Solin 2005 & 2007 CD-catalog

Solin CD-Catalog
The CD-catalog of the International Cartoon Festival Solin 2007 is sent to participants in the event. This Croatian festival seems like to be a biennial for being organised in 2005 the first time. The theme was "Archeology" in both editions and free theme cartoons were accepted as well. The CD-catalog covers not only numerous shots from the opening and the exhibition party 2007 but also the scenes from the 2005 exhibition and the selected cartoons in both events.
The Grand Prize 2007 is given to Yuriy Kosobukin’s cartoon (see top above) from Ukraine and there are some more works awarded in the festival. Zeljko Ceric (see below) from Croatia was the winner of the Grand Prize in Solin 2005.
The following artists from Turkey are among the selected:

Solin 2005: Ahmet Aykanat, Alaaddin Cevikbas (2), Alaaddin Arda, Burhanettin Ardagil, Eray Ozbek, Ergul Aktas, Sema Undeger, Yusuf Temiz.

Solin 2007: Atila Ozer, Muammer Kotbas (2), Kemal Ozyurt, Serdar Gunbilen (5), Umit Mufit Dincay (3).

Results of Cheval Blanc - FRANCE 2007 - FIREMEN

Results of the First International Cartoon Contest of Cheval Blanc - FRANCE 2007 - FIREMEN

WINNERS:

First Winner: Valentin Georgiev / Bulgaria (See right)

Second Winner: Raul De La Nuez / USA

Third Winner: Rahim Baqqal Asghari / Iran (See above)

Selected works for calender 2009:

Valentin Georgiev / Bulgaria

Raed Khalil / Syria

Raul De La Nuez / USA

Naser Barfarazi / Iran

Rahim Baqqal Asghari / Iran

Amit Kumar / India

Lotthes Lotto / Germany

Luka Lagator / Montenegro

Oleg Dergachov / Canada

Wei Hong Min / China

Yurij Kosobukin / Ukraine

Cemaletin Guzeloglu / Turkey.

See more prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=578l.asp?ID=578

Results of Humor and Road Education

Results of Salon Int' Graphical Humor and Road Education

CATEGORY - Vial Education for Children and Adolescents

First prize: Huey Nguyenhuu / United States

Second Prize: Eduardo Dos Reis Evangelista / Brazil

Third Prize: Seyran Caferli / Azerbaijan

CATEGORY-Road Adult Education

First prize: Ilya Katz / Israel

Second Prize: Seyran Caferli / Azerbaijan (See right)

Third Prize Marcelo Alejo Luduena Rosario-Santa Fe / Argentina

MENCIONES

Special Mention - "Roberto Fontanarrosa" Mariano German Kreser Buenos Aires / Argentina Honorable Mentions

Rafael Ramos Santa Fe/ Argentina

Luis Ligarribay Rio Negro/ Argentina

Louis Pol / Australia

Jose A. Angonoa / Cordoba / Argentina

Adrian A. Palmas Cordoba / Argentina

Luis Eduardo Leon / Colombia

Gennady Chegodayev / Russia

Rumen Dragostinov / Bulgaria

Mohammad Ali Khalaji / Iran

Ba Bilig / China

(Source: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=155)

EUROPEAN CARTOON CONTEST ”WOMAN“ - Belgium

Dear artists,
During the annual Fair, the Statiekomitee Aalter organises a cartooncontest and an exhibition.

The cartoons will be judged by a professional jury. The winning cartoons will be exhibited during the fair (May 2nd - May 12th) and will be published in a free brochure (8000 copies).
Annex you can find more information and on our webstite: www.statiekomitee.be/cartoonale

Please add the entry form when sending your cartoons (before March 1st).

Kind regards

Statiekomitee Aalter

EUROPEAN CARTOON CONTEST "WOMAN"
Subject : Woman
Candidates : All of Europe
Deadline: 1st of March 2008
Prizes:

1st prize € 500,00
2nd prize € 300,00
3rd prize € 200,00
The winners will be informed before the 1st of April ’08.
Public prize: € 150,00
The winner will be informed before the 1st of April ’08.
Entries: A max of 5 , original cartoons on quality paper, dated and signed at the back, unfolded and flat are accepted.
No digital entries.
Address: Cartoonale "De vrouw"

p/a Toon Beuckels
Poekedorp 27
B 9880 Aalter-Poeke
Belgium
Organisation: vzw Statiekomitee Aalter info@statiekomitee.be
Contact: +32(0)477 891 313
Text: No texts
Size: DIN A4 (210 mm x 297 mm / 8.268 x 11.693 inches)
Technique: free, both black and white and colour
Exposition: From the 2nd of May until the 12th of May at hotel Capitole, Stationsstraat 149-151, 9880 Aalter
Brochure: the selected works will be published in a four colour brochure, size A5 and on our website www.statiekomitee.be/cartoonale
Controversy: The decision of the organising committee is final and not discussable.
All entered works remain the property of the organising committee, Statiekomitee VZW/NPO

International China Olympic Cartoon Competition

The 1st International China Olympic Cartoon Competition
Organizer: China Animation Association; Beijing Red-Green-Blue Cinema & TV Advertisement Center.

Jury Organizer: China Art Association Cartoon committee.

The Competition open to any professional and afterhours cartoonists and humor writers all over the world.

