9th Festival Strumica - Macedonia

IX International Festival of Aphorism and Caricature – Strumica / Macedonia 2008
Theme:CARNIVAL- EROTICA
APHORISM:

• In this category each author can participate with a work, consisting of up to 15 aphorisms, printed in three copies, completed with code and particulars of the author, set in a sealed envelope.

• Authors are allowed to participate even with more works, as group of 15 aphorisms, each with a particular code.
CARICATURE:

• In this category the author can send up to three caricatures, own choice of technique, max. dimensions 30 x 40 cm.

• Each caricature to be completed with author’s particulars - on its back side.
DEADLINE:

• The due date for works to be sent is February 17, 2008.
AWARDS:

• The Organizer will reward three main prizes, having the right to decide about some additional prizes.
ADDRESS:

• The works should be addressed to:
National Institution - Culture Centre “Anton Panov”2400 Strumica R. MACEDONIA
with note: For the Competition of aphorism and caricature
COPYRIGHTS:

• Both categories of received works will stay in the property of the author and of the Organizer, who reserves the rights of its public presentation, catalogue preparation or other publication.
JURY AND PRESENTATION:

• The works received in due date, will be reviewed and estimated by a competent jury.

• The exhibition and the reward ceremony will be organized on March 10, 2008.

CONTACTS:

• tel. +389 34 322182 (Correspondence in English: Sofija Dzibulova)

• e-mail: trimerotikon@yahoo.com

(Source: http://www.googlm.com/contests/08/0217.html)

Golden Keg 2008 - Slovakia

14th International Cartoon Humour Competition on the Topic of BEER
GOLDEN KEG 2008
On Tuesday, 1st April 2008, 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 14th competition in accordance with the Jury’s decision will take place as follows:
GRAND PRIZE (Grand Prix) Golden Keg and Sk 14,000
1st Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and Sk 5,000
2nd Prize Small GOLDEN KEG and Sk 4,000
3rd Prize Small Golden KEG and Sk 3,000
The Competition Jury reserves the right not to grant any of the prizes or to grant other special prizes.
The organisers will accept for the competition all works that will be delivered at the address of the Šarišská gallery in Prešov by 18th February 2008, when the Competition Jury is meeting.
The organisers of the competition reserve the right to publish selected works in promotional materials and to re-install the exhibition, while each competitor will receive a competition catalogue.
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 Presov.
6. Send your works at the address:
Šarišská Galéria (p. Fedor VICO) ul. Hlavná 51, 08001 Prešov SLOVAKIA.
Please clearly mark the envelope with the word "PIVO".
Contact: Ivan Hanousek, vicepresident Czech Union of Cartoonists ivan.hanousek@dreamworx.cz
WEB: http://www.sgpresov.sk/

International Contest Vianden 2008 - Luxembourg

International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon Vianden 2008
Les Amis Château de Vianden a.s.b.l. and the Museum of the Caricature of Vianden are pleased to announce their 1st INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN
1. Subject: THE LIFE AT THE MEDIEVAL CASTLE
2. Deadline: 20th March 2008
3. Prizes:
1st prize: 2000 €
2nd prize: 1500 €
3rd prize: 1000 €
Four mentions: honorable diplomas
Public prize: 500 €
4. Entries:
- Initially each participant can send at most 3 works in digital form via Internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu The author must indicate in his e-mail the following informations: his first name, name, complete address, e-mail address, his phone number and the title of each work. The characteristics of these electronic sendings are as follows: format JPEG, good quality and max. 500 KB per picture .
- Out of these sendings by e-mail the jury will make a selection of 120 drawings and will request from the authors of these works the sending by mail of the originals for the choice of the prizes and the publication in the catalogue. All these 120 originals will be shown in the exhibition. Their size will be between DIN A4 (210 x 297 mm) and DIN A3 (297 x 420 mm), the paper of good quality, not folded and without a passe-partout. On the back side of every work must be clearly mentioned the first name, the name, the complete address, the e-mail address, the phone number of the author as well as the title of the work. This deadline is 10 th April 2008.
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in color, without captions.
6. Exhibition: The award ceremony will be held on 25 th April 2008 in the castle and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the knights of the Castle-palace of Vianden from 26 th April 2008 until 25 th May 2008. Then the exhibition will take place in the Museum of Caricature of Vianden until 30 th October 2008.
7. Returns: After 30 th October 2008 the originals will be returned to their authors except the works selected for one of the prizes. The awarded works will become property of the organizer.
The organizer cannot be held responsible for loss or damage during sending back.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose works will be selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail. Prize winners will get their catalogue during the handing over of the prizes.
9. Results: The publication of the results will be done on the Internet sites http://www.caricature.eu/ and http://www.castle-vianden.lu/ 26th April 2008. The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed by e-mail or by phone.
The final decisions of the jury, which will meet on the 22th March 2008, are undeniable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants allow the organizers to use their works only for promoting the author, as well as the event. All other copyright remains property of the author.
11. Address for the sending of the originals: CHATEAU DE VIANDEN P.O.B 26 L-9422 Vianden Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
12. Informations: Phone: +352 - 621283790 cartoon@caricature.eu
By taking part to this contest the participants agree to the abovementioned rules.
GOOD LUCK!

