Results of the XIII contest of cartoons "Independence" 2013 with theme "The Knight’s Move"

Session XIII International Contest Jury cartoons «Independence» (Theme: «The Knight’s move») was held on October 04, 2013 in Kiev.
Jury: Volhov Nicholas (political advisor), Nikolai Kravchenko (Chairman of the NGO «Book Space»), Luk’yanchenko Igor (cartoonist), Nazimova Irina (byldredaktor newspaper Governmental Courier), Solonko Vladimir (cartoonist), Tovmach Eugene (administrative and marketing Director TRK «Bolshevik»), Kosobukina Nina, Kosobukin Maxim.
133 cartoonists from 39 countries submitted 497 works. 100 selected works presented in this catalog.
WINNERS OF CONTEST
1st Prize: Vasil Vozniuk (Ukraine) (Top), 2nd Prize: Riabokon Sergey (Ukraine), 3rd Prize: Andrei Popov (Russia)
HONORABLE AWARDS
Eshonkulov Mahmudzhon (Uzbekistan), Kazanevsky Vladimir (Ukraine), Nikolay Popov (Uzbekistan), Andrey Ryzhov (Russia), Savilov Victor (Ukraine), Semendyaev Sergey (Ukraine).
Special Awards:
Golub Viktor (Ukraine) — Diploma of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
Kustovskiy Alexey (Ukraine) — Diploma of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
Hahanov Vladimir (Russia) — Honorable mention prize named Yuriy Kosobukin.
Butir Slobodan (Croatia) — Diploma of the Association of Cartoonists.
Source: http://www.cartoon.org.ua/?page=independ_13&lang=eng.

Menekşe Çam (Turkey)

The 13th Graphic Humor International Salon Santa Clara 2013, Cuba

THE 13th GRAPHIC HUMOR INTERNATIONAL SALON

Melaíto humorous magazine and the Cuban Union of Writers and Artists (UNEAC) in Villa Clara announce the 13th Graphic Humor International Salon Santa Clara 2013. This time the Salon will be devoted to Argentina as guest country.
Rules and regulations:
· The contest categories are: general humor and erotic humor.
· The works can reach up to 25 x 35 cm maximum size, using any technique and support, including copies of digital works.
· Three-dimensional works shall not exceed 50 x 50 cm on either side.
· Each author may submit up to 3 works per category.
· The works must be sent by post and will be accepted until December 10th, 2013 at the following address:
Comité Provincial de la UNEAC
Máximo Gómez no. 107, entre Julio Jover and Marti
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Telephone: 202661 and 207080 (ext. 110 and 114)
The Judges:
· Pedro J. Méndez Suárez, Director of Melaíto, President
· John Lent, USA
· Gericles García (Gericles), Argentina
· Hameed Khan (Ham), Argentina
· Arístides Esteban Hernández Guerrero (Ares ), Cuba
· Félix Adalberto Linares Díaz (Linares), Cuba
· Rolando González Reyes (Roland), Cuba.
The Awards:
Three prizes will be awarded for each category and as many honorable mentions as the jury deems appropriate:
For Cuban participants:
1st Prize: 2000.00 MN and diploma
2nd Prize: 1300.00MN and diploma
3rd Prize: 800.00 MN and diploma
For foreign participants:
The winners will be awarded a work of visual arts consisting of a painting by a famous Villa Clara artist, plus a diploma, that will be sent to them in a safe manner.
The jury’s decisions will be final.
The opening of the exhibition and awards ceremony will be held on December 20th at the UNEAC headquarters in Villa Clara.
For any questions about this call please email the Organizing Committee at: 40melaito@gmail.com
Organizing Committee.
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Convocatoria al XIII SALÓN INTERNACIONAL DE HUMOR GRÁFICO
La publicación humorística Melaíto y la Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (Uneac) en Villa Clara, convocan al XIII Salón Internacional de Humorismo Santa Clara 2013. En esta ocasión estará dedicado a Argentina como país invitado.
Bases: Las categorías a concursar serán: humor general y humor erótico. Las dimensiones de las obras pueden llegar hasta 25 x 35 cm como tamaño máximo, en cualquier técnica y soporte, incluidas copias impresas de trabajos digitales, las obras tridimensionales no rebasarán los 50 x 50 cm por cualquiera de sus lados.
Cada autor puede enviar un máximo de 3 obras por categoría. Las obras deben ser enviadas por correo postal y se recibirán hasta el 10 de diciembre de 2013 en la siguiente dirección:
Comité Provincial de la Uneac 
Máximo Gómez no. 107 entre Julio Jover y Martí, 
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba.
Teléfonos: 202661 y 207080(ext.: 110 y 114)
El Jurado integrado por:
- Pedro J. Méndez Suárez, Director de “MELAITO”, Como Presidente
- Jonh Lent - USA
- Gericles Garcia (Gericles) - Argentina
- Hameed Khan (Ham) - Argentina
- Aristides Esteban Hernandez Guerrero (Ares) - Cuba
- Felix Adalberto Linares Diaz (Linares)
- Rolando González Reyes (Roland).
Otorgara los siguientes premios
Premios:
Se otorgarán 3 premios por cada categoría y las menciones que el jurado estime pertinentes:
Para participantes nacionales:
1er premio: 2000.00 MN y diploma
2do premio: 1300.00 MN y diploma
3er premio: 800.00 MN y diploma
Para participantes extranjeros:
Los laureados recibirán como premio una obra de artes plásticas consistente en un lienzo realizado por un reconocido pintor villaclareño, además de un diploma, que se les hará llegar de forma segura. El jurado estará integrado por prestigiosos caricaturistas, y su dictamen será inapelable. La inauguración de la exposición y entrega de los premios se efectuará el 20 de diciembre en la sede de la Uneac en Villa Clara.
Para aclarar dudas sobre la presente convocatoria pueden dirigirse a la siguiente dirección electrónica 40melaito@gmail.com
Comité Organizador.

