Catalog of the 11th Salão Medplan de Humor 2019, Brazil

Received yesterday the color catalog of the 11th Salão Medplan de Humor 2019, Brazil + the 2020 calendar showing the awarded works in the event. The book is 20.8x30.7 cm in size and arrived a bit damaged in the post which is no surprise nowadays! It has 80 pages and contains the awarded + selected cartoons of  the 11th Salon with theme Narcissism.
The awarded + selected works in the Caricature section are also included in the catalog in 18 pages, each with 3 portraits on average. There are the awarded + selected works in the Comic Strip section in 6 pages. Yet not finished: in the following 5 pages are the awarded + selected works by young cartoonists that took part in the 2nd Salãozinho Medplan de Humor 2019. Totally are 216 cartoons/caricatures covered in this great catalog.
It is noted that they received 1.445 artworks from 41 countries mostly via internet I suppose. While this helps more artists to participate, it might have some negative consequences: The files of some cartoons are of less weight so that they are not clear enough on the printed page. This is obvious in the Honorable Mention winning charge in the event: the contour lines are all blurred. Some other works in the catalog also lost some effect due to this technical matter. This makes one contemplate on why some organizations still insist on accepting only original works, or some offer the prizes only if the originals are sent to the organization after the prizes are awarded to the electronically sent in works.
Engin Selçuk, Menekşe Çam, and Oğuz Gürel are the cartoonists from Turkey whose works are published in the catalog.
Possibly because this event was announced through some emphasis on taking a selfie, there are a lot of works depicting the act. And that is the reality of these days of course. But the theme was Narcissism which has never needed a cell phone to manifest itself. The 1st Prize winning charge by Rafael Corrêa shows one of such instances and deserves the front cover page as well (Top).
Thank you to the organizers, esp. Welington Teixeira de Araújo Júnior, for sending me this super collection of international humor.

The 4th International School Cartoon Festival, Tondela 2021, Portugal

This report by Ricardo Ferreira.

Winners in the 3rd International School Cartoon Festival, Tondela 2020, Portugal

Theme: Food

This report by Ricardo Ferreira.

International Cartoon Festival Competition & Exhibition, Malaysia 2020

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL

COMPETITION & EXHIBITION

MALAYSIA 2020

The organizer of the competition is the Rossem Cartoon House (BKR), Malaysia Cartoon & Comic House (RKKM), Perbadanan Muzium Negeri Kelantan.
Eligible Participants:
• Opened to all artists from all over the world above 18 years of age.
Theme:
Save Our Heritage
Technical Criteria:
• All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi.
• Size A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPEG format.
• Entries: Max. 3 cartoons.
• Submitted works can be in color or black and white, in any style or technique.
• Submitted works must not violate copyright laws.
• By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permit the organizers to have full right to reproduce all or a part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition.
Submission:
• Send your cartoons and your CV (Name - Address - Phone number - Email address) via the following e-mail address:
rossemkartun@gmail.com 
• Deadline: 23 May 2020
• Exhibition: 01 June 2020
• All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a digital catalogue and a digital certificate of participation.
Prizes and awards
First prize : RM 2,000.00
Second prize : RM 1,500.00
Thirt prize: RM 1,000.00
Five special mentions
The Coordinator of the Gathering: Rossem
Facebook : Balai Kartun Rossem https://www.facebook.com/kartunrossem/ .
(Updated: 02 February 2020 17:30).

20th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition 2020, Canada

20th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition

(Theme and Regulations)

