Denizli Metropolitan Municipality 2nd International Cartoon Contest 2022, Turkey

DENİZLİ METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

2. INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST

SPECIFICATIONS 

FAMILY

We will organize Denizli Metropolitan Municipality 2. International Cartoon Contest by organizing our cartoon contest, which we have held on a national scale for the first three years, internationally this year as well as last year. 

We’ve decided the topic of the contest as Family. 

The family is a structure that the opposite sexes found with a formal contract by coming together. In other words, it is the smallest community consisting of the man and the woman who are connected by marriage and also their child (or children) who is (are) born in consequence of this marriage by blood relation. 

In addition to the relationships among family members, their relationships with the society and environment they live in are also important. Since families are the basic structures that form the society, the durability of the family structure is also very crucial for the society. 

The family is the cornerstone of societies. Although the family has an important place in every society, its importance in Turkish culture is quite different. In the traditional family structure, there are grandmothers and grandfathers as well as mothers, fathers and children. 

As family and society are connected with each other, the relations between the mother and the father, the relations of the parents with the children and the outcomes arising from these relations become directly related to the society. So, when we analyze the family, we see the reflection of many concenpts such as education, training, sadness, happiness, birth, death, bitter and sweet events, relationships between husband and wife, marriage, divorce, trust, distrust, sharing, cooperation, love, affection, urban life, social relations, etc. 

 In 2012, our municipality was awarded the first place with ‘I Love My Family’ project in the project competition in which 127 municipalities from all over Turkey participated. Within the scope of our project: ‘I Love My Family’- the first project in Denizli about this theme- we have carried out many successful projects from healthy marriage school to pregnancy school, from family refereeing to training seminars and conferences, from family counseling centers to free sports courses. 

This time, we want to bring up the concept of the family and its importance with your valuable interpretations as master cartoonists. We desire to release the positive reflections of being a family and the negative reflections of not being a family to the public with your comments, thereby we wish to contribute to the awareness of people. 

Dear precious cartoonists, I’d like to thank you for your contributions and wish you success. 

Osman ZOLAN 

Mayor 

Denizli Metropolitan Municipality 

TERMS & CONDITIONS:

1. The topic of the contest: Family 

2.Deadline: Cartoons must be uploaded on www.denizli.bel.tr/karikaturyarismasiEN/ (official municipality website) until 12.00 (a.m) on 20 March 2022, Sunday (EXTENDED:) 23 March 2022, Wednesday. 

3.The contest is open to amateur and professional cartoonists all over the world. 

4. It is not required that the cartoons which will be sent to the contest have been published or not in previous contests. However, the cartoons you will send must not have been awarded in another contest before. Cartoons that the selection committee (jury) deems the same or similar or the ones specified as another cartoonist’s belonging by the committee will not be evaluated. 

5.You can participate in the contest with maximum three cartoons. 

6. Cartoonists will send their cartoons digitally to our contest. Every cartoon must be in A4 size, between 150-300 dpi, JPEG format and minumum 1 MB maximum 10 MB capacity. 

7. Some cartoons which will be choosen from among the received cartoons by the jury will be collected in a cartoon album. The works of cartoon deemed worthy to be exhibited will also be displayed whenever and whereever Denizli Metropolitan Municipality deems suitable. No fee will be paid for the works of cartoon choosen by the jury for the exhibition and the album. 

8. One-night accommodation and meal expenses of the winners of the cartoon contest will be provided by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

Selection committee (The Jury Members): 

* Serhat Akbulut (Assistant General Secretary) 

* Hüdaverdi Otaklı (Head of Culture and Social Affairs Department) - Coordinator 

* Arif Duru (Director of Culture and Art) 

* Samet Başer (Director of Tourism and Publicity) 

* Şevket Yalaz (Cartoonist) 

* Savaş Ünlü (Humourist) 

* Mehmet Selçuk (Cartoonist) 

* Abdülkadir Uslu (Cartoonist) 

 * Altan Özeskici (Cartoonist) 

* Ali Şur (Cartoonist) 

* Kübra DELİGÖZ (Cartoonist). 

Prizes 

First Prize Winner: 7.500 TL 

Second Prize Winner: 5.000 TL 

Third Prize Winner: 3.500 TL 

Honorable Mention (3 pieces of prize): 1.500 TL 

The Prize for Under 18 Years Old (3 pieces of prize): 1.000 TL. 

