New Year greeting e-card arrives from Santosh Paliwal, India.

Santosh Paliwal (Cartoonist, Artist), INDIA

2011 Caretoon Contest, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the U.S.A.

Enter Now...
the National Liberty Museum's 2011 "CARETOON" CONTEST
Transform the art of cartooning into drawings that "care!",

Submit an original work of art expressing positive attributes,
such as friendship, courage, peace or diversity.
FOUR PRIZES:
$500 ADULT International · $500 ADULT National
$500 STUDENT International · $500 STUDENT National
You don't need to be a professional cartoonist to draw a Caretoon.
The Caretoon Contest is open to people of all ages and artistic ability.
Group submissions are welcomed!
For an entry form or additional information, click here,
or call 215-925-2800, ext. 124.
Deadline: April 15, 2011.
National Liberty Museum
321 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
215-925-2800
http://www.libertymuseum.org/

28th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition 2011 - Turkey

XXVIII. Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition
Deadline: May 2nd, 2011
Participation Rules & Participation Form

Catalan Sports Drawing + Graphic Humour Competition 2011

CATALAN INTERNATIONAL SPORT BRIEFING
1st INTERNATIONAL SPORTS DRAWING COMPETITION
3rd SPORTS GRAPHIC HUMOUR COMPETITION
The Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya (Catalan Union of Sports Federations) announces its 1st International Sports Drawing Competition which is open to all artists and whose theme is sport in general.
The competition will be biennial, and is intended to bring sport closer to the work of artists in order to extend and promote drawing as an expression of sport.
The works can be presented until February 28.
The Union also announces its 3rd Sports Graphic Humour Competition which is open to all works published in the print media or on the Internet and all unpublished works submitted to the Unió de Federacions Esportives de Catalunya prior to the deadline established in the competition rules.
Sports Drawing
There will be a single indivisible prize of €3,000 (three thousand Euros), and two honourable mentions with a prize of €1,000 each, to be awarded by a majority vote of the jury.
Sports Humour
There will be a prize of €1,500 (one thousand five hundred Euros) and a second prize of €1,000 (one thousand Euros), both to be awarded by a majority vote of the jury.
You will find all the requirements for entries, the prizes, the jury and the other features of the competition in the attached documents at source:
http://feco-spain.blogspot.com/2010/12/ii-concurso-de-humor-grafico-union-de.html
More information: ufec@ufec.cat

Theme in 2nd International Cartoon Competition: Dictatorship & Tolerance

2nd International Cartoon Competition /Germany 2011
Beginning of the Competition: 1st January 2011!!
www.limes-net.com/contest2011
Regulations of the Competition
General
The competition takes place online and over this internet side only!
Sent originals cannot be accepted. A return isn‘t possible for organizational reasons.
Sending by e-mail can only be accepted in exceptional case.
Subject
The theme of the contest 2011 is: „Dictatorship and Tolerance“
Prizes and Awards
1st Prize: 1000 € + golden elk
2nd Prize: 500 € + silver elk
3rd Prize: 300 € + bronze elk
and Special Awards + Competition Catalogues for the best placed cartoonists
Participation Conditions
Participants: all cartoonists
Organizer
Valeriu Kurtu (KURTUKUNST Gallery) in cooperation with the LIMES Image Agency im KU-DAMM Karee, Kurfürstendamm 207-208, Eingang Lietzenburger Str 80, 10719 Berlin
E-mail: contact@limes-net.com
Jury
The prize winners are determined by an independent jury.
Deadline
The deadline for receipt of cartoons: 15th March 2011.
The transmittal of the cartoons takes place in digital form via this internet page:
http://www.limes-net.com/contest2011
Number of Cartoons
Max. number of entries per cartoonist: 3.
The cartoons must be the original work of the artist.
Registration
The registration for the competition takes place via this internet page:
http://www.limes-net.com/contest2011
First you have to registry as a participants of the competition. After registration an email will be sentto you with your password for your personal area. In this area you can upload your cartoons on our server.
Size / File Format
Minimum Size: 500 KB
Maximum Size: 25 MB
File Format: JPG
Color Mode: RGB
Production
The cartoon can be produced analogue or digital, but it has to be sent to us only in digital format.
Caption
The caption takes place only via internet before uploading of the cartoons.
Dates
The jury starts with the determination of the prize winners from 20th March 2011.
The exhibition date is not yet fixed.
Presentation of the Cartoons
The contestant allows the organizer to use the cartoons for own puplications only in connection with this competition.
With the sending of the works for the competition the contestant accepts automatically the regulation of the competition and agrees the print of the cartoons for the exhibition and catalogues.
- Competition Catalogue
- Exhibition in Berlin. Place und Date (expected date May 2011) is not yet fixed.
- Cartoon-Museum in Vianden (Luxembourg), the date is not yet fixed.
- Stadtmuseum Ungheni (Moldova), the date is not yet fixed and online: www.limes-net.com/contest2011
All copyrights are held by the author of the cartoons.
The decision is final.
Errors and changes excepted.
The 2nd Cartoon Competition 2011 is supported by the Lotto Stiftung Berlin.
Source: syriacartoon