The tenet of Competition is: Healthy, Facetious, Harmonious and Enterprising. All discrimination against religion or race will not be acceptted, also all relate to obscenity or violence will be rejected.

Categories:

A) All about Olympic, including Olympic Games and all relate to sports stuff;

B) My Choice(Free Theme), all about Humor...;

C) Humor essay and joke.

Dates:

Deadline: Jan.1, 2008.

Jury meeting: Mar.1-10, 2008.

Award ceremony: will be helden on The Great Wall before The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

Exhibition: will be helden in Yufa New Media Cinema & TV Advertisement City attach in The National New Media Base, Daxing, Beijing before The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and itinerant exhibitions around China.

Prizes:

1)Monthly Prizes: Any author may win prizes repeatedly, and monthly Prizes will not impact the main prizes.

RMB 5,000 for 1-3 winners for each category (A and B category), RMB 1,000 for 1-3 winners (C category).

The Monthly Prizes will be awarded from Dec, 2006 to Jan, 2008, in number 14 months.

2)Main Prizes:

Grand Prize: RMB 250,000 for 1 winner;

Gold Prize: RMB 50,000 for 1 winners each category (A and B category), RMB 10,000 for 1 winners for C category.

Silver Prize: RMB 30,000 for 2 winners each category (A and B category), RMB 5,000 for 2 winners for C category.

Bronze Prize: RMB 10,000 for 3 winners each category (A and B category), RMB 3,000 for 3 winners for C category.

100 Special Prizes will be awarded a special Jade medal.

Rules:

1) No entry fee.

2) participator may submit up any quantity works, no limited for entries, whether any category.

3) The entries may be sent by email or by postal mail. For the works submitted by email or CD, the digital files must be A4(21×29.7cm), 300 dpi, Jpeg or Gif format;

For the works on paper, the maximum size of paperback is A4(29.7×42cm), the quality prints will also be acceptted;

For the 3D works, the maximum length of any side is 50cm, the maximum weight is 20kg;

No limit about the essay and joke.

4) All entry must be accompanied with the resume of author, also the author's name, title of the work, address, telephone number, email must be with works together.

5) The technique of entry is no limited, any drawing, digital work, prints, photograph and sculpture will be acceptted.

6) Entries must not be framed.

7) Authors should be responsible for the originality of their works.

8) All entries will be not returnned back, will be collected in Yufa New Media Cinema & TV Advertisement City attach in The National New Media Base, Daxing, Beijing.

9) The organizer may use all entries for any objective for spreadding the competition without additional commision.

10) All selected artists and writers will get an free album.

11) The participator accept the conditions and provisions of these regulations and agree to abide by the decisions of the jury.

12) The organizer have right to explain all the rules.
Address:

Email to: olympicartoon@yahoo.com olympicartoon@126.com manwu1001@126.com

Postal mail to: 15 Floor-B, Shijijinyuan Hotel Business Building, No.69 Banjing RD, Haidian District, Beijing, P. R. China

Post code: 100089

Contact:

Tel: 0086 10 88454391 Fax: 0086 10 88443757

Web site: http://www.manwu1001.com/ http://www.cartooncn.org/

Regulations: http://www.cartooncn.org/ennews01.asp

Drawing for women - Jaka bede ...2008 - Poland

XIX INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION ON DRAWING
REGULATIONS

International competition on drawing for women - "Jaka bede ...2008"

The subject of the competition is a woman, modern and fashionable, joyful and upset one, a wife, mother and a friend but not also a sportswoman, a physician or just the woman... Everybody knows that it is not possible to live without her...

Participation

In the competition will take a part drawing, cartoons and other plastic acts made in optional technics; those original works that have already been exhibited or published but not being rewarded.

1. Competition will be carried in two categories: DRAWING and SATIRE. The author qualifies his work for the chosen category by himself.

2. Format of work - max A3, amount of work - up to 1 works in each category

3. Entrants are responsible for ensuring the correct postage.

4. Entries must arrive at the address below by not later than 22.02.2007 /deadline/

Miroslaw Krzyskowul. Powstancow Warszawy 10/1, 11-400 Ketrzyn Poland (with additional note: Konkurs)

5. The reverse side of the cartoon and / or drawing should bear the surname, forename and address of the entrant in Latin block letters.

6. A short biographic note and some personal details (the surname, forname, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address) should be added.

7. The condition of returning of sent entries is handing down for the Gallery one selected by the author work.

8. Rewarded works will belong to the organisers.

9. Sending plastic works is synonymous with author's agreement for the regulations of the competition.

Prizes

1. Entries will be appreciated by the jury selected by organisers among friendly artists and satirists.

Tomasz Wołoszyn (2001), Krzysztof Toboła (2002), Dorota Chwałek (2003), Andreas Malecki - Niemcy (2003), Daniel Strzelczyk (2005), Sławomir Łuczyński (2006), Bretislav Kovarik - Czechy (2005, 2006), Anna Sokolska (2005, 2006), Stanislav Aszmarin - Rosja (2005), Mirosław Krzyków - ORGANIZATOR

Never work of jurors subjected estimate and they are exposed (set out) beyond competition.

2. Prizes will be appropriate, unexpected and original.

3. Awards are handed in during the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Jaka bede..." or during the summer /plener/ in Jedwabno organized specially for laureates of the competition. On special request of a laureate his award can be sent by mail.

