Amazons: 2nd International Cartoon Competition, Diogenes of Sinope 2023, Turkey

DIOGENES OF SINOPE, 2nd INTERNATIONAL CARTOON COMPETITION

1- The competition is open to amateur and professional artists from all over the world. 

2- The subject of the competition; It is designated as “Amazons.” 

Amazons… Female warriors of ancient times. Free women who have attracted people's attention and sympathy for thousands of years. Historians such as Herodotus defined the homeland of the Amazons as North Anatolia. But the Amazons are a myth that everyone from the Baltic countries to North Africa is trying to own from one end. 

The theme of "Amazons" was indispensable for the cartoon competition held in the city of Sinop, named after the Amazon Queen Sinope. The women of Sinop continue to set an example as the free, dominant characters who best reflect the spirit of the Amazons in Anatolia... 

Our expectation from cartoonists; They should reflect the warrior spirit of the Amazons in their work against child marriage, abuse and rape, violence against women, femicide, exploitation, enslavement of women and male domination. 

3- The technique is free of charge for the works that will participate in the competition. The works must not have received an award in any competition before. 

4- A digital certificate will be sent to all participating artists. 

5- Participants can submit as many works as they want. However, more than one award cannot be given to an artist. 

6- The cartoons to be sent must be in maximum A3 (29.7 cm x 42 cm) size, 300 dpi resolution and jpg format. 

7- The works that will participate in the competition can be sent via e-mail until 15 June 2023; It should be sent to the address: “sinopludiyojencartoons@gmail.com” 

8- Along with the works, all artists must send their name, postal address, telephone, e-mail address, short CV and one photograph. 

9- The exhibition and award ceremony of the competition will be held in Sinop- Ayancık on a date to be announced later. The travel expenses of the participants will be their own and their accommodation will be covered. The awards of those who cannot attend the ceremony will be sent to their addresses. 

10- Awards: 

Grand Prize: 10.000 TL/Plaque 

4 Achievement Awards: 2.000 TL/Plaque 

Special Awards from Various Institutions: Plaque 

11- In the selection committee; sculptor Eşref Baş (Turkey), writer Tufan Bilgili (Turkey) and cartoonists Adnan Taç (Turkey), Altan Özeskici (Turkey), Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey), Elena Ospina (Colombia), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), , Isabela Kowalska (Poland), Musa Keklik (Turkey), and Nahid Maghsoudi (Iran). 

12- The cartoons participating in the competition (whether they receive an award or not) are published by the institutions organizing the competition, such as exhibitions, posters, books, albums, e-albums, calendars, brochures, etc. available in publications. It can be published on the internet. Apart from this, all publishing rights of the works belong to the artists. 

13- The results of the competition will be announced in the first week of July. 

14- The cartoonists participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted the above conditions. 

15- Competition; Organized by Ayancık Municipality and Sinop Writers, Poets and Artists Association…

VIII International Cartoon Festival, Smile of the Sea 2023, Russia

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5th International Cartoon Festival, Pristina 2023, Kosovo

TERMS, CONDITIONS AND GENERAL INFORMATION

Association "KrAgi" Cartoon and Art of Kosovo in Pristina organises 5th International Cartoon Festival. 

1. SELECTED THEMES ARE: 

a) Portrait cartoon of Mother Teresa

b) Charity

2. PARTICIPATION:

The competition is open to all regardless of nationality race, age, sex or profession.

3. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS: 

E-MAIL SHOULD BE SENT WITH THE SUBJECT: NAME SURNAME and COUNTRY 

1. Submitted artwork should not exceed the following size 30 by 40 cm 

2. Each competitor is allowed to take part with a maximum of three works.

3. Submitted work can be in black and white, or colour and carried out in any technique. 

4. Each artwork must be in a 300 dpi resolution, printable on a A3 size, JPEG format. 

5. An application form, found at 

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zclQxJoyuMRwhEhT-8VDYCKIvJXzOXS2/view?fbclid=IwAR2HnwbqxzbUGCShRMLyy_SdsyLj9aI2gQtEBUSJDsA2UksqLJQVGvnUGqs 

must be completed by each participant. 

4. ARTWORK SUBMISSION: 

1. By e-mail on kragi.cartoon@gmail.com ; kragi.cartoon1@gmail.com 

2. Only previously unpublished and unawarded artwork will be considered. 

3. Each submitted artwork should be individually named ie: artistnamesurname_workname.jpg

5. AWARDS: 

1st Prize: 500 € 

2nd Prize: 300 € 

3rd Prize: 200 € 

5 Special Prizes 

2 Honorable Prizes 

6. DEADLINE: 

23rd January 2023 

The awards ceremony will be held in March 2023. 

