The 10th International Comics and Cartoon Festival 2014, Kosovo

OPEN COMPETITION FOR THE 10. INTERNATIONAL COMICS AND CARTOON FESTİVAL 2014.
- The Kosovo Comic Book Artists Association "Xhennet Comics" is organizing the 10th Internacional Comics and Cartoon Festival.
- The Festival will be held from 06 until 09 September 2014 on the Gallery "Hamam" in Prizren KOSOVO.
- The Festival is not going to be competitive; however 25 foreign and 10 kosovar artists will be selected from the jury to have the expenses of travel and hotel accommodation covered for 3 days.
- All the participants of the festival will be delivered with The Catalogue, T-shirts with Festival logo, and The Certificate of Gratitude. Those absent will receive the catalogue via e-mail, PDF file or they can download from the official website of the association.
- The Festival of Comics and Cartoons is held every year in Prizren, Republic of Kosova, organized from the Kosovo Comic Book Artists Association "Xhennet Comics".
- The festival is open for every artist, professional or amateur, from all around the world.
Participating Conditions:
1. The genre and topic are free, whether for Comics or Cartoons.
2. The Works may be done from one or more artists.
3. The works can be posted to us or they can send through e-maıl which has to have a good scan at least 300 dpi. The Participant can send his/her work through e-mail - a good scan with minimum 300 dpi.
4. Comics and Cartoons should be from 1 to 4 pages (A3 or A4 format).
5. The language of texts is free to all of the world's languages (preferable in English).
6. Required details to be sent with the works are: Name, Surname, A short biography, Country, Address, E-mail, and A Photo. ( Attention without of these informations the works will not be taken to consideration ).
7. The Deadline is 15 August 2014 (EXTENDED:) 15 SEPTEMBER 2014
The Address for sending the works is:
Kosovar Comic Book Artist's Association "XhennetComics"
str. Xhemil Doda nr. 3/a - 20000 Prizren - Republic of Kosovo
Cell: +37744288791
E-mail: xhennetcomics@gmail.com
More info on www.xhennetcomics.blogspot.com
Source: xhennetcomics.

The 8th HumoDeva International Cartoon Contest, Deva 2014, Romania

The CULTURE CENTER of Deva city, CRISAN Publishing House and The ACCES Association – as the organizers – and the founders are very glad to invite you to participate in
The 8th HumoDEVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST – Deva, 2014, Romania
The event is a part of the 14th edition of Deva anual Humor Festival Liviu Oros.
R U L E S
1. The artworks must be presented in a
I. FREE THEME - MY BEST OF 2013, (your best cartoons made in 2013) or on
II. THE THEME - CRISAN Publishing House - 15 Years! , with the subjects:
a. The Children Books of CRISAN Publishing House (books, characters, fairy-tales...)
b. Funny congratulations and wishes for our age - 15 years! (cartoons, of course)
c. Portraits of the CRISAN Publishing House founder - Horia CRISAN.
d. Cartoons with our mascot LULI and ideas for a new logo design.
Note: The cartoons sent until now to the HumoDEVA 2013 Special will participate at this section.
2. The 8th HumoDEVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST is an open competition for cartoonists all over the world. The participation is free of charge. For all the cartoonists accepted in the contest, the drawings will be displayed FREE OF CHARGE on HumoDEVA’s site.
3. You can submit max 3 works, made in 2013, for FREE THEME and max 3 works for THEME SECTION.
The Deadline for sending works, only by e-mail, is April 28 2014 at the e-mail address humodeva@gmail.com .
4. The works must be digitized in 300 DPI resolution, RGB color mode, in JPG format, with the maximum limit of 5 MB. Works should be accompanied by the author’s photo or caricature and a short biography in English, including date of birth, education, profession, citizenship, awards, publications and exhibitions.
5. The decisions of the Jury are final. The Jury will award the following prizes for the best works, no mater the categories:
5 GOLD PRIZES - 1500 $ (300 $ each) and Special Honor Diploma
10 SILVER PRIZES - Special Honor Diploma
10 BRONZE PRIZES - Special Honor Diploma
Other Special Prizes offered by the sponsors may be awarded.
6. The contest results will be announced on the HumoDEVA 2014 web site.
The prizes can be paid in Deva or can be posted to the cost of the receiver. The organizer does not assume any liability regarding taxes or bank charges. The original drawings of the prize winning entries should be sent in maximum two weeks from the results announcement, well wrapped and protected against damages. The mail adress for sending winning originals is: CRISAN Publishing House, Mihai Viteazu bl 47, ap 1, 330.091 Deva, jud. HD, ROMANIA.
7. All selected cartoonists will get, free of charge, a full-color Catalogue of the 2014 HumoDEVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST in PDF format.
8. The participation in HumoDEVA means automatically that the author is waving copyrights of his works in any kind of support, concerning the production and diffusion of the contest.
9. For further information: phone 0040-721328855, e-mail: humodeva@gmail.com .
10. By submitting the works to The HumoDÆVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST, the artists accept the decisions of the Jury and the rules printed above.
Horia CRISAN, Founder
Liviu STANILA, Co-founder and art director
The HumoDEVA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST – Deva, Romania.

