The 14th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, Bucovina 2020, Romania

The 14th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, Bucovina 2020, Romania

The Bucovina Museum from Suceava has the distinct pleasure of inviting you to participate to the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic BUCOVINA - ROMANIA, the 14th Edition, 2020.
1. The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic has as theme: ”To hold a pen is to be at war. (Voltaire)” (The importance and the power of a pen in someone's hand).
2. We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world, regardless of their age.
3. The number of sent cartoons is maximum five.
4. Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and name, exact address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
5. The exhibition prizes are:
- Grand prize – 500 € + diploma + gold medal
- Second prize - 300 € + diploma - „Gândeşte” Association
- Third prize - 100 € + diploma - „Gândeşte” Association
- Three mentions - diploma + medal
6. The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: competition@muzeulbucovinei.ro and they must be of 300 dpi resolution, A4 format, realized in any technique: black and white or coloured.
7. All the events of the exhibition will be published in the web page of the Bucovina Museum and also on the webpages of the partners. All the artists who will qualify for the exhibition will receive the printed catalogue containing all the selected cartoons.
8. Deadline for sending your cartoons: 30 April 2020.
9. The exhibition will be opened for the public in June 2020.
10. Bucovina Museum – muzeulbucovinei.ro and „Gândeşte” Association – gandeste.org reserve the right to use the works submitted for the contest in any way suited to promote the contest and its results.
Jury Members: Mihai Panzaru PIM – cartoonist; George Licurici – cartoonist www.licurici.eu; Ovidiu Ambrozie Borta BOA – cartoonist www.artboa.ro boa-caricatura.eu .
Source: muzeulbucovinei .

13th International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden 2020, Luxembourg

The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden with the cooperation of
Les Amis du Château de Vianden and Naturpark OUR
are pleased to announce their
13th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN

1. Subject: LUCK (chance, hazard, good/bad fortune, destiny…)
2. Deadline: 30 March 2020
3. Prizes: 1st prize: 1500 €, 2nd prize: 1000 €, 3rd prize: 500 €, 3 honourable mentions.
4. Entries: Each participant can submit up to 4 entries in digital format by sending them via internet 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 and the title or the number of each submission. The specifications for these electronic submissions are as follows: format JPEG, good quality, and max. 1, 5 MB per picture. Out of these submissions, will be made a selection of 70-120 drawings. Only the awarded artists will be invited to send the original work by mail. All these works will be shown as prints at the exhibition and in the catalogue. Their size should be between A4 (210x297mm) and A3 (297x420mm).
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in colour, without subtitles.
6. Prizes and Exhibition: The announcement of the prizes and honourable mentions will happen on 2nd May 2020 in Castle of Vianden and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 3rd May until 24th May 2020. There are plans to display the exhibits in the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden and in other cities or countries.
7. Returns: The drawings that were awarded one of the prizes will become property of the organizer.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose submissions are selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail.
9. Results: The results will be published on the website www.caricature.eu on 3rd May 2020.
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 ensures 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.
By taking part in this contest the participants accept the abovementioned rules.
12. Submission address for the awarded works:
Musée de la Caricature et du Cartoon de Vianden
48, Grand-rue, L - 9410 Vianden, Luxembourg
13.Further informations cartoon@caricature.eu .

International Web Cartoon Exhibition: Overcoming the Epidemic 2020, China

2020 "OVERCOMING THE EPIDEMIC" INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON EXHIBITION

The virus “2019-nCoV” is spreading all over the world, and people's lives are facing unprecedented threats.
Medical workers across the country are going all out to fight against the harm of the epidemic.
Please World Cartoonists take action and use our paintbrush as our weapon to fight against the epidemic! Cheer up! Praise the hero! Popularizing knowledge! Support the angels in white with action!
Cartoonists from all over the world, Chinese cartoonists and people stand firmly together, pick up the paintbrush, let's fight against the epidemic together!
We are duty bound to fight against the epidemic!
1. THEME:
1) Overcoming the epidemic
2) Doctors, nurses, hospitals
3) Love
4) Caricature of Nanshan Zhong (Photos on redmanart)
2. NUMBER OF WORKS: Unlimited
3. DEADLINE: February 10, 2020
4. SIZE: minimum A4 size (minimum side length 2000 pixels, 300 dpi)
5. ENTRIES:
1) The work must be the original work of the author.
2) It can be a former work or a newly created work.
3) Works can be comic, illustration, traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, print, sculpture, peasant painting, posters, design and other forms of visual art works.
4) Please indicate the author's name, telephone number, wechat, address, title of the work, resume and other information in the email.
6. E-MAIL: fecochina@163.com
7. AWARDS:
There is no bonus for the charity exhibition. All the selected will receive PDF electronic album.
8. WEB EXHIBITION: the selected works will be exhibited online on redmancartoon.com .
FECO.CHINA
INTERNATIONAL MUSEM OF HUMOR ART (PREPARATORY)
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Similarity: Dalponte - Sultanovic

Paolo Dalponte

Umoristi A Marostica

1998 theme "Fidelity"

Grand Prize.

Resad Sultanovic

DICACO 2006 entry work.

