The 28th International Satire and Humor Festival City of Trento 2020, Italy

XXVIII INTERNATIONAL SATIRE AND HUMOR FESTIVAL CITY OF TRENTO

Theme: LIMITS
Deadline: 19 April 2020 (EXTENDED:) 30 MAY 2020
Enrolment conditions:
Any Italian and foreign artists can enroll. The minimum age is 16 years. Each participant is allowed to submit maximum 3 original works, not rewarded or reported in other competitions.
Sections:
A) Illustration/Satire/Humor
B) Cartoon (Maximum 2 pages)
Download the form to attach to the works
Rules concerning the dispatch of works:
The works must be sent in digital format size A4/A3 to: rassegna@studioandromeda.net 
Resolution of 300 dpi, saved in JPG or TIFF format at the highest quality.
Important notes:
The images can be maximum 10MB, for images larger than 10MB use: www.wetransfer.com
Selection of works:
The jury will select the works that will be displayed in the exhibition and published on the website.
Section Awards Illustration/Satire/Humor:
1) prize 1.000,00 euro
2) prize 700,00 euro
3) prize 500,00 euro.
Section Award Cartoon (Fumetto):
Single prize 500,00 euro.
Awarding and exibition:
The award ceremony will be in October 2020, the exact date will be announced later.
Rights and royalties:
The authors, taking part in the competition, give the non-exclusive right to publish the work in any medium for promotional purposes by Studio d’Arte Andromeda not having any claim as copyright.
Source: studioandromeda
(Updated 13.04.2020 14:30).

The 14th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, Bucovina 2020, Romania

The 14th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, Bucovina 2020, Romania

The Bucovina Museum from Suceava has the distinct pleasure of inviting you to participate to the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic BUCOVINA - ROMANIA, the 14th Edition, 2020.
1. The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic has as theme: ”To hold a pen is to be at war. (Voltaire)” (The importance and the power of a pen in someone's hand).
2. We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world, regardless of their age.
3. The number of sent cartoons is maximum five.
4. Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and name, exact address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
5. The exhibition prizes are:
- Grand prize – 500 € + diploma + gold medal
- Second prize - 300 € + diploma - „Gândeşte” Association
- Third prize - 100 € + diploma - „Gândeşte” Association
- Three mentions - diploma + medal
6. The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: competition@muzeulbucovinei.ro and they must be of 300 dpi resolution, A4 format, realized in any technique: black and white or coloured.
7. All the events of the exhibition will be published in the web page of the Bucovina Museum and also on the webpages of the partners. All the artists who will qualify for the exhibition will receive the printed catalogue containing all the selected cartoons.
8. Deadline for sending your cartoons: 30 April 2020.
9. The exhibition will be opened for the public in June 2020.
10. Bucovina Museum – muzeulbucovinei.ro and „Gândeşte” Association – gandeste.org reserve the right to use the works submitted for the contest in any way suited to promote the contest and its results.
Jury Members: Mihai Panzaru PIM – cartoonist; George Licurici – cartoonist www.licurici.eu; Ovidiu Ambrozie Borta BOA – cartoonist www.artboa.ro boa-caricatura.eu .
Source: muzeulbucovinei .

13th International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden 2020, Luxembourg

The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden with the cooperation of
Les Amis du Château de Vianden and Naturpark OUR
are pleased to announce their
13th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN

1. Subject: LUCK (chance, hazard, good/bad fortune, destiny…)
2. Deadline: 30 March 2020
3. Prizes: 1st prize: 1500 €, 2nd prize: 1000 €, 3rd prize: 500 €, 3 honourable mentions.
4. Entries: Each participant can submit up to 4 entries in digital format by sending them via internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu. The author must include the following details in his or her e-mail: first name, last name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number and the title or the number of each submission. The specifications for these electronic submissions are as follows: format JPEG, good quality, and max. 1, 5 MB per picture. Out of these submissions, will be made a selection of 70-120 drawings. Only the awarded artists will be invited to send the original work by mail. All these works will be shown as prints at the exhibition and in the catalogue. Their size should be between A4 (210x297mm) and A3 (297x420mm).
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in colour, without subtitles.
6. Prizes and Exhibition: The announcement of the prizes and honourable mentions will happen on 2nd May 2020 in Castle of Vianden and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 3rd May until 24th May 2020. There are plans to display the exhibits in the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden and in other cities or countries.
7. Returns: The drawings that were awarded one of the prizes will become property of the organizer.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose submissions are selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail.
9. Results: The results will be published on the website www.caricature.eu on 3rd May 2020.
The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed via e-mail or by phone. The final decisions of the jury are incontestable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants give the organizers permission to use their drawings only for promoting the artist and the event itself. Every other aspect of the copyright remains with the artist (except for the awarded submissions). It ensures that the awarded works can no longer be submitted in other contests or published by their authors or third parties after the official publication of the results.
11. Generalities The submitted work should not have been awarded or published before the deadline of this contest.
By taking part in this contest the participants accept the abovementioned rules.
12. Submission address for the awarded works:
Musée de la Caricature et du Cartoon de Vianden
48, Grand-rue, L - 9410 Vianden, Luxembourg
13.Further informations cartoon@caricature.eu .