The Calendar of Contest: 

A.The deadline of application for the contest is 20 March (EXTENDED:) 23 March 2022, 12.00 (a.m) on Wednesday. 

B.The evaluation meeting of the jury will be conducted on 26 March 2022 (on Saturday) and 27 March 2022 (on Sunday). 

Announcement of the results: The results will be announced on the official websites of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality "https://www.denizli.bel.tr" and "eng.denizli.bel.tr" on 30 March 2022 (on Wednesday). 

Prize-giving Ceremony: Prize-giving ceremony and exhibition will be organized in Turan Bahadır Exhibition Hall on 13 May 2022 (on Friday). (The date and the location of the prize-giving ceremony and the exhibition can be changed by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality.) 

No matter cartoons get reward or not, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality will become right owner to use all cartoons providing that participants’ names are clearly mentioned, in accordance with the law No.5846. 

The participants will have accepted that the rights of use their works will be transferred to Denizli Metropolitan Municipality free of charge to be used in all activities, promotions, events and trainings of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

In addition, The Municipality has rights of use their works for providing materials such as poster, catalogue, brochure, gifted book and etc. and publishing in the media. 

Furthermore, Denizli Metropolitan Municipality has also the rights of use their works to reproduce, disseminate, distribute and demonstrate. 

The works of the participant, which received or did not receive an award, can be used in print media, radio and television and also other mass media in accordance with the purposes of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality, from the moment of the delivery. 

Moreover, participants accept and undertake that Denizli Metropolitan Municipality takes over the rights of use the their works by means of broadcasts on the internet, brochures, catalogues, agendas, posters, CDs, DVDs and each digital media or calendars. 

The participant declares that the work sent to the contest belongs entirely to herself/himself. Due to this work, the participant undertakes that she/he is the sole and absolute addressee of the requests of third parties that may arise from Law No:5846 (Intellectual and Artistic Works) and other laws. Besides, the participant also accepts that the legal and criminal responsibility for the work belongs entirely to himself/herself. In addition, the participant undertakes that Denizli Metropolitan Municipality does not have any legal and criminal liability regarding the matters forementioned (the right of recourse to the owner of the work is reserved). 

The right of the works belongs to Denizli Metropolitan Municipality as the organizing institution of the contest and the owner of the work. 

Participants are deemed to have already accepted the terms & conditions of the contest and jury decisions. If disagreements between Denizli Metropolitan Municipality and contestant arise in regards to undefined matters in the agreement or in case of doubt, the selection committee (jury) will arbitrate between both sides. In case of disagreement, this commitee will be authorized. 

Contact Information: 

Kübra Deligöz (Artist of Culture and Social Affairs Department /Cartoonist) 

Mobile: +90 (554) 647 26 85 

Telephone central: +90 (258) 280 20 20 

E-Mail: denizli@denizli.bel.tr 

Website: www.denizli.bel.tr - eng.denizli.bel.tr 

Address: Denizli Büyükşehir Belediyesi, Altıntop Mahallesi, Lise Sokak, No:2 

 Postalcode: 20100 Denizli 

FINAL CONDITIONS: 

1. Accomodation and meal expenses of participants both living outside Denizli and getting award in the contest will be provided by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

2. Accomodation and meal expenses of awarded minor and his/her only one parent will be provided by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

3. Transportation and accomodation expenses of the jury members who will attend to prize-giving ceremony will be provided by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

4. The prizes of the awarded participants will be sent to their addresses, if they can’t attend the prize-giving ceremony. Their prize money will be transffered to their bank account. If a right owner getting prize money doesn’t share IBAN informations, his/her prize money right will prescribe after one year later from the date of announcing the results. If the condition of the prescription happens, the right owner can’t claim any right about reward, copyright, etc. (Transfer fees will be deducted from the net fee paid to the contestants.) 

5. Some works which will be chosen by the jury as deemed worthy to be exhibited will be collected in a digital album by Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. This album will be shared on the official website of Denizli Metropolitan Municipality. 

