Invitación Presentaci​ón de Libros / Invitation: Presentation of Books

10th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial 2011, Iran

Deadline: 31 December 2011
Rules & Application Form

Cristian Topan cartoons about death of St(eve) Jobs

4th International Humor Exhibition of the Amazon

4º Salão Internacional de Humor da Amazônia.
enviar os trabalhos para o email: biratan.cartoon@gmail.com
Temas Ecológico, Cartum Livre e Caricaturas
até três trabalhos,data até 5 de novembro,
30x40 cm, RGB, JPG, 300 dpi.
Source: humorgrafe

GOOGLE TRANSLATE:

4th International Humor Exhibition of the Amazon
send jobs to the email: biratan.cartoon@gmail.com
Ecological Themes, Free Cartoon and Caricature
up to three works, date until November 5
30x40 cm, RGB, JPG, 300 dpi.
(Info: http://biratancartoon.blogspot.com/)

Invitación​: Presentaci​ón del libro Chumy Chúmez

Results 5th International Cartoon Festival SMILEANAPA 2011

The Winners of the 5th SMEHANAPA (SMILEANAPA) International Cartoon Festival – 2011 / Anapa, Russia
The 5th Festival has attracted more than 850 drawings from 205 cartoonists of 41 countries and in addition 29 young cartoonists (up to 14 years old).

Theme: Laughter – terapy
First Prize – Oleg Loktyev, Russia

Second Prize – Dmitro Skazhenyk, Ukraine

Third Prize - Darko Drljevic, Montenegro
Honorable Diplomas:
Boris Erenburg, Israel
Sergei Tunin, Russia
Valentin Georgiev, Bulgaria
Jia Rui jun, China
Wang Yinxiang, China
Viacheslav Shilov, Russia
Sergey Kokarev, Russia
Gheorghe Matei, Romania
Alfredo Martirena, Cuba.

Theme: Free
First Prize – Sergey Sichenko, Israel

Second Prize – Igor Smirnov, Russia

Third Prize – Alexandr Dubovsky, Ukraine
Honorable Diplomas:
Irien Trendafilov, Bulgaria
Mikhail Larichev, Russia
Valery Momot, Ukraine
Sergey Semendyaev, Ukraine
Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine
Ba Bilig, China
Anton Lobanov, Russia.

Child's section:
Katia Sergeeva, Russia
Wu Qian Yun, China
Zhenia Chernyshev, Russia.

Prize of the General Sponsor (sanatorium “Di Luch”, Anapa):
Vladimir Pron’kin, Russia.

A Favorite Public Award:
Alexander Zotkin, Ukraine.
All awarded cartoons:
http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=9309
This report by:
Vasiliy Alexandrov, Chairman of Jury
Alexander Prohorov, Director.

Sad news: Syriacartoon reports the death of the young cartoonist Rabee Aridi

Death of the young Syrian Arab cartoonist "Rabee Aridi"
The late cartoonist "Aridi" was born in Damascus in 1976.
He studied art through private non-academic sessions.
Aridi also participated in several local and regional art
exhibitions and galleries being awarded many times.
He was a prominent poster designer.
He left us to the other life yesterday, 23rd of September 2011.
Source: syriacartoon

Theme in Brain Sneezing 2011, Slovakia: Ideal and Idealism

Park kultúry a oddychu in Prešov announces the International Cartoon Humour Competition
Brain Sneezing - from kalokagathia to hypochondria and back
Topic 2011: Ideal and idealism
Competition terms:
1. Each author can send maximum 5 original works.
2. The competition is open to everybody and it is not restricted in terms of artistic design methods.
3. The format of works should not exceed the A4 dimension.
4. The competition is non-anonymous. Each work should be signed on the reverse with the author´s name and full address. Electronic application form needs to be filled in when sending by email.
5. The awarded works will become the property of the organisers.
The exhibition of the works and the announcement of the results will take place in December 2011. The most successful authors will be awarded by the jury as follows:
1st prize 500.00 EUR
2nd prize 300.00 EUR
3rd prize 100.00 EUR
The competition Jury reserves the right to grant other special prizes or not to grant some of the prizes.
The organizers will accept all works that will be delivered by regular mail or email at the address:
PKO Prešov
Mgr. Ladislav Kišelák
Hlavná 50
08001 Prešov
Slovakia
On the envelope with drawings, please, write the competition motto: Kýchanie mozgu / Brain Sneezing
Deadline: 31.10.2011
e-mail : pko.humor@gmail.com
The organizers reserve the right to publish the selected works in promotional materials and to re-install the exhibition, with each competitor receiving a catalogue of exhibited works.
WEB: http://kychaniemozgu.sk/index/propositions

