Raed Khalil : Contests....... But ...?

Contests....... But ...?
Contest usually organised worldwide, so every country has its own cartoon contest for example and such intellectual events varies according to amount and quality of media and financial support.
On the other hand, there are several Contests here and there which have lost credibility, the thing that enforced every respectable cartoonist to exclude himself away from them because of the lack of organising and ignoring his/her questions & requests though.
Worth mentioning that other Contests usually held just to bring in cartoons, collect and then sell them or invest them within other special affairs, in other words we can see that eventually, cartoonist is the skip goat of such exploitation and other... etc.
Our questions are the following:
1 - When would you boycott cartoon Contests in general? Please clarify your point of view and justify the reasons, what and why.
2 - Is politics are the most important element of joining or not joining cartoon contests?
3 - Is the special situation and private circumstances of every contest are the only reason for some cartoonists to include two faces within their contributions?
Regards
Raed Khalil
(Source: raedcartoon).

Kicking out unemployment: Contest of Humor SHG 2016, Brazil

Contest of humor SHG 2016, Brazil

Join with cartoon, caricature, or cartoon strip,

using a comic balkcony within the theme

Dalcio / Kicking out unemployment.

There's no fun on unemployment. Most of all, when it takes who made the Brazil's culture. The cartunist, Dalcio Machado, is one more victim of this, so we will make him a tribute to all unemployed cartunists, through cartuns having Dalcio as a theme. Just he, who have participate and awarded on all Humour Contest around the world!
Awards:
1st place: A original art signed by Dalcio Machado
1st to 3rd places: Digital certify
   Honour Mentions to 5 participants.
- Send one work only.
- Theme: Kicking out unemployment
Send your cartun until October 23, 2016
NEW DEADLINE: 30 November 2016
to the page "Salões de humor gráfico"

Examination Board:
Jota A.
Dalcio Machado
Silvano Mello
Camilo Lucas
Lex franco.
Hats off to Dalcio Machado.
Hats off to the Brazilian Cartun.

The 2nd International Contest of Research, Technology & Innovation 2016, Iran

The 2nd International Competition of “Research, Technology & Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers & Cartoonists”

Secretariat of the Science Council, Research and Technology and Science Policy Research Center of Iran to identify Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities of Research Technology and Innovation Field in the Eyes of Photographers and Cartoonists holds the Second Competition of “Research, Technology and Innovation in the Eyes of Photographers and Cartoonists”.
Festival Organizer invites all of interested students and professionals around the world to participate in this competition.
Theme: Challenges and Opportunities of Research, Technology and Innovation
Rules:
Each participant can send up to 5 cartoons.
Must send his (Full Name, Post Address, Email Address & Phone Number) via word file.
Sent cartoons must be 200 dpi resolutions, width or length 2000 pixel & jpg format.
Sent cartoons must not be won a prize before.
Prizes:
Five 1000 $ for Five Cartoonists with Five Honorable Mentions
Deadline: 20 November 2016
Cartoon must be sending to: iranbestcartoon@yahoo.com
the gallery of the first national contest
Source: resistart .

The Soul is the theme in the 21st European Cartoon Contest - Kruishoutem 2017, Belgium

21st Eropean Cartoon Contest - Kruishoutem 2017, Belgium

Dear Madam, Sir,
For the 21th time already our association is organizing its biennial cartoon contest.
In the first place we would like to thank all participants of the previous editions for their continued participation in this contest. The increase in the number of participans, entries and participating countries, and especially the quality of your work, proves the trust you put in our organization.
New in this edition is that you can upload your drawings by a new online platform.
To do this you have to register first on www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/register
1. If you did receive an invitation to participate at your home adress, you also did receive a personal code. Please always use this personal code to register!
2. If you don't have a personal code, you can register by entering your e-mail address.
Of course you can still enter your works by traditional post:
Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem - c/a Waregemsesteenweg 113 - 9770 Kruishoutem BELGIUM
*

