4.6.15

4th International "Olive" Cartoon Contest 2015, Kyrenia - Cyprus

KYRENIA MUNICIPALITY
CYPRIOT – TURKISH CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION
14. OLIVE FESTIVAL
4. INTERNATIONAL “OLIVE” CARTOON CONTEST – 2015
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
(KYRENIA – CYPRUS)
1. The contest is open to all amateur or professional cartoonist or any one who could submit a cartoon regardless individual's race, gender, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, age, or other protected characteristic.
2. Themes: Olive, Olive and Time, Olive and History, Olive and Mythology, Olive and Technology, Olive and Cyprus, Olive and Life, Olive and Peace, Olive and Conflict, Olive and War, Olive and Health, Olive and Women, Olive and Men, Olive and Children, Olive Oil, Olive Branch, Olive Tree, Benefits of Olive, Olive and Olive Mill/Press, Banning of Uprooting, Burning and Cutting Down Olive Trees and so forth.
3. All Submissions must be in the form of cartoon. Any painting or illustrations will not be accepted and will be disqualified. Cartoons must be without words
4. All submissions must be originals. Submission dimensions: A4 or A3 in any color or black and white. Each entrant must provide name and surname, address, phone number including country code, and email address on the back of the submission; each entrant should also provide short background and a photo (optional) on a separate A4.
5. Submission of materials, which has previously been submitted and or presented and or published elsewhere, is welcomed providing copyright is not infringed, however previously any award wining material cannot be submitted.
6. All work submitted for evaluation by the International Selection Committee and work of finalist will be published at official web page of the competition. In addition submissions will be reviewed and evaluated for plagiarism by international associations. If Plagiarism detected and or any previously award wining material submitted, submissions will be canceled and the next eligible entry will be considered for the prize.
7. Entrants could submit more than one work, however no more than one award will be awarded to participants.
8. All submission must be received by JUNE 20, 2015 at the address provided below.
9. All submission, awarded or not, will be kept and archived by Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association at the newly established “International Cyprus Cartoon Museum.”
10. The entrants will receive a Diplom of Participation by e-mail.
11. All prize winner submissions and selected works by the Steering Committee will be published in a booklet and displayed at the City Center by the Kyrenia Municipality building during the “14. International Olive Festival 2015.”
12. The results of the competition will be published thru media and prizing winning entrants will be informed by contact information provided.
13. Kyrenia Municipality will provide travel and boarding expenses for three prize winners and six special prizewinners as stated in the terms and conditions of the competition.
14. The Kyrenia Municipality and Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association will have the publishing rights to publish or print, in any media or format, any or all submissions.
15. All persons entering the competition agree that the rules of the competition as set out in these terms and conditions are binding on them. And all submissions could be published and printed by the Kyrenia Municipality and Cypriot – Turkish Cartoonist Association as set out in these terms and conditions without any future compensation.
AWARDS:
1. Prize: 1,000 Euro + Gold Medal
2. Prize: 800 Euro + Silver Medal
3. Prize: 600 Euro + Bronze Medal
6 entrants: Special Prize (Bronze Medal)
DEADLINE:
JUNE 20, 2015
SUBMISSION ADDRESS:
Kıbrıs Türk Karikatürcüler Derneği
4. Uluslararası “Zeytin” Karikatürleri Yarışması
Posta Kutusu: 87
Lefkoşa – Kuzey Kıbrıs (Via Turkey)
WEB PAGE:
http://www.zeytinkarikaturleri.com
STEERING COMMITTEE.
(First blogged on caricaturque on 03.04.2015 18:00).

1.6.15

Result of the KARIKATURUM 8 International Forum of Visual Humor Surgut 2015-16, Russia

In Surgut Art Museum held a press conference dedicated to the results and the announcement of winners of the International Forum of Visual Humour KARIKATURUM 8.
Theme: The Power of Life
The Surgut Fine Arts Museum in the International Forum of Visual Humour KARIKATURUM 8, 162 artists from 37 countries sent 555 works. From 15 to 17 May 2015 by the International Jury of the Forum was held the eighth selection of the best entries, and at the final press conference were named winners:
1. Jing Shan Li / China - Grand Prize: Platina ushanka (Top)
2. Ilja Bereznickas / Lituania - Gold ushanka
3. Аndrey Popov / Russia - Silver ushanka
4. Agim Sulaj / Italy - Bronze ushanka
5. Dmitriy Moskin / Russia - Prize of Surgut Museum
6. Sergey Lemehov / Russia - Prize of the Jury
7. Vareri Alexandrov – Walex (Walex Alexandrov) / Bulgaria - Prize of the Jury.

