2nd international Competition for caricature and aphorism "Me, Itar Pejo" 2020, Macedonia

Competition for caricature and aphorism on the topic "Me, Itar Pejo" 

The Institute of Culture and Arts at the International Slavic University
"Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin" - Sveti Nikole announces:

The second international Competition for caricature and aphorism 2020

Topic: "Me, Itar Pejo" and free theme
The aim of the competition is to stimulate artistic creation and to provide a platform on which people can express their opinions through cartoons and aphorisms.
From the materials received for the competition, the organizer will publish an electronic catalog of selected works in both categories. The obtained materials are published on the Facebook page of the Institute of Culture and Arts at the International Slavic University "Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin".
Theme
Aphorisms and caricatures can refer to the character of Itar Pejo or be on a free theme.
Terms for aphorisms
Up to 10 aphorisms in .doc or .docx format are sent.
An author can participate with one set of aphorisms.
Aphorisms should not be published in print.
All materials must be originals and previously unpublished.
A short biography of the author should be sent along with the materials.
All submitted works remain the property of the festival and the right to publish and exhibit them belongs to the organizer.
All submitted works are published on the Facebook page of the Institute of Culture and Arts at the International Slavic University "Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin".
Terms for cartoons
The format of the cartoon can be at the request of the author.
All cartoon making techniques are acceptable, including digital art.
Each author can participate with one cartoon.
All materials must be original and previously unpublished.
A short biography of the author should be sent along with the materials.
All submitted works remain the property of the festival and the right to publish and exhibit them belongs to the organizer.
All submitted works are published on the Facebook page of the Institute of Culture and Arts at the International Slavic University "Gavrilo Romanovich Derzhavin".
Submission of materials:
The works are submitted electronically to itarpejo@kultura.msu.edu.mk
All communication with the participants takes place through itarpejo@kultura.msu.edu.mk.
Works submitted to other addresses will not be considered.
Authors should submit their works no later than 30.09.2020.
Each participant must submit their full name, address and country.
The members of the organization and the jury have the right to participate only outside the competition.
Jury
The selection committee approves the received works for publication. For the awards, an international jury of 5 members is composed for each category separately, which selects the awarded and special awards from both categories.
Chairman of the Cartoon Commission: Jordan Pop Iliev.
Chairman of the aphorism commission: Mile Gjeorgjioski.
Awards
1st place - Gold plaque, gold statuette Itar Pejo, cash prize of 300 euros.
2nd place - Silver plaque, silver statuette Itar Pejo, cash prize of 200 euros.
3rd place - Bronze plaque, bronze statuette Itar Pejo, cash prize of 100 euros.
+ special prizes (depending on the works received).
Source: itarpejo2020.
(By Google Translate).

The 5th International Cartoon Festival, Smile of the Sea 2020, Russia

5th International Cartoon Festival, Smile of the Sea 2020, Russia

We are pleased to inform you about the V International Cartoon Festival "Smile of the Sea" and invite you to take part in it.
Main theme of the festival: "Journalist and authority".
Additional topic: “Freedom of speech”.
Works are accepted until August 15, 2020.
The selection of cartoons at the exhibition and the determination of the winners is conducted by a specially invited jury.
At the end of the festival, winners and participants will receive festival diplomas and a catalog in electronic form. The best works will be awarded special prizes and diplomas.
Technical requirements for works: A4 format for originals and their copies, JPEG (300 dpi) - for works in electronic form.
You can send work by the e-mail: imeempravo@mail.ru 
or at the postal address:
ul. Karl Marx, 44, office 5 
Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, 
353900 RUSSIA
(telephone: + 7-918-9873929, telephone / fax: (8617) 72-00-47.
Source: cartoonblues.

