Inauguration and award ceremony of the PortoCartoon World Festival 2012, Portugal

International Graphic Humour contest on new Technologies, Barakaldo Hermes Prize 2013

BARAKALDO BIENNIAL XIITH INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC HUMOUR CONTEST ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES 2013
RULES OF THE CONTEST:
FIRST
To pass the public announcement of the 12th International Graphic Humour contest on new Technologies –Barakaldo Hermes Prize 2013, which is an official announcement regulated by the guidelines established in the regulations of the Barakaldo Cultural Competitions, published in the Official Biscayan Bulletin on February 12th, 2010.
SECOND
The budgetary limit for the aforementioned is set at four thousand five hundred Euros (4.500 €) charged against the Budget allocation 00700 45180, with number of process 201100537 to face the obligations derived from the prizes to grant, in compliance with rules established under Article 7 of the regulation, prizes awarded will be as follows: First Prize – 1.500 €, Second Prize –1.000 €, Third Prize – 800 €, Fourth Prize – 700 € and Fifth Prize – 500 €.
THIRD
Legal regulations which the competition will adhere to are as follows:
1.OBJECT
Sketchers will send in a scene depicting graphic humour relating to new technologies which impacts on daily life (INTERNET, BIOLOGY, SPACE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDICINE, ETC...) and which allows the citizens to reflect on new spheres of scientific progress. It can also be vignettes depicting geek attitudes generated by users of social networks or taking part in Web 2.0.
2. CONTESTANTS
Anyone who so desires may take part with no age restrictions. Each contestant may submit up to three pieces of work. Anyone who was a Hermes prize-winner at the previous year’s renewal will not be allowed to submit entries to this year’s official announcement.
3. CATEGORY AND FORMAT
Scenes and characters must be the personal creation of the author and unpublished. Work can be submitted either in black and white or in colour. Works must not exceed a single page, with a format not exceeding 800 x 600 pixels per inch, with a minimum resolution of 72 pixels per inch.
4. LANGUAGES
Works may be labelled in Spanish or Basque. It is permissible to enter humorous scenes without text written for those artists from different linguistic and geographical backgrounds.
5. PRESENTATION
The participants will register in the web page of the contest and will insert later on their work in format JPG.
6. SUBMISSION PLACE AND DEADLINE
Works containing the author’s details should be sent exclusively by email to: hermesbarakaldo@barakaldo.org before October 20th 2013.
7. VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
Presentation of works will imply the granting of permission to the Local Council for the reproduction of images entered, for purely exhibition purposes only. Any such exhibition of the works does not mean that financial benefit will accrue to the authors of the illustrations. It is also foreseen to include information of the works rewarded in the Biennial show ExPoesía that will be celebrated in Barakaldo in 2014.
8.PRIZES
The awarding of the Hermes de Barakaldo prize carries a financial reward amounting to 4500 Euros and is divided into five categories: First Prize: 1.500 €, Second Prize: 1.000 €, Third Prize: 800 €, Fourth Prize: 700 € and Fifth Prize: 500 €.
After the winners are notified individually, and by email, of the resolution, the prize winners will have a maximum three months term to supply their details to the awarding organisation in order for the cash prize to be transferred to them. Should the time period of three months since the first communication have already elapsed, without the relevant data having been supplied, it is understood that the prize winner will relinquish his/her right to the relevant prize and the corresponding illustration will likewise be withdrawn from any medium the local council has published it in.
9.JURY
Any of the prizes may be declared void if none of the works come up to the required minimum qualitative standards.
10.SELECTION CRITERIA
Prizes will be awarded according to the following criteria:
a.- Quality and artistic relevance of the work: 50 points.
b.- Adherence to the theme of the Competition and to the humorous language pertaining to it: 30 points.
c.- Social and cultural impact of the cartoon in relation to the thematic aspect set out regarding new technologies and their implications for everyday life: 20 points.
11.FURTHER POINTS
Participation in the competition implies acceptance of the rules and regulations as already laid down in the current Decree.
FOURTH
Prizes will be awarded in accordance with the competition rules system, through comparisons of the works presented, and through the establishment of priority criteria amongst them, in conformity with the already outlined criteria, and the awarding of the corresponding financial amounts in compliance with the same with limits as stated in the official announcement, not exceeding the available credit.
FIFTH
In order to analyse and evaluate the works presented, a Qualifying Panel or Jury will be convened, composed by Mr. Carlos Fernández Martínez Delegate-Councillor of Culture, Education, Basque Language and Sport, who will assume the title of President of the said panel, and, Mr. Alex Orfe, Mrs. Aurora Solano Pérez, Mr. Joseba Larretxe Berazadi, as people of renown prestige in the world of graphic humour and illustration, and Mr. Juan Manuel de Los Santos Aranaz, a Technician in the sphere of Culture, who will take part as Secretary.
SIXTH
The maximum allowable timescale for the resolution and notification of the prizes’ awarding procedure will be two months, starting from the closing date for the submission of entries.
SEVENTH
All interested parties will receive notification under terms outlined in Article 58 of the Law 30/1992, dated November 26th, of the Law Regulation of Public Administrations and Common Administrative Procedures.
EIGHTH
In case of any appeal against the decision, which exhausts the administrative procedures, an optional administrative reconsideration appeal may be lodged with the Council President to set aside the current resolution within a timeframe of one month starting from the day after the announcement of the results, alternatively an Administrative Reconsideration Appeal can be entered at the Court for Contentious Administrative Proceedings by virtue of the distribution of authority outlined in Articles 8 and 10 of the Law 29/1998, dated July 13th, which regulates the Contentious Administrative Jurisdiction within a timeframe of two months, also commencing, like the previous, on the day after receipt of official notification.
Rules in languages: http://www.barakaldo.org/portal/web/cultura/hermes.

