30.11.15

Theme in the 1st International KYM Cartoon Competition 2016, Turkey: Refugees

INTERNATIONAL KYM CARICATURE COMPETITION 2016: “REFUGEES”
Terms of Participation
1. THE COMPETITION IS OPEN TO ALL CARTOONISTS OF THE WORLD.
2. BOARD MEMBERS OF KIMSE YOK MU ASSOCIATION, MEMBERS OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE AND THEIR IMMEDIATE RELATIVES CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION.
3. IN THE CARICATURES SUBMITTED TO THE COMPETITION, THERE SHALL BE NO DISCRIMINATION OF RELIGION, LANGUAGE, OR RACE, AND THE CARICATURES SHALL BE IN CONFORMITY WITH PUBLIC DECENCY.
4. ANY TECHNIQUES CAN BE USED TO DRAW THE CARICATURES. THEY CAN BE BLACK AND WHITE OR COLORED.
5. THERE SHALL BE NO REMARKS IN CARICATURES. IF AN EXPLANATORY REMARK IS TO BE USED IT SHALL BE DEFINITELY IN ENGLISH.
6. EACH PARTICIPANT CAN SUBMIT UP TO THREE (3) WORKS.
7. THE FORMAT OF THE CARICATURES SHALL BE JPG OR JPEG, WITH 300 DPI RESOLUTION.
8. THE COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS SHALL MAKE THEIR APPLICATIONS ON THE COMPETITION’S FORMAL WEBSITE: WWW.KYMCARTOON.COM.
9. PARTICIPANTS WILL ENTER INTO THE COMPETITION BY UPLOADING THEIR CARICATURES TO WWW.KYMCARTOON.COM.
10. THE PROPOSALS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ISSUED BEFORE IN DIGITAL OR PRINTED AND IT SHOULDN’T HAVE GAIN AWARD IN A COMPETITION BEFORE.
11. FOLLOWING THE COMPETITION, IN CASE A CARICATURE IS DEEMED AS NOT CONFORMING TO THE SPECIFICATIONS, ITS ORDER AND AWARD ARE REVOKED. SUCH A COMPETITOR IS DEEMED AS HAVING VIOLATING THE RULES. SELECTION OF A NEW CARICATURE INSTEAD OF THE REVOKED ONE IS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE.
12. A PARTICIPANT CANNOT RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE AWARD.
13. THE RESULTS OF THE COMPETITION WILL BE ANNOUNCED TO THE CARICATURISTS WHO ARE GRANTED AWARDS AND TO THE MEDIA. IN ADDITION, THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON WWW.KYMCARTOON.COM AND WWW.KIMSEYOKMU.ORG.TR .
14. KIMSE YOK MU ASSOCIATION WILL PAY THE NECESSARY TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION EXPENSES OF THE CARICATURISTS, GRANTED WITH THE FIRST THREE (3) AWARDS IN THIS COMPETITION (WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS SPECIFICATION), FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE AWARD CEREMONY.
15. THE CARICATURES SENT TO THE COMPETITION MAY BE PUBLISHED AND REPRODUCED BY KIMSE YOK MU ASSOCIATION ON CARDS, POSTERS, BANNERS, ALBUMS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, BOOKS, CDS, AND SUCH, AND EXHIBITED. NO COPYRIGHT SHALL BE PAID FOR THESE PROCEDURES. HOWEVER, THE OWNER MAY BE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENTS.
16. CARICATURES MUST BE UPLOADED TO WWW.KYMCARTOON.COM BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2016 UNTIL 23:59 TURKISH LOCAL TIME.
17. A DIGITAL PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE WILL BE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF THE COMPETITION VIA EMAIL.
18. ALONGSIDE THE WORKS TO BE GRANTED AWARDS, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WILL ALSO CHOOSE CARICATURES TO BE USED IN EXHIBITIONS AND ON ALBUMS.
19. THE SPECIFICATION OF THE COMPETITION CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.KYMCARTOON.COM.
20. THE PARTICIPANT ACCEPTS AND DECLARES IN ADVANCE THAT HE/SHE HAS THE POSSESSION OF THE CARICATURE(S) WITH WHICH HE/SHE PARTICIPATES IN THE COMPETITION BY FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION FORM AND TRANSFERS THE USAGE RIGHTS OF TOOLS FOR PROCESSING, REPRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, REPRESENTATION AND INDICATION, AUDIO AND/OR VISUAL TRANSFER PLUS FINANCIAL RIGHTS OF TRANSFER OF SUCH TO PUBLIC DEFINED IN ARTICLES 21 – 25 OF LAW NO. 5846 ON INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC WORKS INCLUDING TRANSFER OF SUCH TO THIRD PERSONS WITHOUT ANY LIMITATIONS REGARDING LOCATION, DURATION AND AMOUNT, EXCLUSIVELY TO KIMSE YOK MU ASSOCIATION, HE/SHE GIVES CONSENT THAT KIMSE YOK MU ASSOCIATION MAY USE THE SAID CARICATURE IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXHIBITING, ARCHIVING OR PUBLISHING OF SUCH ON INTERNET AND OTHER MEDIUMS, HE/SHE DOES NOT HAVE ANY OWNERSHIP REGARDING THE FINANCIAL RIGHTS WHICH CONSIST OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF TRANSFER AND THEREFORE HE/SHE CANNOT TAKE ACTION AGAINST 3RD PERSONS REGARDING THE TRANSFERRED FINANCIAL RIGHTS.
21. IN MATTERS NOT STATED HEREIN THIS TERMS OF PARTICIPATION AND IN CASE OF INDECISION, THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE SHALL BE VALID.
22. ALL COMPETITORS ARE DEEMED TO ACCEPT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SPECIFICATION BY PARTICIPATING IN THE COMPETITION.
Competition Calendar
DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: MONDAY, OCTOBER 26 TH, 2015
DATE OF FINAL APPLICATION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 2016
DATE OF EVALUATION: FEBRUARY, 1ST – 7TH, 2016
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH, 2016
AWARD CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2016
Awards
1ST PRIZE: $3,000
2ND PRIZE: $2,000
3RD PRIZE: $1,000
SPONSOR AWARDS.
CONTACT
Kİmse Yok Mu
MIMAR SINAN MAH. BASRA CAD. NO:24 SULTANBEYLI/İSTANBUL
Phone: 0850 877 5 777
INFO@KYM.ORG.TR .
THE JURY:
First published: 02.11.2015 23:00.
Jury members announced: 30.11.2015.

