2nd International SPORTSHUMOR, the Smile Olympics - Italy

2nd INTERNATIONAL "SPORTHUMOR" THE SMILE OLYMPICS / ITALIA
Theme: "All Sports" (Football, Cycling, Athletics, Boxing, Motorcycling, Skiing, Motor Racing, Swimming, Running, Speedboat Racing, Basketball, Baseball, etc...)
Section: Cartoon or Caricature...
Size: A4 (21x30) Only...
Work: Original...
Maximum of 3 works...
Deadline: 28 FEBRUARY 2009
Prizes: A prize of 2.500 € together with other prizes awarded by the management, will be given to the artist who will receive the most votes from the public...
The most deserving and representative works will form part of a coloured catalogue specially created and sent free of charge to all the published authors.
The works sent will not be returned but form the basis for a future International Humor Museum.
Address: Emilio Isca, Via Dante 4, 10098 RIVOLI/TO (Italia)
E-Mail Address: emilioisca@libero.it
Responsible: Emilio Isca
Phone-Fax: +39 011 2483046
Source: Yeni Akrep 75

2nd International Contest of Caricature & Cartoon of Vianden 2009

Les Amis du Château de Vianden a.s.b.l. and the Museum of the Caricature of Vianden with the co-operation of KIISCHPELTER CARTOONALE a.s.b.l. are pleased to announce their
2nd INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN
1. Subject: Green economy
2. Deadline: 15th February 2009
3. Prizes:
1st prize: 3000 €
2nd prize: 2000 €
3rd prize: 1000 €
Four mentions: honorable diploma.
4. Entries: Initially each participant can send at most 3 works in digital form via Internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu.
The author must indicate in his e-mail the following informations: his first name, name, complete address, e-mail address, his phone number and the title of each work. The characteristics of these electronic sending’s are as follows: format JPEG, good quality and max. 500 KB per picture.
Out of these sending’s by e-mail the jury will make a selection of 120 drawings and will request from the authors of these works the sending by mail of the originals for the choice of the prizes and the publication in the catalogue. All these 120 originals will be shown in the exhibition. Their size will be between DIN A4 (210x297 mm) and DIN A3 (297x420 mm), the paper of good quality, not folded and without a passe-partout. On the back side of every work must be clearly mentioned the first name, name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number of the author as well as the title of the work. This deadline is 13th March 2009.
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in color, without subtitles. Digitally created works are accepted. They must be signed by their creator on back side. Photos and copies of original works will be eliminated.
6. Exhibition: The award ceremony will be held on 10th May 2009 in the castle and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 9th May until 7th June 2009. It’s foreseen to show the works in other cities and in the Museum of Caricature of Vianden until 9th May 2010.
7. Returns: After these exhibitions the originals will be returned to their authors except the works selected for one of the prizes. The 7 awarded works will become property of the organizer. The organizer cannot be held responsible for loss or damage during sending back.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose works will be selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail. Prize winners will get their catalogue during the award ceremony.
9. Results: The publication of the results will be done on the Internet sites http://www.caricature.eu/ after 10th May 2009. The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed by e-mail or by phone.
The final decisions of the jury, which will meet on 14th March 2009, are undeniable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants allow the organizers to use their works only for promoting the author, as well as the event. All other copyright remains property of the author.
11. Generalities: The works should not have been awarded before. By taking part to this contest the participants agree to the abovementioned rules.
12. Address for the sending of the originals: CHATEAU DE VIANDEN P.O.B. 26, L – 9422 VIANDEN Luxembourg
13. Further informations:
Florin BALABAN phone: +352 – 621 28 37 90 cartoon@caricature.eu
Pol LEURS phone : +352 – 78 83 18 cartoon@caricature.eu

