Cartoon Award of Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung

Ahoy,
http://www.toonpool.com - the international cartoon platform - announces:
On the occasion of the YEAR OF MATHEMATICS 2008 the DMV (Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung / German Mathematicians Organization) will award
1 cartoon treating MATHEMATICS in an imaginative and most surprising way.
Awarding prize: 1000 euro
Joining cartoons (published or unpublished) may not be created before January 2007 but all time after - or could be brandnew, too...
DMV will receive rights for using all joining cartoons in DMV's own publications. Further copyrights will stay in artists' possession.
Selecting jury:
Til Mette (stern),
Jan-Michael Richter (jamiri),
Prof. Rainer Schulze-Pillot (DMV),
Prof. Günter M. Ziegler (DMV)
Please send applications until JULY 30th, 2008 to the DMV's president:
Prof. Günter M. Ziegler
Institut für Mathematik, MA 6-2
Technische Universität Berlin
D-10623 Berlin / Germany
By e-mail:
ziegler@math.tu-berlin.de
Peace & smiles,
Bernd Pohlenz, cartoonist
http://www.toonpool.com

The Festival of European Satire "Billygoats" - Poland

THE FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN SATIRE “BILLYGOATS” (FSE) THE SATIRICAL CONTEST
I. SATIRICAL CONTEST REGULATIONS
1. The Contest has a semi-open formula and it is addressed to professional artists acting throughout Europe and European art schools students, who create caricature, satirical drawings or animation.
2. Invitations for the Contest together with Contest Regulations and Entry Form will be sent directly to the artists, to art associations and organizations and to art schools rector’s offices. Informing the interested parties will be carried out by mail and e-mail or possibly by media announcements.
3. The Contest has two technical categories:
A. drawing, graphics and other artistic works made in traditional technique
B. computer animation
4. Terms of entries submission:
A category
- the submitted works must be original (no photocopies allowed), not larger than A3 size (297 x 420 mm). In the case of sculptures, non-standard sizes are allowed, but not larger than 300 x 300 x 300 mm.
B category
- the entered works can be made with the traditional art of graphics (drawing) or computer graphics entirely. The length of the animation cannot exceed 30 sec. The file containing the animation should be delivered in the form of MPG1, MPG2 or WMV file.
For category A and B
- works previously awarded or submitted for other contests are excluded.
Every participant is allowed to send not more than 5 works, regardless of the technical or theme category of the given contest edition.
Works must be properly secured for shipping to prevent damages.
Any damaged works and not suitable for the display are excluded from the Contest and organizers are not responsible for any damages arisen during transport.
Works sent by e-mail are also excluded from the Contest.
5. Contest themes of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS” – Poznań 2008:
I. Free topic
II. Climate changes. Water
III. Famous painters in caricature
6. Contest deadline: 16.06.2008
7. Results announcement: 1.07.2008
8. Contest office address:
FESTIWAL SATYRY EUROPEJSKIEJ “KOZIOŁKI” ul. Mazurska 15, 60- 433 Poznań, POLSKA (POLAND)

9. A photograph or a caricature of the author, a short biography note and a completed Entry Form (the form should be typed or handwritten with block letters) should be attached to the entry. The author gives consent to the organizers’ use of their personal data and image in public.
II. PRIZES
1. The entries are evaluated and qualified for the exhibition by an international jury.
2. The following prizes will be awarded by the jury:
- in A category (graphics):
· GRAND PRIX of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
- a statue and a prize in cash: 5000 Euro
· II prize of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
- a statue and a prize in cash: 2500 Euro
· III prize of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
- a statue and a prize in cash: 1500 Euro
- in B category (graphics):
· GRAND PRIX of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
- a statue and a prize in cash: 5000 Euro
· II prize of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
- a statue and a prize in cash: 2500 Euro
· III prize of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
- a statue and a prize in cash: 1500 Euro
· The organizers additionally plan prizes from the sponsors of the Contest .
3. The organizers have sole right to the final prizes distribution, change of their value or not to award any entrant with the Festival’s GRAND PRIX.
4.The Jury’s decisions are final. The contest results will be announced until: 1.07.2008 on the website http://www.eurofestsat.eu/
5. Note: The prizes are liable to taxation pursuant to the Polish rules of law.
6. To receive the prize in cash the winner must be present at contest results announcement ceremony and collect the prize personally or give their account number. In this case, the prize amonut will be transferred within 7 days.
III. THE ENTRANTS’ PRIVILEGES
1. The authors of the works qualified for the post-contest exhibition receive a free catalogue and a place there.
2. The organizors bear the winners transport expenses and guarantee their free participation in the event on 6-7.09.2008
IV. FINAL PROVISIONS

