Deadline for "Stamps" has changed: February 29

The deadline for "Stamps" has changed: February 29, 2008

Dear Andrey Feldshteyn,

I am Jaksa Vlahovic, graphic artist and cartoonist from Belgrade and organizer of the "STAMPS" cartoon contest.

I am informing you that deadline for "STAMPS", INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION, Belgrade 2008 is expanded till the end of February. Also cartoonists outside Serbia can send their works by e-mail on: jvlahovic@ptt.yu

Can you please update your web page with this information. We are also expecting your cartoons. Thank you in advance.

Greetings from Serbia!

Jaksa Vlahovic
(Quoted from the post in CARTUNION: http://www.cartoonblues.com/forum-e/viewtopic.php?t=184)

Regulations: http://caricaturque.blogspot.com/2007/11/drawing-by-doru-bosiok-exhibition-sign.html

3rd International Prestigio Caricature Contest

The 3rd International Prestigio Caricature Contest: "Take the funny way"

Contest Rules
1.1 The Theme of the Contest

The entries (submitted cartoons) should illustrate the motto «Take the funny way». The entries have to be related to GPS navigation systems and their main idea – searching the right way to destination. Cartoon has to include Prestigio logotype and/or image of Prestigio navigation devices
Contest organizers: Prestigio Technologies (Cyprus) Ltd., and Prestigio Europe spol. s.r.o., (Czech Republic). Website: http://www.prestigio.com/
1.2 Prize Fund

Grand prix: US$1000
Prestigio Gold Prize: GeoVision 430+ 400$
Prestigio Silver Prize: GeoVision 350 + 200$
User Choice: GPS BT Receiver +100$

1.3 Rules of Identifying Winning Entries The Grand-Prix, Prestigio Gold and Sliver Prize will be awarded to the entrant who will score the highest number of points as a result of the Prestigio Jury’s voting. The cartoons considered for this nomination must contain at least one element of the Prestigio brand (product and/or logo and/or slogan). The Prestigio Jury consists of 20 company employees from corporate divisions based in Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and the Netherlands. The Prestigio Jury includes professional designers and artists.
The special Prestigio Prize will be awarded to the entrant who will score the maximum number of votes in an independent poll at the website http://art.prestigio.com as of 29 March, 2008. The cartoons considered for this nomination must contain at least one element of the Prestigio brand (product and/or logo and/or slogan).
1.4 Voting via site

Any visitor of the website http://art.prestigio.com/ will be able to vote one time per day for one entry. Every voter will be required to leave a comment at the website in English related to the entry. The Contest organizers reserve the right to remove the comments containing obscenities, insults, remarks of racist nature, advertising, calls for violence. Such comments will be removed without notice and explanations. The vote submitted for the entry with such a comment will be automatically subtracted from the entry’s voting score.

1.5 Prestigio Jury Voting Rules

The Prestigio Jury consists of Prestigio employees based in various offices and regions. The Jury is headed by Viktoria Kletskova, Prestigio Internet marketing coordinator. The Jury also includes corporate designers, marketing and brand managers. The Jury shall take into account the theme of submitted entries, sense of humour, and relation to the Prestigio brand.
1.6 Contest Stages and Terms
Contest term: 4 February – 1 April, 2008
Submission deadline: 29 March
Voting via website: until 29 March
Announcement of the results: 1 April
1.7 Rules of Entry Submissions

Any author can submit either a digital or a print version of the artwork.
1.7.1 Digital Artwork Submission

Digital artworks can be submitted either via the website http://art.prestigio.com/ (Authors’ Entry) or by sending it to the following email address: art@prestigio.com

1.7.2 Print Artwork Submission

Any author can submit the artwork by regular mail to one of the following Contest Entry Centres:
Prestigio Europe, spol. s r.o.
Tichonická 29, 104 00 Praha 22 - Uhříněves Czech Republic