Privileges of the entrants

1. Authors of selected for the exhibition entries will get a gratuitous catalogue.

2. The decision of the festival is predicted to be announced on 10 March 2008 at 17 o'clock

3. The participating in the competition is free of charge.

If you need more details please contact: mirek@krzyskow.pl
WEB: http://jaka.krzyskow.pl/jaka2008/jaka2008.htm
JURY: http://jaka.krzyskow.pl/jaka2008/jury2008.htm

“Rhinoceros” Competition - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Magazine “RHINOCEROS” CARICATURE COMPETITION
Theme: “WORLD KNOWN PERSON” (From present or past: sport, music, politics, art, science and so on…)
Technique: Any technique will be accepted.
Deadline: February 28th 2008
Maximum entry: 5
You may send by post or e-mail (A4 - A3 size).
Post address: MAGAZINE “NOSOROG”CARA DUSANA 4, 78000 BANJA LUKA, REPUBLIKA SRPSKA Bosnia and Herzegovina EUROPE
Note: Please, do not send originals, because we will not send you back!
Address for sending by e-mail: nosorog.magazine@gmail.com Note: 300 dpi resolution!
In both cases, please, write your name, address, e-mail, and, specially, name of person you made caricature (for each caricature).
Note: Sender must be author of caricature!
PRIZES: First prize: 350 Euros + diploma; Second prize: 250 Euros + diploma; Third prize: 150 Euros + diploma; Special prizes: 5 diplomas.
Jury:
Mr. Goran Kljajich, president; writer, founder of “Rhino” magazine and this competition; Republic of Srpska
Mr. Miladin Beric, writer, vice-president; Republika Srpska
Ms. Ljiljana Cekic, actress, official spokesman of competition; Republika Srpska
Ms. Maria Claudia Re, cartoonist, Argentina
Mr. Senad Honic, cartoonist and writer, Sweden
Mr. Mica M.Tumaric, writer, Serbia
Mr. Georgi Josifov, academic painter, Serbia
Mr. Milenko Kosanovic, cartoonist, Serbia.
Competition supported by Ministry of education and culture of Republika Srpska!
(Source: http://www.cartoonblues.com/)

27th International Nasreddin Hodja 2007 catalog

The catalog and the poster of the 27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest are published: http://www.karikaturculerdernegi.org/detay.asp?id=6786

While the poster reproduces the prize-winning cartoons in this year's edition of the contest, the catalog includes the selected cartoons as well as the prize-winning ones.

List of cartoonists included in the catalog 27th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest 2007:

(Page no. Cartoonist • Country)

Prize-winners:

10. NIKITIN IGOR • RUSSIA

11. MUHITTIN KOROGLU • TURKEY

12. AGIM SULAJ • ITALIA

13. ALESSANDRO GATTO • ITALY

14. AHMET OZTURK LEVENT • TURKEY

15. JOVAN PROKOPLJEVIC • SERBIA

16. CRISTI VECERDEA CRIV • ROMANIA

17. MUSA GUMUS • TURKEY

18. SAMI CANER • TURKEY

19. ANGEL BOLIGAN C. • MEXICO

20. DONIO DONEV • BULGARIA

21. SEVKET YALAZ • TURKEY

22. KIM DONGBUM • SOUTH KOREA

23. TAEYONG KANG • SOUTH KOREA

24. XUE HONG • CHINA

25. SAEED SADEGHI • IRAN

26. ARISTIDES E. HERNANDEZ GUERRERO • CUBA
27. HAMID SOUFI • IRAN

28. GORAN DIVAC • SERBIA

29. VICTOR CRUDU • MOLDOVA

30. OMIDREZA KHORSAND • IRAN

31. LI XIAO YANG • CHINA

Selected for the exhibition and catalog:

