Winners in the 22nd Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem 2019, "The Wall"

TURKISH DOGAN ARSLAN WINS EURO-KARTOENALE 2019

The Turkish cartoonist Dogan Arslan did win the 22nd edition of the Euro-kartoenale Kruishoutem, Belgium. With his endless wall he is reacting to the problems of refugees around the world. The second prize was for Luis Mecho from Costa Rica, followed by the Iranian Jalal Pirmarzanad who won the Bronze award. The winning cartoonists got their prizes on Saturday at the prize-giving ceremony in Kruishoutem, Belgium.
"The Wall" was the theme of this year’s contest and no less than 985 cartoonists from over 87 countries (a new record!) sent in their works. The international jury - with cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker (O-Sekoer) as president – had to choose among 2750 cartoons and they liked the work by Dogan Arslan the best, also because he combined the theme and a worldwide current topic of the refugees.
Besides the top three winners, there were also prizes for the French Jean-Loïc Belom, who won a personal exhibition in the European Cartoon Center next year, the Polish Krawczak Andrzej (Best Entry of the EU) and Herwig Beyaert (Best Belgian).
A selection of the best 150 cartoons can be seen until the 30th of June 2019 during the exhibition in the European Cartoon Center: border walls, restriction of freedom, walls between people, social media, … these are all topics that were developed by the cartoonists. From July on a smaller exhibition of 60 works will travel around to different cities in Belgium.

WINNERS

First Prize: Dogan Arslan (Turkey) (Top)

Second Prize: Luis Mecho (Costa Rica)

Third Prize: Jalal Pirmarzanad (Iran)

Best Entry European Union: Andrzej Krawczak (Poland)

Best Belgian Entry: Herwig Beyaert (Belgium)

Prize of the ECC: Jean-Loic Belom (France).
HONOURABLE MENTIONS

Listes Nikola (Croatia)

Mahmood Nazari (Iran)

Mikhail Zlatkovsky (Russia)

Druzhinin Valentin (Russia).

The cartoon used to promote the campaign was from Agim Sulaj (Italy).
You can see all winning cartoons on our website.
The catalogue with a selection of 100 works is available. All the cartoonists that are published in the catalogue will receive automatically a free copy during the month of May. Other participants receive a free copy on demand and with payment of the postal cost. Please ask for your copy by sending an e-mail to info@ecc-kruishoutem.be . You can also buy an extra copy on the webshop www.ecc-kruishoutem.be.
The ECC.

The 3rd edition of the International Festival of Cartoon in Africa, Morocco 2019

The 3rd edition of the International cartoon Contest, Morocco 2019
Regulations
Anyone who participates in the contest agrees with the terms of the regulation and
Jury decisions.
THEME: 1
Street children
for cities without children in street situations
Conditions of participation in the contest
The number of works per participant is limited to 2 (two).
The works can not have been published,
exhibited or won prizes in Morocco or abroad.
Format: A4, 300 dpi, JPG / JPEG and free techniques
• Deadline: 03/6/2019
Works that do not meet the conditions
in this regulation will not be considered for the contest.
The following prizes are provided:
First prize (duck).
Second prize (Africa)
Third prize (pencil stroke)
Three special prices
Cartoons must be sent to:
arabetoon@gmail.com
magrebtoon@gmail.com
REGISTRATION FORM

Because of his participation in the competitions, the author lends his works to the organizers for exhibitions. The works sent remain at the disposal of the organizers for two years.
• The jury members will be considered as participants in the exhibition and represent their own countries. Their names will automatically be added to the list of participants
(They will only participate in the exhibition, Not in competition (just honor participation).
• Works may be used for promotional purposes
(Printing, websites, newspapers, posters, invitation cards ...)
Without the permission of the artist and without any payment.
Theme 2: Hammouda satirical portrait

The following prizes are provided:
Three special prizes.
More info:
http://www.arabetoon.com
http://www.maghrebtoon.com
http://www.najitoon.net.

The 8th International Speleocartoon Concourse 2019, Italy

Cheers to you all, cartoonists! 23 years after the latest edition, the GSL (Lavis’ speleological group) calls for pencils back to work as it announces, with ‘deep’ pride, the eighth international edition of the speleocartoon concourse.
Human beings have always been exploring aiming high, towards wide open spaces, mountain peaks, even the furthest reaches of the Universe. Speleologists, going with their gut, go against the tide and look down, to the deep dark of caves. Those places do exist thanks to the unceasing labor of the water, that rushes into mountains drop by drop, turning into a stream and then into an underground river. Cavers walk across empty spaces, tight passages and wide shafts created by water, as far as the water allows them to do it. Speleologists chase water in a world without sun, lighting up with exploration and imagination those uncharted sites.
No matter if you’re a speleologist or not, or whether you want to plunge in our world or if you prefer to remain on the surface: every reason can be a useful boost to set your fantasy free and take part in this blind date.