Katara Prize for Cartoon 2020, Qatar

Katara Prize for Cartoon 2020, Qatar

Cultural Village Foundation - Katara presents
Katara Prize for Cartoon
About the prize:
Caricature drawing for work experience from home or homeschooling.
Awards:
- The first prize: 5000 USD
- The second prize: 4000 USD
- The third prize: 3000 USD
- The fourth prize: 2000 USD
- The fifth prize: 1000 USD
Terms and conditions:
- Participation is open to all caricaturists from the age of 18 years and above and from any county.
- The text must be written in Arabic
- The drawings must address the topic (working from home or homeschooling).
- Each participant can submit a maximum of three works.
- The submitted works should be new and created specifically for this prize, and should not have been published before in any media, social media platforms or websites.
- You can submit your drawings in color or black and white, and you have to put your signature inside the drawing.
- A4 size landscape: 297 mm x 210 mm.
- Submit your works by scanning or jpg or jpeg format photos.
- Kindly send your personal information with your work (ID or Passport copy, contact number and email address).
Send your works to cartoon@kataraforum.com no later than 15 / 8 / 2020
Schedule
Saturday, 20 June 2020 - Saturday, 15 August 2020
08:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
Source: katara.

12th International Tourism Cartoons Competition 2020, Turkey

12th International Tourism Cartoons Competition 2020, Turkey

THEME:
The theme of the competition in 2020 is:
1) Tourism in Coronavirus days,
2) Tourism after the Coronavirus,
3) Social distance in tourism.
Cartoons about these three themes can be sent to the competition.
CATEGORIES:
Cartoons will be accepted in two sections:
Adult Category: This category is open for the all of cartoonists who are 17 and older. Category should be noted when cartoons are submitting. Grand award, second award, third award, Professor Atila Özer recognition award and three mansions will be given in this section. Finalist cartoons in this section will be published in the album.
Young Category: This category is open for the cartoonists who are 16 and younger. Category should be noted when cartoons are submitting. Grand award and two achievement awards will be given in this section. Finalist cartoons in this section will be published in the album.
IMPORTANT DATES:
First Announcement: July 2020
Deadline for Submission: 31 December 2020
Meeting of the pre-Selection Committee: 23 January 2021
Announcement of finalist cartoons (for possible objections): February 1 – 9, 2021
Notification of Winners: April 2021.
AWARDS
Category of Adult Cartoonists
The Grand Award: $1000
The Second Award: Holiday in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons, Full pansiyon, (Four Points by Sheraton İzmir)
The Third Award: Holiday in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons, Full pansiyon, Four Points by Sheraton İzmir)
Professor Atila Özer Recognition Award: $750.
Category of Young Cartoonists
The Grand Award: $750
The Second Award: Holiday in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons, Full pansiyon, Four Points by Sheraton İzmir)
The Third Award: Holiday in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons, Full pansiyon, Four Points by Sheraton İzmir).
CONTACT
For further information and cartoon mailings:
Prof. Dr. Nazmi KOZAK
Anadolu Üniversitesi
Turizm Fakültesi
Yunus Emre Kampüsü
26470 Eskişehir/TURKEY
E-mail: tourismcartoon@gmail.com
For further information:
http://www.tourismcartoon.org/en/.

Anti-racism International Cartoon Contest & Exhibition 2021, Norway

Anti-racism International Cartoon Contest & Exhibition, Norway 2021

Theme: Anti-racism
Deadline: April 30, 2021 (EXTENDED:) May 30, 2021
Size: A3, JPG format, 300 DPI
Email: human@toonsmag.com
Awards
First prize: NOK 5 000, or 5 000 PTS.
Second prize: NOK 3 000, or 3 000 PTS.
Third prize: NOK 2 000, or 2 000 PTS.
Ten cartoonists will receive an honorable mention award.
All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a digital catalog and a digital certificate of participation.
Read more: https://www.toonsmag.com/anti-racism-international-cartoon-contest-norway/