Attn: Ms. Simona Blumentritova
Prestigio Russia
Kalitnikovskaya, st 42B-501, 109029 Moscow Russia

Attn: Mrs. Maria Sergeeva
Prestigio Technologies Cyprus

Diamond Court, 43 Kolonakiou Str. Ayios Athanasios, 4103 Lemesos

P.O.Box 50231, 3602 Lemesos CYPRUS

Attn: Mr. Slavi Slavchev

1.8 Entry Requirements

The Jury will only accept completed original graphic products matching the definition of Cartoon, as well as meeting the purposes and goals of the Contest, its theme and priorities. The artworks submitted to the Contest should be executed on a high artistic and technological level.
The print version of the artwork must be executed on an A3 sheet of paper (420 x 297 mm). The author must enclose the signed Copyright Release which are available for download at the Contest website http://art.prestigio.com. The artworks which are not accompanied by the signed Copyright Release will not be accepted. All artworks must arrive at Contest Entry Centres no later than 29 March, 2008. The Organizers cannot be hold liable for any damage or loss of entries incurred during the delivery. The submitted artworks will not be returned to authors.

When submitting the entry via email, the authors must attach a scanned copy of the signed Copyright Release which is available for download at the Contest website http://art.prestigio.com. The artworks which are not accompanied by the signed Copyright Release will not be accepted. The artworks must be presented in one of the following formats: jpg/gif/tif with resolution of no less than 300dpi and having the size of no more than 2MB.
The following types of cartoons will not be accepted for participation in the Contest:

materials of erotic and/or pornographic nature;

artworks executed (or published) with infringement of third party copyrights, or of other current legislation.

The Contestants who have been exposed of plagiarism or use of other person's ideas, shall be permanently disqualified and shall not be allowed to further participate in the Contest.
1.9 Contest Media Coverage

The course of the Contest will be highlighted at the site http://art.prestigio.com and the site www.prestigio.com. At Prestigio discretion the Contest can also be highlighted at other Internet resources of the company, including through continuous exposure of all entries in the Internet. At the discretion of the Contest organizers, the course of the Contest can be widely covered at information sites and in mass media.

1.10 Applicable legislation

These Rules, as well as all rights and duties of the parties to the Contest shall be governed by the material legislation of the Czech Republic. All disputes and disagreements between Organizers of the Contest and participants, where agreement has not been achieved, shall be resolved in the courts of the Czech Republic.
1.11 Use of Author’s Materials

The term “author’s materials” denotes any materials which the Contestant or the participant uploads to the Contest Site on his/her own behalf or sends to the Contest Entry Centers, including (but not limited to) graphic and text materials, name and/or a pseudonym (nickname), images, photos, author’s biographic data.
Authors grants to Prestigio Europe spol. s.r.o. of Czech Republic and any its agents, representatives, assignees, affiliated, parent and related companies (the “Prestigio Companies”) the non exclusive, royalty-free and irrevocable right and unrestricted permission to use, display, produce, distribute, publish, copy, or otherwise exploit including the right of modification, translation and adaptation, independently and/or as part of the catalogue of contests catalogue, either in whole or in part sent by author to the caricature competition: “Take the Funny Way” hosted by http://art.prestigio.com/ (the “Material”).
If there is no other written agreement between the author and the Contest organizers, signed by both parties, the author cannot demand neither from the Contest organizers, nor from other persons who have received from organizers of Contest the right to use Contest artworks, any indemnification or payment for use and demonstration of the materials.
1.12 Disclosure of Information

These Rules and the information on the course of the Contest are openly published at the Contest Website. Any interested persons have the right to contact the Organizers asking for explanations of specific provisions of these Rules or other necessary information. The Organizers can be contacted at the following address: art@prestigio.com
Contest Rules: http://art.prestigio.com/Rules.xhtml