33. PAWEL KUCZYNSKI • POLAND

34. MIHAI IGNAT • ROMANIA

35. OLEG DERGACHOV • CANADA

36. KAMBIZ DERAMBAKHSH • IRAN

37. AZIZ YAVUZDOGAN • TURKEY

38. ANDRZEJ GRANIAK • POLAND

39. ALI ASGHAR NADALI • IRAN

40. YURI OCHAKOVSKY • ISRAEL

41. PAVEL CONSTANTIN • ROMANIA

42. BORISLAV STANKOVIC • SERBIA

43. CRISTIAN TOPAN • ROMANIA

44. RAHIM BAGGAL ASGARI • IRAN

45. ORHAN ENEZ • TURKEY

46. FETHI DEVELIOGLU • TURKEY

47. KADIR DOGRUER • TURKEY

48. JOSENILTON MAGALHAES BEZERRA • BRAZIL

49. GRZEGORZ SZUMOVSKI • POLAND

50. AUREL STEFAN ALEXANDRESCU • ROMANIA

51. OLEG LOKTYEV • RUSSIA

52. IGNJAT GATALO • SERBIA

53. BAS MITROPOULOS • GREECE

54. CUMHUR GAZIOGLU • TURKEY

55. IGOR SMIRNOV • RUSSIA

56. MILKO DIKOV • BULGARIA

57. KAYIHAN FIRAT • TURKEY

58. MOHSEN IZADI • IRAN

59. ALEXEY KUSTOVSKY • UKRAINE

60. JABBAR ABDOLEE • IRAN

61. SERGEY SAVILOV • RUSSIA

62. KONONOV DMITRY • RUSSIA

63. LAZO SREDANOVIC • MONTENEGRO

64. ALEXANDER UMYAROV • RUSSIA

65. RONALDO CUNHA DIAS • BRAZIL

66. SINCHINOV EVGENIY • RUSSIA

67. ROMANOV VLADIMIR • ISRAEL

68. KURSAT COSGUN • TURKEY

69. AKDAG SAYDUT • TURKEY

70. KOKSAL CIFTCI • TURKEY

71. ERGUL AKTAS • TURKEY

72. ELENA TSURANOVA • UKRAINE

73. TOSHIHIKO NONAKA • JAPAN

74. IGOR VARTCHENKO • RUSSIA

75. FAKHREDIN DOST MOHAMMAD • IRAN

76. OLEG GOUTSOL • UKRAINE
77. SERGEY RIABOKON • UKRAINE

78. EILYA TAHAMTANI • IRAN

79. KAYOUMARTH KIASAT • IRAN

80. BIROL CUN • TURKEY

81. BOJAN GRLICA • CROATIA

82. STEFAN DESPODOV • BULGARIA

83. IVAN HARAMIJA • CROATIA

84. MAHMUT AKGUN • TURKEY

85. AHMET ERKANLI • TURKEY

86. JULIAN PENA-PAI • ROMANIA

87. MUSTAFA BILGIN • TURKEY

88. DAE JIN KIM • SOUTH KOREA

89. HOSSEIN RAHIMKHANI • IRAN

90. SAMANDARIIN TSOGTBAYAR • MONGOLIA

91. VILAILUX KUNSARANON • THAILAND

92. BA-BILIG • CHINA

93. FAN LIN TAO • CHINA

94. MASSOUD SHOJAI TABATABAI • IRAN

95. MIROSLAW HAJNOS • POLAND

96. YOUNG SIK OH • SOUTH KOREA

97. IBRAHIM SARI • TURKEY

98. NIKOLA OTAS • SERBIA

99. SERDAR GUNBILEN • TURKEY

100. VALERI TARASENKO • RUSSIA

101. BOGDANOV VICTOR • UKRAINE

102. VLADIMIRAS BERESNIOVAS • LITHUANIA

103. FARAJ MOHAMMADI • IRAN

104. VAHID ALIMOHAMMADI • IRAN

105. MASOOMEH RASI HASHEMI • IRAN

106. HODA BAKHTIARI BASTAKI • IRAN

107. ALEXANDR ZHYTNIKOV • UKRAINE

108. TAWAN CHUNTRASKAWVONG • THAILAND

109. PETER LUKO • SLOVAKIA

110. YURIY KOSOBUKIN • UKRAINE

111. SEYIT SAATCI • TURKEY
112. UMIT MUFIT DINCAY • TURKEY

113. CEMALETTIN GUZELOGLU • TURKEY

114. JORGE URGELLES CASTANEDA • CUBA

115. ZHANG WEI • CHINA

116. KAMAL SALMAN • SYRIA

117. ADDULLOH IBNU THALHAH • INDONESIA

118. CEM KOC • TURKEY

119. DANNY DE HAES • BELGIUM

120. FARHAD BAHRAMI REYKANI • IRAN

121. MOHAMMAD REZA BABAEI • IRAN

122. HUSEYIN TANYERI • TURKEY

123. ATILA OZER • TURKEY

124. AHMET UMIT AKKOCA • TURKEY

125. AKIN CAVDARLI • TURKEY

126. EMEL CAM • TURKEY

127. GABRIEL RUSU • ROMANIA

128. SERGEY SICHENKO • ISRAEL

129. LUBOMIR MIHAILOV • BULGARIA

130. JORDAN POP-ILIEV • MACEDONIA

131. MILOS PANIC • CROATIA

132. MEHMET ARSLAN • TURKEY

133. VLADIMIR KAZANEVSKY • UKRAINE

134. O-SEKOER • BELGIUM

135. OMER CAM • TURKEY

136. ZYGMUNT ZARADKIEWICZ • POLAND

137. ALI SUR • TURKEY

138. ERCAN BAYSAL • TURKEY

139. ERTAN SERTOZ • TURKEY

140. EKREM BORAZAN • TURKEY

141. REFIK TINIS • TURKEY

142. EDMER TOVAR • COLOMBIA

143. CONSTANTIN CIOSU • ROMANIA

144. WANG HAI YAN • CHINA

145. MARGARETA CHITCATII PELIN • MOLDOVA

146. ALIREZA ABDALI KOKAV • IRAN
147. EMI VEGA • SLOVENIA

148. ABEDIN MOHAMMADI • IRAN

149. STOIAN DECHEV • BULGARIA

150. TUNCAY BATIBEKI • TURKEY

151. NURI BILGIN • TURKEY

152. ZHANG BIN • CHINA

153. BENJASIT TUMYING • THAILAND

154. ALI DIVANDARI • IRAN

155. BURHANETTIN ARDAGIL • TURKEY

156. DUSAN LUDWIG • SERBIA

157. PAOLO DALPONTE • ITALY

158. ANTON KOTREBA • SLOVAKIA

159. ANDREI PUCHKANIOU • BELARUS

160. NUHSAL ISIN • TURKEY

161. AYSE KIZMAZ • TURKEY

162. TURAN ASAN • TURKEY

163. MARZEYAH REZAEI • IRAN

164. USMAN HARUN DARMAWAN • INDONESIA

165. AKIN ONDER • TURKEY

166. REZA MOKHTARJOZANI • IRAN

167. LOU PEI DONG • CHINA

168. JEAN CARLOS GALVAO • BRAZIL

169. MOJMIR MIHATOV • CROATIA

170. GHASEM LOTFI • IRAN

171. FENG GUI BO • CHINA

172. MARIAN SERBAN • ROMANIA

173. LUKA LAGATOR • MONTENEGRO
174. OGUZ GUREL • TURKEY

175. SEMA UNDEGER • TURKEY