International Web Cartoon Exhibition: Overcoming the Epidemic 2020, China

2020 "OVERCOMING THE EPIDEMIC" INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON EXHIBITION

The virus “2019-nCoV” is spreading all over the world, and people's lives are facing unprecedented threats.
Medical workers across the country are going all out to fight against the harm of the epidemic.
Please World Cartoonists take action and use our paintbrush as our weapon to fight against the epidemic! Cheer up! Praise the hero! Popularizing knowledge! Support the angels in white with action!
Cartoonists from all over the world, Chinese cartoonists and people stand firmly together, pick up the paintbrush, let's fight against the epidemic together!
We are duty bound to fight against the epidemic!
1. THEME:
1) Overcoming the epidemic
2) Doctors, nurses, hospitals
3) Love
4) Caricature of Nanshan Zhong (Photos on redmanart)
2. NUMBER OF WORKS: Unlimited
3. DEADLINE: February 10, 2020
4. SIZE: minimum A4 size (minimum side length 2000 pixels, 300 dpi)
5. ENTRIES:
1) The work must be the original work of the author.
2) It can be a former work or a newly created work.
3) Works can be comic, illustration, traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, print, sculpture, peasant painting, posters, design and other forms of visual art works.
4) Please indicate the author's name, telephone number, wechat, address, title of the work, resume and other information in the email.
6. E-MAIL: fecochina@163.com
7. AWARDS:
There is no bonus for the charity exhibition. All the selected will receive PDF electronic album.
8. WEB EXHIBITION: the selected works will be exhibited online on redmancartoon.com .
FECO.CHINA
INTERNATIONAL MUSEM OF HUMOR ART (PREPARATORY)
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Similarity: Dalponte - Sultanovic

Paolo Dalponte

Umoristi A Marostica

1998 theme "Fidelity"

Grand Prize.

Resad Sultanovic

DICACO 2006 entry work.

49th International Contest of Humoristic Graphics, Marostica 2020, Italy

UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 2020
49th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF HUMORISTIC GRAPHICS
RULES

1. Theme of the competition and participation rules
The contest is open to all cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world. It is possible to participate also out of the competition. This request excludes the authors from the award of the prizes.
The theme of the contest is: KINDNESS
Authors can participate with a maximum of 3 works (Cartoons or Strips), inherent to the theme proposed in relation to man, his existence and the society where he lives, seen in a humorous viewpoint. In order to be understood worldwide and beyond every linguistic barrier, the works must be without dialogue or texts.
Works must be inedited (that is, neither published before nor used to partcipate in other competitions). The organization can decide to exclude from the award of the prizes those works that are found to have been already edited.
2. Shipping of the works and deadlines
Works and entry form can be sent both by email to: concorso@umoristiamarostica.it
Otherwise, they can be sent through the following services by 31/03/2020:
WeTranfer (https://www.wetranfer.com/)
Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/it/)
Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/)
Mail: UMORISTI A MAROSTICA Biblioteca Civica – Via Cairoli 3 – 36063 MAROSTICA (VI) – ITALY
The works, in black/white or color made with any technique, must be in GIF, JPG, PNG or PDF, 150 dpi resolution, saved in high quality, weight max, 3 MB. Larger files will not be accepted.
The acceptance of the works, the selection, and the assigning of the prizes are completely up to the jury nominated by the “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense”. The Jury’s decisions are inquestionable and incontestable.
3. Delivery of the Original Works and the Award of the Prizes
The authors selected by the jury receive an email with the informations about the deadlines and the modality to send the original works.
If the work is realized exclusively with a digital technique, the author will have to send a dated, numbered and signed copy of the work.
The Jury will award the “International Grand Prix Scacchiera”, the Special prize “Sandro Carlesso”, the special prize “Marco Sartore” and 10 Special prizes “Umoristi a Marostica”. Other special prizes or honorary mentions may be awarded.
The results of the Jury will be given directly to all participating artists by email and published on the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
4. Opening Ceremony, Awarding and Acceptance of the Regulation
The opening ceremony and the prize distribution will take place on May 16, 2020 at Castello Inferiore of Marostica. The exhibition will be open until June 14, 2020.
All the authors selected will receive a free copy of catalogue. Non-selected participants will have the possibility to demand the catalogue compiling the form on the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
The works selected for the exhibition and for the catalogue will not be returned and will be included in the collection of “Umoristi a Marostica Museum”.
The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” reserve the right to authorize the reproduction of the works and the diffusion of them through various communication means citing the author with the words “Taken from Umoristi a Marostica”, without any payment. The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” is not responsible for transport damages.
The participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these regulations and expressly authorise the Graphic Marosticense Group to process the personal data transmitted pursuant to the code regarding the protection of personal data (GDPR 2016/679/UE) also for the purpose of inclusion in the Group's managed data bases for the conduct of the competition.
Deadlines Umoristi a Marostica 2020
Theme: KINDNESS
Works and entry form: March 31, 2020
Opening ceremony: May 16, 2020
Exhibition: May 16, 2020 – June 14, 2020
Website: www.umoristiamarostica.it
Email: concorso@umoristiamarostica.it.