The 4th City Complexities International Cartoon Contest 2013, Iran

The 4th City Complexities International Cartoon Contest 2013
Theme:
City Complexities
Apartment Living Culture
City Dweller Right
Air Pollution
Traffic
Garbage Repelling
Damaging the City Traditional Structure
Conditions:
Each Participant can send maximum 5 artworks.
The artworks should not be published in 3 previous catalogues of this festival.
The send artworks shouldn’t won a prize before.
All participants must send their Name & Family Name, Post Address, Email Address,
Telephone number, Their Photo and their Resume in Word File.
All participants that their artworks are in exhibition will receive catalogue.
Send artworks must be 200 dpi, by length or width 1500 pixel by jpg format.
Prizes:
First Prize: 30,000,000 Rials, Honorable Mention & Trophy
Second Prize: 20,000,000 Rials , Honorable Mention& Trophy
Third Prize: 10,000,000 Rials, Honorable Mention & Trophy
5 Honorable Mention and 4000,000 Rials
Deadline: Dec 10, 2013
Participants must send their artworks to: info@irancartoon.com
(Source: irancartoon).

Prize-winners of the 6th Molla Nasreddin- Azerbaijan International Cartoon Contest 2013

Topic:
“The Occupation of Lands”
“Aggression”
“No to War”
“Separatism”
WINNERS
Gold medal / Vladimir Kazanevski - Ukraine (Top)
Silver medal / Mehdi Azizi - Iran
Bronze medal / Boris Erenburg - Israel
Special prizes:
Peter Nieuwendijk - Holland
Ilya Katz - Israel.
Source: http://www.azercartoon.com/.

REGULATIONS OF SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2014, POLAND

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

1. SATYRYKON 2014 International Exhibition is an open competition.
2. The objects of the competition are drawings, graphics and other works of fine arts and photography created with the use of optional techniques, being originals, completed within the recent two years (2013-2014), and qualified by artists to:

J O K E

S A T I R E
(drawings without captions preferred)

3. WORKS AWARDED IN OTHER COMPETITIONS will be excluded from the competition SATYRYKON.
4. The format of the works - maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm).
5. Works should be sent or delivered by February 9, 2014 (date of the postmark), packed in a protective cover to:

Międzynarodowa Wystawa
SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2014
Chojnowska 2, AKADEMIA RYCERSKA
59-220 Legnica
POLAND

Organisers are not responsible for transport damages.
THE PARTICIPANTS ARE KINDLY ASKED NOT TO POST, THE WORKS VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS AS THESE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THE COMPETITION.
6. Participation in the competition is free of charge. However, organisers reserve the right to include one of the submitted works in the Satyrykon Gallery.
The work, chosen by the author, will in this way cover our costs of mailing.
7. Works should be accompanied by their author's photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a filled application form (PLEASE USE CAPITALS).

PRIZES

1. Works for the competition will be qualified by the international Jury.
2. The Jury will award the following prizes:
* GRAND PRIX SATYRYKON 2014
- pure gold key and purse amounting to 8.000 PLN
* 2 gold medals and purses amounting to 6.000 PLN
* 2 silver medals and purses amounting to 5.500 PLN
* 2 bronze medals and purses amounting to 5.000 PLN
* 4 special prizes amounting to 4.000 PLN each
* Director of Legnica Culture Centre award for a photography work in amount of 4.000 PLN.
* Mayor of Legnica award in amount of 4.000 PLN.
Organisers plan to award the author of the best DEBUT and will organise her/his individual author’s exhibition at SATYRYKON Gallery included in Satyrykon 2014 programme as well.
Jury has the right of final distribution of the statutory prizes, change of their amount, or non-awarding them or non-awarding the GRAND PRIX SATYRYKON.
Jury's decisions are final.
The competition results will be announced on March 1, 2014 at Satyrykon web site: www.satyrykon.pl.
N o t e !
AWARDS ARE SUBJECT TO TAXATION ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
The condition to pay the authors is their arrival for the opening of the exhibition and collection of their awards by December 15, 2014, or it can be transferred into a bank account in a currency specified by the author.