Salon International Saint Just le Martel 2013, France

More info here.

17th Biennial Cartoon Competition Novomestsky Osten 2013, Slovakia

Novomestsky Osten 2013
XVII. BIENNIAL COMPETITION CARTOON
TOPIC: WATER
DEADLINE: 15.8.2013
Competition rules:
1. Each author can send at maximum five original works, including graphic techniques.
2. The competition is open to everyone. It is not restricted in terms of artistic design methods.
3. The format of the works should not exceed the size A3.
4. The competition is non-anonymous. Each work should be signed on the back and bear the author's full address.
5. Submitted works will be not returned to the author and will become the property of the MsKS Nove Mesto nad Vahom.
6. Works should be sent to:
Mestske Kulturne Stredisko, Hviezdoslavova 4, 915 01 Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Slovakia
Friday the 20th September 2013 will be held in Nove Mesto nad Vahom 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 17th competition in accordance with the Juryґs decision will take place as follows:
1st Prize: Gold Novomestsky Osten and 250 €
2nd Prize: Silver Novomestsky Osten and 150 €
3rd Prize: Bronze Novomestsky Osten and 100 €
The Competition Jury reserves the right not to grant any of the prizes or to grant other special prizes.
The organizers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials.
Selected competitor will receive a catalogue.
WEB: http://www.msks.sk/data/p_osten.html.

Results Surgut International Forum on visual humor KARIKATURUM 7, Russia

For the International Forum on visual humor KARIKATURUM 7, 145 artists and designers from 34 countries sent 398 works. After two days of hard work the jury selected the winners in "Cartoon" section with theme "Beauty":
1st prize "Gold ushanka" - Alexander Yakovlev / Russia (Top)
2nd prize "Silver ushanka" - Paolo Dalponte / Italy
3rd prize "Bronze ushanka" - Alexey Kustovsky / Ukraine
3rd prize "Bronze ushanka" - Vyacheslav Shilov / Russia (See below).
"Poster” section with theme "Beauty will save the world":
The jury decided not to award a 1st prize to any one of the participants.
2nd prize "Silver ushanka" - Timea Koncz / Hungary
3rd prize "Bronze Ushanka" - Yuri Manaev / Russia.
See all prize-winning cartoons and posters here.