1. The theme for the 20th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is:
Pulling the plug on social media
After a storm over the publication of a cartoon deemed anti-Semitic, the New York Times stopped publishing editorial cartoons in their international publication.
In August, India stripped Kashmir of its constitutional autonomy and isolated it from the world by cutting it off from the Internet.
Thirty years after the fact, the Chinese are still kept in the dark about the Tiananmen Square massacres.
Iran can claim, without risk of contradiction, that its response to the attack on General Soleimani killed 80 American soldiers.
Increasingly, we see that the powers in place do not suffer contradiction.
2. Three prizes will be awarded: a first prize of $1500 plus a Certificate from Canadian UNESCO, a second prize of $750 and a third prize of $500. All sums are in Canadian dollars. Ten additional cartoons will receive an ‘Award of Excellence.’ Regrettably no financial remuneration accompanies the Awards of Excellence.
3. Only one cartoon will be accepted from each cartoonist. It may be either in colour or black and white and must not have won an award.
4. The size of the cartoon should not exceed A4; 21 by 29.2 cm; or 8.5 by 11 inches. Cartoons should be in jpeg format at 300 dpi.
5. The name, address, telephone number and a short biography of the cartoonist must be included in the submission.
6. The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom shall have the right to use any of the cartoons entered for promotion of the Editorial Cartoon Competition.
7. The winners of the Cartoon Competition will be announced at the World Press Freedom Day luncheon to be held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Tuesday May 5, 2020 and will be advised by e-mail. The winner’s names and their cartoons will be posted on the CCWFP web site.
8. The winning cartoons will be published in a program distributed at the luncheon.
The deadline for reception of cartoons is midnight (Eastern Daylight Saving Time), Friday, March 27, 2020.
Send submission by e-mail to: info@ccwpf-cclpm.ca .
Source: bado-badosblog .

The 1st International Coast to Comix Contest 2020, Italy

COAST TO COMIX REGULATION - TEMA

1 - THEME
LA proloco di Appignano organizes the contest (INTERNATIONAL) COAST TO COMIX! for humorous and satirical cartoons of costume on the theme:
“WALKING - total green travel, walking holidays.
With a particular eye to the Coast to Coast route from the Adriatic Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea PORTONOVO - ORBETELLO "
2 - PARTICIPATION
The competition is open to designers from all over the world / Italy, without any territorial limit and will be divided into two categories, as follows:
Italy
Abroad
3 - TECHNIQUES
You can send up to five unpublished works, made with any technique, in color or in black and white, in the maximum A4 format (21x29.7 cm).
4 - DEADLINES AND DEADLINES
The works must be received no later than midnight on 10/05/2020 (EXTENDED:) 30 JUNE 2020
- at coastocomix@gmail.com in .jpg, .tiff or .pdf format at a resolution of 300 dpi, together with the participation form (different for adults and minors, in the latter case a parent will send us the module). NB: the individual files must not exceed 5 MB in weight
5 - JURY
Jury President Valentina Lo Surdo, RAI journalist, collaborates with Lonley Planet and avid walker
Riccardo Messi - artist
Isabella Manfrini - designer and walker
Riccardo Chitarrari - artist
Gianfranco Borgani - creator of paths
6 - AWARDS
1st Italian Prize € 100 recognition plaque, typical products: artistic crockery, legumes
the winner will be hosted with a companion on the evening of Saturday 27/06/2020 at a local facility
2nd Italian Prize recognition plaque, typical products: artistic crockery, legumes
3rd Italian Prize identification plate, typical products: legumes
1st Foreign Prize € 100 recognition plate
2nd Foreign Prize recognition plate
3rd Foreign Prize recognition plate
1st Prize "Public Vote" for the work most voted by the public
recognition plaque, typical products: artistic crockery, legumes.
The Jury reserves the right to report further works, which will not receive prizes and to exclude from the tender notice any works deemed unsuitable for the proposed theme or not ethically correct.
During the exhibits of the works there will be the possibility for visitors to indicate their favorite work to compete for the assignment of the "1st Prize voted by the Public".
By participating in the competition, the authors assign the non-exclusive right to publish the works on any medium for promotional purposes without having anything to claim as copyright.
Participants will be distributed online the "Coast-to-comix CATALOG" with the collection of the best participating works of the two categories.
The selected works will also be exhibited as a kilometric sign of the Coast to Coast trekking route.
7 - EXHIBITION
INAUGURATION: the Works will be exhibited on the occasion of the Award Ceremony in Appignano and along the streets of the town where it will take place with a walk during the day of 28/06/2020
On this date, important cartoonists from all over Italy will intervene in the town, who will create and give the public autographed caricatures and cartoons, as well as selfies for the dissemination of the initiative on social networks (instagram, facebook, etc.)
8 - AWARD CEREMONY
In one of the areas set up for the exhibition, the final award ceremony will be held on 27/06/2020 from 15:00 to 16:00 with the coveted presence of all participants.
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