Entry information: http://art.prestigio.com/about_contest.xhtml

SICAF 2008 - Korea

3rd SICAF International Digital Cartoon Competition 2008
Deadline: February 28, 2008
Rules and Regulations
1. Qualifications: Your work should hold major characteristics of cartoon & comics, and should be viewable using digital techniques. You should be the copyright holder of the artwork you submit. Only original, unpublished works, without any previous award-winning or competition selection history and any commercially used history, are qualified. Works entered in previous SICAF Digital Competition cannot be submitted again.
2. Theme and Official Languages
There is no special theme designated by the organizing committee. The official languages of the competition are Korean and English.
3. Categories
A) Web-Cartoon: 1 to 4 frame web-based cartoon
B) Web-Comics: No limitation on number of episodes, but the submitted should have a complete narrative structure as a story
C) Digital Illustration: Illustration made of Computer Graphics (ex. 2D, 3D, 2D+3D composite works)
4. Technical Requirements
- Web-Cartoon: 1 to 4 frame cartoon viewable in a web browser (I.E. Version 6.0, Firefox Version 2.0). Max. width 800 pixel, no limit on height.
- Web-Comics - Scroll Cartoon: Max. width 800 pixel, no limit on height. Viewable in a web browser (I.E. Version 6.0, Firefox Version 2.0). No limitation on length, but should have a complete narrative structure as a story.
- Mobile Cartoon: Each cut should be smaller than 400*400pixel (320*240pixel recommended). Viewable in browsers of mobile devices such as cell phone, PMP, etc. About 30 cuts for one episode. No limit on number of episodes, but the submitted should have a complete narrative structure as a story.
-Digital Illustration: 1280(height) * 960pixel(width) or 960 (height) * 1280 pixel (width). Based on the characteristics or work and need of producers. Illustration made of Computer Graphics (ex. 2D, 3D, 2D+3D composite works).
NOTES: Sound source should be owned by the producer, or should not be copyright-protected.
- Acceptable file format: jpg or gif
- Min. resolution = 150dpi
- swf (550*400)
- Choose the color you want: Black/White or Color, both OK
- Official Language: KO and/or EN
- In Web Cartoons and Web Comics, a special focus will be given on digital media factors working well within the overall artwork. Subject, movement of background, sound and other elements may be such factors that could be used to utilize the
advantage of digital media.
A) Please enter your work in the appropriate format. You may choose from the following modes of implementation: the internet, mobile, or other digital media.
B) If you are submitting something not in either .jpg or .gif format, you must specify the viewer software or tool which can open the file. The specific viewer software should be submitted along with the artworks.
C) If the works contain texts in languages other than the official languages (English or Korean), English translation should be submitted with the artwork.
5. How to enter your work
A) No registration fee is required
B) You can submit works in more than one category.
C) Entry Deadline: All forms and materials must be submitted no later than Feb. 28, 2008. Works received after this date will not be considered for selection.
D) Please make sure to include ALL of the following:
- Entry Form: One entry form is required for each work. Only completed and signed entry forms will be accepted.
- Producer’s photo or caricature
- 3 digital color images representing your work (min.6cm x 8cm, 300dpi or higher)
- Text or dialogue list in Korean or English (If the entrants fail to submit English text or dialogues, the selection will be solely based on the artwork itself. Texts and dialogues will not be put into consideration.)
- Your original work
E) All materials should be submitted to: Official Website : http://www.sicaf.org/
For any questions, please contact : digitalcartoon@sicaf.org
* Offline submission is not available.
F) Submission
- Please submit your work on-line at our official website, www.sicaf.org.
- Any modification should be made only on and before the entry deadline. Modification after the deadline is not allowed.
6. Preliminaries
-The Selection Committee is responsible for the Preliminaries, choosing works to advance into the final round of competition.
-Members of the Selection Committee, all of whom must be cartoon & comics professional, will be appointed by the Chairman of SICAF.
-None of members must be, in any way, involved in the production and/or distribution of works submitted for selection. The Committee members will elect their President at the first Committee meeting.