Catalog 14th International Open Cartoon Contest Zielona Gora, Poland 2012

Received the catalog of the 14th International Open Cartoon Contest Zielona Gora, Poland 2012. The catalog published in 2012 is 14.8x21 cm in size and has 110 color pages. According to Maia Radziszewska's "instead of an introduction", "the subject of the contest Plane-Airport-Flying turned out to be inspiring, and the works can be divided into groups, according to the main motives. There is a motive of flying as such, with brooms, angels, Icaruses, birds and fanciful aircrafts instead of planes. There are "cheap flights", air "trips", emergency landings and cartoons that show very complicated airport's functioning nowadays. Naturally, the artists could not omit the pilots, air hostesses and the passengers as well as the romantic and the less romantic aspects of sailing up. Many works also touch on politics and everyday customs."

Of the 11 participants from Turkey are selected 4 cartoonists, namely Erdoğan Başol, Recep Bayramoğlu, Musa Gümüş, and Tan Oral, whose published cartoons are included in this blog.

8th International Cartoon Contest Braila 2013, Romania

BRAILA COUNTY COUNCIL
THE COUNTY CENTER FOR PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF
TRADITIONAL CULTURE BRAILA
INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
8th edition 2013

REGULATION
Contest: open to all cartoonists.
Theme: FREE
Entries: max. 5.
The works must be accompanied by the author's biography (photo).
Size: A4 (210 x 297 mm) - A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: August 25th, 2013
Prizes:
Great Prize – 1500 €;
First Prize – 1000 €;
Second Prize – 800 €;
Third Prize – 500 €;
3 Special Prizes – 3 x 300 € (each).
Exhibition: September 20th, 2013
Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy
Remark: the works will not be returned, they will remain the property of
The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila.
The works should be sent to:
The County Center for Preservation and
Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila
no. 2, Piata Traian
810153 Braila, Romania
Contact details:
centrul_creatie@portal-braila.ro
costel_patrascan@yahoo.co.uk
maria.puscaciu@yahoo.com

Results 5th CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2013

Theme: “Troika and Greek Financial Crisis”
WINNERS
1st Prize: Manuel Sainz Serrano aka “Manolo” (Top)
The 8 Honorable mentions:
1. Bartosz Cebula
2. Vladimir Kazanevsky
3. Fadi Abou Hassan
4. Nikolay Sviridenko
5. Alexander Dubovsky
6. Serafim Bakoulis
7. Hanusic Hule
8. Mr. Passarpawas.
Work of Excellence: Konstantin Kazanchev.
See the catalog in PDF here.

5th INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS CONTEST JUST FOR LAUGHS 2013, Montreal - Canada

See also: bado-badosblog.

9th International Cartoon Festival Solin 2013, Croatia

9. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2013, CROATIA
The organizer of 9th International festival of cartoon Solin 2013 is the city Solin. The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profesion.
2.THEME: 1. FREE; 2. ARHEOLOGY.
3.ENTRIES:
Conditions of entry:
1. All entries must be original cartoons. Framed works, also, will not be accepted.
2. Entries can be either black and white or colored.
3. There should be the name, surname and the address on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. Maximum 5 entries will be submitted.
5. Maximum size of entries is A3 format (40x30 cm).
4.DEADLINE:
Entry deadline is the 10 August 2013. Please write; PRINTED MATTER - NO VALUE.
5.ADDRESS
9.INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL SOLIN 2013
«DOM ZVONIMIR» Kralja Zvonimira 50,
21210 Solin, CROATIA
6.PRIZE AND AWARDS:
PLAQUE....................................................1009 EUR
PRIZE CITY SOLIN................................... 3 PRIZE
7.EXHIBITION:
The exhibition will take place in the galery of the culture home „ZVONIMIR“ Solin on the 21.08.2013.
8.OTHER CONDITIONS:
Authors of works that quality to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue (DVD). The works will be returned only on the special reqest of an autor. The postage EUR 5 will be paid by autor. The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Solin 2013, as the advertising material without being obliged to pay a fee to an author whose work may be used. The prize-winning works become property of the organizer.
PRESIDENT 9. INTERNATIONAL
CARTOON FESTIVAL - SOLIN 2013
CROATIA
Cartoonist-designer
MARKO IVIĆ.
(From: The Croatian Cartoonist Association hrvdrukar@gmail.com)
*
ENTRY FORM