6th International Competition in Cartoon Humour for Children and Youth, Praha

DON'T BE BITTER-LOOKING - AND LET'S ENJOY PAINTING
6th International Competition in Cartoon Humour for Children and Youth
Rules of contest:
Theme: Every man is the architect of his own health.
Jokes focused on healthy life style and on illness prevention (Sport, healthy food, toughening up…)
Age divisions:
A: 6 - 11 years
B: 12 - 17 years
Each participant could send maximum 3 cartoons either in black and white or in colour, with or without text.
The size of the cartoon should not exceed A4.
Deadline: 8th October 2011
Participants are requested to envelop information about the author or parents (name, surname, age, address, postcode and phone or email) and send cartoons.
Adresse:
a) by post on the address: DDM hl. m. Prahy, Karlínské nám. 7, 186 00 Praha 8 Czech Republic (with information on the reverse side)
b) by e-mail on the address: netvarte@ddmpraha.cz (each max. size 150 kB, jpeg)
Cartoons without this information will not be accepted as well as works which are not original, made by children and youth or which are copied from another cartoonist.
Participants do not get their works back.
Results and Prizes
The jury is consisted of representatives of organisers and partners. It will evaluate all sent cartoons and pronounce one winner in each age division.
Results will be announced in the transmission of the DDM hl. m. Prahy, Karlínské Spektrum (http://www.ddmpraha.cz/), on websites of the DTA (http://www.radiodomino.cz/), the ČUK (http://www.ceska-karikatura.cz/).
Winners will be informed by post, phone or email.
Prizes will be awarded on 22nd October 2011 at 2 pm on the occasion of opening the exhibition of the best works in the Karlínské Spektrum DDM hl. m. Prahy, Karlínské náměstí 7, Praha 8 - Karlín.
Prizes cannot be sent by post.
Organisers of the competition:
Karlínské Spektrum - Dům dětí a mládeže hl.m.Prahy, http://www.ddmpraha.cz/
(The House of Children and Youth of the capital Prague)
Mgr. Kateřina Klímková, tel. 222 333 835, mail: klimkova@ddmpraha.cz
Česká unie karikaturistů, http://www.ceska-karikatura.cz/
(The Czech Cartoonists' Union – CUK)
Mr. Jaroslav Dostál, tel. 606 241 826, mail: dostalj2@tiscali.cz