XI International Cartoon Contest Zielona Gora - Poland

RULES AND REGULATIONS
SUBJECT: WINE or (VINE HARVEST)
TIMETABLE:
Announcement and publication of the Competition: November-December 2008
Deadline for receiving works: 31st May 2009
Sitting of the Jury: June 2009
Announcement of the Jury decision , seminar and the opening of the post competition exhibition: September 2009
PRIZES:
GRAND PRIX – PLN 4.000 and Statuette
1st PLACE – PLN 3.000 and Statuette
2nd PLACE – PLN 2.000 and Statuette
3rd PLACE – PLN 1.500 and Statuette
Sponsors’ prizes.
The Organizers have the right to the change in the amount of particular prizes, nonetheless, the total amount of prizes shall remain unchanged.
THE JURY: The Jury comprises of the Organizers representatives as well as artist dealing with art in practice or as theoreticians.
PARTICIPATION: Both professional and amateur cartoonists are eligible to take part in the competition.
A maximum of five original works (format min. A5 – max. A3) in optional technique should be sent or delivered by May 31st, 2009 to the following address:
LSMDK DEBIUT ul.Ptasia 2 A/7, 65-520 ZIELONA GORA / POLAND
Password: COMPETITION
e-mail: debiut-zg@o2.pl
http://www.debiut.org.pl/
The Organizers are not responsible for damage or loss during transportation!
The winners as well as cartoonists qualified to participate in the post-competition exhibiton shall be provided with a free copy of a catalogue published by the Organizers.
The Organizers provide the competition prize winners with free acccomodation and boarding during the exhibition event.
The winners receive their prizes on condition that they are either present at the opening of the post competition exhibition or else they indicate a bank account where the money is to be transfered.
The works become the property of the Organizers and shall be included in the collection of the False Mirror gallery located in Lubuskie Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Działań Kulturalnych DEBIUT in Zielona Gora.
Every participant in the competition agrees to their free of fees delivery of works to the False Mirror gallery.
Every work delivered to the competition ought to be accompanied (on the reverse) with the readable author’s signature, address and a telephone number.
By sending their works to the competition the participants agree to the abovementioned regulations and they further agree to the free of fees publication of their works for marketing purposes connected with the competition and post competition exhibition.
The exhibition organizers are the final judges in the interpretation of these regulations.
By sending his/her works and taking part in the competition the artist agrees to the abovementioned rules and regulations.

Catalog of the 8th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial 2007

The catalog of the 8th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial 2007 is released in PDF at their website: http://www.irancartoon.com/daily/18nov08/PDFCatalogue2008.htm
The catalog consists of four parts covering the sections in the competition:
1) Cartoon Theme: Money
2) Cartoon Theme: Free
3) Caricature
4) Comic Strip.

Participation conditions of Press Cartoon Europe Grand Prix 2009

HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPETITION PRESS CARTOON EUROPE (PCE)
1.Participation in PCE is free of charge.
2.The cartoons which you will submit to us must all have appeared in the course of 2008 in a newspaper, magazine or periodical which is available to the general public, and which is published in one of the member countries of the European Union, plus Switzerland.
3.Each cartoon participating in PCE must be accompanied by the name and date of the publication in which it originally appeared.
4.Each cartoon participating in PCE must be accompanied by the author's personal details: family name, first name, full postal address, and telephone numbers, email address, website (if any).
5.Your cartoons, up to a maximum of three, must reach us by Sunday 4th January 2009 at the latest.
6.Only those cartoons sent electronically (jpg format: minimum 300 dpi) to the following address will be considered as valid entries: nathalie@presscartoon.com
7.All texts and captions either within the cartoon or sent with them which are in a language other than French, English, German, or Dutch must be translated into one or another of these four languages.
8.On Monday 12th January 2009 the selection committee of PCE will nominate the cartoons chosen from all those submitted to go forward for the PCE Grand Prix. The authors of these cartoons will be notified immediately.
9.PCE will be authorized to exhibit all nominated cartoons at the International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist on the Belgian coast during the summer of 2009, and also to publish them in the annual of best European press drawings of 2008.
10.PCE will be able to make free use of all the nominated cartoons for any publications or communications in connection with the prize, including press releases, posters, announcements of events organized by PCE such as exhibitions, symposia, etc.
11.The jury, composed of journalists from several EU countries, all of whom are accredited by the European parliament in Brussels, will meet on Wednesday 18th February 2009 at the KVS (Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg – the Royal Flemish Theatre) in Brussels, and will select the winning entry to be awarded the PCE Grand Prix 2009. This meeting will be followed by a press conference during which the name of the winner will be announced.
12.The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the International Cartoon Festival at Knokke-Heist on Saturday 27th June 2009.
13.The author of the winning cartoon will receive a cheque for 10.000 € as well as a bronze trophy created by the Belgian artist Ever Meulen.
14.The decision of the PCE committee is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Wishing you all the very best,
pp PCE:
Nathalie Rasschaert, Karel Anthierens, Jasper Foré.
Read the earlier announcement
(Many thanks to Ivan Hanousek ivan.hanousek@dreamworx.cz who forwarded the info.)

