25.10.09

Theme in the 5th International Award of humor and satire Costume: The World Cup

5th Edition International Award of humor and satire Costume - Italy
Directors Alfio Krancic and Claudio Bertieri announce the 5th edition of the International Prize of Humor and Satire of Costume "Giuseppe Novello: a gentleman of good family ", promoted by the Province of Lodi and the City of Codogno with support of public and private.
Participation is open to professional and amateur graphic artists, who may participate by sending unpublished drawings accompanied by the registration form. Are considered the unpublished work on any kind of periodical or exhibited in other exhibitions.
How to participate
Each artist will be allowed to participate with a maximum of three (3) works on the theme "The World Cup".
The work(s), accompanied by the complete Registration Form must be sent by the date of 11 January 2010 to:
Segreteria della 5a Edizione del “Premio Novello" presso l'Ufficio Cultura del Comune di Codogno - Via Vittorio Emanuele 4 - 26845 CODOGNO (Lodi), Italia.
Entries may also be sent in electronic format to protocollo@pec.comune.codogno.lo.it
No other forms of presentation.
Not be accepted works that are received with an incomplete registration form so that makes it impossible to pinpoint the author, or unsigned. Work must correspond to the founding spirit of the Prize, which consists of mood and satire of manners. Not will be accepted works of political satire or designs that can strike the common sense of modesty.
May participate in the competition the following types of works: pencil drawings - China ink - watercolor - colored ink - markers or pennafeltri.
The work should be: a) unpublished b) free frame; c) to A4 (21 x 29.7 cm); d) a free choice, in black and white or color and can either contain text or not.
In the case of comics pages will be a maximum of three conform to standard sizes, and be numbered.
Awards
The works received will be judged by a jury made up of cartoonists, journalists, personalities from the entertainment world and culture. The best will be exhibited in the Exhibition International Award for Humor and Satire of Costume which opens Saturday, February 6, 2010 the premises of the historical building called "Vecchio Ospedale Soave" in Codogno, Via Gandolfi 6.
The winners will have the following prizes:
1) Novello Award - I st place € 1500.00
2) II nd place € 1000.00
3) III rd place € 500.00.
The works received will not be returned but will become part of the competition archive. They will then be kept by the Culture of the Municipality of Codogno. All entries may be used for promotional purposes of the Award itself or of cultural activities Comune di Codogno in every public and private media: magazines, newspapers, books, web, etc. in Italy or abroad. Therefore, with the participation the authors consent to the reproduction of their works provided it did not work for profit.
More info at http://www.comune.codogno.lo.it/ & http://www.premionovello.it/ .
(This post updated on Jan 02, 2010 due to the updating in the competition website).

23.10.09

3rd Cartoonale De Geus 2009 exhibition brochure

Just received the exhibition brochure De Geus 2009 from Belgium. The 1st prize-winner is Aleksei Kivokourtsev from Russia and his cartoon is published on the first page of the brochure which is fully in color.
On the second page is the info about the competition held every two years (with free theme this year), the members of the jury, and the complete list of participants. 121 artists from 30 countries sent in 421 cartoons and 130 are selected for the exhibition that was open between Sep 25 - Oct 4, 2009 at Galerie De Fontein, Grote Plaats, Lebbeke.
The third page covers the 2nd prize-winner Gregorz Wach (Poland), the 3rd prize-winner Luc Vermeersch, and the 4th prize (prize for the best classified competitor under 25 years old)-winner Shahin Kalantary's (Iran) works.
The next 5 pages display the cartoons by the following cartoonists:
Richard Demot (Belgium)
ARES (Cuba)
2 cartoons by Cai You (China)
Maghfouriyaun Mohammed (Iran)
Yuriy Kosobukin (Ukraine)
Patrick Heymans (Belgium)
Jean Van Spittael (Belgium)
Erdogan Basol (Turkey)
Luc Vermeersch (Belgium)
2 cartoons by Huey Nguyenhuu (U.S.A.)
Santiago Cornejo (Argentina) (Honorable Mention)
Fakhredin Dost Mohamad (Iran)
Akbar Pirjani (Iran) (Honorable Mention)
Wladimir Semerenko (Russia)
Sergey Smolyakov (Russia)
Dre Mathijs (Belgium) (Honorable Mention)
Mario De Koninck (Belgium) (Honorable Mention)
Melita Miloradovic (Serbia)
Erdian Hoda (Uzbekistan)
Richard Demot (Belgium)
Radik Azizov (Uzbekistan)
Amin Mohajeri (Iran)
Run Tang Li (China).
WEB: http://www.curieusdegeus.be/ .