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The 28th International Cartoon Humour Competition GOLDEN KEG 2022, Slovakia

THE BEER GALLERY in Prešov

and the editors of Bumerang magazine

ANNOUNCE

28th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of BEER

GOLDEN KEG 2022

On Friday, 1st April 2022, 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 28th 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 25th February 2022. 

• 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 .

*

Source: raedcartoon .

International Barış Manço Cartoon Competition 2022, Turkey

International BARIŞ MANÇO Cartoon Competition

1- The competition is open to anyone, regardless of nationality, race, age, sex and profession.

2. Theme 

A Turkish Musician BARIŞ MANÇO 

He is an Anatolian musician from Taurus mountains. He spent his formative years in Kozan / Adana / Turkey. The theme is Barış Manço and Kozan, Barış Manço and Japan, Barış Manço and Belgium, Barış Manço and World music, Barış Manço and children, Barış Manço as a musician and any thing relating to him etc. 

3. Conditions of Entry 

a) Artworks should not exceed the dimensions of 30 x 40 cm. 

b) Each competitor is allowed to participate with maximum 3 works. 

c) Artworks can be black and white or color and can be drawn using any technique. 

d) Artworks must be with 300 dpi resolution, printable for A3 dimension and JPEG format. 

e) Each competitor must fill the application form and send together with the works (It can be found in Kozvak cartoon competition pages in Facebook and Instagram). 

4. Sending of Works 

a) Artworks must be sent via email to kozvakcartoon@gmail.com 

b) Artworks should be unpublished and not awarded by any competition. 

c) Artworks should be named: example >> nameandsurnameofartist_nameofwork.jpeg 

5. Prizes 

• 1st Prize 1.000 euro 

• 2nd Prize 300 euro 

• 3rd Prize 200 euro 

• 10 Honorable Prizes 

(Prizes will be paid after receiving the original artworks by KOZVAK) 

• Special prizes for applicants of primary school students of Kozan, Feke, Prishtina, and Prizren. 

6. Deadline 

From 01 February 2022 to 01 September 2022 (EXTENDED:) 31 December 2022.

More on Kozvak Cartoon Competitions. 

The Jury Members here.

Rules of the 20th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2021, China

20th FreeCartoonsWeb International Cartoonet Festival 2021

1. Sections/Themes: 

1) Cartoon: 

(A) Clean Energy 

(B) Free Theme 

2) Caricature: 

(A) Famous President  (B) Sports Star 

(C) Entertainment Star (D) Business Star 

2. Deadline: January 31, 2022 

3. Entries: 

1) Size: Min: A4 (210mmx297mm), Max: A3 (297mmx420mm). 

2) Quantity: Unlimited. 

3) Please send digital original drawings to this contest. Black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted. 

4) Participants are requested to send together with their cartoons, an entry-form with digital signature, a photograph or caricature. The form can be downloaded at FreeCartoonsWeb. 

5) Titles or entry-form must be filled out in understandable English or Chinese. 

6) All cartoonists can participate in festival through your own E-mail by submitting your cartoons to: freecartoons@126.com

Format: JPEG; 

Size: max 4M per cartoon; 

Resolution ratio: 200dpi-300dpi. 

7) The excellent cartoons will be published in Chinese newspaper and magazine. Some cartoons will be exhibited in China. All cartoons will not be returned. 

4. Prize: 

1) Cartoon: 

Grand Prize (1 award): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF). 

2) Caricature: 

Grand Prize (1 award): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Gold Prize (2 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Silver Prize (4 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF); 

Bronze Prize (8 awards): Certificate+Catalogue(PDF). 

5. Contact: 

http://www.fcwfcw.com 

http://www.fcw.cn 

E-mail: freecartoons@126.com 

*

Entry Form on source.

The 24th Maya Kamath Memorial Awards 2021, India

More on Indian Institute of Cartoonists.

First International Cartoon/ Caricature Contest on Zakariya Razi 2022

First International Cartoon/ Caricature Contest on Zakariya Razi 2022

Theme: ZAKARIYA RAZI FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture. 

The Contest At a Glance 

Who can participate? 

Both professional and non-professional cartoonists above the age of 12 are welcome to participate in this contest. 

Deadline 

The last date for submissions of cartoons/ artwork is 30th April, 2022. 

Rules & Regulations 

1 \ Participation 

• Both professional and non-professional cartoonists are welcome to participate in this contest. 