Results 29th Yomiuri Cartoon Contest - Japan

Result of the 29th Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest - Japan
Themes: Teeth / Free
The following is a list of the top prizewinners in the 29th Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest:
Grand Prize: Shinji Iwamoto, Fukuoka
Hidezo Kondo Prize: Joruju Piroshiki, Tokyo (See top)
Gold Prize, Theme Section: Ichiro Suzuki, Osaka Prefecture
Gold Prize, Free Section: Masaaki Otsuka, Tokyo
Selection Committee's Special Prizes:
Masao Shigenari, Kanagawa
Yoshiharu Tanaka, Hyogo Prefecture
Akiyoshi Sugimoto, Chiba
Hiyoshi Hama, Fukuoka

Hikmet Cerrah, Turkey (Above)
See more special prize-winning cartoons at: http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/prize/cartoon/29th/selec.htm
Excellence Prizes:
Toshiro Kimura, Tokyo
Hikoshi Takashima, Okinawa
Setsuo Usami, Saitama
Chuji Aoshima, Chiba
Yasuhide Tsuchiya, Tokyo
Hiroyuki Midorikawa, Tokyo
Kazuo Karakida, Nagano
Shinji Nakanishi, Shiga Prefecture
Lu Guohong, China
Shou Yifen, Beijing
Prudencio Miel, Singapore
Ivan Kutuzov, Sofia
Alessandro Cibelli, Rome
Martin Honeysett, Britain
Special Overseas Junior Prizes:
Cheng Linqian, Beijing
Yuan Yilin, Beijing
Michael Sichenko, Israel
Aresen Lalic, Belgrade
Uros Maksimovic, Belgrade.
See prize-winning cartoons at: http://info.yomiuri.co.jp/prize/cartoon/
(Source: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=167)

More greeting cards for 2008

More greeting cards for the new year 2008!

Thanks to all and best regards.

ERAY OZBEK

ATILA OZER

IGOR VARCHENKO

ILYA KATZ

MUAMMER OLCAY

VIACHESLAV SHILOV

IGOR VARCHENKO

TAN ORAL

New Year 2008 greeting card by Vorontsov

The most recent new year greeting card is from Mikola Vorontsov.

Best wishes Mikola!

See more at:

http://kolyaka.livejournal.com

http://kolyaka.com

Call from Donquichotte netmagazine

Dear Cartoonist..

Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto murdered.

World peace is striken one more time.

Would you like to draw about it?

Erdogan Karayel

http://www.donquichotte.at/

International 7-77 Cartoon Competition - Turkey

The 14th International Ankara Cartoon Festival
The 14th International Ankara Cartoon Festival is going to be held from April 18th to 21st, 2008 during the 79th Children’s Day activities, which are celebrated in our country every year on the 23rd April .
The international 7-77 Cartoon Competition will be organized under the 14th International Ankara Cartoon Festival. The aim of the competition is to make children familiar with the art of cartooning and to contribute the development of sensitivity towards humour by enriching their world with the help of cartoons you will draw.
All proffessional and amateur cartoonists will be welcomed to join in by drawing cartoons for children.
Cartoons can be drawn in black-white or colourful using any technique in either A4 or A3 size.
Cartoonists can join in the competition with an original cartoon that can be understood by children. Competitors must write their names, surnames and addresses on the back of their cartoons.
The deadline for the competition is February 15th, 2008.
Cartoons should be sent to the following address:
ULUSLARARASI 7-77 KARIKATUR YARISMASI PK:364 YENISEHIR 06443 /ANKARA/ TURKEY
The sole prize of the competition is the 7-77 PRIZE ($2,000) and the institutions’ commemorative plates.
The results of the competition will be announced on April 10th, 2008 in the local press and on the web.
The winner of the competition will be invited to Ankara from April 18th to 21st, 2008 as a guest for the activities to be held during the 14th International Ankara Cartoon Festival and will receive the award at the opening of the exhibition.
The International 7-77 Cartoon Competition catalogue and the certificate will be sent to those competitors whose cartoons were chosen by the jury and were printed in the catalogue.
Cartoons will not be sent back and all rights will be reserved by the Cartoon Foundation.
International 7-77 Cartoon Competition exhibition will be opened in various cities of Turkey and abroad.
Top above: 2007 finalist: Miroslaw Hajnos (Poland)