2009 is the year devoted to the comic strip in Belgium

2009 is the year of comic strip in Belgium
2009 is the year devoted to the comic strip, and the Brussels-Capital Region has a rich program relating to the world of the ninth art. Click here to learn more. And click here for the other projects in all the Wallonia region.

Discover all about comic strips in Wallonia in this guide. Download the brochure: "Wallonia Comics 2009"

Results Olense Kartoenale 2008

The results of Olense Kartoenale 2008
Olense Cartoenale 2008 with theme "Extreme Sports & Strange Hobbies" received 727 entries, sent in by 293 different participants from all over the world.
The winning cartoon for 2008 is from the U.S.A. and was designed by Ali Shahali.
The other prizes in the adult category went to:
- 2nd prize: L'Ubomir Kotrha (Slovakia);
- 3rd prize: Valentin Georgiev (Bulgaria);
- 4th prize: Heidari Shahrokh (Iran);
- 5th prize: Norbert Van Yperzeele (Belgium);
- Prize of the Province of Antwerp: Vernimme Luc (Belgium).
In the youth category first prize went to Aleksandar Petrikanovic from Serbia.
The other prizes went to:
- 2nd prize: Carolien Van Sas (Belgium);
- 3rd prize: Le Wu Gao (China);
- 4th prize: Agha Amini (Iran);
- Prize of the Province of Antwerp: Timothy Bogaerts (Belgium).
On the occasion of the 20th edition of the International Olense Kartoenale is the cartoon catalog expanded to 36 pages, including the cartoons of the first winners of the past few years were included.

Prize-winning cartoons
Complete list of participants

2nd "Molla Nasreddin, Azerbaijan-2009" International Cartoon Contest

This contest is devoted to the 103rd anniversary of the first satiric and cartoon magazine in the East and in all Moslem countries - “Molla Nasreddin”, the first issue of which was published in April 7, 1906. This weekly magazine, which was in Azerbaijani language, had been published till 1932. Under the influence of this magazine the interest for cartoon genre has been increased in Azerbaijan and in many neighboring countries, and this genre has developed and become very popular among people. We are going to hold a cartoon contest on the 7th of April every year in commemoration of this historical day.
2nd "Molla Nasreddin, Azerbaijan-2009" International Cartoon Contest
1.The Contest is open to all professional and amateur cartoonists.
2. Subject: “Oil” (Importance of oil in the world).
3.Cartoons that won places in other contests can not be sent.
4. Each cartoonist can submit a max of 2 works.
5. Size of cartoons should be min A4, max A3.
6. Deadline is March 01, 2009.
7. Cartoons can be sent by e-mail.
8. On the back of each work the following information should appear:
First name, surname, address, telephone number and e-mail, accompanied by the entry form and author’s short biography and photo. Otherwise, cartoons will not be accepted.
9. Cartoonists, whose works enter the book-catalogue, will be sent the one as a present.
10. The Cartoons will be selected by the International Jury.
11. Click and download the entry-form
Prizes:
I Place (3 persons) Golden Medal + diploma + catalogue
II Place (4 persons) Silver Medal + diploma + catalogue
III Place (5 persons) Bronze Medal + diploma + catalogue
Special awards (10 persons) + diploma + catalogue
Address:
AZ1010 Azerbaijan Baku Neftchilar avenue 145 Azerbaijan Cartoonists’ Union
Tel: (994 12) 493 28 98
Fax: (994 12) 493 09 18
E-mail: mollanasreddin2009@gmail.com
Web: http://www.azercartoon.com/

Winners in Humour a Gallarate International Cartoon Contest 2008

Winners in Humour a Gallarate International Cartoon Contest 2008
Theme: The Fire
Grand Prix 'Marco Biassoni': Angel Boligán Corbo (Messico)
Special Prizes of Jury: Anton Gionata Ferrari (Italia), Michael Kountouris (Grecia)
Prizes:
Athos Careghi (Italia) - Premio 'Città di Gallarate'
Ludo Goderis (Belgio) - Premio 'AMSC per la Cultura'
Elena Ospina (Spagna) - Premio Biblioteca civia 'L. Majno'
Constantin Pavel (Romania) - Premio Fondazione Cult. '1860 Gallarate Città'
Mentions:
Margherita Allegri (Italia), Luca Bertolotti & Michele De Pirro (Italia), Luc Descheemaeker (Belgio), Rumen Dragostinov (Bulgaria), Luka Lagator (Montenegro), Luis Maria Ligarribay (Argentina), Roberto Mangosi (Italia), Marilena Nardi (Italia), Phu Nguyen (USA), Jordan Pop-Iliev (Macedonia), Cristobal Reinoso (Argentina), Ugo Sajini (Italia), Omar Figueroa Turcios (Spagna).
Cartoons Gallery