• The competition is open to all individuals aged over 12 * (Corrigendum) 

2 \ Entries 

Works must be originals. 

All graphic techniques are allowed. 

Works may be black & white or colored. 

Each entry should include a covering letter with the cartoonist’s full name, postal address, contact no. and E-Mail ID. 

Please mention the artist’s name and country with the artwork. 

The digital works have to be sent in JPEG format with a minimum of resolution of 300 dpi (2480 x 3543 pixels). 

The cartoons are to be drawn in A4 format. 

(maximum size of 3 MB per cartoon) for digital cartoons 

Number of entries per contestant maximum three 

Cartoons sent by post need to have the name and address of the cartoonist on the back-side of each cartoon. 

The original versions of the cartoons will be accepted. 

The organizer (RAZI MUSEUM) cannot be held responsible for lost or damaged cartoons during the shipment. 

Works should not be awarded at other festivals. 

Works must not be older than one year. 

The Razi Prizes will be taxed according to legislation. 

• The postal address for sending the selected works will be announced after the completion of the museum building 

• All rights to the works created and submitted to the festival will go to the Razi museum 

• Submitted works should not be displayed anywhere and are only allowed to be published in the Razi Museum and Razi Mobile Exhibitions 

• The works are published in the museum’s year-end book and sent to major museums around the world 

• People who submit works and resumes at festivals are given the priority of collaborating with the Razi Prize. 

People participating in the annual festivals as collaborators have the chance to work with the museum. 

For example, these people have the priority of receiving a museum card as a collaborating artist. 

At the discretion of the museum, according to the need of the Razi Prize, works of art are ordered to be created and purchased from them. 

• Participants in each course will be invited to the Museum’s raffle for the workshop, along with accommodation and catering. 

• The final decision is with the museum and no objections will be accepted 

• We invite you to participate in the annual events and pay tribute to the valuable services of the great scientist Zakaria Razi by creating works. 

Razi has taken useful steps for humanity and the world owes it to him. 

Razi was a capable and dynamic artist and served the world and humanity honestly and unconditionally with a high artistic spirit. 

3 \ Deadline 

Deadline for submission of Cartoons / Art work is 30th April 2022. 

Cartoons must be sent to: Festivalrazi@gmail.com 

4 \ Disclaimer 

• The content, thoughts and views expressed in thez creatives / illustrations will be sole responsibility of the participating Artists. 

RAZI MUSEUM will not be held responsible for any content, views expressed by the artists in the creatives / illustrations developed. 

• By entering the contest, each entrant agrees to abide by these rules. 

Publication Rights 

Property rights – works will become the property of the organizer (Razi Museum) & (Razi Prize) or theme sponsor. 

Further the cartoonist provides Royalty- free and license to publish and publicly display the entries (Whether winning or not winning an award) for purposes. 

• By entering the competition, the cartoonist represents and warrants that the work is an original work of the cartoonist and does not infringe on the rights of any third parties. 

• All selected works for exhibition may be used by the organizers to promote the contest. 

• Submitted works will become the property of the organizer( Razi Museum). 

Jury 

• Decisions made by the jury cannot be challenged. 

• No correspondence with the jury will be allowed on their decisions. 

Awards 

The 10 selected people will receive an honorary diploma from the Razi Museum. 

An exhibition of the selected works will take place in the gallery. 

Www.razimuseum.org 

Www.instagram.com/razimuseum 

Www.twitter.com/razimuseum 

Www.instagram.com/razifestival 

Www.twitter.com/razifestival 

Source: razimuseum.

The 24th PortoCartoon World Festival 2022, Portugal: Education and Gender Equality

24th PortoCartoon World Festival 2022, Portugal

General Rules and Regulations

1 Main Subject EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUALITY 

Quality Education and Gender Equality are the UN bets to improve the world. 

With these themes, corresponding to the 4th and 5th SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals), PortoCartoon calls once again the artists to two fundamental concerns for the future of humanity. 

Education continues to be a factor in the expression of inequalities, with around 260 million children unable to attend school, especially in the southern hemisphere, especially in countries in central Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. This is a drama with great implications for the future of these countries. The UN goal is to access inclusive, quality and equitable education and to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030. 