See 7-77 Prize-winning cartoon by Javad Alizadeh (Iran) and all finalists in 2007 at:

http://www.7-77.org/2007final/7-77-2007result.htm

Winners of Cartoon Contest 'Flexibility at work'

Results of the Cartoon Contest 'Flexibility at work' - ACV Belgium
First prize: Norbert Van Yperzeele – Belgium (See above)
Second prize: Pol Leurs – Luxembourg
Third prize: Luc Vermeersch – Belgium
Prize of the public: Luc Vermeersch – Belgium
Honourable mention: Ross Thomson – England
Honourable mention: Santiago Corne – Brasil
See all prize-winning cartoons at:

http://www.ecc-kruishoutem.be/palmares_flexibility_ENG.htm

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008

I WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008!
MANY THANKS TO CARTOONIST FRIENDS FOR THEIR WONDERFUL GREETING CARDS!

OSVALDO MACEDO DE SOUSA

VLADIMIR KAZANEVSKY

IRINA IOSIP

CAMILO TRIANA

IZEL ROZENTAL

OMAR PEREZ

The UN Ranan Lurie Cartoon Award 2007 winners

2007 Award Winners

First Place: Ahmet Aykanat / Publication: Free lance (Turkey) (See above)

Second Place: Dalcio Machado / Publication: Correio Popular (Brazil) (See above)

Third Place: Thomas Antony / Publication: Rashtra Deepika (India)

Citation for Excellence:
Panos Maragos / Publication: Ethnos (Greece)

Angel Boligan Corbo / Publication: Newspaper: El Universal (Mexico) (See above)
Zhang Bin / Publication: Guangzhou Daily (China)
Felipe Galindo / Publication: Inxart.com & International Herald Tribune (USA)
Ronaldo Cunha Dias / Publication: Jornal O Pioneiro (Brazil)
Christo Komarnitski / Publication: “Sega” Daily (Bulgaria)

Huseyin Cakmak / Publication: Yeni Duzen Sanat (Republic of Cyprus) (See above)
Clay Bennett / Publication: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)
Tom Stiglich / Publication: Journal Register Newspapers (USA)
Steven Greenberg / Publication: Ventura County Star (USA)

See more prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.lurieunaward.com/2007winners.html

Results of CARTUNION 2007: "State & Religion"

The results of the Second International Cartoon Contest - CARTUNION 2007

Theme: State and Religion

The international Jury has announced the results of the contest:

Three main Prizes were shared between Ahmet Aykanat (Turkey) (see top above), Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia) (see below), and Sergey Sichenko (Israel).

Honorable Mentions were received by Tsocho Peev (Bulgaria), Sabine Voigt (Germany) (see below), Sergey Elkin (Russia), Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia), and Vasily Alexandrov (Russia).

A Special Jury Prize was given to Alexandr Mitnyk (Germany).

(Hey! Have you burnt any interesting books lately?)

The Administration of CARTUNION thanks everybody for the wonderful art and incredible sense of humor.

See more prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=166

Results Africa on Rise Global Cartoon Contest

Results of Africa on Rise Global Cartoon Contest

Theme: Africa: No Opportunities, Continent of Crisis or Renaissance

Dear Cartoonists, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The decisions have been made: in early November 2007, the jury met in Frankfurt/Main to select the winners of our cartoon competition 2007. The 1st prize (3.000 Euro) goes to Jonathan Shapiro /Zapiro (South Africa), the 2nd prize (2.000 Euro) to René Bouschet (France) and the 3rd prize (1.000 Euro) to Wolfgang Ammer (Austria) (see top above). Siphiwo Sobopha (South Africa) (see below) received a special award (1.500 Euro) from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Congratulations to all the winners!