24.11.15

The winners of the 9th Urziceni 2015 with themes Free & "Migration", Romania

The Winners of URZICENI 2015, Romania
or
THE FULL TRANSPARENCY (Again…)
1. From the 1576 works received at first, 578 selected were exhibited on the gallery Urziceni 2015. This first trial was performed by Julian PENA-Pai and Horia CRISAN.
2. We announced the jury composition, most of the jurors being cartoonists:
Roger Penwill, England, cartoonist, President of the Jury
Lubomir Mihailov, Bulgaria, cartoonist, jury member
Nicolae Petrache, Romania, The Festival Director, jury member
Constantin Ciosu, Romania, cartoonist, jury member
Constantin Pavel, Romania, cartoonist, jury member
Liviu Stanila, Romania, cartoonist, jury member
Horia Crisan, Romanian, cartoonist, jury member
They worked at home, no meetings or discussions among them, so they have made
their own choice and only by personal opinion.
3. Initially, each juror has the right to choose as many works he considered good, among the 578 from the public gallery. After putting together all those options, we obtained the first 162 pre selected for awards discussion.
4. From the 162 cartoons, each jury member has to select, in two rounds, his top 20 and top 15 drawings, independently, each work receiving 1 vote (1 point). And the result was a restraint gallery of 35 finalists .
5. Those finalists were presented to the public on BestCARTOONS.net and cartoonists of the world were invited to give their opinions about it, in a 3 days time, concerning possible fraud, plagiarism and/or similarities.
6. We have not received works with similarity problems.
7. The way of voting of each jury member is presented in this table.
8. The prize giving criterias are explained on the ''L'' column of our table of contents .
9. So, the Prizes of International Cartoon Contest Urziceni 2015 are:
GOLD PRIZE, 300 Euro, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Klaus Pitter, Austria (Top).
SILVER PRIZE, 200 Euro, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Cristian Mihailescu, Romania.
BRONZE PRIZE, 100 Euro, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: David Fuentes, Cuba.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Houmayoun Mahmoudi, Iran.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Mehdi Azizi, Iran.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Jovcho Savov, Bulgaria.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Bahman Jalali, Iran.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Sergey Semendyaev, Ukraine.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Zeinab Dadmohamadi, Iran.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: VEM - Victor Eugen Mihai, Romania.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Alireza Pakdel, Iran.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Alla & Chavdar Georgievi, Bulgaria.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Elrayah Ombaddi, Sudan.
EXCELLENCY, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on BestCARTOONS.net: Raed Khalil, Syria.
The Special Diploma, Special Honor Diploma: Igor Lukyanchenko, Ukraine.
The Special Prize of Urziceni Culture Center, Special Honor Diploma: Houmayoun Mahmoudi, England.
The Special Prize of CRISAN Publishing House, Special Honor Diploma: Marco D’Agostino, Italy.
So we tried, as you have seen on these pages, to make the things in TOTAL TRANSPARENCY. We think that we have succeeded and also we hope that our transparency example will be followed by a lot of juries in several cartoon contests around the world.
The Jury, Internet, 24 November 2015.
Rules, The Jury, Selected works (The Gallery Urziceni 2015), Works received, Preselected, Finalists, and Winners on bestcartoons.