Themes for the 12th International Tourism Cartoon Competition 2020 are evaluated

The theme proposal period for the 12th International Tourism Cartoon Competition has ended on 30 June 2020. 42 people from 13 different countries proposed 84 themes for the competition. The theme evaluation board accepted three of the reported themes as a competition theme. These are; 1) Tourism in Coronavirus days, 2) Tourism after the Coronavirus, 3) Social distance in tourism.
The propositions of the people whose names are written below were accepted as the theme of the competition.
Abdullah Sakar, Turkey
Cemalettin Güzeloglu, Turkey
Güher Yakar, Canada
Hakan Memis, Turkey
Hasan Kırmızı, Turkey
İrfan Mısırlı, Turkey
Kemal Ozyurt, Turkey
Louis Pol, Australia
Lutfu Cakin, Turkey
Mehmet Zeber, Turkey
Mihai Boboc, Romania
Munduru Sekhar Rao, India
Mustafa Yıldız, Turkey
Nurdan Özmen, Turkey
Özkan Tütüncü, Turkey
Özlem Altunöz, Turkey
Paolo Dalponte, Italy
Pol Leurs, Luxembourg
Rida Annisa Tazkhiya Wibawant, Indonesia
Salar Eshratkhah, Iran
Su Küfteoğlu, Turkey
Vedat Zorluer, Turkey
Yu Liang, China
Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz, Poland.
With the draw between those who proposed the accepted themes, Louis Pol (Australia) Final Evaluation Board and Vedat Zorluer (Turkey) will serve on the Preliminary Evaluation Board.
The album of the 12th International Tourism Caricature Contest will be sent to those who recommend the themes accepted in the contest.
Thank you to those who support the competition with their themes.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
Source: Nazmi Kozak.

The 27th International Festival Calicomix 2020, Colombia

27th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CALICOMIX 2020

Humor increases defenses, decreases pain, and improves self-esteem.

RULES OF THE COMIC COMPETITION “HUMOR VS CORONAVIRUS”
1- Anyone enthusiastic about graphic humor can participate, regardless of age, nationality, or sex. The technique is free, it can be analog or digital.
2- The format is 21 x 28 cms (horizontal or vertical), 300 dpi * resolution JPG files and works that have already participated in other contests or exhibitions can be sent.
*required.
3- The prizes:
1 prize of 1,000,000.oo Colombian pesos for the first place
1 prize of 500,000.oo Colombian pesos for the second place
1 prize of 300,000.oo Colombian pesos for the third place.
3- The selected works will be on display at the 27th International Festival Calicomix 2020 and all the works of the participants will be published in a virtual publication.
4- The closing date is August 4, 2020
5- By participating, the contestant donates the publication rights of their works to the Calicomix Foundation and the Creative Party, sponsoring entities of the contest to use them in dissemination campaigns in different media where the name and nationality of each contestant will be disclosed.
6- To participate you can send up to three digital works with the following information:
name, age, email and nationality, without these data you will not be able to compete.
Once the winners have been selected, they will be asked for the details for the delivery of the prize to their bank account. If the winner is a person residing abroad, the money transfer expenses will be deducted from the prize.
We appreciate your participation.
6- Unique shipping address: calicomixeventos@gmail.com
Event sponsored by EL BANDO CREATIVO and LA FUNDACION CALICOMIX.
Source: calicomix.
(By Google Translate).

The 8th International Cartoon Exhibition in Ymittos 2020, Greece

8th International Cartoon Exhibition in Ymittos 2020, Greece

Organized by the Municipality of Dafni - Ymittos & Ergastri

Subject: New technologies in our life

Terms of Participation
• The drawings should be in black and white or in color.
• Each participant may present up to 3 works printable in A3 size with margins around drawings. It is possible to print and exhibit drawings in A4 size.
• The resolution of the works should be at least 300 dpi.
• It is preferable that the drawings do not contain any text or comments. In case they do, an english or greek text should be definitely included.
• The use of collage is not permitted.
• The works should be sent via e-mail.
• Any drawings judged by the Jury Members to have been copied from other cartoonists’ works will be disqualified.
• The works should not have been previously published or presented in other exhibitions.
• The works should not include any offensive material.
• Each participant should make available a brief CV, an e-mail address, a Skype account (if available) and a postal address.
• All drawings participating in the exhibition may be presented in a touring exhibition in Greece or abroad.
• The works can only be used for non-profit purposes; in any case, with the name of the artist and the event explicitly mentioned.
• Any works not corresponding to the above requirements will not be accepted and the cartoonist will be informed accordingly by e-mail.
Exhibition
• Up to 100 drawings chosen by the Jury Members will be exhibited.
• The prizes will be decided by the Jury Members
• The Critical Committee consists of men of letters and artists of high repute.
Rights
• The works may be used as part of the advertising campaign of the exhibition. On no
account should drawings or copies be sold. Moreover, any commercial exploitation of part or all of the exhibition is prohibited.
• The participating artists will not receive payment of any kind for their participation.
• The copyright of the Exhibition is owned jointly by the organizers, the Municipality of Dafni – Ymittos and Ergastiri.
• Participation in the exhibition implies full acceptance of the above.
• Participants will receive a digital catalogue of the exhibition via e-mail.
Submission Deadline: July 31st 2020
The drawings are to be sent to the following e-mail address:
cartoondafniymittos@gmail.com 
The dates of the Exhibition will be determined on the basis of health conditions.
The exhibition will be of a competitive character and not purely demonstrative. The best works will be awarded.
1st Prize: 5 days of overnight accommodation at Delphi Palace Hotel (4*) in Delphi, sponsored by Iniohos Kaltsis SA.
2nd Prize: 3 days of overnight accommodation at Delphi Palace Hotel (4*) in Delphi, sponsored by Iniohos Kaltsis SA
3rd Prize: an album of the expressionist painter George Bouzianis’s works published by Benaki Museum (english or greek edition).
4th Prize: book or CD
5th Prize: book or CD
In addition, 10 merit awards will be given.
All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a Digital Certificate of Participation.