In terms of Gender Equality, the situation is more serious: 2.8 billion women and girls live in countries that do little to eliminate the discrimination they face. 

This will be one of the most lagging global goals, relative to the international commitment (signed by world leaders in 2015) to ‘social development’ by 2030. 

Education and Gender Equality converge in dramas and need answers on a global scale. 

Humor can be a good contribution. And so the challenge is given to the sharpened pencils.

2 SPECIAL AWARDS FOR CARICATURE 

GRETA THUNBERG (2003- ) became known worldwide, after going on strike in front of the Swedish parliament, in 2018, in defense of the climate. She was 15 years old and, with the plaque “School Strike for Climate”, promoted a campaign that had a global effect, inspiring thousands of young people around the world. In December 2018, more than 20,000 students – from the UK to Japan – joined her, going on strike at classes to protest the lack of environmental protection measures. A year later, Greta Thunberg receives the first of three Nobel Peace Prize nominations. She faces powerful leaders, make engaging speeches, unsettle the installed power. “Everything remains the same and everything is blah blah blah,” she said at COP26 (Glasgow, Nov. 2021). 

GAGO COUTINHO (1869-1959) was a Portuguese Navy officer, geographer, historian, mathematician and aviation pioneer. In 1922, he carried out the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic, connecting Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, together with Sacadura Cabral. With this they earned them international notoriety. In addition to several cartographic works, he developed navigation devices, such as the sextant with an artificial horizon. Known as the “precision astrolabe”, the device was internationally registered as “System Admiral Gago Coutinho”. In 2022, the centenary of this Air Crossing joins the bicentennial of Brazil’s independence. Is there another better opportunity to choose this personality?

3  Cartoonists can submit works for the MAIN THEME and for the FREE CATEGORY, as in the previous editions.

4 Artists who don’t wish to compete can send us their works EXTRA-COMPETITION, informing of their decision.

5.1. Cartoons must be original. We accept any kind of graphical techniques, including digital artwork sent by e-mail, as long as the drawings are SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, are identified as PRINT NUMBER ONE and as an original for this contest. 

5.2. Can also be presented sculptures pieces of humour, in any kind of material.

6 The artworks cannot exceed the following measurements: 

- IN PAPER, 42 x 30 cm (DIN A3); 

- SCULPTURE PIECES, 42 x 30 x 30 cm.

7 Cartoons should be sent with the author’s Resumé, in Portuguese or English (publications, exhibitions, prizes…) and must be identified on the reverse with the following information: 

- Author’s name and address; 

- Year, title and theme section.

8 Entries should arrive at the PORTUGUESE PRINTING PRESS MUSEUM until February 28th 2022 (EXTENDED:) March 07th 2022, along with the filled Entry Form.

9 The works should be sent to: 

PortoCartoon-World Festival, 

The Portuguese Printing Press Museum, 

Estrada Nacional 108, nº 206 

4300-316 PORTO, Portugal. 

Or to the e-mail address: portocartoon@museudaimprensa.pt

10 The participation in PortoCartoon automatically implies that the author waives copyrights of his works in any kind of platform, concerning the production and diffusion of the festival.

11 The AWARDS, including a TROPHY and a DIPLOMA, will be the following: 

Grand Prize PORTOCARTOON 4000 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine), 

travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal 

2nd Prize PORTOCARTOON 1200 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine), 

travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal 

3rd Prize PORTOCARTOON 800 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine), 

travel and stay costs for the Awards Ceremony in Portugal 

Special Award for CARICATURE 1st Prize 1000 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine) 

Special Award for CARICATURE 2nd Prize 300 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine) 

Special Award for CARICATURE 3rd Prize 200 Euro 

(half in money and half in Port wine) 

Honorable Mentions 50 Euro and Diploma.

12 The organization does not ensure to send prizes on bottles of wine. 

13 The Jury will have an odd number of members and its decisions will be final and cannot be subject to any type of appeal or complaint.

14 The awarded works will become property of the PORTUGUESE PRINTING PRESS MUSEUM and will take part of the INTERNACIONAL CARTOON GALLERY. The others will be returned to the artists, if formally requested with the entry form, after the exhibitions (during PortoCartoon and others in different cities and countries). 

15 In case of using non-awarded works in other cases except PortoCartoon exhibitions or its promotion, copyright payment will be made to the artists.