Results Biennial International Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2010

Theme: The influence of internet social networks
AWARDS
Personal Cartoon (Caricature)
-First Prize: $ 10,000
Luis Fabián Gaspardo, born 1969, native of Santa Fe, Argentina
Title: Mars.
-Second Prize: 1,800 euros
Gonzalo Álvarez Fernández, born in 1978 in El Paso (La Palma)
Title: Pedro Guerra.
-Third Prize: 1,200 euros
María Elena Galarza Hernández, born in 1966 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Title: Nelson Mandela.
Humorous Drawing (Cartoon)
-First Prize: $ 10,000
David Vela Cervera, born 1967, native of Zaragoza
Title: Your friends. (See top)
-Second Prize: 1,800 euros
Eduardo Gonzalez Rodriguez, born in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Title: Cebolleda.
-Third Prize: 1,200 euros
Xavier Tárrega Ratón, born 1980, native of Barcelona
Title: Facebook.
More info
Source: feco-spain

More New Year 2011 greeting e-cards from friends of caricaturque arrived at another e-address of mine

Juan Felipe Salcedo
http://www.mute-ant.com/
http://www.comicsocialclub.com/

Fabio Shin
http://fabioshin.com/
http://www.caricaturaemmanga.com.br/

Ismail Kar

KARCOMICS

The 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival 2011 - Turkey

The 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival 2011
The 17th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 15th to 18th 2011 during the 82nd Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year on the 23rd April.

The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 17th 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, 2011.
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 1st, 2011 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 15th to 18th, 2011 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 17th 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.
NEZIH DANYAL
KARIKATUR VAKFI
PK: 364 YENISEHIR/ANKARA
http://nd-karikaturvakfi.org.tr/
Source: regulamentoscartoon

The First Anti Terrorism International Cartoon Contest – Iran

The First Anti Terrorism International Cartoon Contest – Iran
Introduction:
The modern world is prey to wretched acts of evil totalitarians who see nothing but their interests. Indeed, architects of violence and terrorism have no other intention but to obliterate any other existence. Their evil deeds know no boundaries and their targets include the public from all walks of life.
Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Palestine and x are among territories that have for a long time been areas of interest for dominators. Although they have suffered great tyranny, these people stood strong to retain their pride and go down the history.
Objective:
The objective of this competition is to unfurl the evil face of terrorism that creates agitation, concern and insecurity in societies by killing innocent people to achieve its objectives.
Theme: Anti Terrorism
Deadline: February 19, 2011 (DEADLINE EXTENDED) 09 APRIL 2011 (http://www.irancartoon.com/2010/daily/contest/antiterrorism.htm)
REGULATIONS
The number of sent cartoons is 5.
-Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV)
-All participants that their works enter in exhibition will receive the catalogue of the contest.
-Sent works should be in 200dpi with 2000 pixel width or length and jpg format.
-Please Specify Contest Title in your Subject email.
Address:
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: info@irancartoon.com
Awards:
First prize: 2000 Euro + Honorable Mention + Trophy
Second prize: 1500 Euro + Honorable Mention + Trophy
Third prize: 1000 Euro + Honorable Mention + Trophy
Top ten artists will also receive Honorable Mention.
Manager: Abbas Ghazi Zahedi
http://www.irancartoon.com/
Source: irancartoon

And this e-card for New Year 2011 comes from Dawood Deldar

XII PortoCartoon 2010 - On-Line Voting - Until 31st December

Dear Cartoonist,
Dear Friend,
We would like to remind you that is open the on-line voting for the PortoCartoon 2010 until the 31st December.
The public can choose its favourite cartoon, independently of the choice of the jury of this festival.
People all around the world can vote in the Cartoon Virtual Museum at
http://www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org/f_portocartoon_2010_vote.htm
37 artists are in contest, and each cartoon can be seen in detail.
The candidates are the awarded, the honourable mentions and the finalist ones of the 12th PortoCartoon-World Festival.
The voting is open on the Portuguese Printing Press Museum and on the Cartoon Virtual Museum until 31st December.
Your vote is very important for the better decision!
With my very best regards and wishing you a Happy New Year 2011,
Luís Humberto Marcos
Director, PortoCartoon and Portuguese Printing Press Museum.