Christmas Cartoon Contest Brazilcartoon 2008

The world is in crisis
The financial crisis may leave Santa Claus, this year, with existential crisis and people may understand the real meaning of Christmas. The Brazilcartoon invites you, cartoonist, to participate in the Christmas Cartoon Contest Brazilcartoon. We will make a virtual exhibition and the most creative cartoon will receive a kit of materials for professional design and an official shirt of the website. Those interested can send a maximum of three designs in the format: A4, 300 dpi to the address: info@brazilcartoon.com until December, 20 of 2008.

New Award 2009: Press Cartoon Europe Grand Prix

NEW: PRESS CARTOON EUROPE
Every year since 1999 Press Cartoon Belgium, or PCB, has awarded the PCB Prizes to the best press cartoons published in Belgium. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, PCB is launching a new award, Press Cartoon Europe (PCE).
This competition for the Grand Prix is open to all press cartoonists who publish in any European Union member country. For the 2009 award, all press cartoons published in the course of 2008 in any publication available to the general public in any EU member country will be eligible to compete for the Grand Prix. Participation is free of charge.
The Press Cartoon Europe (PCE) Grand Prix, to be awarded by an international panel of specialists, will be a cash prize of 10,000.
Cartoonists, who wish to participate in Press Cartoon Europe, are invited to send a confirmation of their interest in competing to nathalie@presscartoon.com. They will then be sent instructions about when, how and where to send three of their best cartoons published in 2008.
( This report from: Julian PENA-PAI penapai@hotmail.com )

Regulations 25th International Biennial of Art Humour Tolentino - Italy

“THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US” (…and laughing at us)

The art of the cartoon is play in its pure state.
In an essay by B. Bettelheim on the importance of play in children, this passage by Freud has been quoted:
“The favourite and most intense occupation of a child is play. Perhaps one can say that a child at play behaves like a poet, in that he creates a world of his own, or rather he re-arranges the things of his world in a new way that pleases him”.
There was Mr Bonaventura, ingenuous child-adult and Bibì & Bibò (the Katzenjammer Kids), two urchins addicted to playing cruel pranks. And then, in more recent years, the world of Charlie Brown, Linus and Snoopy, with their unforgettable domestic-philosophical view on the adult world. And today the Simpsons - a mixture of irony, cruelty and the everyday nature of urban life.
The world of the comic is often directed at children and their games, in order to illustrate the world of adults.
“The Children Are Watching Us” was the title of a film that De Sica wrote together with Cesare Zavattini in 1943.
Beyond the content of the plot (a beautiful melodrama…), the title was well-chosen as it captured in the bedlam that is our adult world (even more relevant today than then…), a certain perspective on life which was like a ray of light; a spotlight that illuminates the dark.
Maurizio Costanzo, Stage Management.

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25th International Biennial of Humour in Art, Tolentino 2009, Italy