176. NABEREZHNYKH SERHIY • UKRAINE

177. SHAHRAM REZAEI • IRAN

178. NICOLAE LENGHER • ROMANIA

179. HORIA CRISAN • ROMANIA

180. MACIEJ TRZEPALKA • POLAND

181. MOJTABA ADIBI • IRAN
182. DELCHO MIHAJLOV • MACEDONIA

183. BEHZAD RIAZI • IRAN

184. OHANNES SASKAL • TURKEY

185. SECKIN TEMUR • TURKEY

186. ZHANG YAMING • CHINA

187. KUDIN VICTOR • UKRAINE

188. JESSE RIBEIRO • BRAZIL

189. MOHAMED EFFAT ESMAIL • EGYPT

190. HESAM PIRAYESHNIA • IRAN

191. JACEK FRACKIEWICZ • POLAND

192. ZHANG SHENG BO • CHINA

193. SEYED YOUSEF RAHIMI • IRAN

194. KEMAL OZYURT • TURKEY

195. NAHİD MAGHSOUDI • IRAN

196. CIHAN DEMIRCI • TURKEY

197. FAHRI CETIN • TURKEY

198. MIHAITA PORUMBITA • ROMANIA

199. KONSTANTIN GROSU • SERBIA

200. OSMAN GURAL SUROGLU • TURKEY

201. KAMIL YAVUZ • TURKEY

202. ORHAN ZAFER • TURKEY

203. HASAN GUMUS • TURKEY

204. CRIST HOVIAN • USA

205. ASKIN AYRANCIOGLU • TURKEY

206. MOHAMMADREZA ZAREI • IRAN

207. HALINA KUZNICKA • POLAND

208. ANDRAS HALTER • HUNGARY

209. VALERY MOMOT • UKRAINE

210. RAIF GOKKUS • TURKEY

211. JOSIP KOVACEVIC • CROATIA
212. MAHMOOD NAZARI • IRAN

213. CHEN AN YONG • CHINA

214. VLADIMIR SOLDATOV • RUSSIA

215. VICTOR ZUYEV • UKRAINE

216. ELMAN MIRZOYEV • AZERBAIJAN
217. MARIJA DOKMANOVIC • SERBIA

218. ROMAN KUBEC • CZECH REPUBLIC

219. HUANG BIN • CHINA

220. BARTLOMIEJ BELNIAK • POLAND

221. SERGIY ANATOLIYOVICI • UKRAINE

222. JOZEF JURCZYSZYN • POLAND

223. ARTURO ROSAS • MEXICO

224. SEMERENKO VLADIMIR • RUSSIA

225. PHU NGUYEN • USA

226. KIM HEUNG-SOO • KOREA

227. JAKSA VLAHOVIC • SERBIA

228. BABIC SAVA • SERBIA

229. ALEXEI TALIMONOV • ENGLAND

230. LEONTE NASTASE • ROMANIA

231. HOUMAYOUN MAHMOUDI • ENGLAND

232. RICARDO HENRIQUE TENORIO ROCHA • BRAZIL

233. MOHAMMAD ALI KHALAJI • IRAN

234. VASIL GAVDYO • UKRAINE

235. KURSAT ZAMAN • TURKEY

236. IVAILO TSVETKOV • BULGARIA

237. SALIH KUCUK • TURKEY

238. DROZDOV DMITRIY • RUSSIA

239. MOHAMMAD AMIN AGHAEI • IRAN

240. GALYM BORANBAYEV • KAZAKHSTAN

241. RADKO OKETIC • SLOVENIA

242. MOHAMAD MEHDY SHIRI • IRAN

243. JOAO BOSCO JACO DE AZEVEDO • BRAZIL

244. ABDULLAH UCYILDIZ • TURKEY

245. NATALIA VARTCHENKO • SOUTH CYPRUS

246. BAYRAM HAJIZADEH • AZERBAIJAN

247. VALENTlN GEORGIEV • BULGARIA

248. ABEDİN MOHAMMADI • IRAN

249. ABDOLZAHRA SALEHI • IRAN

250. DARKO DRLJEVIC • MONTENEGRO

251. VALERY MOHYLNY • UKRAINE

252. YASAR BABALIK • TURKEY

253. MEHMET ATES GULCUGIL • TURKEY

254. VLADIMIR KHAKHANOV • RUSSIA

255. GEORGY STOEV / JACKY • BULGARIA

256. AHMET ONEL • TURKEY
257. AMBANG PURWOKARTUN • INDONESIA

258. TOMMY THOMDEAN • INDONESIA

259. YAVUZ MAMAC • TURKEY

260. DAVE CONNAUGHTON • ENGLAND

261. SEMIRAMIS AYDINLIK • GERMANY

262. JALAL PIRMARZABAD • IRAN

263. ALPER SUSUZLU • TURKEY

264. MIODRAG VELICKOVIC • SERBIA

265. VOSTERS RICHARD FRANCIS • BELGIUM

266. MEHMET KAHRAMAN • TURKEY

267. BOHDAN BUTENKO • POLAND

268. ERENBURG BORIS • ISRAEL

269. RAIMUNDO WALDEZ DA C. DUARTE • BRAZIL

270. MARIO GARCIA MONTES • USA

271. OMIDREZA KHORSAND • IRAN

272. VLADIMIRAS BERESNIOVAS • LITHUANIA

273. ALEXEY I. GVARDIN • UZBEKISTAN

274. MYKOLA KAPUSTA • UKRAINE

275. ANGELO CAMPANER • ITALY

276. BOZIDAR VUKELIC-BOBA • CROATIA

277. VICTOR ZUYEV • UKRAINE

278. KIVOKOURTSEV ALEKSEI • RUSSIA

279. ASHMARIN STANISLAV • RUSSIA

280. JALAL MOHADDESY • IRAN

281. TAESEONG BAK • KOREA

282. BEHZAD RIAZI • IRAN

283. CHRISTO KOMARNITSKI • BULGARIA

284. HAKAN TASKIRAN • TURKEY.

The Association of Cartoonists (Karikaturculer Dernegi) are soon to start sending the catalog to all the participants in the contest 2007.

Austrian Cartoon Award 2008

Austrian Cartoon Award 2008

conditions of participation
1.) General Information

The contest is open to all cartoonists and illustrators worldwide. Applicants can be either professionals or amateurs and must be 18 years of age by the date of application. Up to a maximum of three submissions will be accepted by each participant.

The theme of the contest is soccer and is split into two categories:

1.) Humor

2.) Portrait

The Audience Award will be a separate competition. The final 120 nominations from the category "humor" and "portrait" and the final 10 cartoons from the Audience Voting (first round) will be rated in a separate category (look at point 5.).

Previously awarded works can not take part in the competition.