-The selection result will be announced no later than April 9, 2008 on the SICAF official web-site (http://www.sicaf.org/) and by the SICAF e-mail newsletter.
-Should you wish to withdraw a submitted work, you should delete your file on official web-site by Feb 28, 2007. No request for withdrawal after the deadline will be accepted.
7. Finals
- Final selection will take place in April, 2008, and this time the International Jury is responsible to decide the award-winning works.
- The International Jury members, all of whom must be cartoon & comics professionals, will be appointed by the Chairman of SICAF, and will be announced no later than April 23,2008, on SICAF official website.
- 40% of the Jury will be non-Korean professionals invited from abroad, and no Jury member must be, in any way, involved in the production and/or distribution of works presented in competition.
-The decision of the International Jury will be considered final, and no objections regarding the decisions will be accepted.
8. Awards
Grand Prize: 10,000
Gold Prize: 5,000
Silver Prize: 3,000 each
Bronze Prize: 2,000 each
Netizen’s Choice: 1,000
Jury Special Prize (USD): 1,000 each
*1USD = 1,000KRW approximately. Foreign exchange rate is subject to change.
9. Exclusion on selection and Annulment of Award Decision
A) An entry will not be considered for selection in any of the following:
- Entry form is not completed and the entrant’s information is not clearly provided
- Information on the entry form is not faithful to the truth
- The entrant is not the copyright holder of the work.
B) Awards / award decisions may be annulled when:
- The entrant is not the copyright holder of work.
- The work has been awarded or selected at any previous competition.
- The work is found to be a plagiarism of, or closely similar to other works.
10. Translation
- The SICAF Organizing Committee will provide Korean translations of non-Korean works selected for the final competition. We will bear all expenses of translation only if the SBA Seoul Animation Center receives the complete English text of the dialogue and commentary. The Korean translation will remain as the property of SICAF and SBA Seoul Animation Center. Korean translation will be exhibited with the artwork during the festival period.
- Non-English texts should be translated in English by the entrants themselves, at their own expense.
11. Invitation
- Award-winners will be invited to come for the awarding ceremony and festival. We will be happy to cover the costs for award winners as follows:
Grand Prize / Gold Prize / Silver Prize / Bronze Prize / Jury Special Prize/ Netizen’s Choice winners
: Festival accreditation
: Flight expenses, Accommodation and meal allowances
- The invitation is not transferable under any circumstances
- Flight expense, accommodation, and meal allowances are provided only to the winner whose residence is out of Korea. If a team work, produced by 2 or more, wins any of the prizes, only one of the producers will be entitled to the hospitality.
12. Promotional Use
- All selected works for the final competition will be exhibited at SICAF exhibition venue. For promotion purposes, they may appear in all related catalogues and pamphlets published by the SICAF Organizing Committee and on the Internet. Third party rights protection is also guaranteed.
- With the agreement of producers, award-winning works may be published for a certain period of time on digital media, including main and other pages of portals or cartoon web sites for promotional purposes. They can also be published in a book, as a compilation titled “SICAF Digital Cartoon Competition Winners.”
- After the closing of the festival, the SICAF Organizing Committee is granted the right to reproduce award winning works and selected works for promotion purpose. The SICAF Organizing Committee obtains a non-exclusive right to use the works without any further contract with the entrants.
- For promotional use, the entrants may be requested to provide artworks with higher-definition.
- Any other proposed use outside of the Festival will be referred by the SICAF Organizing Committee to the entrants for direct negotiation.
13. Others
- Each entrant should hold all the license and permission to use the materials and softwares used to create the entering work, including graphic software packages for creating artworks.
- All materials submitted for selection will not be returned.
- Matters not mentioned in this document will be decided by the SICAF Organizing Committee.
- By submitting the entry form for SICAF 2008 International Digital Cartoon Competition, the entrant accepts, without reservation, the terms of the present regulations as stated in this document.
Source: http://www.brazilcartoon.com/