16 All the artists whose works are selected for the exhibition will receive a DIGITAL CATALOGUE, that will be sent by e-mail to download. If the artist wants to receive a printed catalogue, he should request it and support the shipment costs. 

17 The winning artists will receive the prizes in June 2022, in a public ceremony.

More on http://museudaimprensa.pt/ .

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VII International Cartoon Festival "Smile of the Sea" 2022, Russia

VII International Cartoon Festival "Smile of the Sea" 

Theme of the festival: "Pandemic". 

Works are accepted until August 15, 2022. 

The selection of cartoons at the exhibition and the determination of the winners is conducted by a specially invited jury. 

At the end of the festival, winners and participants will receive festival diplomas and a catalog. 

The best works will be awarded special prizes and diplomas. 

Technical requirements for works: A4 format for originals and their copies, JPEG (300 dpi) - for works in electronic form. 

You can send work by the e-mail: imeempravo@mail.ru 

or at the postal address: 

ul. Karl Marx, 44, office 5 

Novorossiysk, Krasnodar region, 

353900, RUSSIA 

telephone: + 7-918-9873929, telephone / fax: (8617) 72-00-47. 

Source: cartoonblues.

The 38th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition 2022, Turkey

38th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition 2022

Deadline: February 28, 2022 (UTC+3)

The Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition is organized every year in Turkey by the Aydın Doğan Foundation. The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world. 

One cartoon that will be selected among the cartoons that will be sent in the “Empowered Girls, Empowered Futures” category will receive a special award. 

Participation Rules 

1. Participants can select any theme. 

2. Cartoons participating in the competition must be signed. 

3. By completing the participation form, the contestant beforehand declares and accepts that he/she is the author of his/her cartoon(s) to be submitted to the competition; that he/she grants license in form of non-exclusive simple license to Aydın Doğan Foundation without any limitations on location, time period and number including assignment to third parties in relation to the usage rights of financial rights such as processing, duplication, distribution, representation, indication and transmission to the public via audio and/or visual means as defined under the provisions of the Articles 21-25 of the Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works; and that he/she grants power to use the moral rights to Aydın Doğan Foundation, which are obligatory for the use of the licensed financial rights as set forth in Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works, and that he/she gives consent to Aydın Doğan Foundation to exhibit such cartoon(s), to keep them in its archives, to duplicate and publish them on the Internet or through other media and to use them in any other way without any limitations. 

4. Where the cartoon(s) to be submitted to the competition wins a rank and/or a prize; the contestant beforehand declares and accepts that he/she is the author of his/her rank and/or prize-winning cartoon(s) and that he/she transfers ownership of the cartoon, submitted to the competition, to Aydın Doğan Foundation; that he/she transfers the financial rights such as processing, duplication, distribution, representation, indication and transmission to the public via audio and/or visual means he/she holds over the cartoon(s) to Aydın Doğan Foundation without any limitations on location, time period and number including assignment to third parties under the provisions of the Articles 21-25 of the Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Work; and that he/she grants power to use the moral rights to Aydın Doğan Foundation, which are obligatory for the use of the licensed financial rights as set forth in Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works; that he/she gives consent to Aydın Doğan Foundation to exhibit such cartoon(s), to keep them in its archives, to publish them on the Internet or through other media and to use them in any other way without any limitations; that he/she does not have any right of disposition over the financial rights subject to transfer and thus will not enter into any transactions with third parties in relation to transferred financial rights. 

5. The Participant hereby accepts and declares that the cartoon submitted for the competition is an original work, and that there is no right arising from Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works on the cartoon belonging to any third party and if any, that permission is obtained with regards to such rights, and in case a third party claims a right on the cartoon submitted and Aydın Doğan Foundation is obliged to pay any compensation or any other amount under whatsoever name due to the use of such cartoon, that he/she will pay 2 times of this amount to Aydın Doğan Foundation as a penal clause, and also that the award given to the participant will be taken back. 

6. The Contestant accepts and declares that the information included on the participation form completed for the competition participation will be processed and transferred with communication and competition participation purposes within the framework of the International Cartoon Competition of Aydın Doğan Foundation in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law number 6698; that even if the application fails, the personal data will be kept by Aydın Doğan Foundation for the period of time set forth by the legislation; that the information related to competition participation will be shared with the jury, press and media organs and other relevant parties; that where a prize is won or where cartoon is published, his/her information as being author of such cartoon will be shared with the public; and that he/she is provided with required information in this regard. 