LAST NAME ---------------------------------------------

FIRST NAME --------------------------------------------

PSEUDONIM --------------------------------------------

STREET ---------------------------------------------------

POSTCODE -----------------------------------------------

CITY -------------------------------------------------------

COUNTRY -----------------------------------------------

TELEPHONE --------------------------------------------

E-MAIL ---------------------------------------------------

NUMBER OF ENTRIES -------------------------------

MALE-FEMALE ----------------------------------------.

Results of the 18th International festival of cartoon Zagreb 2013, Croatia

Winners in the 18th International festival of cartoon ZAGREB 2013

THEME: THE FUNNY SIDE OF HORROR

The 18th International Exhibition of Cartoons ZAGREB 2013

has seen the arrival of 845 works of 380 authors from 61 countries.

THE WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE: RAY COSTA, Brazil (Top)

SECOND PRIZE: FRANO CEBALO, Croatia

THIRD PRIZE: MIKHAIL ZLATKOVSKY, Russia

SPECIAL MENTIONS:

MAHMOUDI HOUMAYOUN, England

NORBERT VAN YPERZEELE, Belgium

MIHAI IGNAT, Romania

ANTON BUZETI, Slovenia

VALENTIN GEORGIEV, Bulgaria (Below).

4th International City and Citizen Cartoon Contest, Tabriz 2013-14, Iran

4th International City and Citizen Cartoon Contest, Tabriz 2013-14, Iran
Rules:
We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.
Theme: Municipal waste For example: Recycling, Garbage Repelling.
Please write your surname and first name, address, e-mail address, phone number.
- All participants that their works enter in exhibition will receive the catalogue of the contest.
- Sent works should be in 300 dpi with 1500 pixel width or length and jpg format.
Sent works could be published or won in a contest before.
Deadline: 1 September 2013
Prizes:
- First Prize: $1200, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
- Second Prize: $ 750, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
- Third Prize: $ 500, Honorable Mention and Trophy.
- 5 Honorable Mentions.
The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: info@cwn-news.com
and by post:
Iran - Tabriz - Post box:51385-4563 Rahim Asghari
Address: Azadi st.Tabriz Municipality Art and Cultural Organization ,Tabriz,Iran
Tel:(98 411) 5545960 / 0098-9143134470
Web: http://www.cwn-news.com Source: rahimcartoon.
- Jury board of every year are the last year`s winners.
- An album will be sent to all Participants.

5th International Cartoon Contest, The City of Ideas 2013, Mexico

The 5th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
BRILLIANT MINDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: THE CITY OF IDEAS 2013
Eligibility & Requirements
1. Open to professional or amateur artists, over 18 years old, from anywhere in the world.
2. The artworks submitted must be completely original and unpublished. They should not be participating in another contest or event at the same time.
3. The idea to develop will be as follows:
“Dangerous Ideas”
What is your dangerous idea capable of changing the lives of 10 million people over the next six years?
Express your DANGEROUS IDEAS in a cartoon and share, with the IDEASTAS, your innovative proposals to change the reality of 10 million people in six years. Within your work you can use short texts that must be written in Spanish and translated into English. You should clearly state the question or idea in the cartoon or in title of your work.
*The organization reserves the right to withdraw from the contest those works that are considered to be offensive or violate human rights.
4. Each artist will be able to participate with 3 works of his or her own (those artists that submit more than 3 works will be disqualified from the contest).
5. Any artistic technique will be accepted (by hand or digital, coloured or black and white).
6. The artwork may not be greater than 21cm x 29cm (8,2 in. x 11.4 in) in size or proportional. In case is presented in digital format, with a resolution no less than 300 dpi and no bigger than 10 MB.
7. If the contestant submits his or her original work, he or she must attach the following information in a sealed envelope:
• Full name of the author and pseudonym
• Photo or self-portrait of the author
• Address
• Phone number
• Email
• Nationality
• Title of each work
• Is this the first time you participate?
• Brief biographical summary (CV)
8. The contestant will have to sign a certification. If the work is uploaded, the artist must click on the acceptance box. If the original artwork is sent by post, the artist must include and sign the following statement:

I, (name of the author) certify to be the author of the artwork(s) presented to the 2013 Dangerous Ideas Contest and submit them to the City of Ideas. I, (name of the author) accept, for the simple reason of presenting my work to this contest, the use of my work by Poder Cívico A.C. in any way they consider pertinent.
_________________________
Signature

9. The artworks can be sent in two formats: original or digital.
Original: Send the author's information and work to the following address:
5o. Concurso Internacional de Caricatura TUS IDEAS PELIGROSAS
Reforma 222, Piso 12
Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
C.P. 06600 México D.F.
Digital: fill the form and upload the artwork(s) in the following web page: www.ciudaddelasideas.com/caricaturas
* Fill the form for each work with resolution no less than 300 dpi and no more than 10 megabytes.
10.The selected works will be exhibited in Puebla, Mexico, during the 7, 8 and 9th of November 2013 and will appear in various media sponsored by Poder Cívico A.C.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cddelasideas
Flickr: www.flickr.com/95637596@N07
Web Page: http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com
The cartoons will be used in diverse media, for the promotion of the Brilliant Minds International Festival. This includes the reproduction of the artworks in catalogues, postcards or books, Internet or TV according to the agreements with sponsorships.
11.This call for submissions will run from May 17, 2013 to August 1, 2013. Applications submitted by e-mail or normal courier must be sent between these dates and must have the date registered in the post stamp or in the e-mail.
12.The final results will be announced in the official website of City of Ideas http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com, in Twitter and Facebook. The winners will be sent a notification to the specified e-mail they send with their personal data. We ask you to disregard any email confirmation if it does not come from the following domains: ciudaddelasideas.com or podercivico.org.mx.
13.The board will be appointed by Poder Cívico A.C. and will be entitled to solve any contest-related situation that does not meet the requirements stated in the entry requirements. The award may be declared null if the jury believes that none of the works presented comply with the quality standards. The members of the board will be announced once the call for submissions starts.
14.The non-winning authors may recover their original works in Poder Cívico A.C. head quarters, three months after posting the final results. The original works which are not reclaimed and picked up in the aforementioned period, will be on deposit with Martha Barragán Méndez15.
Awards
• First place:
-A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, accommodation and food.
-A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas, which organizes more than 30 conferences of well-known personalities who are changing the world.
-Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
-Presentation of the artwork within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
-Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
• Second Place
-A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, accommodation and food.
-A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas, which organizes more than 30 conferences of well-known personalities who are changing the world.
-Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
-Presentation of the artwork within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
-Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
• Third Place
-A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico including: transportation, accommodation and food.
-A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas, which organizes more than 30 conferences of well-known personalities who are changing the world.
-Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions, exhibitions and more.
-Presentation of the artwork within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
-Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City of Ideas.
Three honourable mentions will be awarded: Each one will be granted a diploma that will be sent in the days following the festival.
Note: Prizes will not be paid in cash, and will not be transferable to another person.
If you are a not a Mexican national you will be required to have a passport and valid visa to attend the festival in Puebla, Mexico.
Regards
Martha Barragán Mendez "Mar"
concursocaricaturas@ciudaddelasideas.com
The City of Ideas Festival
International Cartoon Contest Coordinator
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For any questions or comments
Tel: +52 (55) 5140-3660 / +52 (55) 8582-5340
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