Theme in 23rd Cartoon Contest Golden Helmet, Krusevac 2015, Serbia: Changes

GOLDEN HELMET ANNOUNCES XXIII CONTEST TITLED "CHANGES"

CATEGORIES
1. CARTOON
2. WRITTEN FORM
- Story
- Poem
- Aphorism
PROPOSITIONS
1. CARTOON: ORIGINAL, MIN. A4 (210x297 mm), MAX A3 (297x420 mm), TECHNIQUE FREE;
2. WRITTEN FORM: MAXIMUM TWO TYPED PAGES OR UP TO 20 APHORISMS
AWARDS
CARTOON
1ST AWARD: PLAQUE GOLDEN HELMET.............. 800 €
ONE-MAN EXIBITION IN 2015.
2ST AWARD ................................................................. 400 €
3ST AWARD ............................................................... 200 €
WRITTEN FORM
STORY: PLAQUE GOLDEN HELMET .......................200 €
POEM: PLAQUE GOLDEN HELMET ....................... 200 €
APHORISM: PLAQUE GOLDEN HELMET .............. 200 €
SPECIAL AWARD RADE BRKA................................... 200 €
Written works to be sent under a code!
DEADLINE: 25.01. 2015.
Only unpublished works will be taken into consideration. Author's short biography, phone number and e-mail addres are obligatory.
Jury decision will be announced on 05.02. 2015.
Awards will be handed at Final Festival Evening on April 1, 2015. The Organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors. Festival official langauges are Serbian and English.
All works remain property of the Festival.
Source: www.kck.org.rs.

Results 46th International Exhibition Umoristi A Marostica 2014 with theme "Rights"

Source: bestcartoons.

1st International Cartoon Competition Izmir 2014, Turkey: “Peace through Children”

International Cartoon Competition “Peace through Children”

Objectives of the competition:
Sister and Friend Cities of Izmir gather around the International Cartoon Competition.
The competition is to be organized in order to contribute to the friendship of communities with the creative power of culture and art as well as strengthen friendship ties between cities. The theme of the competition, which will be held for the first time this year, is determined as “Children and International Peace” and the results will be announced on the 1st of September 2014, the World Peace Day.
Today, thousands of children lose their lives and are forced to leave their home lands due to wars. They become disabled, suffer from psychological problems and they are abused. In wars, mostly children die first and for those who survive; they don’t smile anymore since their dreams, hopes and future are taken away from them. Every child has the right to grow up in peace regardless of their color, language, religion and ethnic origin. Ensuring this is the joint responsibility of humanity.
With this consciousness, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality would like to invite the cartoonists living in our sister and friend cities to participate in the competition; we believe that their works will increase the sensibility and awareness for peace.
Rules of Participation:
• The International Cartoon Competition with the theme of “Children and International Peace” organized by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality is open to all cartoonists.
• Competitors who are under the age of 18 must participate in the competition with the permission of their parents. A document, which shows the acceptance of the conditions, must be signed by the parents and submitted to the Organizing Committee.
• Each competitor is allowed to participate in the competition with maximum 5 cartoons. The cartoons that will be sent to the competition may have been published previously; but had not been awarded from a competition. The cartoons that are found out to be rewarded before will be disqualified and the prize will be taken away.
• Participants who send cartoons to the competition are considered to have declared and committed that these works belong to themselves. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality does not accept any responsibility for permission and copyrights about the participants’ cartoons.
• The cartoons can be used on different platforms (brochure, exhibition, periodicals, calendar, etc.) with the artist's name by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. Participants are considered to have accepted these conditions beforehand.
• Transportation and accommodation expenses of the winners will not be covered by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. The prizes of the winners who could not attend the award ceremony will be deposited to their bank accounts.
• The cartoons which are found to be the most creative by the jury will be exhibited and will be put into an album. The cartoonists of all the exhibited cartoons will be offered or sent the album after the award ceremony.
• The cartoons that do not comply with the terms and conditions of the competition will be cancelled and disqualified from the competition.
Digital Delivery of the Cartoons:
• Applications will be sent via internet. Participants must fill in the application form on www.izmir.bel.tr/cartoon/en and click on the “Cartoon Competition” to upload their cartoons.
• The cartoons must be sent in A4 size (21cmx29.7cm) RGB color, 300 DPI resolution and JPG format. Any compressor programs such as ZIP or RAR cannot be used.