Results of Equal Rights and Gender Equality International Cartoon Contest 2019-2020

We have decided to award most voted cartoons. This year will be awarded 5 to 10 votes winners.
First Prize: Hilal Özcan, Turkey (10 votes)
Second Prize: Shahrokh Heidari, Iran (9 votes)
Third Prize: Mohammad Hosein Akbari. Iran (8 votes)
Honorable Mention Award
Mojtaba Heidarpanah, Iran (7 votes)
Hamza Akin, Turkey (6 votes)
Doru Axinte, Romania (6 votes)
Kfir Weizman, Israel (6 votes)
Aleksei Kivokurtcev, Russia (6 votes)
Budi Hari Pujiono, Indonesia (6 votes)
Jitet Kustana, Indonesia (6 votes)
Gustavo Fernando Caballero Talavera, Mexico (6 votes)
Special Mention Award
Halit Kurtulmus, Turkey (5 votes)
Muammer Olcay, Turkey (5 votes)
Stefaan Provijn, Belgium (5 votes)
Arend van Dam, Netherlands (5 votes)
Neltair Abreu, Brazil (5 votes)
Oleksy Kustovsky, Ukraine (5 votes)
Serpil Kar, Turkey (5 votes)
Nahid Maghsoudi. Iran (5 votes)
Morhaf Youssef, Syria (5 votes)
Marziyeh Khanizadeh, Iran (5 votes)
Wilber Chavarria Centeno, Nicaragua (5 votes)
Niels Bo Bojesen, Denmark (5 votes)
Silvano Mello, Brazil (5 votes)
Sepideh Faramarzi, Iran (5 votes).
The first prize is NOK 5 000, or 5 000 PTS and a certificate.
The second prize is NOK 3 000, or 3 000 PTS and a certificate.
The third prize is NOK 2 000, or 2 000 PTS and a certificate.
Each Honorable and special mention award winners will receive a certificate.
Note: The winners have been selected by jury votes. The voting was open for the jury from 10 to 19 January 2020.
The main exhibition will be held on the Norwegian Cartoonist Gallery, Drøbak, Norway. Winners' names will be announced during the opening on Saturday, January 25, at 12:00. The exhibition will open by Shabana Rehman. The exhibition opening will live broadcast on Toons Mag's Facebook Page.
Selected cartoon contributors' names.
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Similarity: Campaner - Sultanovic

Angelo Campaner
XIII. Eurohumor Biennale 2001-2002
"Acqua" 1st Prize.

Resad Sultanovic

Hyderabad 2004
SICACO 2017 Theme Prize.
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(This report by Santa Klaus, Turkey)

The 24th International Competition Fax For Peace 2019-2020, Italy

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Received catalog of the 8th Sejong International Cartoon Contest 2019, Korea

Received today the color catalog of the 8th Sejong International Cartoon Contest (SICACO) 2019 from Korea + my Best Cartoon Prize certificate. Thank you to Dr Cheong San Lim, the President of the Sejong International Cartoon Institute, and the members of the Selection Committees.
The classical A4 sized (21x29.7 cm) catalog has 104 pages full of far more cartoons and is deservedly titled "World Cartoons Encyclopedia Vol.28". The cover cartoons are by the Chinese artist Liu Qiang.
This edition received 1865 works by 458 entrants from 57 countries of whom 330 are prized. 17 entrants are students. 21 artists sent in 166 works by e-mail, yet digitoons are not prized. The most entrants from Korea (89) are followed by 40 artists from Serbia, 39 cartoonists from Turkey, 36 from Iran, 27 from Indonesia, and 26 entrants from China.
From Turkey they received 150 works and 20 artists are prized:
Student Special Prize: Zeliha Nur Mavis (12 y).
Student Honorable Mention: Beren Kaya (13 y).
Theme Prize: Recep Bayramoğlu, Murteza Albayrak, Hicabi Demirci, Deniz İlker Kuruoğlu.
Best Cartoon Prize: Musa Gümüş, Mete Ağaoğlu, Kemal Özyurt, Ahmet Aykanat, Bülent Okutan, Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu.
Special Prize: Lütfü Çakın, Zülküf Aba.
Honorable Mention: Serdar Harata, Musa Keklik, Dinildomar Das Chagas De Moura, Ferhat Demirbaş, Hayrettin Oturgan, Altan Özeskici.