49th International Contest of Humoristic Graphics, Marostica 2020, Italy

UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 2020
49th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF HUMORISTIC GRAPHICS
RULES

1. Theme of the competition and participation rules
The contest is open to all cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world. It is possible to participate also out of the competition. This request excludes the authors from the award of the prizes.
The theme of the contest is: KINDNESS
Authors can participate with a maximum of 3 works (Cartoons or Strips), inherent to the theme proposed in relation to man, his existence and the society where he lives, seen in a humorous viewpoint. In order to be understood worldwide and beyond every linguistic barrier, the works must be without dialogue or texts.
Works must be inedited (that is, neither published before nor used to partcipate in other competitions). The organization can decide to exclude from the award of the prizes those works that are found to have been already edited.
2. Shipping of the works and deadlines
Works and entry form can be sent both by email to: concorso@umoristiamarostica.it
Otherwise, they can be sent through the following services by 31/03/2020:
WeTranfer (https://www.wetranfer.com/)
Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/it/)
Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/)
Mail: UMORISTI A MAROSTICA Biblioteca Civica – Via Cairoli 3 – 36063 MAROSTICA (VI) – ITALY
The works, in black/white or color made with any technique, must be in GIF, JPG, PNG or PDF, 150 dpi resolution, saved in high quality, weight max, 3 MB. Larger files will not be accepted.
The acceptance of the works, the selection, and the assigning of the prizes are completely up to the jury nominated by the “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense”. The Jury’s decisions are inquestionable and incontestable.
3. Delivery of the Original Works and the Award of the Prizes
The authors selected by the jury receive an email with the informations about the deadlines and the modality to send the original works.
If the work is realized exclusively with a digital technique, the author will have to send a dated, numbered and signed copy of the work.
The Jury will award the “International Grand Prix Scacchiera”, the Special prize “Sandro Carlesso”, the special prize “Marco Sartore” and 10 Special prizes “Umoristi a Marostica”. Other special prizes or honorary mentions may be awarded.
The results of the Jury will be given directly to all participating artists by email and published on the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
4. Opening Ceremony, Awarding and Acceptance of the Regulation
The opening ceremony and the prize distribution will take place on May 16, 2020 at Castello Inferiore of Marostica. The exhibition will be open until June 14, 2020.
All the authors selected will receive a free copy of catalogue. Non-selected participants will have the possibility to demand the catalogue compiling the form on the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
The works selected for the exhibition and for the catalogue will not be returned and will be included in the collection of “Umoristi a Marostica Museum”.
The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” reserve the right to authorize the reproduction of the works and the diffusion of them through various communication means citing the author with the words “Taken from Umoristi a Marostica”, without any payment. The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” is not responsible for transport damages.
The participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these regulations and expressly authorise the Graphic Marosticense Group to process the personal data transmitted pursuant to the code regarding the protection of personal data (GDPR 2016/679/UE) also for the purpose of inclusion in the Group's managed data bases for the conduct of the competition.
Deadlines Umoristi a Marostica 2020
Theme: KINDNESS
Works and entry form: March 31, 2020
Opening ceremony: May 16, 2020
Exhibition: May 16, 2020 – June 14, 2020
Website: www.umoristiamarostica.it
Email: concorso@umoristiamarostica.it.

Results of Equal Rights and Gender Equality International Cartoon Contest 2019-2020

We have decided to award most voted cartoons. This year will be awarded 5 to 10 votes winners.
First Prize: Hilal Özcan, Turkey (10 votes)
Second Prize: Shahrokh Heidari, Iran (9 votes)
Third Prize: Mohammad Hosein Akbari. Iran (8 votes)
Honorable Mention Award
Mojtaba Heidarpanah, Iran (7 votes)
Hamza Akin, Turkey (6 votes)
Doru Axinte, Romania (6 votes)
Kfir Weizman, Israel (6 votes)
Aleksei Kivokurtcev, Russia (6 votes)
Budi Hari Pujiono, Indonesia (6 votes)
Jitet Kustana, Indonesia (6 votes)
Gustavo Fernando Caballero Talavera, Mexico (6 votes)
Special Mention Award
Halit Kurtulmus, Turkey (5 votes)
Muammer Olcay, Turkey (5 votes)
Stefaan Provijn, Belgium (5 votes)
Arend van Dam, Netherlands (5 votes)
Neltair Abreu, Brazil (5 votes)
Oleksy Kustovsky, Ukraine (5 votes)
Serpil Kar, Turkey (5 votes)
Nahid Maghsoudi. Iran (5 votes)
Morhaf Youssef, Syria (5 votes)
Marziyeh Khanizadeh, Iran (5 votes)
Wilber Chavarria Centeno, Nicaragua (5 votes)
Niels Bo Bojesen, Denmark (5 votes)
Silvano Mello, Brazil (5 votes)
Sepideh Faramarzi, Iran (5 votes).
The first prize is NOK 5 000, or 5 000 PTS and a certificate.
The second prize is NOK 3 000, or 3 000 PTS and a certificate.
The third prize is NOK 2 000, or 2 000 PTS and a certificate.
Each Honorable and special mention award winners will receive a certificate.
Note: The winners have been selected by jury votes. The voting was open for the jury from 10 to 19 January 2020.
The main exhibition will be held on the Norwegian Cartoonist Gallery, Drøbak, Norway. Winners' names will be announced during the opening on Saturday, January 25, at 12:00. The exhibition will open by Shabana Rehman. The exhibition opening will live broadcast on Toons Mag's Facebook Page.
Selected cartoon contributors' names.
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