Results XVI Salon Mercosur Internacional Premio Diogenes Taborda 2011

Winners in the XVI Salon Mercosur Internacional Premio Diogenes Taborda 2011, Argentina
Lista de artistas premiados en el XVI Salon Mercosur Internacional Premio Diogenes Taborda.
Fueron los Jurados: R.Diaz ; J. Hoogen; Volpe Stessens
Gran Premio Diógenes Taborda 2011:
Humor Grafico: MAGOLA (Adriana Mosquera), España
Caricatura: Wesam Khalil, Egipto
Fotografía: Valeria Faria, Brasil
Pintura: Sljivo Husein, Bosnia
Trayectoria: Agus Widodo, Indonesia
Premio Historieta: compartido por
Olga (Poro) López, Argentina y Michael Abarca - Venezuela
Premio Humor Gráfico y Escrito:
1º Premio: Luis Duran, Argentina
2° Premio: Darko Drljevic, Montenegro
3° Premio: Ferreol (Murillo Fuentes), Costa Rica
1º Mención: Leandro Martínez, Argentina
Mención: Wesam Khaliul, Egipto - Domokos Incze, Rumania - Mileta Miloradovic, Serbia - Kemal Ozyurt, Turquia - Jana Matatkova, Checoslovaquia.
Premio Humor Gráfico monocromo:
1º Premio: Mohammad Ali Khalaji, Irán
2° Premio: Michael Abarca, Venezuela
3° Premio: Jovan Prokopljevic, Serbia
1º Mención: Leomid Storozhuk, Ucrania
Mención: Henryk Cebula, Polonia - Domokos Incze, Rumania - Mostafa Hossein Nia, Irán - Claudio Boikoski, Argentina - Héctor Alejandro Adon, Argentina - Jiaruijun, China - Pooya Sareh, Irán.
Premio Humor Grafico color:
1º Premio: Jiri Srna, Checoslovaquia
2° Premio: Jordán Pop Iliev, Macedonia y Jovan Prokopljevic, Serbia
3° Premio: (Charli) Fuentes Hierrezuelo, Cuba
1º Mención: Dubovsky Alex, Ucrania
Mención: Li Hai Jun, Tawan Chuntra, China – Kemal Ozyurt, Turquia – Adrian Guida, Cuba - Shen Hongli - Valery Momot, Ucrania – Serdar Sayar – Turquia - Mohammad Ali Khalaji, Irán - Adrian Aníbal Palmas, Argentina - Chengwei Yin, China - Jana Matatkova, Checoslovaquia.
Premio Humor Digital:
1º Premio: Makhmudjon Eshonkulov, Uzbekistán
2° Premio: Anatoly Stankulov, Bulgaria
3° Premio: Mostafa Hossein Nia, Irán
1º Mención: Darko Drljevic, Montenegro
Mención: Tawan Chuntra, China - Michael Abarca, Venezuela – Wasam Khalil, Egipto.
Premio Caricatura:
1º Premio: Darko Drljevic, Montenegro
2° Premio: Sljivo Husein, Bosnia
3° Premio: Adrian Aníbal Palmas, Argentina
1º Mención: Robinson Avello, Chile
Mención: Pooya Sareh, Irán - Gianluca Costantini, Italia – José Nosello – Argentina, Tawan Chuntra, China.
Premio Ilustración:
1º Premio: Jovan Prokopljevic, Serbia
2° Premio: Chengwei Yin, China
3° Premio: Gianluca Costantini, Italia
1º Mención: Leslie Ricciardi, Uruguay
Premio Fotografía color:
1º Premio: Incze Domokos, Rumania
2° Premio: Salvador Gómez Sánchez, España y José Mata, México
3° Premio: Sljivo Husein, Bosnia y Jo Tuculet, Argentina
1º Mención: Andrei Storozkule, Ucrania
Mención: Ferreol (Murillo Fuentes), Costa Rica - Alejandra Rangel, Venezuela - Fabiana Bertolotti, Argentina.
Premio Fotografía monocromo:
1º Premio: José Matta, México
2° Premio: Incze Domokos, Rumania
3° Premio: Sljivo Husein, Bosnia
1º Mención: Ronaldo Girgulsky, Argentina.
Premio Pintura:
1º Premio: Jerzy Stepniak, Polonia
2° Premio: Cesar Soria, Argentina
3° Premio: Verónica V. Ríos Verdugo, Chile
1º Mención: Horacio Sánchez, Argentina
Mención: Bernarda Enríquez, México.
Premio Grabado:
1º Premio: Coulembier Rogge, Argentina
2° Premio: Mónica Paz, Chile
3° Premio: Jussara Pires, Brasil
1º Mención: Horacio Sánchez, Argentina
INVITACION
Evento: 16º Salón Mercosur Internacional Diógenes Taborda 2011
Descripción: Concurso de Humor Grafico, Fotografía y pintura
Organiza: Fundación Cultural Volpe Stessens
Fecha y hora de la inauguración: miércoles 21 de septiembre 2011 a las 19 hs.
Finaliza: 10 de Octubre 2010 a las 19 hs.
Lugar de exposición: Av. Caseros 2739 Parque de los Patricios Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Como llegar: Estación Caseros Subte Línea H; Colectivos: 6 - 9. 25 - 28 - 65 - 95 -134 - 150 - 133 -
Auspicia: Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Resolución Nº 3353 Registro Nº 1.153.575- DGTALMC – 10
Prensa: volpestessens@gmail.com
Source: museodiogenestaborda

Ross Thomson from United Kingdom wins the 2011 Boston International Humor Festival, the Online Tribute to the 10th Anniversary of September 11

178 entries from 46 countries, 50 finalists.
THE JUDGES
Omar Zevallos, Perú, President
Angel Boligán, Cuba/México
Julio Carrión (Karry), Perú
Arturo Kemchs, México
Omar Figueroa Turcios, Colombia/Spain.
PRIZE-WINNERS
First Prize: Ross Thomson, United Kingdom (Top)
Second Prize: Silvano Melo, Brazil
Third Prize: Raúl Zuleta, Colombia.
Honorable Mentions
Lubonir Kotrha, Slovakia
Raúl de la Nuez, Cuba/USA
Elrayah Ombaddi, Sudan
Ramiro Zapata, Colombia.
Among the 50 finalists are Hakan Demirci,
Muammer Kotbas, and Salih Kutukcu from Turkey.
All prize-winning and finalist cartoons on
http://www.bostoonsfestival.com/.