For questions and further information:
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality,
EU and Foreign Relations Department
Cumhuriyet Bulvari No:1
Konak izmir / TURKIYE
Tel: +90232 293 14 84
Fax: +90232 293 11 56
www.izmir.bel.tr
international@izmir.bel.tr
Competition Calendar:
Commencement: 21 April 2014
Deadline for application: 1 August 2014
Announcement of the Results: 20 August 2014
Award Ceremony: 1 September 2014
Prizes:
Championship:
$1000 and Plate
Second Prize:
$750 and Plate
Third Prize:
$500 and Plate
Jury:
Vladimir Kazanevsky
Valeriu Kurtu
Luc Descheemaeker
Eray Özbek
Ömer Çam
Mustafa Yıldız
Sadık Pala
Dr. Pınar Meriç.

VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Lima 2014, Peru

VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Lima 2014, Peru

Dear colleagues and artists:
El Peru wears joy, creativity and art with the completion of the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Lima 2014.
This event brings together representatives of different global gag cartoon, as in previous editions, raise awareness in society about the care of the environment through graphic works. The theme for this year is CLIMATE CHANGE.
The opening of the international quality event will take place Thursday, September 4 with the traveling exhibition of the different graphic pieces. This exhibition will cover the most representative areas of the Peruvian capital and later cities within the country.
In addition, all the artists whose works are selected for the sample receive by post our official catalog, in which the various works forming part of the exhibition will be found.
The success of the International Exhibition of Graphic Humor, considered one of the most important art events in Latin America, is up to you.
ENTRY RULES
Subject: “CLIMATE CHANGE”
1. The artist who wishes to participate in the VII International Exhibition of Graphic Humor Lima 2014 shall send to the organizers their personal details (full name, address, contact number, e-address) accompanied by his work, a brief autobiographical note and photography and/or caricature.
2. Contestants must adhere to the chosen theme for this sixth edition: “Climate Change”.
3. The artist may submit two works from his personal archives. These may have been published and/or previously awarded.
4. The work must have a resolution of at least 300 dpi and a minimum size of A4 (30 X 21 cm).
5. The works, along with the required data must only be sent to official e‐mail: salonhumorperu@salonhumorperu.com .
6. The closing date is 30 June 2014.
7. The works received passing selection form the exhibition which is scheduled for Thursday, September 4, 2014.
8. The artists whose works are selected will receive a copy of the Official Catalogue of Humor, which has published the different jobs received.
9. The artist allows the organizers to use his work for advertising pieces the Chart Show Humor required to promote the event (posters, t-shirts, press releases, etc.).
10. Upon registration, the artist accepts all the conditions laid down in the rules of the competition for the VII International Exhibition of Humor Graphic.

New deadline for the 4th International Turhan Selçuk Caricature Contest: 16 May 2014

4TH INTERNATIONAL TURHAN SELÇUK CARICATURE CONTEST 2014, TURKEY
SUBJECT: Free
RULES OF CONTEST:
1.The contest is free for all cartoonists.
2.Caricatures to be sent to this contest may be published anywhere else before. But they must not become entitled to receive any awards in another contest.
3.Technique is free. A cartoonist may join this contest with a large number of caricatures as he / she wishes. But works must be original. Digital printing products may be accepted provided that they are signed (original signature) by cartoonist.
4.Maximum dimension of caricatures to be sent for this contest must be 30×40 cm.
5.Participants to this contest must write their name, surname, address, e-mail, country and telephone number behind their work and must put a short curriculum vitae in a develop.
6.Caricatures must be sent to below mentioned address by 16 May 2014:
4TH INTERNATIONAL TURHAN SELÇUK CARICATURE CONTEST 
Milas Municipality Culture and Art Department, Hacı Aliağa Villa
48200 Milas – Muğla – TURKEY
7.Contest results will be announced on 28 May 2014.
8.Caricatures to be sent for contest shall not be returned. Caricatures ranking or not ranking in contest may be used for cultural purposes or published. Participants to this contest are deemed to have been accepted these conditions. Works will be kept in Turhan Selçuk Karikatürlü Ev.
9.Owners of works to be selected by jury, to be exhibited and included in album shall be sent a contest album.
10. Award ceremony will be carried out on 16 August 2014. Also with the purpose of exhibition of caricatures which were seen worth-exhibiting and won a prize on that very date, an opening ceremony will be performed in Turhan Selçuk Karikatürlü Ev.
MİLAS MUNICIPALITY, PRIVATE SECRETARIAT / CULTURE – ART DEPARTMENT
Tel: 0 252 5121416 – 136 Fax: 0 252 512 80 29
www.milas.bel.tr info@milas.bel.tr
11.Meals and accommodation expenses of special prize winners shall be covered. Travel expenses belong to them.
12.JURY:
Muhammet Tokat (Mayor of Milas)
Kamil Masaracı (Cartoonist)
Marilena Nardi (Cartoonist) İtaly
TRAX (Cartoonist) France
Menekşe Çam (Cartoonist)
Emre Yılmaz (Cartoonist)
Latif Demirci (Cartoonist)
Ersin Yeniceli (Culture and Art Officer of Milas Municipality)
Bülent Örkensoy (Graphics Designer).
13.PRIZES:
First Prize : 3.000 USD
Second Prize : 2.000 USD
Third Prize : 1.000 USD
Other special prizes will be given by various institutions, associations, newspapers, art magazines, trade unions, agencies and real persons.
Note: A jury meeting will be held on May 24, 2014.