8th INTERNATIONAL SPELEOCARTOON CONCOURSE

THEME:
UPSIDE-DOWN, CHASING WATER IN THE DARK
PARTICIPATION:
The concourse is open to all adult artists. Each artist can submit up to three works. These works have to be original and not rewarded/reported in other contests.
SUBMISSION OF WORKS:
The works must be sent in A4 or A3 digital format, with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi, JPG or TIFF format at speleovignetta@gruppospeleolavis.it
DEADLINE:
Works must be submitted no later than July 31, 2019
WORKS SELECTION:
Works will be selected by a mixed panel, made up of members of the Lavis’ speleological group and of the Andromeda Art studio (https://www.studioandromeda.net/). The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into by the judges in relation to that decision.
PRIZES:
1° PREMIO 500 euro
2° PREMIO 300 euro
3° PREMIO 200 euro.
AWARD CEREMONY AND EXHIBITION
The award ceremony will be held on November 9, 2019, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Lavis’ Speleological group. The exhibition will last from October 26, 2019 to November 17, 2019.
LOGO FOR THE 45th ANNIVERSARY
In concurrence with the concourse, artists are advised to design a logo which will promote the 45th anniversary, sending it to speleovignetta@gruppospeleolavis.it. The author of the selected logo will be rewarded together with the winners of the concourse. The logo has to be related to speleology and must be submitted no later than June 30, 2019. The text of the logo should simply state: 45° Gruppo Speleologico Lavis composing it as you like even with just the first 45 ° GSL, without other limitations.
RIGHTS ON WORKS:
By participating, authors sign away their non-exclusive rights on publishing of works on any medium for promotional purposes of Lavis’ speleological group.
For further information email us at speleovignetta@gruppospeleolavis.it.

The first International Caricature Competition 2019, Syria

The first International Caricature Competition 2019, Syria
• Participation
The competition is open to all artists.
• Theme: World’s famous Portraits in politics, culture, arts+cartoonists,
economy, entertainment and etc
• Entries
• Each participant can send 3 Caricatures + ( C.V+Photo)
A3 (29X42 cm), 200 dpi, JPG/JPEG and free techniques.
• Deadline: 15 . 6 . 2019
• Caricatures must be sent to:
syriacartoon@gmail.com
• Prizes
All selected cartoonists will be awarded certificate + album (PDF)
• Caricatures can be used for any promotional purposes
(Printing, websites, Newspapers, posters, invitation cards, etc.)
without the permission of the artist and without any payment.
• For more details please visit:
Syria Cartoon website
www.raedcartoon.com.

Women Cartoonists International Award 2019, France

Women Cartoonists International Award 2019

A World Premiere International Cartoon Award
Exclusively for Women Cartoonists, and a
Global Art Movement for Humanity

After some months working on the concept and wonderful exchanges with Dear Ann Telnaes, Marilena Nardi and Anne Derenne, and gathering ideas, United Sketches is honored to announce the very first International award exclusive to Women cartoonists.
Why for Women Cartoonists?
– Because the equality is still a dream to achieve in 21st century! “United Sketches” International organization offers this annual award exclusively to women cartoonists to fight patriarchy and inequality.
How to Participate?
All Women Cartoonists without any age restriction are invited to participate, following these regulations:
– Themes for the artworks are two:
“Climate Change” and “Equality”
– The style and technique of artworks are free. Digital artworks and/or scanned version of the traditional artworks must be sent to the official email address of this award. ONLY applications sent to this email address will be considered.
– The digital image files must be at least 300 DPI on their original size.
– The acceptable extensions are JPG, JPEG, TIF, TIFF
– Each participant can send up to 5 artworks for each Theme.
– Each participant must send her short biography in maximum 150 words in TEXT version [not image version] together with her artworks.
– Each participant must send her photo portrait on 300 DPI [minimum] together with her artworks.
– The ONLY email address to participate in this project is: womenaward@unitedsketches.org
When is the deadline?
– The last time to participate in the Award is by the midnight of Saturday, 31st of August 2019 (EXTENDED): 15 September 2019. Applications sent after this time will not be eligible.
What happens after the Deadline?
– After receiving the applications, a Selection Committee composed of globally known Women Cartoonists, Activists, Journalists, Authors and Public Speakers will choose the “Selected Artworks” and finally choose the “Award Winner[s]” from the Selected Artworks.
– Each participant will be informed of the “Selected Artworks” and later of the “Award Winner[s]” by email.
– Depending on the budget collected by sponsors, there may be an award ceremony in Paris.
– An exhibition will be organized of the Selected and awarded Artworks. The exhibition will start in France and it may travel around Europe and other countries.
How about the Awards?
– There will be a “Grand Prize” for first choice of the “Selection Committee”. One anonymous donor offered 500 USD for it. We will announce the final number of awards and their amounts, after choosing our official sponsors, partners and the total collected budget.
The Copyrights
– United Sketches International has the rights to use the submitted artworks for the promotion of the Award in forms of poster, banner, etc., in online media, social networks, websites and in its campaigns about the Climate Change, Human Rights, Women Rights and Equality.
– Each selected cartoonist will receive an official certificate of participation from United Sketches International.
– All selected artworks together with the biography and photo of their authors will be published in the official book of the award.
– Each selected participant will receive one copy of the book by post.
Source: unitedsketches.