Results of the International Illustration Contest 2015, Hungary, with theme: Reduce it!

2015.11.24.
Dear Applicants!
We are happy to inform you that the jury chose the
three best works and one special prize, as follows:
1. Marco D’Agostino - Untitled (Top)
2. Kelemen István – Untitled
3. Virág Fruzsina Éva – „REDUCE IT!”
Special Prize: Horst Hellmeier – “Flatten It!”
Thank you for the many valuable and high-quality works.
Regards,
STKH team.
Source: http://www.stkh.hu/friss-informacio/.

20.11.15

International Cartoon Competition 2015, China: Economize; Practice Thrift; Law; Justice

2015 International Cartoon Competition
2015-10-31
Competition Rules
1. Schedule:
Original submission deadline on October 30, 2015
Postponed to ---- November 20, 2015 (the new deadline )
2. Increase the theme: “Economize; Practice Thrift; Law; Justice
3. Email: mhds1@sohu.com
Only accept the digital works.
4. Prize
First Prize [1 competitor]: 900 USD and certification
Second Prize [2 competitors]: 600 USD and certification
Third Prize [3 competitors]: 300 USD and certification
Excellent Prize [50 competitors]: souvenir and certification
Top-over-List Prize: souvenir.
5. The Jury
1) The jury is made up of famous cartoonists, university professors and experts.
2) The jury will maintain an objective, fair and just principles of the entries submitted for judging and voting, and recommended the winners.
3) The winner will be announced in December 2015
6. Copyrights
1) The organizers reserve the right to refuse entries they consider morally, politically or religiously offensive, as well as work that is considered in violation of the acknowledged moral standards.
2) If a contribution has any intellectual property rights or copyright dispute, the organizer holds the right to revoke the participant’s eligibility to participate in the competition. Participants are solely liable for any consequence that may arise from submitting work to the competition. The participant must be the owner of all rights on the work submitted and it is the responsibility of the participant to ensure that his or her contributions to the competition do not generate any copyright or other intellectual property rights dispute.
3) News Cartoon reserves the right to use the contributions for presentation and media use.
4) Organizers and participants share the copyrights of the contributions; the organizers of the event have the right to display and distribute the works of the contestants.
5) By submitting a contribution to the competition, the participant is agreeing to accept all of the rules.
Responsible editor:redman.
Source: http://www.redmanart.com/en/bencandy.php?fid=6&id=612.