RULES
1. Theme: "The Soul"
2. The number of entries is limited to 5.
Any kind of graphical technique will be accepted. The works may not have been awarded before. The drawings shall not bear subtitles.
3. You can send your works in two ways:
- Register and upload your cartoons on our website www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/register
OR
- Send them by regular post to the following address:
EURO-KARTOENALE
WAREGEMSESTEENWEG 113,
9770 KRUISHOUTEM 
BELGIUM - EUROPE
On our website you can check the list of participants to see if your works have arrived. The entry list is updated daily.
4. The drawings shall have the following dimensions: A4 - 300 dpi (maximum 3 MB) for digital works.
5. The drawings sent by post must bear, on the reverse side, the surname, forename, and preferably the "personal code" of the participant.
6. By participating, the artist agrees with these rules and authorizes the organizers to publish the submitted works in the catalogue and for the promotion of the exhibition. For any other use of the cartoons the permission of the cartoonist is previously requested.
7. The following prizes are awarded:
1st prize: € 1.800,00 + trophy
2nd prize: € 1.500,00 + trophy
3rd prize: € 1.300,00 + trophy
Best European Cartoon: € 900,00
Best Belgian Cartoon: € 900,00
Prize of the ECC: Personal exhibition in the ECC.
On the occasion of the prize-giving ceremony, all the winners are invited for a stay of 3 days in Kruishoutem.
8. On request the participants get a free catalogue. However, the postage costs are for their own account. They can also collect the catalogue at the European Cartoon Center.
9. By participating the artist lends the submitted works to the organizers for itinerant exhibitions. Consequently, the selected works will remain at the disposal of the organizers until December 2018! The awarded works will become property of the organization.
10. The entries will only be sent back by the organizers on written request. The organization can in no way be held responsible for eventually damaged or lost works.
11. If after announcement of the prizes, it appears that plagiarism has been committed, the jury can after deliberation withdraw the prize.
12. The international jury of cartoon professionals will meet in Kruishoutem on 27th of January 2017. The complete jury will be announced on our website after the expiry of the deadline.
13. The inauguration and prize-giving ceremony will take place on Saturday 8th of April 2017.
The exhibition will run from 9th of April till 2nd of July 2017.
DEADLINE : 8th of January 2017.
Source: ecc-kruishoutem.
List of participants.

Can you afford it? – International Environmental Cartoon Contest 2016, Hungary

Can you afford it? – International Environmental Cartoon Contest

Organizer Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda
Application begins 1 October, 2016.
Deadline for entries 15 November 2016.
Theme
The Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda invites all professional and amateur cartoonists, satirical artists and graphic designers to an international illustration contest with the theme: Those people who put their own momentary interest before the interest of a long livable planet are making a mistake.
Some are satisfied when they pay the price of their overconsumption or their destruction and they fail to realize that they cause irreversible damage with their selfish behavior.
Many people often feel they deserve something because they paid for it, but do we really deserve everything we paid for?
Awards
I. prize: 300 €
II. prize: 200 €
III. prize: 100 €
General rules
Entries can be sent via post or e-mail to the organiser of the contest.
Size of entries received by post should be A/3.
Cartoons sent by emails should be in JPG format (300 dpi), sized at about 2500 pixels wide if in portrait format and 3500 pixels wide if in landscape format.
Competition details
 All participants must be 14 or older.
 Previously published cartoons are not allowed for submission.
 Each competitor is allowed to participate in the competition with a maximum of 3 cartoons.
 Postal address for entries: Sopron, Pf. 101, 9401, Hungary
Entries received by post will not be returned.
 Email address for entries: palyazat@zoldbicikli.hu
 Cartoons sent by email should contain the surname of the participant and a two digit serial number. A txt, doc or docx format text is required with the same two digit serial number, which includes the data of the participant and the cartoon. (listed below)
 Attachment of works received either by post or by email should include:
o Title of the work
o Name
o Address
o Phone number
o Email address of the applicant.
Jury
Works will be judged by a professional jury. The jury will automatically disqualify any submission deemed offensive or inappropriate or any submission that violates copyright law or the rules of the competition.
A notification of the result of the competition will be sent to the provided email address by 25 November 2016.
Exhibition
The best pictures will be part of an environmental awareness exhibition, which will be accompanying significal events and will be presented as a travelling exhibition as well.
The works of the exhibition will be seen on the homepage and on the facebook site of Zöldbicikli Productions.
Information
Further information about the competition will be constantly posted from 10 October 2016 on www.zoldbicikli.hu homepage.
Special professional advice can be asked of the competition’s artistic director Szénási Ferenc at the following email address: palyazat@zolbicikli.hu
The competition organizer claims the rights for all submission.
By taking part in the competition, all participants agree to the conditions and regulations of the competition.
By entering the contest, the participants accept that any decision made by the jury is not negotiable.
We wish good luck to all participants!
Karakter Kommunikációs Iroda.
Source: zoldbicikli .