The winners were introduced to the public on Monday, 3rd December, 2007 at a press conference at the French Dome in Berlin, organised by the editors of the new monthly magazine"welt-sichten“, a “merger” of the magazines "eins entwicklungspolitik" and "der überblick".

In the evening, the awards were presented to the winners by the German Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul during the Development Policy Media Prize award ceremony organised by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) at the historical foyer at the KfW Banking Group in Berlin. The winners’ creativity was highly appreciated, as it helps to reduce prejudice and to overcome intolerance against the African continent. The decision to combine the cartoon award ceremony with the Development Policy Media Prize ceremony was acknowledged and appreciated by the expert audience.

2.300 cartoonists in all 191 UN member states and national and international cartoonists’ associations had been invited to participate in the competition. 230 cartoons were sent in, 37 of which came from Africa, 36 from Central and South America, only seven from North America, 88 from Europe and Turkey, 60 from Asia, and one from Australia. The independent jury this time included:

Marie-Roger Biloa (publisher and editor-in-chief of Africa International, Paris), Rainer Hachfeld (cartoonist, Berlin), Al Imfeld (writer, Zurich), Prof. Dr. Dieter Kramer (former curator of the Museum der Weltkulturen, Dörscheid), K. Friedrich Schade (former executive editor of the German development journal epd-Entwicklungspolitik, Schwalbach/Ts), Erich Stather (State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin/Bonn), Dr. Jasper von Altenbockum (chief of the political desk of the daily newspaper „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ - FAZ).

We would like to thank all those who helped to organise the cartoon competition 2007, and especially the cartoonists from all over world who participated in the competition.

Dr. Konrad Melchers (executive editor of the German development journal “eins Entwicklungspolitik”) and Jürgen Weber (Project Manager).

See prize-winners and more cartoons at: http://www.alpha02.com/concc/contenido-4.6.8/cms/front_content.php

New deadline for Yilmaz Guney Contest - 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 Friday 12th January, 2008 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.

Results of Africa on Rise Global Cartoon Contest

Results of Africa on Rise Global Cartoon Contest
Theme: Africa: No Opportunities, Continent of Crisis or Renaissance
de a r c a r t o o n i s t s a l l o v e r t h e w o r l d
After long e-mail absence we like to inform you that the global contest expert jury had decided to award three cartoonists to win the prizes of the contest on “Africa: No Opportunities, Continent of Crises or Renaissance”
The winners are:
1- Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) / South Africa
2- Rene Bouschet / France
3- Wolfgang Ammer / Austria
Note: We will send a little later more details about the results. Further all details will be available on our website http://www.cartoon-competiton.org/ (soonish).
Yours faithfully,
Dr. Konrad Melchers
Chefredakteur Zeitschrift “eins Entwicklungspolitik”
Emil-von-Behring Strasse 3
D – 60439 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY
E-Mail: eins@entwicklungspolitik.org
Internet: http://www.entwicklungspolitik.org/
(Source: http://www.syriacartoon.com/)

Results Urziceni 2007 "Superstition"

International Cartoon Contest "Revelionul Caricaturistilor" 13th edition, Urziceni 2007
Theme: "Superstition"
Jury: Octavian Covaci, Florian Doru Crihana, Alessandro Gatto, Nicolae Petrache.
1st prize – CONSTANTIN CIOSU –ROMANIA
2nd Prize - CHAIPORN PANICHRUTIWONG -THAILAND
3rd Prize – MARIAN SERBAN – ROMANIA
Special Prizes:
MAHMOOD NAZARI – IRAN
JOON KOUN – KOREA
YE-JIN- YANG – KOREA
GABI RUSU – ROMANIA
COSTEL PATRASCAN - ROMANIA
Diploms of honour:
ENRICO AYRES – BRAZILIA
VLADIMIR ROMANOV – ISRAEL
VLADIMIR KAZANEVSKIY - UKRAINA
THOMAS WOLOSIN – POLONIA
NICOLAE LENGHER – ROMANIA
WAN RUNG SHENG – CHINA
GHEORGHITA GHINEA URIASU – ROMANIA
YURI KOSOBUKIN – UCRAINA
XIAO NIANG - CHINA
CRISTI VECERDEA CRIV - ROMANIA.
(Source: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=165)