2.) Entry application

Entries must be submitted either via post and adressed to “Austrian Cartoon Award 2008” c/o Werbeagentur MorréSchmiedlstrasse 1A-8042 Graz/Austria/Europe

or online under http://www.cartoonaward.com/
Only application forms filled in correctly will be accepted.
Entry-form: http://www.cartoonaward.com/pdf/entryform.pdf
3.) Procedure

1st round

All entries for this award must be received on or before 28th February 2008 either online or via post (only copies!) to be considered by the ACA Jury. The best 120 nominations of the first round will qualify for the final and deciding round of the Austrian Cartoon Award 2008.

final round

All participants of the final round will be notified either via e-mail or post. Originals must be signed and submitted latest by the 20th march 2008 - copies or prints will not be accepted!Should the deadline not be met, the application will be disqualified and the following best entry from the first round will be nominated to take part in the final round.

From the final 120 nominations the jury will select the best three in each category. Finalist will receive a written notification and be invited as guests to the award winning ceremony in Graz/Austria.
4.) Jury

Jury members are caricaturists, soccer player, artists and media representatives. The decisions of the judges are final and irrevocable.
5.) Audience Award

All 130 nominations of the final round will also be displayed online under www.cartoonaward.com between 20th january 2008 and 20th may 2008.

Every online registered visitor can select his favourite artists from the shortlist of nominations and submit up to three votes. The entry with the highest score will be awarded the “Audience Prize” and win a prize-money of EUR 1.500,-.
6.) The ACA Cartoon Award Annual 2008

The M+N Medienverlag (publisher) will publish the 130 best cartoons in the ACA Annual.

Each contestant who donates his original piece of art to the exhibitor receives a free of charge ACA Annual.
7.) Copyright

Through the participation in the ACA contest the right of advertisments such as publications in the Annual, catalogues, newspapers etc. is given to the awards organiser.The submitted originals of the prizewinning contestants remain with the host, all other works will be returned upon request.
entry your cartoons
First round: Submission of cartoons

Requirements for online entries:

• Maximum size 15 x 20 cm (vertical or horizontal format)

• Colour profile: Bitmap, grayscales or RGB

• 240 to 300 dpi resolution

• dataformat: JPEG, JPG (maximum)

• max. data volume: 1,5 MB

Requirements for entries via post:

copies or prints (no originals for the first round), black and white or colour on paper

• minimum size 21 x 30 cm (A4 vertical or horizontal format

• maximum size 30 x 42 cm (A3 vertical or horizontal format)

The name of the contestant and the titel of the entry have to be indicated on the reverse side of each submission.
Final round: Submission of the best 120 original cartoons

Measurements of the originals

• minimum 21 x 30 cm (A4 vertical or horizontal format)

• maximum 30 x 42 cm (A3 vertical or horizontal format)

The name of the contestant and the titel of the entry have to be indicated on the reverse side of each submission.

Only cartoons on paper and on no other materials can take part in the competition.

It is required that every entry conforms to the stated limits and size before it can be given jury consideration.

posting of originals:

• flat not folded and placed between two pieces of carton

• or rolled up

The host can not be made liable for any damage caused by posting or caused during the exhibition.

7th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest - Iran

7th Tabriz International Cartoon Contest
National union is one of the goals in every society and country so that they can make relations with others. Religious, racial, and verbal differences should not cause division. Nations even look for common grounds inside their own countries. World should learn to live together and this starts first from inside the countries. People should learn respecting other races, languages, religions, etc. We invite cartoonists to reflect their scrutinized ideas through cartoon.
Theme: Solidarity / Free
Regulations:

1- Number of works are unlimited.

