an award. The fact of participating means in a competition, that participant accept all terms of competition.
Special conditions
1. On opening of exhibition and ceremony of rewarding of winners can arrive all persons interested, before that warning the organizers of competition. For passage and dwelling they bear expenses.
2. As a result of competition "Fun in Vassylivka style" there will be given out catalogue. All authors, whose works, will enter in a catalogue after the conclusions of judge, will get the free catalogue of competition by mail.
3. Organizers and sponsors of competition can enter a few special prizes after receipt all works on a competition.
Аdress:
International contest of cartoon «Fun in Vassylivka style»
Tchekist str. 7/96
Vassylivka city, Zaporozhye reg.
71600 Ukraine
Web-page: vasarthumor.at.ua
e-mail: vasarthumor@mail.ua
Inquiry for take part in contest you can save from "Files” category on left navigation panel: http://vasarthumor.at.ua/load.

Awarded cartoonists in the 41st World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2013, Rep. Macedonia

The decision of the International Jury of the 41st World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2013, consists of:
Leng MU, China - cartoonist and director of www.googlm.com Museum of Cartoons
Liza DONNELLY, USA - NewYorker cartoonist
Petar PISMESTROVIC, Austria - cartoonist
Erdogan BASOL, Turkey - cartoonist
Mice JANKULOVSKI, Macedonia - cartoonist and representative of OSTEN.
Awarded Cartoonists:
FIRST AWARD for CARTOON: Yuri KOSOBUKIN, Ukraine
FIRST AWARD for SATIRIC DRAWING: Mehmet ARSLAN, Turkey
FIRST AWARD for COMICS/STRIP: Saeed SADEGHI, Iran
SPECIAL AWARDS
Rodrigo de Lira MINEU ROCHA, Brazil
Nikola LISTES, Croatia
Zoran PETROVIC, Germany
Alireza PAKDEL, Iran
Alireza ZAKERI, Iran
Mahmood AZADNIA, Iran
Pavel HAFIZOV, Latvia
Blaze DOKULESKI, Macedonia
Pavel CONSTANTIN, Romania
Toso BORKOVIC, Serbia
Mehmet KAHRAMAN, Turkey.
Attached is the list of the cartoonists that will be represented in the catalog with the reproduction of their works. Awarded cartoonists and those with the reproduction in the catalog will receive the copy of the catalog of the 41.World Gallery of Cartoons, Skopje 2013 (free of charge) on the post addresses they have provided in the application form.
The official announcement of the awards and the exhibition of the selected works will take place on 30th May 2013 at 20.20 h at OSTEN Gallery.

17th International Salon of Antiwar Cartoon, Kragujevac 2013, Serbia

Salon antiratne karikature KRAGUJEVAC 2013 Salon of antiwar cartoon, Serbia
In memory of the severe crime that happened in Kragujevac in 1941, 72 years ago, when the German occupying forces executed several hundreds of innocent civilians in just one day, also sincerely wishing something like that never and nowhere to happen again, and that peace may prevail in the world
The City of Kragujevac a n n o u n c e s
THE 17th INTERNATIONAL SALON OF ANTIWAR CARTOON CONTEST «KRAGUJEVAC 2013»
The International jury will make a selection out of submitted cartoons which is to be exhibited and published in the Salon’s catalog. Besides, the following prices are to be awarded:
The Grand Prix «The Peace Messanger» prize and 1.500 euros is to be awarded by the International Association of Peace Messanger Cities
The Gold Plague prize and 1.000 euros
The Silver Plague prize and 800 euros
The Bronze Plague prize and 500 euros
The Mayor of Bydgoszcz (Poland) Award, amounts 750 euros
The City of Ingolstadt (Germany) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Bielsko-Biala (Poland) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Suresnes (France) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Pitesti (Romania) Award, amounts 500 euros
The City of Carrara (Italy) Award, amounts 500 euros
THE PRIZE FUND IS 7.050 EUROS IN TOTAL.
The Jury might additionally award several diplomas to close contenders.
Cartoonists and fine artists from all over the world have the right to participate. They should submit at most three (3) original cartoons, which have not been awarded by any other international competition, on the subjects of antiwar as well as solidarity between people and nations. Digital prints will be accepted only if they are signed by the artist. The artworks should be utmost A4-A3 formated, while art technique is at the artist’s choice. On the back of the artwork there should be written data on the artist (such as: name, surname, address, phone/fax, e-mail).
The submission deadline is September 13, 2013.
The jury session is to be held on September 13-14, 2013.
The cartoons are to be sent to the following address:
SALON ANTIRATNE KARIKATURE
Trg Slobode 3
34000 Kragujevac
Serbia
Submitted artworks are not to be returned, and the Salon keeps the right to use them without any restitution.
NOTE:
So far the 16th International Antiwar Cartoon Salon «Kragujevac 2011» had great international promotion and afirmation. On the occasion of the award ceremony the prizes were handed over and the exhibition was opened in Kragujevac.
Afterwards, the 16th Salon exhibition was launched in Pitesti, Romania, on the of Day of the Romanian Statehood. Later, it was part of the International festival «The World is Colourfull» held in Ingostadt, Germany, and then it was presented in the European Commission headquaters Charlemagne building to over 500 begginning civil-service employees from more than 58 countries.
Upon the International Day of Peace on September 21, the show was on in Plonsk, previously it was in Wielun, and this Polish tour ended in Oswiecim (Auschwitz).
The selected works of the 16th Salon also were on display in New Haven, USA, which is the presiding of the International Association of the Peace Messanger Cities (IAPMC), the association that is the main patron of the Salon awarding the Grand Prix «The Pease Messanger». When back from the USA, the exhibition is going to be shown in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Salon's exhibition has been invited to be the side programe at the IAPMC General Assembly session in Messolonghi, Greece, this October.
The 17th Salon's exhibition is going to be open in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland, on the occasion of the International Holocaust Remmembrance Day in January 2014.
Director
of the Salon of antiwar cartoon
Miodrag Stojilovic
Tel.\fax: +381 34 336 123
E-mail: mstojilovic47@gmail.com
www.antiwar.kragujevac.rs
Source: http://cartooncenter.net/.