Finalist cartoons in the 7th KalDer Bursa International Cartoon Contest 2020, Turkey

The 7th KalDer Bursa International Cartoon Contest has ended. The contest with the theme “Change is in the essence” chosen by the 18th Quality and Success Symposium to be held on 17-18 April 2020 in Bursa was announced to public and art-lovers on November 21, 2019.
After the announcement, 932 cartoons were received from 51 countries by 362 artists for the contest. It was a difficult subject. Caricaturists exhibit their mastery. The jury made the preliminary meeting and determined the finalist caricatures. 100 cartoons are in the finals.
The finalist caricatures will be published on facebook page between 17.01.2020 - 31.01.2020 for any copy, similar, etc. objections. Contact us by bursa@kalder.org with the caricature numbers. Thanks to all cartoonists.
KalDer Bursa.

The 25th International Cartoon Exhibition Zagreb 2020, Croatia

25. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION ZAGREB 2020

A. PARTICIPATION
The organizer of the 25th International cartoon exhibition ZAGREB 2020 is the Croatian Cartoonist Association. The festival is opened for everyone regardless of nationality, age, sex, or profession.
B.THEME
CUISINE (gastronomy, cooking, chefs, restaurants, catering ...)
C. ENTRIES
Conditions of entry:
1. Original works and digital artworks will be accepted. Digital artwork is to be numbered in pencil on the front and pencil signed. Copies cannot be admitted.
2. Entries can be either black and white or coloured.
3. There should be the name, the surname and the adress on the reverse side of cartoons.
4. The cartoons must not have been previously awarded on festivals.
5. Maximum 3 entries will be submitted.
6. Size of entries is A4 or A3 format.
D. DEADLINE
Entry deadline is the 26th March 2020 (EXTENDED:) 30th April 2020.
E. ADDRESS
CROATIAN CARTOONIST ASSOCIATION
(HRVATSKO DRUŠTVO KARIKATURISTA)
SAVSKA CESTA 100
10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
Even better to send scanned works by e-mail: hrvdrukar@gmail.com 
F. PRIZES AND AWARDS
First Prize 1.000 EUR
Second Prize 500 EUR
Third Prize 300 EUR
Five Special mentions.
G. EXHIBITION
The exhibition will take place in Gallery Klovićevi dvori in Zagreb in autumn.
H. OTHER CONDITIONS
Authors of works that qualify to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition cataloque.
Only on explicit request will remaining (original) works be returned to the owners in the end of the exhibition cycle (in the second half of the year 2021).
The organizer reserves the right to reproduce the works sent to the festival, Zagreb 2020, 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.

Note: Authors from Africa, Australia, South America, North America and Asia can send cartoons
by regular mail or e-mail to hrvdrukar@gmail.com
Authors from Europe send cartoons with regular mail.
(Updated 17.01.2020 and 27.03.2020)
More on HDK.

The 14th International Cartoon Biennial Humour & Vigne, Jonzac 2020, France

Conditions of participation
1- NAME: 14th International Cartoon Biennial 2020, Jonzac – France.
2- THEME: JOY OF LIFE (with or without link with the grape vine)
3- DEADLINE: 1st April 2020
4- PARTICIPANTS: cartoonists from all countries, of all ages, male or female.
5- ENTRIES: maximum 3 works. Preferably without captions.
Thank you to attach a card with name, address and other information from the author:
(a) by e-mail: JPEG 300 DPI digital card format
(b) by post: only good quality copies or DIN A4 digital works. They will not be returned.
6- REWARDS: In kind—mainly of a liquid kind, special invitations and trophies.
All artists whose artwork is selected for publication in the catalogue will receive a free copy.
7- COPYRIGHTS: The participants allow the organisers to publish certain of their works in the media, with the sole purpose of promoting the artist and the event, without any restriction or request for financial participation. Any other copyrights remain the property of the artist.
8- EXHIBITION: from 26 June to 5 July 2020 - Cloître des Carmes - JONZAC – FRANCE
Saturday, 27 June: Opening ceremony of the festival and festivities.
9- ADDRESS:
(a) for entries by email: vignumour@gmail.com OR : nolpeintre@gmail.com 
(b) for entries by post:
HUMOUR & VIGNE
6 Hameau Chez Dupas
17130 Tugéras Saint-Maurice
FRANCE
TEL: +33 5 46 70 32 69
MOB: +33 6 04 48 40 92
http://h-et-v-2018.over-blog.com/
Facebook - Nol Hetv
YouTube - Humour & Vigne
Google - Humour et Vigne Web Albums.
Source: Humour et Vigne.