2- Size can be min. A4 and max. A3

3- Color and techniques are free.

4- You can send your works either by post or by email.

5- If you send your cartoons by email, they should be scanned in 200 DPI resolution.

6- Full information of the artist is required; full name, address, tel, email.

7- Works will not be returned.

8- A catalogue of selected cartoons will be sent to their authors accompanied by the catalogue of Tabriz 6th International Cartoon Contest - Kings.

9- An exhibition of selected works will be held in Tabriz.
Deadline: February 29, 2007

Judgment: March 5, 2007
Prizes:

First winner: Gold Medal (real gold) + Diploma + Gift Package + Statue

Second winner: Silver Medal (real silver) + Diploma + Gift Package + Statue

First winner: Bronze Medal (real bronze) + Diploma + Gift Package + Statue
10 works will be nominated for Diploma + Gift Package + Statue.

Also Diploma + Gift Package + Statue will be assigned for three cartoon in second catagory (Free).
Address to send your cartoons:

Tabriz Cartoonists Association, Azerbaijan Cartoon Museum, Former Tabriz Estate Library, Golestan Garden, Tabriz, Iran

Zip Code: 51396-13117

E-Mail: tabrizcartoons@tabrizcartoons.com

Website: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/

"STAMPS" INTERNATIONAL, Belgrade 2008

Drawing by Doru Bosiok (See above)
Exhibition sign by Jakša Vlahović (See right below)

"STAMPS", INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION, Belgrade 2008
Organizers: FECO Serbia and JUGOMARKA Company for creating and distribution of
postage stamps
REGULATIONS:
Theme: STAMPS
Entries: Originals or digital prints signed by the artist
Cartoon mail art (Cartoons on the envelops and postcards)
(Notice: try to use real stamps from your country and others)
Size: up to A3 (297x420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: February 15, 2008
Exhibition: March/April 2008, Postal Museum, Belgrade
Prizes: 1st prize - 500 euros
2nd prize - 300 euros
Personal stamp (face value 20 dinars), 200 pieces
Special prize for the best cartoon mail art (Collection of Serbian cartoon books)
Catalogue: to each selected artist
Copyright: belong to the artists except for promotional purposes
Remark: all works remain property of the Museum and FECO Serbia
Informations on e-mail: jvlahovic@ptt.yu
Address for sending cartoons: JUGOMARKA (Jakša Vlahović) Palmotićeva 2, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA

Yılmaz Güney Culture & Art Festival - Turkey

YILMAZ GUNEY CULTURE AND ART FESTIVAL
CARICATURE CONTEST
A caricature contest is organized along with short film, drama, short story, poetry, music, painting and folkloric dances contests by Yüz Çiçek Açsın Culture Center and Demokratik Gençlik Hareketi (Democratic Youth Movement) in the context of Yilmaz Guney Culture and Art Festival, whose final is to be realized in Istanbul on Sunday 27th of January 2007. No competitive concept as to pass beyond or to go ahead is aimed but a concept to gather differing opinions or art concepts and to share it with people at the contests to be held in the context of the festival. In those days where we cannot tolerate our differing opinions and we perceive them as antagonisme, it is more significant and important to create a collective consciousness standing for goodness and beauty... Therefore our aim is not to have participants in a race and to award them but to promote and contribute to the beauty.
1-The contest is open to everybody without any distinctions.
2-The subject and technique to be submitted to the contest is free. In the context of spiritual form - collectivist, progressionist, critical, realistic and innovative values, which became concrete in the movies of Yılmaz Güney and which are already at the core of the caricature shall be particularly appraised.
3-The caricatures sent must be originals (digital prints are also accepted provided they are signed by hand) and they should not have received any award in any previous contests.
4-The participants are free to send as many works as they prefer.
5-The caricatures to be sent must not exceed A3 (29.7 x 42 cm) format.
6-The name, surname, address, telephone number, e-mail address and for participants younger than 18 years old the age of the artist must be written at the back of the caricatures.
7-A short autobiography and a photograph must be sent together with the caricatures.
8-Award winning and worth of exhibiting caricatures shall be published in the festival book, which shall be sent to the owner of the work.
9-The exhibition of the contest shall be realized in a place to be announced later.
10-At the end of evaluation 4 caricaturists shall receive a “Honor Plaque of the Festival” and 2 participants younger than 18 years of age a “Promising Young Caricaturist” award plaque.
11-The works must be sent to the address “Yuz Cicek Acsin Kultur Merkezi, Mahmut Sevket Pasa Mh. Mithatpasa Cad. No:3/3 SISLI /ISTANBUL” by hand delivery or by post / cargo and received by Wednesday 26th December, 2007 on evening.
12-The appraisal committee is constituted by the following caricaturists: Askin Ayrancioglu, Erhan Yasar Babalik, Mete Gokturk, Canol Kocagoz, Seyit Saatci and Kamil Yavuz.
13-The caricatures participating in the contest shall be kept in the archive of the organizing institution and may be published on billposters, calendars, booklets, magazines, newspapers, and similar media. In consideration of which, the artist whose work would be published shall receive a free copy of such publication.
14-The caricaturists participating in the contest shall be deemed to have agreed these conditions.
*General information relevant to Yilmaz Guney Culture and Art Festival may be found at http://www.yilmazguneyksf.org/
*We thank in advance all of the caricaturists, who will embellish the festival with their works.