Regulations
www.biennaleumorismo.org
The town council of Tolentino is proposing and organising the 25th International Biennial of Art Humour, which this year will take place between 11 July and 25 October 2009.
1. The Biennial is open to artists from all over the world, each of which can participate in the “City of Tolentino International Prize” dedicated to satire art. Each entry consists of a maximum of 3 unpublished and original works, of any size, technique and form of visual art.
A special prize dedicated to photography as original expression of humour in art will also be awarded. Any works of art on any paper support will be accepted.
2. The theme for the 2009 Biennial is: “THE CHILDREN ARE WATCHING US” (…and laughing at us)
3. The last entry date for the competition is 27 March 2009, by which date the works of art must be registered with:
Segreteria della “25a Biennale Internazionale dell’Umorismo nell’Arte, piazza della Libertà, 3 – 62029 TOLENTINO (Italy).
Each work of art must have a entry form in which the following information is provided: The artist’s name, surname, pseudonym, a short biography, address, title of the piece, techniques used, sales range in which the artist would like to insert his piece, address where the work of art must be returned to.
Attachment of the signed participation card is essential for the admission to the competition for each work of art.
4. The organiser will provide and assign, for each piece on display, the price range chosen by the artist from 500–1000–1500 Euro. 20% of the earnings will go to the relevant organiser. The winning works of art will be excluded from sale and will become the property of the International Museum for Art and Caricature Humour in Tolentino.
5. The pieces must be sent carriage free. They will only be accepted if they have no tax, customs fees or any other fees to be paid by the organiser.
6. The town council of Tolentino, of who will be organising the event, assure the maximum care, guardianship and supervision of all pieces, declining all responsibility of eventual theft, fire or ungovernable events while in the care of those involved in the event or during transportation of the works of art.
7. The acceptance of each piece, their selection for exhibition and the assigning of prizes is carried out by a jury nominated by the city of Tolentino’s administration department. The jury’s decision is final and cannot be questioned or appealed.
8. The jury, presided over by Giorgio Forattini, also consists of:
– Enrica Bonaccorti
– Achille Bonito Oliva
– Evio Hermas Ercoli
– Riccardo Mannelli
– Maurizio Nichetti
– Ludovico Pratesi
– Maurizio Costanzo - Artistic Director for the Biennial of Art Humour;
9. The jury will give out the following prizes:
International Prize “ City of Tolentino” - Biennial winner - 5.000. The Biennial winner will be the guest for the following Biennial (2011) and will have his own exhibition (max. 30 works of art);
2° Prize of Euro 3.000;
3° Prize of Euro 1.500;The jury also awards:
The “Cesare Marcorelli” Career Prize;
“Luigi Mari” Academy of Humour Prize;
Other special Prizes.
10. The works used in the exhibition will be returned, at the cost of the Organiser, not before the 30th day after the scheduled closing date, apart from the possible postponement of the closing date by the organiser. Exception goes to those works of art expressly donated to the Museum of Art and Caricature Humour in Tolentino by the artist.
Those not used for the exhibition will be returned to their owners at the cost of the addressee.
The organisers refuse all responsibility regarding theft, fire, damage, etc that might occur during transport. Tax and customs fees will be paid by the artist.
11. The International Biennial of Art Humour organisers are authorised to use and copy the selected works to be inserted in their official exhibition catalogue, with as many examples as they deem necessary. The organisers are permitted to also publish the same works, even through reproduction, in a wide distribution also in the internet. They are also entitled to publish the works on any resource and even for commercial purposes. The artist will be mentioned, in reproductions of their works, in familiar ways. The artist will automatically consent to the free utilisation of their works be it imaginatively, educationally, creatively or for public enjoyment, without any compensation. The artist must renounce all rights to any type of compensation.
12. A participation Diploma will be given to all artists selected for the exhibition. They will also have the right to a copy of the Biennial catalogue.
13. Participation in the 25th International Biennial of Art Humour competition requires full and complete acceptance of the regulations stated.
14. The regulations are published in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese. In case of doubt, refer to the Italian text.
INFO:
www.biennaleumorismo.org
phone +39 733.901365
+39 733.901326
+39 733.969797
fax +39 733.966535
e.mail: info@biennaleumorismo.org

Results Fair Play National & International Cartoon Contest 2008 Turkey

Results of 9th Fair Play National & International Cartoon Contest 2008 Turkey
316 cartoons in the Adults category and 376 cartoons in the Students category sent in from 29 countries participated in the 9th Fair Play National & International Cartoon Contest 2008.
WINNERS
Adults category
1. Coşkun Göle (Turkey), 2. Muammer Bilen (Turkey), 3. Mehmet Zeber (Turkey), 4. Cemalettin Güzeloğlu (Turkey), 5. Mustafa Yıldız (Turkey).
Special Prize of Jury: Muammer Kotbaş (Turkey), Sadık Pala (Turkey), Sutarjo (Indonesia), Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan).
WINNERS
Students category
Aslı Gülmez (İzmir), Meryem Kaymaz (İzmir), Can Uncu (İstanbul), Batur Özkan (İstanbul), Emir Sevimay (İstanbul), Burak Onur (İstanbul), Mert Durmaçalış (İstanbul), Ege Akgün (İstanbul), A.Rıza Metin Sönmez (İstanbul), Mehmet Berat Bursa (İstanbul).
Special Prize of Jury: Berkalp Üstün (İstanbul), Nurten Demirtaş (Sinop), Tarık Akyol (İstanbul), Ebre Berber (Çorum), Ersin Güven (İstanbul), Sayna Soleimanpour (İstanbul), Sarp Aydonat (İstanbul), Ekin Özeskici (Çorum), Gökay Yıldız (İstanbul).
Prize-giving Ceremony
The prize-giving ceremony is to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in February 2009.