– The Contestant accepts and declares that he/she has been informed before participating in the competition that he/she can learn his/her rights about his/her personal data and possible modifications on processing of this data from www.aydindoganvakfi.org.tr; 

– That where he/she has any request on processing of his/her personal data by Aydın Doğan Foundation, he/she can send such request in written with original signature to the address of Aydın Doğan Vakfı, Burhaniye Mahallesi Kısıklı Cad. No: 65 34676 Üsküdar Istanbul/Turkey; 

– That he/she will provide clear and comprehensible information related to the right he/she requests to use during the application to be made; that he/she will certify his/her identity during the application to prove that the applicant is the relevant person and will send his/her identification information together with the application; and that it will be required to share also his/her contact information to receive the result of the application; 

And that he/she has been informed about all of the foregoing issues before participating in the competition. 

7. The Foundation will cover travel and accommodation expenses of the first three award-winning competitors for the award ceremony. 

8. Jury members cannot participate in the competition in the year they act as a jury member. 

9. The decision to upload the cartoons, submitted to the competition, on the Virtual Museum belongs to Aydın Doğan Foundation. 

Criterias 

- The cartoons which have been sent to the Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition in previous years, will not be reevaluated for this year’s competition. 

- The uploaded cartoons must be in high resolutions for printing purposes. 

- Jury members cannot participate in the competition in the year they act as a jury member. 

Application 

You can participate in this competition with 1 entry and max 3 works. 

All three cartoons must be uploaded simultaneously. Cartoons must be signed. 

High resolution jpf, tiff, png (Minimum 150 dpi/maximum 300 dpi printable scanned document, File size maximum 10MB). 

Deadline Extended April 18, 2022 / 15:00 (UTC) 

Source: cc.aydindoganvakfi.org.tr .

The 6th Hilden Cartoon Biennale 2022, Germany

6th Hilden Cartoon Biennale 2022, Germany

We organize: 

HILDEN CARTOON… the sixth

We are looking for: 

cartoonists, who do classic cartoons, no series or comics 

Submission: 

of originals, scans or prints in DIN A4 format up to a maximum of 24 - 30 cm 

Date of the exhibition: opening Fri 05/20/22 till Mon 06/06/22 

Deadline for submission: 03/15/22 (preferably with your vita and your photo) 

then judging takes place

Prize money: the winner receives a prize money of €500 

We need: 

your cartoons (three pieces per submitter) 

your consent to the use of your cartoons for posters/catalog/buttons 

(consent is given automatically by submitting your work) 

by Email: 

Cartoonhilden6@outlook.de

by mail:

Haus Hildener Künstler e.V. - Hofstrasse 6 – 40723 Hilden - Germany

We offer: 

for the sixth time, the platform for cartoons that Germany has been waiting for

prize money of €500 for the winner

creation of posters, extensive press work, an exhibition catalog

a festive opening under the patronage of the mayor of Hilden. 

We have: 

an own artist´s house in the central city park of Hilden with an exhibition hall

own frames in the format of 24 x 30 cm

an own website at: www.hofstrasse6.de

We hope: 

for your participation and cordially invite you! 

Source: HildenCartoon.

The color catalog of The Best Cartoons of Nippon 2021, Japan

Received today the color catalog of the International Cartoon Festival in Saitama 2021, Japan. It was the 31st year of the festival in 2021. I participated in the event with two cartoons of mine, one on the theme KENKOU which means "Health" and the second one of FREE THEME. Works on both themes by 44 Japanese and 50 foreign artists are included in the catalog of the exhibition that took place at Plaza North in November 2021. 