5th P. C. Rath Memorial International Web Cartoon Contest 2013 - Bolangir, India

5th P.C. RATH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON CONTEST 2013 - BOLANGIR, INDIA
In remembrance of the Eminent Historian Late P.C. Rath, P.C. Rath Memorial Trust invites cartoons from both professional and amateur cartoonists of the world.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST
Rules:
1. THEME: FARMER’S AGONY
2. MAXIMUM NUMBER OF ENTRIES: One (Any technique: Black & white; Colour; Digital)
3. ABOUT THE CARTOON:
A) Only one unpublished Cartoon is to be sent as e-mail attachment. (Don't send previously awarded cartoon)
B) The Entry Form (only in MSWord- doc format) must accompany the cartoon as attached mail (See Entry form below)
C) Size: 21 x 30 cm (A-4)
D) Cartoon should be in JPG format (strictly 100dpi) (Maximum 1MB).
E) The committee may ask the cartoonist to provide the signed original/sketch (In case of digital art works) after their selection for exhibition/diploma.
4. E-MAIL: pcrcon5@yahoo.com (Write Full Name and Complete Postal Address in CAPITAL LETTERS in the email accompanying the cartoon)
WEB SITE: http://www.aswiniabani.com
5. DEADLINE: 5th June 2013
6. THE PRIZES:
There will be 07 prizes (First, Second, Third, Special mention-2 and Honourable mention-2). All the prize winners will be awarded with a Diploma Certificate and a CD album of selected cartoons.
7. RESULT AND EXHIBITION:
A) Result of the contest is likely to be declared in the last week of June 2013 and selected cartoons will be exhibited in the website: http://www.aswiniabani.com
B) The Diploma certificates and CD albums for all the winners will be sent by post after the function.
C) The exhibitions will be organized from June onwards in various places.
8. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZER:
A) Once sent, the works belong to the organizing committee. It can be published, distributed or used for promotional purpose in future.
B) Cartoons should be downloadable and clear. Committee would not be responsible in situations like net-failure, undownloadable cartoon etc. It is therefore advised to keep the file small.
C) Plagiarism, if detected, the entry will be summarily rejected or even the diploma would be withdrawn, if awarded.
D) In case of a dispute, decision of the Committee would be final. The committee reserves all rights to cancel or modify any of the rules/conditions.
Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
Convener Jury: Aswini and Abani.

5th P.C.RATH MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON CONTEST-2013
ENTRY FORM
(Must be sent in .doc format)
PHOTO

NAME :

ADDRESS:

EMAIL:

WEBSITE:

TELEPHONE:

CV(SHORT):

My entry is original and unpublished. I accept all the terms and conditions of the contest.

SIGNATURE

Winners in the 6th International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden 2013

Theme: "The Egg"
WINNERS:
1st Prize: Robert Rousso (Top)
2nd Prize: Andrei Popov
3rd Prize: Valeriu Kurtu.
Honorable Mentions:
Luc Vernimmen
Alessandro Gatto
Nikola Lites
Mohamed Reza Babaei.
See all prize-winning cartoons here.

9th International Comics and Cartoon Festival: Ninth Art 2013, Kosovo

COMPETITION FOR THE 9. INTERNATIONAL COMICS AND CARTOON FESTİVAL “NINTH ART 2013”, KOSOVO
- The Kosovo Comic Book Artists Association "Xhennet Comics" is organizing the 9th Internacional Festival of Comics and Cartoons.
- The Festival will be held from 7 until 10 September 2013 on the Gallery "Hamam" in Prizren, KOSOVO.
- The Festival is not going to be competitive; however 15 foreign and 10 Kosovar artists will be elected from the jury to have the expenses of travel and hotel accommodation covered for 3 days.
- All the participants of the festival will be delivered with the Catalogue, T-shirts with Festival logo, and the Certificate of Gratitude. Those absent will receive the catalogue via e-mail, PDF file or they can download from the official web site of the association.
- The Festival of Comics and Cartoons is held every year in Prizren, Republic of Kosova, organized from the Kosovo Comic Book Artists Association "Xhennet Comics".
- The festival is open for every artist, professional or amateur, from all around the world.
Participating Conditions:
1. The genre and topic are free, whether for Comics or Cartoons.
2. The Works may be done from one or more artists.
3. The works can be posted to us or they can send through e-maıl which has to have a good scan at least 300 dpi. The Participant can send his/her work through e-mail - a good scan with minimum 300 dpi.
4. Comics and Cartoons should be from 1 to 6 pages (A3 or A4 format).
5. The language of texts is free to all of the world's languages (preferable in English).
6. Required details to be sent with the works are: Name, Surname, A short biography, Country, Address, E-mail, and A Photo. (Attention: without of these informations the works will not be taken to consideration).
7. The Deadline is 10 August 2013.
The Address for sending the works is:
Kosovar Comic Book Artist's Association "XhennetCommics"
str. Xhemil Doda nr. 3/a
20000 Prizren
Republic of Kosovo
Cell: +37744288791
E-mail: ganisunduri @hotmail.com
E-mail: xhennetcomics@gmail.com
More info on www.xhennetcomics.blogspot.com.