Picking Up The Pieces Cartoon Competition - Kenya

Picking Up The Pieces Cartoon Competition
Over the last few weeks, Kenya has witnessed post-election violence on an unimaginable scale. As efforts to resolve the political stalemate continue apace, there is need for the Kenyan society to initiate dialogue on the root causes of this violence and also to provide alternative avenues for the people to air their grievances without resorting to force.
The Association of East African Cartoonists (KATUNI) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) are organizing a cartoon competition entitled “Picking up the Pieces” in hopes of contributing towards the identification of a lasting solution to the problem.
The goals of this competition are to identify the reasons for the violence and propose ways out of the crisis on the basis of the following questions:
What are the root causes of the violence?
How have our leaders reacted to crisis?
What is the way forward?
COMPETITION RULES:
Participation in the competition is open to all professional and amateur cartoonists.
All entries must include the artist’s address and daytime telephone number.
Submitted cartoons are to be either A4-Size (210 x 297 mm) or A3-Size (420 x 297).
Digital copies submitted via email should be 300 dpi resolution and in JPEG format.
Cartoons may be either black-and-white or colored.
Cartoons advocating ethnic hatred, containing obscene language or scenes of gratuitous violence will not be accepted.
The deadline for receiving artworks is Monday 25th February 2008.
A jury of experts will select the 3 best cartoons for prize awards. The jury’s decision will be final.
The award of the prizes will take place during the opening of the exhibition on 7 March, 2008 at the Goethe Institut on Monrovia St., Nairobi.
All entries will be © FES and KATUNI and will not be returned.
THE PRIZES:
- First Prize: Art equipment worth Kshs. 30,000.00
- Second Prize: Art equipment worth Kshs. 20,000.00
- Third Prize: Art equipment worth Kshs. 10,000.00
Cartoons may be sent via email to katuni@gmail.com and should be in JPEG format with a resolution of 300 dpi.
Original artworks should be marked “Picking up the Pieces Cartoon Competition” may be sent via post to: Patrick Gathara, P.O Box 3613-00200, Nairobi
or dropped off at Communicating Artists Limited, 3rd floor, Revlon Towers, Kimathi Street, Nbi.
Source: http://kenyatoons.blogspot.com/2008/02/picking-up-pieces-cartoon-competition.html

The Fashions of Plagiarism - Alessandro Gatto

Source: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=688
THE FASHIONS OF PLAGIARISM - Alessandro Gatto
After the recent similarities and coincidences between some cartoons of Alessandro Gatto, which both were sent by Louis Postruzin and published in our website: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=684 and http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/en/detail.asp?ID=680, Alessandro wrote a letter to Louis and emailed Rahim to publish his letter. Below comes his precious letter.
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Dear Louis Postruzin,
I don't know you and I don't understand why you sent me this message about "plagiarism".
I have often seen the same idea being realized by artists who had never met before. I have even seen a lot of my own ideas (ideas which I had never published nor sent to competitions) being realized by other artists. I have seen cartoonists winning a competition with the same idea I had had (and I have seen my own cartoon being rejected because of an imperfect technique).
We are all part of the same world, we all experience the same emotions, we all read the same books, hear the same news, use the same things, share the same symbols ... we all live and die. It is quite normal, I believe, that we may have similar thoughts as well.
Lately, I think, it has become fashionable to hunt for "plagiarism". Are we really sure that it is always "plagiarism"? Shouldn't we consider the possibility of a "coincidence"? Without any firm evidence, isn't there a risk of throwing mud to honest people? Why can't we ask for the author's reasons before publishing a "scoop"?
I know the problem exists and I know that it is difficult to find a solution: our first judge is our own conscience. However, I would like to ask these "hunters" to be more careful, because they run the risk of hurting other people!
And a last thought: I would never ever "copy" somebody else's idea. I have no need for that. I would rather change my job!
About the cartoon "Elderly People", I would like you to know my source of inspiration: "The Alzheimer patient is like a book that loses a page every day. In the end only the cover will be left." Elie Wiesel
Alessandro Gatto