30.5.15

Results of the 3rd Niels Bugge Cartoon Award 2015, Denmark

Theme: Equal in Diversity
Jury:
Bernard Bouton, Secretary General FECO, Cartoonist . France
Carlos Brito, Vice-President General FECO, Cartoonist . France
Claus Seidel, Cartoonist . Denmark
Jugoslav Vlahović, Prof. at the Faculty of Applied Arts, Cartoonist . Serbia
Lars Refn, Chairman of Danish Cartoonists, Cartoonist . Denmark
Marlene Pohle, Vice-President General FECO, Cartoonist, Illustrator . Germany
Morten Thorning, General Director of Animation Workshop . Denmark
Peter Nieuwedijk, President General FECO, Cartoonist . Holland
Zoran Petrović, Cartoonist . Germany.
WINNERS:
1st Prize: Angel Boligan Corbo . Mexico (top)
2nd Prize: Darko Drljevic . Montenegro
3rd Prize: Markus Grolik . Germany.
Read more on http://nielsbuggeaward.com/.

29.5.15

Is the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw, Poland, being liquidated by the City Hall?

Officials from the Warsaw City Hall decided to liquidate the Museum of Caricature in Warsaw. They want the caricature museum to be part of the Museum of Warsaw. It is acting to the detriment of culture in Warsaw, Poland, and Europe. There is no substantive evidence for such a connection. Let us do everything to defend the Caricature Museum, which is one of the most original cultural institutions in Europe. Say "no" to thoughtlessness. On this page we will keep you informed about what is happening in this case. Join us!
Perhaps not everyone saw the drawing by Marcin Bondarowicz (below). We also ask other writers who wish to comment on the absurd idea of liquidation of the Museum of Caricature to send in their work. We will post them here. Also we pass the Warsaw city officials. Read more.
Visit also the website here.

28.5.15

Winners in the 20th International Cartoon Exhibition Zagreb 2015, Croatia

20th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION ZAGREB 2015 CROATIA
THEME PAINTING ( FROM CAVES TO COMPUTERS )
The 20th International Exhibition of Cartoon ZAGREB 2015 has
seen the arrival of 538 works of 263 authors from 47 countries
THE WINNERS 
FIRST PRIZE: NIKOLAY ARNAUDOV, Bulgaria (Top)
SECOND PRIZE: MUSA GUMUS, Turkey
THIRD PRIZE: PAVEL CONSTANTIN, Romania
SPECIAL MENTION
VJEKOSLAV BOJAT, Montenegro
DARIJAN KUČKO, Croatia
OLEKSY KUSTOVSKY, Ukraine
KLAUS PITTER, Austria
IVAN SABOLIĆ, Croatia.
See the catalog here in PDF.
More on web: http://www.hdk.hr/.

27.5.15

Winners in the 5th International Turhan Selcuk Cartoon Competition, Milas 2015, Turkey

230 artists from 36 countries sent in 780 cartoons.
Jury meeting: 16 May 2015.
Theme: FREE
WINNERS:
1. Mojmir Mihatov (Croatia) (Top)
2. Ali Bulca (Turkey)
3. Jitet Kustana (Indonesia)
SPECIAL PRIZES:
SP Cumhuriyet Gazetesi: Sasha Dimitrijevic (Serbia)
SP Milas Sanayi ve Ticaret Odası: Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine)
SP Scrikss: Masoud Ziaei Zardkhashoei (Iran)
SP Milas Sanatçılar Derneği: Konstantin Kazanchev (Ukraine)
SP Muğla Bisikletçiler Derneği: Andrea Pecchia (Italy)
SP Tüm Kırtasiyeciler Derneği: Ehsan Ganji (Iran).
Prize-giving ceremony: 12.09. 2015
All prize-winning cartoons on source.

11th International festival of cartoon Solin 2015, Croatia

11. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2015, CROATIA
PARTICIPATION
The organizer of 11th International festival of cartoon Solin 2015 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 (297 mm x 420 mm)
4.DEADLINE
Entry deadline is the 11 August 2015.
Please write PRINTED MATTER - NO VALUE.
5.ADDRESS
11.INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2015
«DOM ZVONIMIR» Kralja Zvonimira 50,
21210 Solin, CROATIA
6.PRIZE AND AWARDS
1. PLAQUE....................................................1011 EUR
2. PRIZE CITY SOLIN................................... 3 PRIZE
7.EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place in the galery of the culture home „ZVONIMIR“ Solin on the 20.08.2015.
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 request of an author. The postage EUR5 will be paid by author. The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Solin 2015, 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 11. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2015 CROATIA
Cartoonist-designer MARKO IVIĆ ivic1963@gmail.com.

