1st International Cartoon & Caricature Festival Cartoonmag.com, Bojnourd 2013

The First International Cartoon and Caricature Festival Cartoonmag.com - Iran - Bojnourd - 2013
Sections:
Cartoon Section: Funniest Cartoon

Caricature Section: The face of Issa Gholipour (The musician of North Khorasan Province of Iran)
(About master Issa Gholipour: Issa Gholipour was born in the village of Salakh, located in central part of the city of Bojnurd, on 1942. He began to learn Dotar from his father, Soleyman Bakhshi, when he was 15 and by the age of 16 he became a skilled singer and musician. He participated in various national and international festivals. The praise and honor he earned was a sign of his hard work and deep interest in sharing the North Khorasan Province folk music. In the heart of Haj Issa there is a valuable treasure of stories and traditional songs that anyone who is passionate about it, can feel it.)
Terms and conditions:
-The competition is open to all amateur and professional cartoonists.
-Each artist can submit up to 6 works.( In each section)
-There is no limit on the techniques you can use.
-Artworks must not be larger than A3 paper.
-Artworks format must be “JPG” with 300 DPI resolution and the size of each artwork must not exceed more than 2 megabytes.
-Selected artworks will be included in the festival catalog.
(Festival catalog will be published as a downloadable PDF file in the Cartoonmag.com website and if we publish the print edition of the catalog,a copy will be sent to all participants.)
-Along with the artworks you must also send this information: full name, mobile number,exact mailing address, biography and a photo of the artist. (All included in a word document).
-The Organizer reserves the right to publish the submitted artworks in the internet and press by artist’s name.
Awards:
First Prize winner in each Section: Exquisite Persian handicraft, statue and honorary diploma.
Second Prize winner in each Section: Exquisite Persian handicraft, statue and honorary diploma.
Third Prize winner in each Section: Exquisite Persian handicraft, statue and honorary diploma.
3rd Special Prize in each Section: honorary diploma.
Deadline for submission: 9 February 2013 (EXTENDED: FEBRUARY 18, 2013)
Address: cartoonmagfest@hotmail.com
Festival Director: Abbas Naaseri
More on festival website: http://cartoonmag.com/en/ .

Leonardo Massimino, Argentina: New Year 2013

Alexander Dubovsky, Ukraine: New Year 2013

Mehmet Kahraman, Turkey: New Year 2013

Ľubomír Kotrha, Slovakia: New Year 2013

René Bouschet, France: Gardons le moral !

Hule Hanusic, Austria: New Year 2013

NOTIFICATION of DICACO 2013 CONTEST, SOUTH KOREA

Thanks for your participation in DICACO 2013.
Our committee noticed in postponning constest deadline of one more months for exhibitions in main city, Daejeon & new capital city, Sejong. Please publish it your cartoonists and mass communication. We hope many cartoonists take part in my DICACO 2013 contest.
1.This year's contest comprises a Thema section (titled Unisex Mode )
2.The size of works should be smaller than 297 mm × 420 mm.
3.Any color, free style, and unlimited items.
4.Each entrant should provide title, name, age, address, career, e-mail, and telephone number on reverse.
5.The deadline for entry of original works is Jun. 30, 2013.
6.Entries should be addressed to the Daejeon Int'l Cartoon Institute.
7.The most creative cartoon will win the Grand prize of ＄3,000, Gold prize of ＄1,000, Silver prize of ＄500, Bronze prize of ＄300, selected works will be awarded.
8.Exhibit the cartoons at the Sejong & Daejeon Gallery in Nov. 2013.
9.Submitted cartoons will not be returned, but exhibited forever in Korean public halls, art galleries, & museums.
10.Your cartoon may be used for promotional purposes : cards, posters, catalogs, magazine, books and web etc.
From Dr. Lim, Cheong San,
President of the Daejeon Int'l Cartoon Institute
450, Wolpyeong-dong, Daejeon City, Seoul, Korea, 302-280
C/P : 82-11-425-6115, Tel: 82-42-487-5034
E-mail : csanlim@naver.com
www.dicaco.com / http://dicaco.kongju.ac.kr (all works)
Source: http://www.dicaco.com/contest.php .

Makhmudjon Eshonkulov, Uzbekistan: New Year 2013

Nicolae Lengher, Romania: New Year 2013

19th International Cartoon Humour Competition GOLDEN KEG 2013, Slovakia

19th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of BEER, GOLDEN KEG 2013, Slovakia
Topic: BEER
On Monday, 1st April 2013, an exhibition of the best competing works, a festive announcement of the results and the handing of prizes to the most successful authors of the 19th competition in accordance with the Jury´s decision will take place as follows:
GRAND PRIZE (Grand Prix) Golden Keg and 500 €
1st Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and 200 €
2nd Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and 150 €
3rd Prize Small Golden KEG and 100 €
The Competition Jury reserves the right not to grant any of the prizes or to grant other special prizes.
The organisers will accept for the competition all works that will be delivered at the address of the Šarišská gallery in Prešov by 25th February 2013.
The organisers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to re-install the exhibition, while each competitor will receive a competition catalogue.
Competition rules:
1.Each author can send at maximum five original works, including graphic techniques.
2.The competition is open to anybody and everybody, and it is not restricted in terms of artistic design methods.
3.The formats of the works should not exceed the A4 dimensions.
4.The competition is non-anonymous. Each work should be signed on the reverse and bear the author´s full address.
5.The rewarded works will become property of the BEER GALLERY in Prešov.
6.Send your works at the address:
ŠARIŠSKÁ GALÉRIA
(p. Fedor VICO)
ul. Hlavná 51,
080 01 Prešov
Slovakia
Please clearly mark the envelope with the word „PIVO“.
e-mail: fedorvico@gmail.com
Source: http://raedcartoon.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1071 .