(About awards ceremony date we'll inform you in next days). 

More on source: Agim Krasniqi. 

The 29th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of Beer, Golden Keg 2023

THE BEER GALLERY in Prešov

and the editors of Bumerang magazine

ANNOUNCE

29th International Cartoon Humour Competition

on the Topic of BEER

 GOLDEN KEG 2023 

On Saturday, 1st April 2023, 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 29th 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 Jury of the competition reserves the right not to award some of the prizes, to modify the amounts of the financial rewards and/or to award more prizes and/or honorary mentions. 

• The organisers will accept for the competition all works that will be delivered at the address of the Regional gallery in Prešov by Friday 24th February 2023. 

• The organisers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to reinstall the exhibition.  

• The diploma and the exhibition catalogue will be received in print by every awarded author and in the electronic form by every participating author who also provides his or her e-mail address. Main prizes and financial rewards can be received by an awarded author only in person on 1st April or through a person authorised by him/her. 

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: 

Krajská galéria v Prešove 

(Mr. Fedor VICO) 

ul. Hlavná 51, 

080 01 Prešov 

Slovakia 

Please clearly mark the envelope with the word „PIVO“. 

e-mail: fedorvico@gmail.com .

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Source: krajskagaleria. 

The 8th International Cartoon Festival Franzensbad 2023, Czechia

International Cartoon Festival Franzensbad 2023, Czechia

Theme:  Creation of the world

RULES 

1- We accept cartoons only on the topic you entered 

2- Total number of cartoons per author: 3 pieces 

(Really please only submit 3 works. No less, no more. Fewer jokes means disqualification, more jokes means the top three will enter the contest. Other jokes will be disqualified.)

3- A cartoon must not have won an appraisal at previous competitions 

4- Cartoons should only be sent electronically using the form HERE or on mfkh@email.cz 

5- Deadline April 30th, 2023 

6- The technical parameters should be as follows: at least 300 DPI; JPG, PNG or PDF format 

7- By sending their cartoons, the author agrees with the following: 

a) The organizer can use the cartoons for the promotional purposes of this International Festival of Cartoons 

b) The cartoons will be used in Tapír, magazine of humor and satire. 

Award Winning Works: 

1st Prize 15.000 CZK 

2nd Prize 10.000 CZK 

3rd Prize 5.000 CZK. 

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The town of Františkovy Lázně and the Club of Drawers and Humorists – Tapír, who are organizing the 8th International Festival of Cartoon Humor in July, announce in advance that in response to the unjustified military invasion of Russian troops with support from Belarus to Ukraine, they will exclude all Russian and Belarusian authors from this festival. 

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Source: zlatytapir. 

9th KalDer Bursa International Cartoon Contest 2023, Turkey

9th KalDer Bursa International Cartoon Contest

Topic: “IN THE WORLD OF UNCERTAINITIES…” 

Anything is possible in anytime… 

Risks, opportunities, threats… 

And uncertainty… 

Nowadays people live in the world of uncertainty, and it seems that will continue… 

Impact is visible on Nature, business and economy as well. 

In order to overcome these phenomena and turn back to normal lifecycle, acting globally is crucial. Scientists, educators, civil society organizations and sector representatives draw attention to the need of personal characteristics on individuals and leaders. 

Those are respectively ability to cope with, intellectual mindset, ethic, respect, critical thinking which bring benefit to society and humanity. 

It is impossible for us to find natural sources to meet demand with our current consumption habits. It is clear that wars make it worse for humanity and our world. Livelihoods, erosion of social cohesion caused by migration, infectious diseases, environmental problems reaching foods and clean water and many other problems are continued to be governed with uncertainties without being resolved. 

In the world of uncertainties, we should be able to understand and analyze crises, the risks and opportunities. It is possible to turn uncertainties into opportunities instead of admitting as a disaster. Also leverage from uncertainty is a matter of rising rational solutions in scope of better quality for life. As a citizen of this country or this world and human being, everyone has to overcome challenge. 

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Last date for application: Monday, January 30, 2023 

The contest is receptive internationally for all amateur and professional caricaturists. 

Limited with three (3) caricatures, may be e-mailed to bursa@kalder.org in 300 dpi jpg format. 

The caricatures can be published, yet should not be awarded in another competition. The caricatures will be published at www.facebook.com/kalder.bursa social media account for detection of plagiarism and resemblance. Beginning date and expiry date of publishing will be announced later. Objections will not be considered after the dates specified. 