15.11.15

Results of the 7th International Cartoon Biennial Jiaxing 2015, China

Re-evaluation results of the 7th International Cartoon Biennial Jiaxing 2015, China
2015第七届中国•嘉兴国际漫画双年展复评结果
1 巴•毕力格 梦想与现实 内蒙古 最佳主题
2 盖桂保 阳光下的思念 山东 最佳主题
3 贾锐军 鸟 内蒙古 最佳主题
4 刘志永 牵手 天津 最佳主题
5 吕佳 牛市梦 浙江 最佳主题
6 宓风光 宇宙之梦 浙江 最佳主题
7 Alexandrov Valeri –Walex No Title Bulgaria 保加利亚 最佳主题
8 Eray Ozbek My Dream Turkiye 土耳其 最佳主题
9 Ilya Katz No Title Israel 以色列 最佳主题
10 Katz Grigori Twins Israel 以色列 最佳主题
11 Neda Tanhaee Moghaddam No Title Bulgaria 保加利亚 最佳主题
12 SEYED ALI MIRAEE My Dream Iran 伊朗 最佳主题
13 侯晓强 书的魅力 山东 最佳自由创意
14 李建华 无题 吉林 最佳自由创意
15 宋晓军 象牙之殇 山东 最佳自由创意
16 陶开俭 前进的步伐 江苏 最佳自由创意
17 王慧玲 白骨铺就的T台 浙江 最佳自由创意
18 卫吴元 劳动奖章 山西 最佳自由创意
19 魏铁生 竞技场外 北京 最佳自由创意
20 肖承森 无题 北京 最佳自由创意
21 周喜悦 因果 吉林 最佳自由创意
22 B V Panduranga Rao CARTOONIST India 印度 最佳自由创意
23 Darko Drljevic, 无题1 Montenegro 黑山共和国 最佳自由创意
24 Hamed Mortazavi No Title Iran 伊朗 最佳自由创意
25 Katz Grigori Harmony Israel 以色列 最佳自由创意
26 Nikola listeš No Title Croatia 克罗地亚 最佳自由创意
27 Peiman Mirzaei No Title Australia 澳大利亚 最佳自由创意
28 Roberto Castillo Rodriguez Precio de la Libertas Cuba 古巴 最佳自由创意
29 SLOBODAN BUTIR No Title Croatia 克罗地亚 最佳自由创意
30 Vladimir Stankovski A little bit of Mom and a little bit of Dad Serbia 塞尔维亚 最佳自由创意
31 高翔 我的梦 四川 主题入选
32 郭冶 梦之缔造者-科比与邓肯 浙江 主题入选
33 海全 维修 内蒙古 主题入选
34 李海峰 环游世界 北京 主题入选
35 刘晓东 无题 山东 主题入选
36 孙宝欣 愿景 山东 主题入选
37 王成喜 人才梦 山东 主题入选
38 王海燕 小书包 安徽 主题入选
39 王慧玲 洗肺 浙江 主题入选
40 王俊平 长城长 黑龙江 主题入选
41 王瑞生 盼 安徽 主题入选
42 闻凤刚 天天如此 北京 主题入选
43 肖文津 梦想 山东 主题入选
44 徐进 大器晚成 北京 主题入选
45 薛建 期待 黑龙江 主题入选
46 杨小薇 蓝天梦 吉林 主题入选
47 章建白 透支 上海 主题入选
48 赵国品 古镇印象 湖北 主题入选
49 庄琳莹 梦中笔山-1 浙江 主题入选
50 Alexander DUBOVSKY Dream's (3) Ukraine 乌克兰 主题入选
51 Armen Hamonangan Dream's (1) Indonesia 印度尼西亚 主题入选
52 Darko Drljevic No Title 2 Montenegro 黑山共和国 主题入选
53 Emad Salehi My Dream Iran 伊朗 主题入选
54 Esmaeil Babaei My Dream Iran 伊朗 主题入选
55 Mahmood Nazari Ghatar Iran 伊朗 主题入选
56 Hamidreza Mosayebi My Dream Iran 伊朗 主题入选
57 HUSEYIN CAKMAK My Dream CYPRUS 塞浦路斯 主题入选
58 JITET KUSTANA No Title Indonesia 印度尼西亚 主题入选
59 konstantin kazanchev My Dream Ukraine 乌克兰 主题入选
60 Louis PoL No Title Australia 澳大利亚 主题入选
61 LUKA LAGATOR My Dream Montenegro 黑山共和国 主题入选
62 Makhmudjon Eshonkulov in border Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦 主题入选
63 Musa Gumus Fish Tree Turkey 土耳其 主题入选
64 Nicolas Koundouros No Title Greece 希腊 主题入选
65 nikola listeš Dream's (2) Croatia 克罗地亚 主题入选
66 Oleg Dergachov My Dream Canada 加拿大 主题入选