1. The participation in the Contest is free of charge. The winners’ works are kept in the festival archive, the remaining works are passed to The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS” Foundation and can be sold directly, auctioned or bartered - to gain funds or direct help to realize the following aims within the borders of Europe:
A. Organization of and financing:
a) scholarships for European satire and humour creators,
b) individual and collective exhibitions,
c) courses, conferences and seminars on satire and humour,
d) social help, the of materials, equipment, accessories and tools for satire and humour creators and for chosen scientific-didactic institutions, not-organized children and adults, who are specified by Foundation Board
B. Promotion of European satire and its artists in the media,
C. Running publishing activity within the scope of Foundation’s aims.
(points A, B, C are in concordance with § 9 of The Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS” Foundation statute)
NOTE:
Every contest participant can specify an aim to pass the means. This information should be written (preferably in English) in ENTRY FORM FOR THE CONTEST in the column: AUTHOR'S NOTICES. The Foundation Board consisting of independent art creators – representatives of different countries – will decide by voting and choose the aim. Information about the realization of the aim will be placed on http://www.eurofestsat.eu/
2. The entrants give consent to use their works without any compensation and use the information about the Authors in any manner or medium to promote and advertise the Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
3. The organizers are the only and final entity to interprete these Regulations.
4. By entering the Contest the Authors agree to accept the Regulations provisions.
5. The Organizer of the Contest is The Foundation of the Festival of European Satire “BILLYGOATS”
address:
FUNDACJA FESTIWALU SATYRY EUROPEJSKIEJ “KOZIOŁKI”
Mazurska 15, 60-433 Poznań, Polska (POLAND)
info:
www.eurofestsat.eu e-mail: info@eurofestsat.eu tel./fax +48 61 8 488 744
(FSE carries on its direct correspondence only in Polish and English)

Results XII Contest On-Line Fabricarica / Brazil

XII Contest On-Line Fabricarica / Brazil concluded
THEME: OSCAR NIEMEYER ARCHITECT
Great Brazilian architect known internationally and that at the end of last year (2007) completed 100 years of life.
We started 2008 dedicating the contest online him, Oscar Niemeyer. After voting made between the participants, the result of the 12 th Contest On-Line Fabricarica / EPTV was:
1st Place: FERNANDES (42 votes): http://fabricarica.2it.com.br/?sec_cod=53&popup_cod=28
2nd Place: Lex (17 votes): http://fabricarica.2it.com.br/?sec_cod=53&popup_cod=36
3rd Place: Rafael Camargo (13 votes): http://fabricarica.2it.com.br/?sec_cod=53&popup_cod=60
Congratulations to all the participants who once again enhanced the prestige of the competition with excellent work.
FABRICARICA
Theme of the 13th Contest online soon at http://fabricarica.2it.com.br/?ref=concurso

SIMILARITY: Duarte - Aghaei

Muhammed Amin Aghaei - salib4 at http://www.aghaeiart.com/cartoon03.htm


Raimundo Waldez Da C. Duarte (Brasil) - 1st Molla Nasreddin 2008 - Honorable Mention: http://www.azercartoon.com/honour.htm

Results 1st Molla Nasreddin - Azerbaijan 2008

The Results of the "1st Molla Nasreddin, Azerbaijan-2008" International Cartoon Contest

Gold Medal: Slawomir Luczynski / Poland (See above), Shahram Rezaei / Iran, Seyran Caferli / Azerbaijan.

Silver Medal: Alessandro Gatto / Italy, Kazanevsky Vladimir / Ukraine, Rumen Dragostinov / Bulgaria, Sergey Sichenko / Israel (See above).

Bronze Medal: Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine), Mehrdad Abbasi (Iran) (See above), Jugoslav Vlahovic (Serbia), Atila Ozer (Turkey), Nickolay Chernyshev (Russia).
Honorable Mentions: Robert Rousso / France, Omar Zevallos Velarde / Peru, Ilya Katz / Israel, Sung-il Hung / South Korea, Vafa Alahyarova / Azerbaijan, Radik Azizov / Uzbekistan, Leon De Borger / Belgium, Elman Mirzoyev / Azerbaijan, Mihaita Porumbita / Romania, Afet Isayeva / Azerbaijan, Serafim Bakoulis / Greece, Behzad Riazi / Iran, Prokopljevic Jovan / Serbia & Montenegro, Kazanevsky Vladimir / Ukraine, Hafiz Nasiroglu / Azerbaijan, Julio Angel Carrion Cueva / Peru, Valentin Georgiev / Bulgaria, Musa Gumus / Turkey, Bayram Gasimkhanli / Azerbaijan, Raimundo Waldez Da C. Duarte / Brasil.
See all prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.azercartoon.com/