Saitama City is the place where Rakuten Kitazawa - the father of modern cartoon in Japan - spent his later years. The Saitama Municipal Cartoon Art Musem in the home to Kitazawa in his later years hold the Saitama-City Rakuten-Kitazawa Manga Awards competition each year. In 2021 they held the 36th edition and the winning cartoons are included in this collection book of "The Best Cartoons of Nippon" which are also displayed on the museum website here.
The standard A4-sized (21x29.7 cm) catalog of "The Best Cartoons of Nippon 2021" has 108 pages, about 70 of them covering the color and the monochrome cartoons participated in the festival and selected for the catalog. The remaining pages are the lists of the Japanese and the Foreign artists with their personal histories in both English and Japanese. With the help of this perfectly designed book of art, it is possible to compare the style and wit of the native and overseas manga/cartoon artists and enjoy the great humour in their works.
From Turkey are six cartoonists whose cartoons published in the catalog; namely, Erdoğan Başol, Hüsnü Berkalp Üstün, Kamil Yavuz, Kemal Özyurt, Musa Gümüş, and Seyit Saatçi.
Thank you to the festival organizers and the staff of Plaza North who sent me this great collection of manga/cartoon art.

25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art 2022, Bulgaria: Economy of Means

25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire in Art: Open call

Biennial theme: Economy of Means 

DEADLINE for entries: January 17th, 24:00 CET 

Contemporary art section 

Prizes: 

Golden Aesop Grand Prix in section contemporary art – 5000 euro; 

Prize of the town of Gabrovo awarded to a promising young artist – 2500 euro. 

Eligible are works of art executed in any technique and media. 

Cartoons section 

Prizes: Golden Aesop Grand Prix in section cartoons – 2 500 euro; 

Prize for cartoon – 1 500 euro 

Eligible are original works signed by the artists, up to A3 size and digital works, including animated cartoons (gif, flash and video) 

All relevant information about the 25th Gabrovo Biennial, including the online application form, can be found on its website - https://biennial.humorhouse.bg/en 

The Biennial consists of two juried exhibitions - one for cartoons and one for contemporary art - and a curated exhibition, titled Sensitivity Training which, for the 25th edition, will be curated by the artist Olav Westphalen. 

The Biennial will open on 20th May 2022 at the Museum of Humor and Satire in Gabrovo. 

The exhibitions continue until 30th September 2022. The Biennial is organized by the Museum of Humor and Satire with the support of the Municipality of Gabrovo and the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture.

The 54th World Gallery of Cartoons - Skopje 2022, North Macedonia

54th World Gallery of Cartoons - Skopje 2022

Dear friends, CARTOONISTS, let start the year with a good news! 

Pleased that during of our fifty-three-years existence we have created a network of exceptional cartoonists - collaborators and friends of OSTEN, we announce the 54th WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2022! 

APPLICATION 

REGULAR APPLICANT should: 

- Fill out the APPLICATION FORM (electronically or manually) and send it to the e-mail: 

cartoons@osten.com.mk along with a photo, short bio and digital images of the works she/he is submitting 

- To send the electronically submited works BY POSTAL MAIL along with the printed and signed Application Form to our address: 

OSTEN – WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS, “8. Udarna Brigada” 2, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia 

with a note: NO COMMERCIAL VALUE! FOR EXHIBITION ONLY!!! - up to 30 April 2022 (EXTENDED:) 31 MAY 2022 latest! 

True to our commitment to preserve and foster the art on paper, ORIGINAL, hand-created works are to be expected. If the cartoonist works exclusively in digital technique, printed DIGITAL WORKS - named, numbered and signed in pencil on the front will be considered. 

DEADLINES 

30 April 2022 – 31 MAY 2022 – Works submission 

31 June 2022 – Announcement of the short-listed cartoonists 

30 July 2022 – Announcement of the awarded cartoonists 

September 2022 – Opening of the exhibition and awards presentation 

AWARDS 

GRAND PRIX for Lifetime Achievement (1500 $ & Sculpture) – decision by the Ambassadors of OSTEN 

FIRST AWARD ($1000 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury 

SECOND AWARD ($500 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury 

5 THIRD AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury 

5 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury 

CICO AWARD * for a Macedonian Cartoonist (Plaque) – decision by the OSTEN Board 

* In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – Cico 

Fill out the APPLICATION FORM, sign up, submit the works, follow the updates on FB, and do not forget to share this information with your colleagues and friends. 

For more information on: www.osten.mk , and you can always contact us on: cartoons@osten.com.mk . WE ARE EXPECTING YOU!

Source: osten.mk. 

(Deadline updated: 07 May 2022 14:00).