67 OSCAR RODRIGUEZ OCHOA "LUY" No Title Mexico 墨西哥 主题入选
68 Pavel Gabriel-Virgil A modest dream Romania 罗马尼亚 主题入选
69 Rahim Baghal Asghari Baghmisheh No Title Iran 伊朗 主题入选
70 Rešad Sultanović Dream's (1) BOSNIA–HERZEGOVINA 波斯尼亚-黑塞哥维那 主题入选
71 Sunnerberg Constantin Girl's Dream Belgium 比利时 主题入选
72 Tawan Chuntraskawvong No Title Thailand 泰国 主题入选
73 Todorovic Bobisa My Dream Serbia 塞尔维亚 主题入选
74 Toma'š Trunecer My Dream Ceska Republika 捷克 主题入选
75 Valeriu Kurtu Dream's (5) Deutschland 德国 主题入选
76 Victor Holub My Dream Ukraine 乌克兰 主题入选
77 VLADIMIR SEMERENKO No Title Russia 俄罗斯 主题入选
78 Yazd, Iran Dream's (2) Iran 伊朗 主题入选
79 单继新 忠诚的“守卫者” 山东 自由创意入选
80 海全 求学路 内蒙古 自由创意入选
81 郝延鹏 人行空间 黑龙江 自由创意入选
82 郝增茂 伪装 河北 自由创意入选
83 李肖扬 夫妻之道 湖北 自由创意入选
84 马建成 最后的晚餐 河南 自由创意入选
85 石甬启 时间如水 吉林 自由创意入选
86 王少华 发现有人偷拍 辽宁 自由创意入选
87 吴浩然 逢场作戏,徒有形式 浙江 自由创意入选
88 夏瑞中 仍无结果 上海 自由创意入选
89 杨树山 争 天津 自由创意入选
90 杨忠白 斗士 吉林 自由创意入选
91 张卫 双子塔 湖南 自由创意入选
92 郑华卫 无题 北京 自由创意入选
93 邹勤 不尽神剧滚滚来 上海 自由创意入选
94 Aidarbek Gazizov No Title Kazakhstan 哈萨克斯坦 自由创意入选
95 Armen Hamonangan No Title Indonesia 印度尼西亚 自由创意入选
96 BORANBAYEV Food Kazakhstan 哈萨克斯坦 自由创意入选
97 Chernyshev Mikhail Fedorovich No Title Russia 俄罗斯 自由创意入选
98 Emad Salehi No Title Iran 伊朗 自由创意入选
99 Erdogan Basol No Title Turkey 土耳其 自由创意入选
100 Esmaeil Babaei No Title Iran 伊朗 自由创意入选
101 Mahmood Nazari Farzande bishtar Iran 伊朗 自由创意入选
102 Hamidreza Mosayebi No Title Iran 伊朗 自由创意入选
103 JITET KUSTANA No Title Indonesia 印度尼西亚 自由创意入选
104 KAZANEVSKY VLADIMIR No Title Ukraine 乌克兰 自由创意入选
105 Louis PoL No Title Australia 澳大利亚 自由创意入选
106 LUKA LAGATOR Veecomme Montenegro 黑山共和国 自由创意入选
107 Makhmudjon Eshonkulov Femide Uzbekistan 乌兹别克斯坦 自由创意入选
108 MANOJ CHOPRA D L CHOPRA Selfie India 印度 自由创意入选
109 Musa Gumus Children Turkey 土耳其 自由创意入选
110 Neda Tanhaee Moghaddam No Title Bulgaria 保加利亚 自由创意入选
111 Neda Tanhaei moghadam No Title Bulgaria 保加利亚 自由创意入选
112 Oleg Dergachov My Dream Canada 加拿大 自由创意入选
113 Pavel Constantin Fotball Craze Romania 罗马尼亚 自由创意入选
114 SEYED ALI MIRAEE Education Iran 伊朗 自由创意入选
115 SLOBODAN BUTIR No Title Croatia 克罗地亚 自由创意入选
116 Vasilyeva Liliya No Title Russia 俄罗斯 自由创意入选
117 Viacheslav Bibishev (BIB) Shower Russia 俄罗斯 自由创意入选
118 VLADIMIR SEMERENKO No Title Russia 俄罗斯 自由创意入选
119 Yaser Delfan Yassan Galoot Iran 伊朗 自由创意入选
120 Yustinus Anang Jatmiko Light Indonesia 印度尼西亚 自由创意入选.
Sources: http://www.zgsshw.cn/content.asp?id=30567 & http://www.redmanart.com/en/bencandy.php?fid=6&id=609 .