Gallery Tibet at Brazilcartoon website

Gallery Tibet between 28 March 08 - 28 May 08 at Brazilcartoon website

Visit the gallery: http://www.brazilcartoon.com

Send your cartoon!
info@brazilcartoon.com

International Cartoon Festival Vucje - Serbia

International Cartoon Festival Vucje - Serbia

Subject: “Forest is Health”

Works dimensions : A4

Number of entries : 3

Technique: free

Deadline: April 30, 2008

Exhibition: May 8th in Vucje

Entries to be submitted in JPG format at a resolution of 300 dpi to the e-mail address: tinaseal@ptt.yu

Awards:

First prize:10 days full board accommodation in the Kukavica Mountain Hotel for two persons and a diploma

Second prize: 7 days full board accommodation in the Kukavica Mountain Hotel for two persons and a diploma

Third prize: 5 days full board accommodation in the Kukavica Mountain Hotel for two persons and a diploma

Three special prizes.

Artistic Director: Aleksandar Blatnik

Festival executive Director: Dragan Stojilkovic

Cultural Center Vucje /for submitting original artworks/

Koste Stamenkovica bb 16203 Vucje

Phone: +381 16 885 142
(Source: http://www.syriacartoon.com/)

16th Piracicaba's University Humor Exhibition - Brazil

The 16th Piracicaba’s University Humor Exhibition UNIMEP / BRAZIL
Rules 2008
1 - Dates: The The 16th Piracicaba’s University Humor Exhibition – UNIMEP, organized by “Universidade Metodista de Piracivaba”, will take place according to the following Dates:
Registrations: up to May 26th, 2008.
Selection of the works: June 2th, 2008.
Awarding: June 6th, 2008.
2 - The contest is for college and university students only. The participants must present a document to prove that they are enrolled in those institutions.
Categories:
Comical Cartoon: Humor drawing related to fact that took place recently
Cartoon: Humor drawing not necessarily having a connection with any specific fact.
Caricature: a portray, generally of a famous person, with anatomic distortions.
Comic strip: a sequence told in steps/boxes.
Registration:
It is free and can be done through the Internet, mail or in the organization.
Each participant is able to register in all wished categories with no limit of works. The works must be original and done by the participants themselves. If the works do not fit these instructions, they will be disqualified. Copies like photographies and xerox will not be accepted.
The works sent by mail or delivered in the organization must be 30X40 cm (or 12X16 inches.). They must have full name, country, telephone number, e-mail, the category and the name of the Teaching Institution, which the participant attends, all these information must be in the back of the work.
The address to deliver the works is:
Salão Universitário de Humor de Piracicaba/UNIMEP
Universidade Metodista de Piracicaba
A/C: Laboratório de Comunicação

Rodovia do Açúcar, Km 156 - C. Taquaral

Caixa Postal 68 - CEP: 13400-911 Piracicaba/SP/Brasil

Telefone: (19) 3124-1611
Works sent through the Internet (salaodehumor@unimep.br) must follow the specifications: JPG; 300 dpi; maximum 2MB. For further information log onto www.unimep.br/salaodehumor.
The works must reach the organization before May 26th, 2008. The mailing date will be taken into consideration.
All submitted works may be reproduced in order to publicize the event.
Prizes: Two prizes in cash, R$ 1.000,00 each, for the two best works indicated by the jury. The category will not be taken into consideration.
One prize in cash, R$ 1.000,00, for the best work chosen by the audience (Internet and visitors).
Eight prizes (special portfolios) elaborated by the organizing committee. It will consist of: The image of the awarded work, biography of its author, the image of other works and contacts. These prizes will be sent to professional in the field of communications, directors and editors of art and other destinations indicated by the jury. The chosen artists must send their personal information within 45 days after the announcement of the winners.
The selection and the awarding will done by the jury.
The awarded works will belong to UNIMEP, which will use the works as wished.
The other works may be taken back. The participants should go to the address mentioned above or require the devolution of the works through mail, under the participants’ expenses.
The organizing committee is not responsible for damages during the sending of the works.
All participants agree with all rules mentioned here.
Source: http://www.brazilcartoon.com/