Competing caricatures may be printed and used in KalDer organisations (posters, books, albums, postcards, brochures, invitations, exhibitions, etc.) and published in internet environment. One of the artworks may be used as the main visual of the 20th Quality and Success Symposium which will be held in Bursa on the date of 11th May 2023. All remaining publication rights belong to the author. Competitors are considered to have an agreement in these conditions. 

Categories (You need to indicate your category for which you applied on the form.) 

Adult Category (at the age of 17 and above ) 

Prizes: 

-1th Place 9.000 TL ve Plaque 

-2th Place 6.000 TL ve Plaque 

-3th Place 3.000 TL ve Plaque 

-Three Honorable Mention Plaques 

-Anatolian Caricaturists Society Special Award (Plaque) 

Young Category (at the age of 16 and below) 

Prizes: 

-5 achievement certificates 

-15 finalist certificates 

Explanation: Reward money and plaques will be sent to respective winners in March 2023. Reward money will be paid according to exchange rates of the date of payment in USD for international artists. Results will be announced at www.facebook.com/kalder.bursa social media account on Wednesday, February 15, 2023. 

Application Form on source: bursakalder. 

Winners in the Olense Kartoenale 2022, Belgium

The results of the Olense Kartoenale 2022

They have received 1.567 entries, sent by 404 different participants from all over the world. The participants are from 61 different countries. 

You can view the winning cartoons and the photos of the award ceremony on their facebook page. Watch also their Youtube video for a nice overview of all winners and the cartoons that were selected for the exhibition and catalog.

Winners Olense Kartoenale 2022: 

Category adult: 

First prize: Darko Zlousic (Croatia) 

Second prize: Ilya Katz (Israel) 

Third prize: Horia Crisan (Romania) 

Fourth prize: Igor Lukyanchenko (Ukraine) 

Prize of the city of Bialogard (Polish participants): Zygmunt Zaradkiewicz (Poland) 

Prize Amnesty International: Angel Ramiro Zapata Mora (Colombia). 

Categorie youth: 

Prize for best international work: Hoda Wesam Khalil (Egypt) 

Prize for best Belgian work: Wolfgang De Bont (Belgium).

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Olense Kartoenale 2023

The main theme 2023 is ‘Litter’.

The theme of Amnesty International 2023 is ‘Right to a suitable home’.

How to to participate?

You can sign up your participation from 1 July 2023:

www.olensekartoenale.be.

More on https://www.olen.be/olense-kartoenale.

Happy New 2023! Exhibition of New Year's Cartoons - Greeting Cards, Croatia

HAPPY NEW 2023!

EXHIBITION OF NEW YEAR'S CARTOONS - GREETING CARDS

EXHIBITION

December 15, 2022 - January 31, 2023.

Osor Community center, Town of Mali Lošinj, Croatia

WORKS

1-23 cartoons

A4 (210x297 mm), JPEG, 300 dpi, RGB

PRIZES

Application number 1, 23 and 123 (with the year 2023 indicated in the picture)

23 postcards/greeting cards with your cartoon

DEADLINE

December 10, 2022

(EXTENDED)

December 15, 2022

ADDRESS

dado.kov.novi@gmail.com

CATALOG

All participants will receive a catalog by e-mail

TOMBOLA

Works from the exhibition enter the prize fund of the traditional New Year's raffle

on Sunday, January 1, 2023 at noon on Osor square

 ___________________________________________________________________________

ENTRY FORM 

First Name 

Surname 

Pseudonym 

Address 

Country 

e-mail 

Signature 

TITLE THE ATTACHMENTS: 

First Name Surname Pseudonym Country 1 (2, 3...) ___________________________________________________________________________ 

ORGANIZER

ARTour-Nerezine Association Veli dvor 12, 51554 Nerezine, Town of Mali Lošinj, Croatia

PROGRAM

OSCARfest - International Cartoon Exhibition - Osor

PROGRAM LEADER

Dragutin Dado Kovačević

dado.kov.novi@gmail.com

The 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde 2022, Brazil

RULES 14th SALÃO DE HUMOR HUMANA SAÚDE

1 – REGISTRATION: NOVEMBER 01, 2022, TO NOVEMBER 30, 2022 

The 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde is open to all graphic artists who wish to submit their own work. Each entrant may submit a maximum of 5 (five) works total, using whichever technique, and the entry format must be 30x40cm (or height: 2,900px with proportional width and a minimum 250 dpi resolution). Categories are Cartoon, Caricature, and Comic Strip/Comic book (the comic book must be a single-page story, and the comic strip may contain a maximum of 5 strips on a single page). Registration is free and online at salaodehumor.com. The artist will fill out the form in “registration” to submit the entries (through the registration page at salaodehumor.com/en/registration), with a maximum of 3MB file size. The website is the only registration channel for artists to submit their works. Salão de Humor will open on December 14th, when we will announce the contest winners. 