International Exhibition Satyrykon 2017, Poland

International Exhibition Satyrykon 2017, Poland

Regulations

Participation conditions
1. SATYRYKON 2017 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 (2016-2017), and qualified by artists to section:
SECTION I – THEME: TOLERANCE
SECTION II – JOKE AND SATIRE
(drawing without captions preferred)
3. WORKS AWARDED IN OTHER COMPETITIONS will be excluded from the competition SATYRYKON.
4. The format of works – maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm).
5. Works should be sent or delivered by February 6, 2017 (date of the postmark), packed in a protective cover to:
SATYRYKON – Legnica 2017
International Exhibition
Chojnowska 2, 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 2017 - 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
and 4 special prizes amounting to 4.000 PLN each
Director of Legnica Culture Centre for a photography work in amount of 4,000 PLN award
Mayor of Legnica award in amount of 4.000 PLN
The organisers are expecting extra awards for laureates: for Author of THE BEST DEBUT and Author of THE STUDENT DEBUT to be accompanied by a solo exhibition at the Satyrykon Gallery within the programme of SATYRYKON 2017 events.
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, 2017 at Satyrykon web site: www.satyrykon.pl
No 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, 2017, or it can be transferred into a bank account in a currency specified by the author.
Participants’ privileges
1. Authors of work qualified to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue.
2. Organisers provide competition prize-winners with gratuitous participation in the SATYRYKON 2017 event on June 15-18, 2017.
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 2018.
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 final judges in interpretation of the regulations.
4. Sending her/his work the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations and agree to 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 Foundation (+48 76 852-23-44; e-mail: satyrykon@wp.pl – PL 59-220 Legnica, Chojnowska 2 – are organisers of the International Exhibition SATYRYKON – Legnica 2017.
T i m e t a b l e:
Deadline for works reception February 6, 2017
(date of the postmark)
Jury meeting February 17-19, 2017
Post-competition exhibition June 8 – August 27, 2017
Return of works after the exhibition cycle December 31, 2018.
Source: http://en.satyrykon.pl/regulamin/ .

10th International Cartoon Contest Urziceni 2016, Romania

The Culture House Of Urziceni Municipality and
Urziceni Municipality and
The International Site BestCARTOONS.net
Are very glad to invite you to participate in
The 10th INT’L CARTOON CONTEST URZICENI 2016

RULES:
1. The 10th ICC Urziceni is an open competition for cartoonists all over the world. The participation is free of charge.
2. The artworks must be presented in a FREE THEME or/and on THE THEME –THE INNOCENCE.
3. Deadline: 18 November 2016.
4. You can submit max 5 works for FREE THEME and max 5 works for THEME SECTION. The cartoons must not contain text. The name of the cartoons must contain the entrant’s family name, country and title of work (in English). The works must be digitized in 300 DPI resolution, RGB color mode, in JPG format, with the maximum limit of 2 MB.
5. Send your cartoons and your CV at the e-mail address urzicenicontest@gmail.com .
6. The cartoons submitted to the contest will be exhibited on the Urziceni 2016 website for the attention and objection of all cartoonists to prevent similarity, copying and stealing. Any cartoon which is similar, copied or stolen will not be awarded. The contest results will be announced on the Urziceni 2016 website.
7. The Jury will award the following prizes for the best works, no mater the categories:
* GOLD PRIZE 500 euro, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net
* SILVER PRIZE 300 euro, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net
 * BRONZE PRIZE 200 euro, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net
* 10 EXCELLENCY Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net .
Jury’s decisions are final. Other Special Prizes offered by the sponsors may be awarded.
The prizes can be paid in Urziceni or can be posted to the cost of the receiver. The organizer does not assume any liability regarding taxes or bank charges. The original drawings of the prize winning entries should be sent in maximum two weeks from the results announcement, well-wrapped and protected against damages.
8. By participating, entrants grant the organizing body the right to use their entries as advertising for the Urziceni International Cartoon Contest and for the site BestCARTOONS.net (e.g. as cartoon books, catalogues, advertising in the press, internet and other media, separate promotional printed works such as posters, leaflets, etc., promotional gifts by the city council and/or cartoon contest organization, calendars, etc) without any special fees paid to the authors.
9. For further information, e-mail: urzicenicontest@gmail.com .
10. By submitting the works to Urziceni 2016 INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST, the artists accept the decisions of the Jury and the rules printed above.
GOOD LUCK!
Nicolae PETRACHE, General Manager of CH Urziceni.
Source: http://www.bestcartoons.net/ .