8th "New Technologies" Contest of Barakaldo

“NEW TECHNOLOGIES” EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF PICTORIAL HUMOUR.
CONDITIONS

The city of BARAKALDO organizes the "New technologies" eighth international contest of pictorial humour.
The cartoonists will send a work of illustrated humour in relation with new technologies which have a considerable impact on the day to day life (i.e. INTERNET, BIOLOGY, SPACE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDICINE, ETC...). The idea is to help citizens to think about the new grounds for scientific progress.
APPLICANTS
The competition is open to everyone, especially with no regard of age. Each applicant can present a maximum of three piece of work. The works of the authors who won the Hermes prize the year before will not be taken in consideration.
FORM AND SIZE
The scenes and characters will have to be originals and of proper creation. The works can be drawn in black and white or in colour. The works will have a length of one page that will not exceed 800 x 600 pixels, with a minimum resolution of 72 pixels per inch.
The authors must not include their name or any other information about themselves on the works. Otherwise, they will be eliminated from the contest.
LANGUAGES
Only two languages can be used: spanish or basque. Nonetheless the panel will take into consideration works of pictorial interest without text, proceeding from artists of places where these languages are not used.
PRESENTATION
Applicants will send a e-mail with their names, surnames, address, date of birth, passport number, telephone number. They will send this e-mail with the file of the picture in JPG format.
PLACE AND DEADLINE OF THE APPLICATION
The piece of work with the reference of the artist will be sent exclusively through e-mail, to the following address: hermesbarakaldo@barakaldo.org before 2008 Octobre 13th.
VIRTUAL SHOWING
The city contemplates realizing a public diffusion of the works presented and lately selected by the panel. The virtual show of the works received during the contest will not be granted by any type of economic retribution.
AWARDS
The "Hermes de Barakaldo" prize amounts to 4.500 euros shared between five winners:
1st prize: 1.500 euros.
2nd prize: 1.000 euros,
3rd prize: 800 euros.
4th prize: 700 euros.
5th prize: 500 euros.
PANEL
A qualified panel of judges will pick out the best works. Prizes will be handed on the first week of December 2008, in Barakaldo. The city leaves to the panel the possibility to declare no winners, according to quality criteria.
OTHER DETERMINATION
Taking part to the competition implies the acceptance of the conditions overhead.

MELA RIDENS Special contest via e-mail - Italy

MELA RIDENS

Special contest via e-mail only for young artists 16-29 years old

(with a special reserved section for professional artists over 30 years)

Theme: AN APPLE A DAY... THE PLEASURE THAT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD

Prizes: Special Prizes

Deadline: September 20, 2008

http://www.fanofunny.com/guests/studioandromeda/speciale.html

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REGULATIONS

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"An apple a day..." A popular motto that has found in scientific research a punctual and precise confirmation. The Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori (Italian League for the Struggle against Tumors), appraising the most recent scientific studies, has activated a series of initiatives to favor the daily consumption of apples and a style of life founded on a correct feeding.

To comunicate this message there has been organized an ample informative campaign including a space dedicated to the juvenile creativeness.

The expressive form chosen is the humorous graphic: cartoons, sketches or brief comic strips in order to provoke a reflection on the benefits deriving from the consumption of this magic fruit that in making us feel good guarantees a dynamic, lively, pleased, serene life.

The apple is pleasant much more than a medicine. On website melaridens.com you can get scientific news about organolettic property of apples.

The initiative will last a whole year, a jury composed of the artists of Studio d'Arte Andromeda will select the works to expose and the virtual exibition will continually be adjourned. The project will be enriched as contacts, meetings, exchanges and prizes come along.

1. The contest is intended for young people of the whole world of inclusive age between 16 and 29 years.

2. Professional artists over 30 years of age can also participate in a special reserved section.

3. The virtual exibition will be visitable on the site http://www.melaridens.com/

4. Works have to be sent to the address info@studioandromeda.net beginning from November 1st 2007 and up to September 20th 2008.

5. Number of works max 2; size vertical or horizontal A4; 300 DPIs.

6. Admitted: comic strips, cartoons, coloured or white/black illustrations.

The works should be sent via e-mail to:

info@studioandromeda.net

(including entry-form with complete author's data)

For any further information and communication:

Segreteria Festival

info@studioandromeda.net

http://www.studioandromeda.net/

http://www.fanofunny.com/guests/studioandromeda

"Drought & Water" February 2008 results - Turkey

Above: (February 2008 Finalist) Valentin Georgiev - Bulgaria

MAN & NATURE February 2008 results

February 2008 results of the monthly Nature & Man Cartoon Contest 2008 with theme "Drought & Water" are announced at the contest website: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/default.asp

WINNERS

Orhan Zafer - Turkey

Musa Gumus - Turkey

Roman Kubec - Czech Republic.

See February 2008 runners-up at: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/finalist.asp
Complete regulations at: http://caricaturque.blogspot.com/2008/01/nature-man-contest-2008-drought-and.html