PARTICIPANTS' PRIVILAGES

1. Authors of work qualified to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue.
2. Organisers provide the competition prize-winners with gratuitous participation in the SATYRYKON 2014 event on June 12-15, 2014.
3. Works sent to the exhibitions will be exhibited in the country and abroad after the main exhibition, and then will be returned to their authors by the end of 2015.
WE KINDLY ASK THE AUTHORS TO NOTIFY US ABOUT ANY CHANGES TO THEIR ADDRESS DATA - RETURN ADDRESS / PHONE / E-MAIL.

FINAL PROVISIONS

1. Organisers reserve the right to use the sent works for SATYRYKON advertising purposes without any special fees paid to the authors: to be exhibited and reproduced in a variety of advertising materials, as well as printed and circulated in catalogues.
2. The prize-winning works become the property of the organisers and will be included in the collection of the Satyrykon Gallery.
3. The exhibition organisers are the finial judges in interpretation of the regulations.
4. Sending her/his work the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations and agrees to the publishing of the author's profile in the post-exhibition catalogue.
5. Legnica Culture Centre (+4876 72-33-700; e-mail: lck@lck.art.pl) and Satyrykon Fundation (+48 76 852-23-44; e-mail: satyrykon@wp.pl - PL 59-220 Legnica, Chojnowska 2) are organisers of the International Exhibition SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2014.

Timetable

* Deadline for works reception February 9, 2014 (date of the postmark)
* Jury meeting February 21-23, 2014
* Post-competition exhibition June 6 - August 25, 2014
* Return of works after the exhibition cycle December 31, 2015.
(Source: http://www.satyrykon.pl/en/menu.php?ID=competition.)

20th CartoonRendon International Festival Colombia 2013

20Th CARTOONRENDON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL COLOMBIA 2013
THE CONDITIONS:
1. The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world.
2. The deadline for entries is October 31 (Thursday) 2013.
3. The themes of the competition are Three Themes
1) MATHEMATICS:
* Like any breakthrough in the history of mankind, and as one of the Most Important Cultural assets of our civilization, That part of the human needs to count, measure and determine how everything around him.
* The worrying situation of teacher thinking, which aims to better understanding of the teaching - learning.
* The Teaching of Mathematics explained in simple language, puzzles, games, tests and worksheets for students, teachers and parents.
* Everything about mathematics as a science and fun.
2) JORGE ELIECER GAITÁN: Colombian political leader of the twentieth century.
See Biography: www.cartoonrendon.com.
3) FREE.
4. Each participant can present in the competition a maximum of Three cartoons for theme.
5. You can participate with cartoons in white and black or in color.
6. The size of cartoons will not exceed 30 x 40 cms maximum.
7. You can also participate in the competition with cartoons that have already been published or rewarded previously, all the presented cartoons will be original. Photographs, photocopies etc, will not be accepted, and the transport of the cartoons in charge of the participant.
8. Participants are requested to send, together with their cartoons, a short curriculum vitae and a photograph.
9. In the reverse of each cartoon he/she should go the name, surname, address, telephone number and country of origin of the participant.
10. The selected Caricaturist will receive free a catalogue.
11. The jury composed of Colombian and foreign cartoonists.
12. The results will be announced in the month of December of 2013.
13. The cartoons presented in the competition won't be returned.
14. By filling in the entrance form attached, the participant declares and accepts in advance that (s)he has turned over the financial rights (s)he holds over the cartoon or cartoons vis-à-vis the public to Cartoonrendon without limitation on location, time period and number the intellectual property all rights for publication.(S)he agrees that Cartoonrendon may use such cartoons, exhibit them, keep them in its archives and publish them on the internet or through other media.
15. The organization is reserved the right of exhibiting those works that he/she understands they can attempt against individual or collective rights.
16. The Participation in the competition supposes the entire acceptance and without reservations all the conditions.
THE PRIZES:
1) Prize Theme “MATHEMATICS” - US 2.000.
2) Prize Theme “JORGE ELIECER GAITÁN” - US 800.
3) Prize Theme “FREE” - US 500.
4) Prize Institute for the Development of Antioquia IDEA (Artist Antioqueño) - US 500.
5) Special Prizes offered by various institutions.
ADDRESS:
The works should be sent to:
20° FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CARICATURA CARTOONRENDON
Fernando Pica / Centro Cultural Cr 50 # 48 - 05, Rionegro, Antioquia COLOMBIA
info@cartoonrendon.com
Entry Form on WEB: http://www.cartoonrendon.com/.