2nd International Cartoon Competition Tallinn 2014, Estonia: Living Streets

II INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION 2014 - LIVING STREETS
Tallinn, Estonia
The organizers of the INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION are Estonian Humour Union, humour magazine Pilkaja (Mocker), Tallinn Old Town Days XXXIII and Tallinn Central City Government.
Entries: A maximum of 5 entries can be submitted, works must be free from politics and without words, digitally at least 3500x2400 px (A4, 300 dpi), JPG. The work may have been previously published.
Information: Author's first and last name, title (if applicable), year of creation, e-mail.
Address digitally to: pilkaja.sisu@gmail.com
Entry deadline is the 5th of May 2014.
Prizes: nominal gold, silver and bronze trophy pencils (size 30 cm) and diploma.
Other conditions: The prize-winning works become the property of the organizer. All works may be published in humor magazine Pilkaja without additional fees. All participants get a free digital catalog of the exhibition.
Exhibition will take place in: Kiek in de Kök tower, Tallinn, Estonia. The exhibition will open in May 23, 2014.
More information at phone: +372 51 77 861
E-mail: pilkaja.sisu@gmail.com
Source: http://www.pilkaja.ee.

Oleksy Kustovsky wins the International 7-77 Cartoon Competition 2014, Turkey

The aim of the International 7-77 Cartoon Competition during the festival is to make children - the adults of tomorrow - love cartooning, to contribute to the development of their awareness of humour and to enrich their world with cartoons. For the competition, 922 cartoons have been drawn and sent for children by the master cartoonists from 73 countries.
The cartoon by Oleksy Kustovsky (Ukraine) has been chosen as eligible for the award of 1000 Euro by the jury composed of cartoonists Tan Oral, Kiyarash Zandi (Iran), İzel Rozental, Kamil Masaracı, Prof. Dr. Efser Kerimoğlu (Psikiyatrist), Muhammet Şengöz and Nezih Danyal.
Source: http://www.nd-karikaturvakfi.org.tr/7-77.html.

The 2nd International Caricature Art Competition CHINA 2014

The 2nd International Caricature Art Competition CHINA 2014

The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international men's football tournament, that is scheduled to take place in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. It will be the second time that Brazil has hosted the competition, the previous being in 1950. Brazil was elected unchallenged as host nation in 2007 after the international football federation, FIFA, decreed that the tournament would be staged in South America for the first time since 1978 in Argentina, and the fifth time overall.
The national teams of 31 countries advanced through qualification competitions that began in June 2011 to participate with the host nation Brazil in the final tournament. A total of 64 matches are to be played in twelve cities across Brazil in either new or redeveloped stadiums, with the tournament beginning with a group stage. For the first time at a World Cup Finals, the matches will use goal-line technology.
With the host country, all world champion teams since the first World Cup in 1930 (Uruguay, Italy, Germany, England, Argentina, France and Spain) have qualified for this competition. Spain is the defending champion, having defeated the Netherlands 1–0 in the 2010 World Cup final to win its first World title. The previous four World Cups staged in South America were all won by South American teams.
FOOTBALL STARS
David Beckham、Roberto Baggio、Gabriel Omar Batistuta、Luis Filipe Madeira Figo、Michael Owen、Lionel Messi、Zinedine Zidane、Luis Nazario Ronaldo、Cristiano Ronaldo Receives、Diego Armando Maradona……