2 – THEME 

The 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde theme will be TIME. 

3 – JUDGING AND WINNERS SELECTION 

From Dec 1st to Dec 3rd, 2022. 

4 – PRIZES 

Winner – Cartoon (theme: TIME): R$5,000.00 (five thousand reais). 

Runner-up – Cartoon (theme: TIME): R$3,000.00 (three thousand reais). 

Humana Saúde Caricature Prize (open theme): Winner R$ 2,000.00 (two thousand reais) 

Humana Saúde Comics Prize (open theme): Winner R$ 2,000.00 (two thousand reais) 

Internet Prize Winner: R$2,000.00 (two thousand reais). Public online voting will decide the winner. Voting goes from Dec 05 to 08, at salaodehumor.com 

5 – TRAVELING EXHIBITION 

Selected artworks may join our 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde traveling exhibition. Selected artists (copyright holders) automatically grant the 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde unlimited non-exclusive use of the selected artwork copyrights for activities in all media, without any remuneration being due, for promotional activities for and under the auspices of the 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde. 

6 – DISQUALIFICATION 

6.1 – Your artwork must be your own original artwork and not a copy of anyone else’s copyrighted material (If your image infringes upon another’s copyright it will be disqualified). 

6.2 – Your submitted artwork mustn’t have won other contest awards or any other prize until the last date of registration for the 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde. 

6.3 – Professionals and amateurs can enter works of authorship, which mustn’t have been awarded in other events until the last date of registration. The Internet Award follows the same rule as in the main clause. 

6.4 – In case of disqualification, the ulterior artist in the rankings will go up one position and be awarded as the winner or runner-up, if that is the case. Example: In case the runner-up is disqualified, the third place will become the runner-up. In case the winner is disqualified, the runner-up becomes the winner, and the third place becomes the runner-up. 

6.5 – All works must be signed by the author. 

6.6 – The following people are not allowed to participate in this contest: All Humana Saúde workforce; and their relatives, no matter the degree in which they are related; and also any member of the organization of this event (directly or indirectly involved). 

6.7 – Plagiarism, infringement of the rights of others, or other violations of the Contest rules will result in disqualification, even if the artwork has already been awarded (in which case the jury will cancel the prize). 

6.8 – When submitting the artwork, the artist must also submit the registration form, and it must be legible and signed. We also request for your curriculum and photograph to catalog in Saude Humana’s research and database. You should make sure your own work is original, and we suggest all contestants should double-check on specialized websites if there is no coincidence of image, text, and /or status between your work and another one already published in newspapers, magazines, or websites. If plagiarism is confirmed, the work will be automatically disqualified. 

6.9 – By registering you automatically agree to all terms and rules. For more information: +55 (86) 99975 2514. 

§ 1º – Selected artists will automatically grant unlimited non-exclusive use of the selected artwork for activities in all media, platforms, and vehicles, for all promotional activities for and under the auspices of the 14th Salão de Humor Humana Saúde, without any remuneration being due. 

6.10 – The results may be contested four days after the event opening, with proof of any irregularities perpetrated by any contestant. 

6.11 – In case of a non-virtual registration, Humana Saúde is not responsible for any damage caused to the works during shipment. 

6.12 – In case of a non-virtual registration, Humana Saúde is not responsible for any delays in shipment. 

7 – 5th SALÃOZINHO DE HUMOR HUMANA SAÚDE 

7.1 – Kids aged 06 to 12 are allowed to participate in our kids’ contest, Salãozinho. Registration: from November 01, 2022, to November 31, 2022. The theme for this year’s competition is “FRIENDSHIP”. You can submit up to three artworks in a 30x40cm format (or height: 2,900px – with proportional width and a minimum 250 dpi resolution). Every technique and style is allowed in any category (cartoon, caricature, comic strips), and any kind of material can be used in the drawings. The artwork must be submitted in a digital format at salaodehumor.com on the registration page. The winner will receive a cash prize of R$ 600 (six hundred reais) and the runner-up R$ 400 (four hundred reais). 