11.11.15

Results 13th International Graphic Humour contest on new Technologies, Barakaldo 2015

XIII CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE HUMOR GRAFICO
BARAKALDO 2015
WINNERS
First Prize: SERGIO CALDERON TAIPE, Ecuador (Top)
Second Prize: VLADIMIR KAZANEVSKY, Ucraine
Third Prize: JUAN JIMÉNEZ ALTO, Spain
Fourth Prize: LUIS EDUARDO LEON, Colombia
Fifth Prize: HELDER TEIXEIRA PELEJA, Portugal.
Source: facebook.

9.11.15

2nd International Competition Noticartun Colombia 2015

2nd INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND GRAPHIC CARTOON HUMOR
- NOTICARTUN COLOMBIA - 2015
"TRIBUTE TO ALFREDO GREÑAS"
Alfredo Greñas:
Bucaramanga, Colombia, May 9, 1857 San Jose, Costa Rica September 16, 1949)
Engraver, illustrator and cartoonist of opinion. He studied at the Alberto Urdaneta School of Engraving in 1881 and actively participated in the "Papel Ilustrado" newspaper at the time. He was imprisoned for his graphic work against Rafael Nuñez in the weekly "El Posta" and since his release, he participated in the satirical newspaper "El Zancudo", in which a great critic to the political class was made. In 1893 he was exiled by the government of Nuñez, leaving for the United States he landed in Costa Rica, due to health issues, where he excelled in publishing until his death.
1) Open to all professional cartoonists in the world, preferably seniors (18 years).
Deadline 30 November 2015 .
2) There will be 2 categories A: “Caricature”, B “Cartoon”.
Category A: Caricature of Alfredo Greñas: physiognomic caricatures of him, not portraits.
Images and information of A. Greñas:
http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/historia/cari/cari2a.htm
http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/exhibiciones/la-caricatura-en-colombia/texto11.html
http://www.colarte.com/colarte/conspintores.asp?idartista=14172
http://www.banrepcultural.org/blaavirtual/textos-sobre-la-coleccion-de-arte-del-banco-de-la-republica/alfredo-grenas/escudo-de-la-regeneracion
Category B: Cartoon: Theme Is consumerism happiness in the world?
3) AWARDS (tbc):
Caricature
1. Prize: Diploma of the event.
2 Honorable Mentions
Cartoon
1. Prize : Diploma of the event.
2 Honorable Mentions
2 SPECIAL AWARDS FOR COLOMBIANS : "Noticartun Colombia Cartoon Recognition" and "Noticartun Colombia Graphic Humor Recognition "
Besides there will be a virtual exhibition of all the works that will stay in NEWS CARTOON COLOMBIA and CARTOON ALBUM OF COLOMBIAN.
Besides, there will be a virtual exhibition of all the works that will stay in NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA and COLOMBIAN CARTOON ALBUM.
4) Each participant can present in the event a maximum of two works by category, but only one can be awarded in each category. The artworks can be in black and white or in color.
5) About the Jury:
The jury is composed of professional cartoonists. They can participate in the contest, but only for exhibition purposes and not for awards (same applies to the winners of the 2014 edition). Also, they can't and won't take in account for the awards those artworks made by their family members or people with whom they have a current working relationship.
6) The cartoons sent have to have a maximum size of 30 x 40 cms. JPG, 300 dpi.
7) You can participate with cartoons that have already been published or rewarded previously. The selected works will be online so in case someone has a complaint about the originality of the artwork, the jury and News of Cartoon Colombia will select a new selected work.
8) All drawings submitted must be made from original ideas, either analog (scanned) or digital, no photographs, scanned photocopies, etc. will be accepted.
9) Participants must send a brief CV in Word, contact details (name, e-mail, web or blog and home country of the participant) and a photograph or caricature with his works.
10) Each author owns rights on their work and only authorizes NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA to expose it in this tribute online, without any financial compensation to the parties. Any problems with copyright shall be borne by the participant.
11) NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA, reserves the right to display works that understands they can attempt against individual or collective rights.
12) Participation in the contest implies full and unreserved acceptance of these conditions.
13) The work must be sent to:
NEWS OF CARTOON COLOMBIA
Topic: 2nd CONTEST NOTICARTUN COLOMBIA - 2015
noticartuncolombia@gmail.com
Source: facebook.