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1. The Competition is open to all artist -- Caricaturist, Illustrator, Cartoonist, Printmaker and Painter around world regardless of nationality, age, sex, etc.
2. Theme:
A) Caricature : 1) Football Star 2) Free
B) Cartoon : Football
3. The maximum 7 entries should be submitted for each category.
4. The maximum size of the works： 300 × 300 cm
5. Technique and medium of works are unlimited. Any painting, Print making, Traditional Chinese Painting, Oil painting, Watercolor, Crafts art or Children’s painting will be accepted.
6. Artist should summit the original works. Any computer prints, slide, photograph, xerox will not be accepted.
7. Author's resume and photo should be submitted with entries together. First name, Last name, Address, Email, Telephone number and category should be written on the reverse side of the works.
8. Deadline: August 15 , 2014.
9. The jury meeting will be held on October, 2014.
10. The entries must be flat protected with hard cardboard, or rolled in a hard case. The folded works will not be considered.
11. PRIZES:
A). Caricature :
Golden prize (1) : Medal + RMB 7000 + Catalog
Silver prize (1) : Medal + RMB 3000 + Catalog
Copper prize (1) : Medal + RMB 1800 + Catalog
Special prize (3) : Medal + RMB 500 + Catalog
Excellent prize : Catalog
B). Cartoon :
Golden prize (1) : Medal + RMB 6000 + Catalog
Special prize (3) : Medal + RMB 500 + Catalog
Excellent prize : Catalog.
12. The authors whose works has been selected will receive a copy of the catalog made for competition.
13. Explicitly participators have whole copyright for their entries, of course. Host unit may use some works on web site and other media for spreading competition and artists.
14. The works will not be returned.
15. Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury's decision.
16. Please send entries to the address as follow:
HU XIAO YU
ROOM 341 BUILDING #364, JIN QIAO SHI DAI JIA YUAN
YUN JING DONG LI，TONG ZHOU QU,
BEIJING 101121，CHINA.
Digital works E-mail to: redmanart@126.com
17. Web site : www.redmanart.com
Email: redmanart@126.com , redmancartoon@163.com
Telephone: 0086 – 010 – 1 8 9 1 0 8 3 8 2 1 0 .

HUMOREST HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ 2014, Czech Republic

HUMOREST HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ 2014, Czech Republic

ORGANISERS: The Czech Union of Cartoonists (FECO, Czech Republic) in cooperation with the Statutory City of Hradec Králové
SPECIFICATIONS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
The Competition Theme for 2014: Wheel – The Invention that moved the World
Number of entries: max. 3 works in the A4 format.
Cartoons for the competition will be submitted in data files, JPG format, 300 DPI and maximum size of 1,5 MB. The works that have been awarded in the past cannot be accepted.
To see the homepage of the competition, please go to: www.humorest.cz To join the competition, you have to fill the application form on the website and attach your cartoons in the above specified format. The cartoons will automatically be named in a prescribed manner on reception of the application form and the receipt of your cartoons will be confirmed by e-mail.
The selected cartoons will be exhibited in the Central Library at the Museum of East Bohemia in Hradec Králové, Wonkova Street 1262/1a.
The best cartoons will be featured in the catalogue that will be sent for free to all selected authors. The others may order the catalogue at price of 10 € by mailing to: info@humorest.cz.
The catalogue will be published in PDF format too and available for download at the homepage www.humorest.cz after October 2, 2014, which is the the day of the opening ceremony.
Prizes:
Grand Prix: a sculpture with 20.000 Kč
First Prize: a sculpture with 15.000 Kč
Second Prize: a sculpture with 12.000 Kč
Third Prize: a sculpture with 8.000 Kč
The Prize of the Jury for 3 works: a sculpture with 5.000 Kč
The Material Award of the City Mayor.
Time schedule of the Competition:
Announcement: March 2014
Deadline for submitting entries: May 15, 2014
Jury Sitting: June 6, 2014
Award Ceremenony and Exhibition Opening Party: October 2, 2014
The duration of the exhibiton: until November 21, 2014.
All participants agree that their works may be used by the organisers for promotion of the Humorest 2014, published in the catalogue, in the media and on the Humorest homepage or at any other website providing information about cartoons. All participants waive those rights without claiming any payment.
The authors accept these entry conditions by submitting their cartoons into the competition.
The guests who would take part in the opening and award ceremony can request accommodation until September 10, 2014, by mailing to: lubomir.lichy@seznam.cz
For the organisation committee:
Lubomír Lichý , Břetislav Kovařík a Jiří Novák
The Czech Union of Cartoonists and FECO, Czech Republic.