                   On behalf of the Organizing Committee
                     Yannis Kaltsas                          Anastasios Biniskos
              Coordinator                                     Chairman

                           Ergastiri                              Mayor of Dafni - Ymittos

Let's propose a theme for the International Tourism Cartoons Competition 2020

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"Values of Kuşadası" International Cartoon Contest, Karikaturistik 2020, Turkey

"Values of Kuşadası" International Cartoon Contest
Karikaturistik 2020, Turkey

RULES

Theme:
A) Kuşadası
B) Kuşadası portrait caricaturist Lütfü ÇAKIN Portrait Caricature
C) Kuşadası portrait caricaturist Musa KEKLİK Portrait Caricature.
* The competition is open to all amateur and professional cartoonists.
* Each artist can submit unlimited cartoons for each theme.
* There is no limit on the techniques you can use.
* Artworks must not be larger than A3 paper.
* Artwork format must be JPG with 300 DPI resolution and the size of each artwork must not exceed more than 3 megabytes.
* The awards of the awarded artists will be sent to their addresses by mail.
Selected works of art will be exhibited in Kuşadası KUAKMER ART GALLERY in August and will be included in the PDF catalog (The participation sertificate and a copy of the PDF catalog will be sent to all participants).
* Along with the artworks you must also send this information: full name, mobile number, exact mailing address, biography and a photo of the artist.
* The cartoons will be kept in the archive of the institution and can be used in posters, handouts, calendars, magazines, and newspapers. The publication will be sent to the holder of that cartoon.
* By sending his/her works, and participating in the contest, the cartoonists agree to the mentioned rules and conditions.
* Click to get information about Kuşadası: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqgrPrmYucc
* Click to get photos of Lütfü ÇAKIN and Musa KEKLİK:
http://www.karikaturistik.com/haber/kusadasinin-degerleri-uluslararasi-karikatur-yarismasi-2020/
* The institution organising the competition: KARIKATURISTIK
* Competition organizers: Musa KEKLIK (Cartoonist-Teacher) - Lütfü ÇAKIN (Cartoonist).
Awards: 
Theme A
First Prize : First Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
Second Prize : Second Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
Third Prize : Third Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
3 Honor Prizes : Medal, Honorary Diploma, Selection for the exhibition.
Theme B
First Prize : First Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
Second Prize : Second Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
Third Prize : Third Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
3 Honor Prizes : Medal, Honorary Diploma, Selection for the exhibition.
Theme C
First Prize : First Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
Second Prize : Second Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
Third Prize : Third Plaque, Honorary diploma, Selection for the exhibition
3 Honor Prizes : Medal, Honorary Diploma, Selection for the exhibition.
Jury Members:
Aşkın AYRANCIOĞLU – Turkey
Fahriye ÇITAKLI – Turkey
Marian AVRAMESCU – Romania
Luis Carlos FERNANDES – Brasil
Musa KEKLİK – Turkey
Halit KURTULMUŞ – Turkey
Oğuz GÜREL – Turkey
Lütfü ÇAKIN – Turkey.
*Deadline for submission: 10 August 2020 (EXTENDED:) 01 September 2020

Prize Announcement: 07 September 2020 

Exhibition: 11 September 2020 

*Address: kusadasicaricature@gmail.com