8.11.15

6th International City and Citizen Cartoon Contest, Tabriz 2015, Iran

6th International City and Citizen Cartoon Contest, Tabriz 2015
Rules:
We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
Theme: Traffic
* Please write your surname and first name, address, e-mail address, phone number+ a photo + a biography.
* All participants that their works enter in exhibition will receive the catalogue of the contest.
* Sent works should be in 300 dpi with 1500 pixel width or length and jpg format. Sent works could be published or won in a contest before.
* Deadline: 11 Dec. 2015
Prizes:
* First Prize: $1200, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
* Second Prize: $ 750, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
* Third Prize: $ 500, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
* 5 Honorable Mentions.
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address:
info@cwn-news.com or tabrizcartoons@tabrizcartoons.com
Tel: (98 411) 5545960
0098-9143134470
Web: http://www.cwn-news.com
* Jury board of every year are the last year`s winners.
* An album will be sent to all Participants.
Source: cwn-news.

4.11.15

International Cartoon Contest on Bribe 2016, China

2016 INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST ON BRIBE
THE CONDITIONS
1) The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.
2) Theme: BRIBE ; CORRUPTION ; FREE
3) E-mail work to address: sunnccartoon@126.com
4) Accept the digital works. After your works was selected, the organizing committee will notify you, send your original works to the organizing committee, to participate in the final awards.
5) Each entrant should provide title, name, age, address, career, e-mail, and telephone number.
6) Entries can be either black and white or colour.
7) The size of the work no limit.
8) The number of work there is no limit.
9) Deadline for entries is January 1, 2016.
10) PRIZES:
FIRST PRIZE: 800 USD
SECOND PRIZE: 600 USD
THIRD PRIZE: 400 USD
According to the specific situation, set up other awards.
11) Submitted cartoons will not be returned.
12) The cartoonists whose works has been selected will receive a copy of the catalog made for competition.
13) The organizers reserve the right to publish the cartoons submitted to the exhibition and use them in any forms. Your cartoon may be used for promotional purposes: cards, posters, catalogs, newspapers, magazine, and books etc.
14) Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions.
Entry form on source: redmanart.

3.11.15

The 3rd International Cartoon Gathering - Egypt 2016

The 3rd INTERNATIONAL CARTOON GATHERING - EGYPT 2016
(To be held in 20th March 2016)
The Ministry of Culture in Egypt, Foreign Cultural Relations Sector, in cooperation with Egyptian Caricature Society, organize the 3rd International Cartoon Gathering.
Eligible Participants:
• Open to all artists from all over the world above 18 years.
Theme:
1 - Education
2 - Free
Technical Criteria:
• All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi.
• Size A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPG format.
• Entries: Max. 5 cartoons in each section.
• Submitted works can be in colour 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 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: egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com
• Deadline: 20th January 2016
Selection Criteria:
• Entries will be judged by a prominent Jury based on the quality of each submitted work.
• A catalogue of the selected artworks will be printed, a copy of which will be sent to the selected cartoonists.
For more details please visit: https://www.facebook.com/egyptcartoon
Or contact us at: egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com
The Gathering President:
Gomaa Farahat
Commissaire General:
Fawzy Morsy
Emad Abd El Maksud.