8 – GENERAL CONDITION 

8.1 – Prized authors (and honorable mentions) will automatically grant unlimited, universal, total, and definitive non-exclusive use of the selected artwork, under law 9.610 of February 19, 1988 (Copyright law in Brazil – “Lei Dos Direitos Autorais”) in all modalities of use and without any remuneration being due, protected by the law regarding the awarded work(s) in the Salão de Humor, which become part of Humana Saúde’s assets for all purposes of rights. 

9 – DATES AND DEADLINES 

REGISTRATION: NOV 01 TO NOV 30, 2022. 

BEST ARTWORK SELECTION: DEC 01, 2022. 

PRIZE-WINNERS SELECTION: DEC 01 TO DEC 02, 2022 

ONLINE VOTING FOR INTERNET PRIZE: DEC 05 TO DEC 08, 2022 (salaodehumor.com) 

SALÃO OPENING AND PRIZE-WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT: DEC 14, 2022. 

WHERE: online-event only 

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Source: https://salaodehumor.com/en/rules/. 

Similarity: Razor blades

Ahmet Öztürklevent

Aydın Doğan 2021 entry

Ahmad Reza Sohrabi

Aydın Doğan 2017 entry

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This report by Mete Ağaoğlu.

The 11th GIN-UAH Graphic Humour Competition 2022, Spain

11th GIN-UAH Graphic Humour Competition

The GIN Foundation, the Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humour (IQH) and the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer of the University of Alcalá announce the 11th GIN-UAH Graphic Humour Contest, with the following rules: 

PARTICIPATION: 

The competition is open to anyone wishing to participate, either individually or jointly as writer and illustrator, in any of the following three categories: 

Professional: They must include a short biography and a link to prove that they publish or have published in a permanent medium. 

Amateurs. 

UAH-FGUA staff and students. 

SUBJECT: 

The entries must be humorous in intention. The subject is 

Caring for both physical and mental health* 

*Avoid COVID-19 subject 

FORMAT and LENGTH: 

Submissions must be in paper or in digital format. The work must be publishable on paper: cartoon, strip, page of comic…and must be signed. 

Maximum size: A3. Digital entries must be sent in JPG at 300dpi.. 

LANGUAGE: 

Works in any of the official languages of Spain are accepted. Those coming from outside Spain and containing text must be labelled in Spanish. 

Nº OF WORKS AND ORIGINALITY: 

Each participant may submit up to four entries. All entries must be unpublished work. 

SUBMISSION: 

The deadline for submission of entries is November 27, 2022. Originals, reproductions and digital works are accepted. Works that are not returned will be added to the FGUA’s Graphic Humour Documentation Centre of the Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humour. In the case of originals, the author may request a certificate of donation. 

Submission of physical entries: 

CONCURSO GIN-UAH 

Instituto Quevedo de las Artes del Humor (FGUA) 

Calle Nueva nº 4. 

28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) 

SPAIN 

Submission of digital entries: by email or WeTransfer to gin@iqh.es. 

Along with the work, the authors must send the filled formulary attached to these requirements and the following details: Name and surname, telephone number, date of birth, complete mailing address and e-mail address. Category of the entry. 

PRIZES: 

The GIN Graphic Humour Competition awards two prizes in each category worth the following amounts (gross): 

Professional: 

1st prize: 2000 euros. 

2nd prize: 1000 euros 

Amateurs: 

1st prize: 500 euros. 

2nd prize: 250 euros 

UAH: 

1st prize: 500 euros. 

2nd prize: 250 euros 

The prize-winning works, as well as a selection of other entries, will be published on the iqh.es and humoristan.org websites. 

JURY: 

The jury of the GIN-UAH Graphic Humour Competition will be composed of members of the Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humour of the FGUA, the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer of the UAH and the GIN Foundation. 

The jury reserves the right to declare any of the prizes void or to propose a reallocation of the prizes available. 

The jury’s decision will be made within 3 months after the deadline for entries. The decision will be communicated to the winners and published on the iqh.es and humoristan.org websites. 

Participation in this competition entails acceptance of these rules, as well as the author’s express permission to the organization to use her/his work, provided that his or her name appears and the aim is to disseminate activities in the field of humour and scientific dissemination, without generating any obligation whatsoever with regard to the author. The organization reserves the right, if necessary, to introduce those modifications it deems necessary for the smooth running of the competition. The organization is not liable for the works submitted to the competition. 

The best works will be part of an exhibition to be held throughout 2023, organized by the Vice-Rectorate for Research and Transfer of the UAH, the Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humour of the FGUA and the GIN Foundation. 

Application Form on source: iqh .