1st Campos Ecological Exhibition - Rio de Janeiro

The 1st Campos International Ecological Humor Exhibition - Rio de Janeiro
Deadline: December, 15 2007
The Cultural Foundation Journalist Oswaldo Lima and the City Hall of Campos de Goytacazes – Rio de Janeiro invite cartoonists to participate in the 1st Campos’ International Ecological Humor Exhibition. Aiming to gather the fight for the preservation of the environment and the graphic humor, the exhibition has the goal of making the population aware of the dangers of the misuse of our natural resources. The awarded works will be used in campaings in favor of the environment in schools, companies and in other means of communication. It will be held in the “Praia do Farol de São Tomé” in January from 9 to 31.
Rules and regulations:
Theme: “The end of drinkable water in the world”.
Registrations:
Cartoonists, amateur or professional, are allowed to participate in the exhibition by submitting works that have not been awarded in other competitions until the event’s deadline, December 15th, 2007. The awarded cartoons will be available at http://www.ecohumorcampos.com/ soon after the release of the results. In a 15-day time, cartoonists will be able to complain about plagiarism or fraud. If the complaint is true, the candidate will be eliminated of the contest and will lose the prize. Each author is allowed to submit as many works as he wishes. The works can be develop under any technique. The works must be sent to the e-mail: ecohumorcampos@ecohumorcampos.com
Size: ( 297 x 240 mm), 300 DPI, color mode RGB, format jpg (high quality) up to the limit of 1,5 MB for each work. Attached to the work, the participant must send the following information: Full name, pseudonym, full address, telephone, e-mail ID number and bank account number. Participants may also send a short biography and photo so that they may be used in the data base of the exhibition. Only registrations done by e-mail will be accepted.
Prizes:
R$ 20.000,00 will be distributed as follows:
1st Prize – R$ 10.000,00
2nd Prize – R$ 5.000,00
3rd Prize – R$ 2.500,00
4th Prize – R$ 1.500,00
5th Prize – Given to the cartoonists from Campos and its surroundings – R$ 1.000,00.
The prizes will be paid in a three-month time after the opening of the exhibition and they will be submitted to the current taxes. There will be a jury to select the works and a final jury that will consist of professionals in the field. Other prizes and mentions may be created, according to the Organizing Committee. By participating in the exhibition, the participant automatically transfer the copyright of the works according to the law 9.6l0 of February 19th, 1988. The works will make part of the Cultural Foundation Journalist Oswaldo Lima Collection. More information on the exhibition is available at http://www.ecohumorcampos.com/
(Source: http://www.brazilcartoon.com/)

Umoristi a Marostica 2008 - Italy

UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 2008

REGULATIONS

Contest: open to all cartoonists

Theme: TIME (TEMPO / TEMPS / ZAMAN)

Sections: A) CARTOONS; B) STRIPS

Entries: max. 3 works. The works must be original, 

without titles and accompanied by author's entry-form and biography.

Size: free

Technique: free

Deadline: January 18, 2008 (the post-mark will provide the proof)

Prizes: "Scacchiera International Grand Prize" for each section

Opening and prize distribution: April 12, 2008

Exhibition: April 12 - May 25, 2008

Catalogue: each participating artist will receive a copy 

(by enclosing 7,00 €uro for the postage charges).

Remark: the works will not be returned and will be included in the "Umoristi a Marostica Museum"

The works should be sent to:

UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 36063 MAROSTICA (VI) ITALY

For further informations: 

phone/fax: +39-0424-72150 

info@umoristiamarostica.it

Complete regulations & entry-form at:
http://www.fanofunny.com/guests/umoristimarostica/umoristimarostica/.

Results of Greekartoon “Future Children” Contest

Results of 2nd International GREEKARTOON Cartoon Contest "Future Children"
Dear Artists and Friends,
The GREEKARTOON with a great pleasure announces that the Contest Jury Committee has selected the 3 Award and the 7 Mention winning cartoons for the 2nd International Cartoon Contest entitled “Future Children”. The contest has been initiated by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, in which 473 cartoonists, from 67 countries, participated with 892 cartoon works.
1st Prize: Pol Leurs - Luxembourg
2nd Prize: Moacir Knorr Gutterres - Brazil
3rd Prize: Jitet Koestana - Indonesia
7 Equal Mentions:
Angel Boligan Corbo - Mexico
Felipe Galindo Feggo – U.S.A.
Alexey Kivokourtsev - Russia
Oleg Goutsol - Ukraine
Lubomir Mihailov - Bulgaria
Ross Thomson – U.K.
Norbert Van Yperzeele - Belgium
Please note that the selected works will be exhibited in Athens from November 20 to the end of the month. After that will be exhibited in Thessaloniki.
Please be also reminded that our website http://www.greekartoon.com/ or http://www.greekartoon.gr/ is, now being weekly updated.
Many thanks and kind regards to all those assisted us for the success of this contest.
Hoping to meet you and cooperate in other events, GREEKARTOON wishes every success in your endeavors.
"Let's make the Cartoon part of the Culture of everyday life!!!"
GREEKARTOON
(Source: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewforum.php?f=13)