Results of the 46th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015, Rep. Macedonia

Results of the international jury on the 46th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015, Rep. Macedonia
Dear friends cartoonists,
In the jubilee year when OSTEN celebrates 70 years since its establishment (1 January 1945) in the 46th edition of its WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015, we appear again before the world public to convey the messages from the cartoonists coming from all over the world. Consistent with our commitment to promoting art on paper, again this year one of the basic criteria to participate in the World Gallery of Cartoons was to apply with original, hand-drawn cartoons, satirical drawings, and comics. We are pleased that cartoonists from all over the world welcome this commitment of ours and recognize our endeavors to encourage genuine artistic values in the creation of cartoons. That is, after all, also confirmed by the traditionally great number of participants in our event: this year 206 cartoonists with 680 original works from 50 countries all over the world have applied!
The figures speak for themselves in context of the interest shown to participate in the competition; on the other hand, the issue of the quality of the works sent was entrusted to real professionals in the field of cartoons: the first selection was made by prominent cartoonists from Bulgaria, Alla and Chavdar Georgievi, while members of the international jury deciding on the prizes consisted of: Bernd Pohlenz (Germany), Murat Erdoğan (Turkey), Stane Jagodič (Slovenia), Midhad Ajanović Ajan (Sweden), and Mice Jankulovski (Macedonia).
Their shared assessment is that this year’s edition of World Gallery of Cartoons received cartoons, satirical drawings, and comics of exceptional quality, both with regard to the very idea and conveying the message, and to the artistic expression… which, by the way, made their work even more difficult. Still they agree on this results:
FIRST AWARD FOR CARTOON - Mehmet KAHRAMAN, Turkey (Top)
FIRST AWARD FOR COMIC/STRIP - Pavel CONSTANTIN, Romania
FIRST AWARD FOR SATIRICAL DRAWING - Mikhail ZLATKOVSKY, Russia
SPECIAL AWARDS
Agim KRASNIQI - KrAgi, Kosovo
Aleksandar BLATNIK, Serbia
Angelo CAMPANER, Italy
Blaze DOKULESKI, Macedonia
Halit KURTULMUS AYTOSLU, Turkey
Louis POL, Australia
Raul Fernando ZULETA, Colombia
Mirko MOLNAR, Serbia
Ross THOMSON, UK
Valeriu KURTU, Germany
AWARD CICO (for Macedonian Cartoonist) - Darko MARKOVIC.
You can see the Awarded Cartoonists here.
CONGRATULATIONS to the winners, and many thanks to all participants of the 46th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2015!
As Murat Erdogan (the jury member and author of the foreword in the catalog) said: All cartoonists who sent their works to the 46th World Gallery of Cartoons Skopje 2015 contributed to the philosophy of life which challenge the problems of the world and encourage peace, freedom and smile over the world, and they will leave their marks to the history of cartoons.
On the behalf of the OSTEN team, I'm sending you best regards and… see you next year!
Kornelija Koneska, CEO
P.S. Follow the updates of the opening of the exhibition of cartoons and the official announcement of the awards in OSTEN Gallery tomorrow, on 28th May 2015 at 20:20 h. on the World Gallery of Cartoons FB fun page...

25.5.15

The Jury members of the 11th International Cartoon Contest SYRIA 2015

Theme: The Victory
1200 works of 300 cartoonists from
71 countries were sent to the competition.
The list of participants here.
The Jury
1 - Alireza Pakdel / Iran
2 - Haydar Alyasiry / Iraq
3 - Mowafaq Farzat / Kuwait / Syria
4 - ‏‎Esam Hanafy / Egypt
5 - Naji Benaji / Morocco.
(Written by Syria Cartoon 03 May 2015)
Source: raedcartoon.

21.5.15

Another false competition seems to be on the net again

Received an e-mail with the regulation of a new cartoon contest:
THE INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION 2015 -- MADE IN CHINA.
The themes of the competition:
a) MADE IN CHINA
b) FREE.
Participant send electronic edition (JEPG, 300 dpi) to: zjjxnnsg@126.com . If your works are selected, you send the original works to us.
Well, to whom to send the original works if selected?
To the e-mail address that seems to be the only organisator for the time being?
If not selected, what would happen with all the 12 cartoon ideas (maximum 6 each theme) of each participating cartoonist? Plagiarized, copied, sold to third parties?!
It is already 3 years now that we haven't had a pirate cartoon competition and finally it emerged again. Somebody is looking for the original ideas of honest creative cartoonists to paint or sell cartoons by his/her name! Not very difficult to guess the name(s)!
No cartoonist will participate I hope, no website shall put the regulation or promote this fishy competition MADE IN CHINA.
If any cartoon website editor doesn't want to belong to the gang of thieves of cartoon ideas, s/he should take the emergency action and delete the false announcement of the fake competition.
See the recent history of fake cartoon competitions here.

19.5.15

Winners in the 12th International Tabriz Cartoon Festival 2015, Iran

Theme: Culture
Jury: Kambiz, Kiyasat, Ismail Kar (Turkey), Rahim.
WINNERS:
1st Prize: Oleksy Kustovsky, Ukraine (Top)
2nd Prize: Mahmud Azadniya, Iran
3rd Prize: Borislav Hegedusic, Croatia
SELECTED WORKS BY:
Angel Boligan, Mexico
Darko Drljevic, Montenegro
Jordan Pop-Iliev, Rep. Macedonia
Mehmet Kahraman, Turkey
Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine.
All winning cartoons on source.