17.10.09

International cartoon festival of yahootoonz (iran) 2009

International cartoon festival of yahootoonz (iran) 2009
Participation for all ages and nations is allowed.
Theme: free
Technic: free
Number of works: max 1
Size: A4 and A3, 100 dpi.
Awards:
First place: golden medal of yahootoonz with diploma of honor
Second place: silver medal of yahootoonz with diploma of honor
Third place: bronze medal of yahootoonz with diploma of honor
and 5 diploma of respect for 5 works.
The works will be displayed in catalogue and exhibition and website.
Deadline: October 31th, 2009.
Address to send works: yahootoonz@gmail.com .
Sources:
syriacartoon
cartooncenter

14.10.09

International Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest 2009

International Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest - India
Indian Institute of Cartoonists announces its first National & International "Manmohan Singh - Sonia Gandhi Caricature Contest". The Contest is open to all professional and amateur cartoonists. Participants can send maximum two caricatures of Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.
Each entry should include a covering letter with the cartoonists' full name, postal address, contact numbers and Email ID.
By entering the contest, the cartoonist represents and warrants that the work is an originalwork of authorship of the cartoonist and does not infringe that rights of any third parties.
Further, the cartoonist provides Indian Institute of Cartoonsists a limited royalty-free right and license to publish and publicly display the entries (whether or not winning a prize) for non-commercial purposes such as for publicising the contest.
Entries may not be returned to the entrants and may be archived by Indian Institute of Cartoonists for records purposes. A jury of eminent personalities of the country will evaluate the entries for the prizes and the decision of the jury is FINAL.
Participants sending their entries by Email should note the following techninal details:
Size: 800 x 1100 Pixels, 300 dpi resolusion
Image & Format: JPEG, TIFF or Bitmap Color System: RGB
Deadline: November 15, 2009
PRIZES:
1st Prize: Rs. 100,000 / each theme
2nd Prize: Rs. 50,000 / each theme
3rd Prize: Rs. 10,000 / each theme.
All entries should be sent to:
Indian Institute of Cartoonists, No.1 Midford House, Midford garden, Off M.G. Road, Bangalore - 560 001 Karnataka, India.
Email: info@cartoonistsindia.com
WEB: http://www.cartoonistsindia.com/htm/ContestNov09.htm
Source: syriacartoon

12.10.09

Results of World Gallery of Cartoons Osten 2009

Results of WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS OSTEN, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Theme: My Theme
Jury:

Darko Markovic - Macedonia
Ventsislav Andonov - Bulgaria
Vasil Vasilev - Macedonia
Aleksandar Blatnik - Serbia
Mosa Todorovic - Serbia
Vlado Gorevski - Macedonia
Ljuben Paunoski – Macedonia.
WINNERS
Grand Prix: Robert Dandaro - USA
First Prize: Miro Georgievski - Macedonia
Second Prize: Bretislav Kovarik - Czech Republic
Third Prize: Rumen Dragostinov - Bulgaria
Special Jury Prize Committee:
1st Oktay Bingol - Turkey
2nd Goran Divac - Serbia
3rd Pande Petrovski - Macedonia
4th Musa Gumus - Turkey
5th Seyran Caferli - Azerbaijan.
Source: tabrizcartoons