European Cartoon Center - Kruishoutem, Belgium
Eray Özbek, Turkey
Sezer Odabaşıoğlu, Turkey
İsmail Kar, Turkey
Kürşat Coşgun, Turkey23.12.08
E-cards from ECC, Ozbek, Odabasioglu, Kar, and Cosgun, greeting the New Year
European Cartoon Center - Kruishoutem, BelgiumEray Özbek, TurkeySezer Odabaşıoğlu, Turkeyİsmail Kar, TurkeyKürşat Coşgun, Turkey
22.12.08
5th International 7-77 Cartoon Competition, Ankara - Turkey
The 15th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 17th to 20th, 2009 during the 80th Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year in on the 23rd April .The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 15th International Ankara Cartoon Festival. The aim of the competition is to make children familiar with the art of cartooning and to contribute the development of sensitivity towards humour by enriching their world with the help of cartoons you will draw.
All proffessional and amateur cartoonists will be welcomed to join in by drawing cartoons for children.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original cartoon that can be understood by children. Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 15th, 2009. Cartoons should be sent to the following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA / TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE ($2,000) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2009 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 17th to 20th, 2009 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 15th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original cartoon that can be understood by children. Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 15th, 2009. Cartoons should be sent to the following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA / TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE ($2,000) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2009 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 17th to 20th, 2009 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 15th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.
Results European Cartoon Contest 2008 with theme "Intercultural Dialogue"
Cartoonist from Turkey wins the European Cartoon Contest 2008, PortugalMusa Gumus, from Turkey, won the First Prize of the European Cartoon Contest 2008, with a work called EU (European Union) (See above). The second prize of this initiative of the Portuguese Printing Press Museum has been given to Alessandro Gatto, from Italy and the Third Prize was to Heino Partanen, from Finland.
The UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations Jorge Sampaio, the Minister of the Presidency Pedro Silva Pereira, the Secretary of State of the Council of Ministers Jorge Lacão and the High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue Rosário Farmhouse, appreciated the awarded works in the lobby of the Teatro Camões, on the evening of December 18, shortly before the official closing of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue."
The works were selected by an international jury presided by George Wolinski, and had the following members: the president of FECO, Marlene Pohle; Helena Gelpi, a representative of the High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue; Xaquin Marin, director of the Museum of Humor of Fene (Spain ), Ronaldo, well-known Brazilian cartoonist and Luis Humberto Marcos, director of the Museum.
The high quality of works led the jury to give 8 Honourable Mentions to the artists from four countries: Luc Vernimmen - Belgium (1), David Vela - Spain (1), Ahmet Aykanat, Oguz Gurel, Musa Gumus - Turkey (3) and Mihai Ignat, Cristian Topan, Pavel Constantin - Romania (3). Special attention also needs the seven finalists cartoons, including one of the Portuguese painter and journalist Agostinho Santos.
This international competition began in 2007 with the theme "Inequality, Discrimination and Prejudice” and fits in the line of work this museum has developed within the framework of promoting the humour drawing, which the clearest expression is the PortoCartoon - World Festival.
In 2007, the book edited by the museum on the first edition of this European Cartoon Contest won the prize for best information of the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All, given by the European Union.
Results International Cartoon Contest Urziceni 2008 "Freedom is not Free"
URZICENI - ROMANIA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
The 3rd Edition
The winners of 2008 Urziceni Cartoon Competition "Freedom is not Free"
The 3rd Edition
The winners of 2008 Urziceni Cartoon Competition "Freedom is not Free"
First Prize: Slobodan Obradovic -Serbia 
Second Prize: Run Tang Li - China 
Third Prize: Osman Gural Suroglu - TurkeyOne Special Prize for a portrait of a well known world personality: Alexander Moreira - Brazilia
Source: Dum-Dum
This New Year 2009 greeting card from GALO is to Amigos de Huemulin Comics
With your participation, this Christmas will be special.Merry Christmas !
Cordially,
JAIME HUERTA (GALO)
http://www.huemulin.cl/
New Year 2009 greeting message and card from Hule Hanusic, Austria
Ein wunderschönes Weihnachtsfest und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!Hule Hanusic
Wien
Austria.
New Year 2009 greetings and card from Czech Union of Cartoonists
Mili pratele, posilame Vam prani vseho nejlepsiho do N. R. 2009Ceska unie karikaturistu
K tomu: autory figurek v Bethelemu CUKu jsou Marie Plotena, Milos Nesvadba a Miroslav Bartak. Montage: Jiri Kostyr. Logo CUK: Michal Hrdy (+).
21.12.08
Theme in 8th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest 2009: No War
8th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest - "No War"Theme: "No War"
(Works related to Gaza are welcomed eagerly, too)
REGULATIONS:
1- Maximum number of works allowed to send is 5.
2- Size of the works shouldn't exceed A3.
3- Works can be send both by post and email.
4- If you send your works by email, they should be in JPEG format and at least 150 DPI.
5- Artist's information should be written on the reverse side of each work in English; such as Name, Address, Telephone number, Nationality and Email.
6- There WON'T be a gallery of received cartoons because we think this would stop any possible plagiarism.
7- There will be an exhibition of selected cartoons on February 17, 2009 in 3 different galleries.
Either your work is selected for the catalogue or not, every participant will receive a free copy of the catalgoue of the contest, anyway.
Timetable:
Deadline: February 03, 2009
Judgment: February 14, 2009
Results will be announced on TabrizCartoons simultaneously on the award-winning ceremony with the presence of jurors and winners: February 17, 2009
Prizes:
First Winner: 1000 Euro + Tabriz Cartoon Association Golden Trophy
Second Winner: 500 Euro + Tabriz Cartoon Association Silver Trophy
Third Winner: 250 Euro + Tabriz Cartoon Association Bronze Trophy
10 Tabriz Cartoon Association Copper Trophies + Honor Mention
Juryboard:
We are totally honored to announce that until now, Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia), Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine), and Bayram Hacizadeh (Azerbaijan) have accepted our invitation to attend our judgment and ceremonies in Tabriz.
Selection Committee:
Before the final judgment by our jurors, there will be a selection committee including Rahim Baqqal Asghari, Sadegh Bagheri, Sevda Jannati, Naeimeh Nikouray, and Davoud Panahi. This committee will select the qualified works for judgment.
Address to send your cartoon by post:
Tabriz Cartoonists Association, Azerbaijan Cartoon Museum, Former Tabriz Estate Library, Opposite of Vahdat Art School, Golestan Garden, Tabriz, Iran Zip Code: 51396-13117
Tel/Fax: +98 411 2843094
Address to send your cartoon by email: tabrizcartoons@gmail.com
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