BRAZILCARTOON YEARBOOK 2008

Brazilcartoon – Yearbook 2008
31 jan 08
Brazilcartoon’s Yearbook is an original initiative that will gather the best humor drawings of 2008 exhibited on “the best day’s humor”. The yearbook will be printed and will have attached to it a DVD containing the drawings in high quality for printing. Brazilcartoon’s International Yearbook 2008 will have all drawings and their respective authors, their names, e-mail or the author’s website.
RULES
1 – Why to participate?
Brazilcartoon’s International Yearbook 2008 will be released nationally and internationally and a lot of people will see it. Besides, it will be a historical document on the drawings of humor.
2 – What to send?
Cartoons that deal with a universal subject will be accepted, which means cartoons with no texts. The theme is free, however only cartoons that do not contain any kind of discrimination, be it religious, ethnic or pornographic will be accepted. Another category is Caricature and illustration following the same criteria just mentioned. The caricatured ones must be people internationally known at sports, politics, culture, etc. All techniques will be accepted, since the works are sent digitally.
3 – How to send the works?
All information must be provided so that we avoid frauds: Full name, address, picture, short biography, e-mail. Send to anuario@brazilcartoon.com
Note: The same drawing must be sent through the system “The Best Day’s Humor” which is available at Brazilcartoon Home Page.
4 - Format:
All works must be sent through e-mail: 300 DPIs, color mode RGB, JPG format. Limit 20 x 17 cm.
5 - Number of works:
Candidates are allowed to send one work a day. Everyday Brazilcartoon will select three works (caricature, cartoon, Illustration) from different authors that will be part of the gallery “Yearbook 2008”.
6– Selection:
Participants selected for the Brazilcartoon’s International Yearbook 2008, will have the right of receiving a DVD, which will be sent through the mail service. The author must request it and he or she will pay only for the mail expenses.
7 – Purchasing it:
Brazilcartoon will sell the yearbooks to provide income for its production. If you are interested in buying it, please contact us through e-mail: anuario@brazilcartoon.com or by phone 38 – 3216-1109.
8 - Deadline:
The drawings may be sent to anuario@brazilcartoon.com from February 1st, 2008 to December 31st, 2008.
9 – Copyright:
From the moment the participant sent the drawings to us, he or she transfers their works so that they be part of the Brazilcartoon’s International Yearbook 2008 without any kind of charge for that. The drawings may be used for any kind of publicity concerning to the yearbook.
Source: http://www.brazilcartoon.com/

China Olympic Cartoon December 2007 winners

The winners of the 1st International China Olympic Cartoon Competition Monthly Prize - December 2007 are announced as follows:

A) Olympic section -Winning Prize - Jin Hui (China) (See above)

B) Free section - Winning Prize - Askin Ayrancioglu (Turkey) (See above)

C) Special prize for caricature - Wang Shanjia (China)

D) Special prize of Jury - Leng Mu (China) (See above)

D) Special prize of Jury - Liu Hong (China)
E) Special prize for children - Wu Peikun (China)
Honourable Prize - Cai Weidong (China)
Honourable Prize - Chen Chudian (Singapore)

Honourable Prize - Dalcio Machado (Brazil) (See above)

See all prize-winning cartoons at: http://www.cartooncn.org/enmprize.asp?pid=16

19th International Satire Exhibition Trento - Italy

19th INTERNATIONAL SATIRE EXHIBITION
«Trento between reality and madness»
Subject: «We want the moon»
We aim at all the artists not overwhelmed by the current rampant savagery, but still able to look at the present world with critical realism and at the same time, wanting the moon. We want to be open minded to the ideals and the dreams.
Regulation
1. The exhibition is by invite. Authors can present an unlimited number of works, the Studio will exhibit those that, by its incontrovertible opinion, considers most in line with the subject.
2. Works must be the originals, can be realized with any technique and must be strictly on topic.
3. Maximum format A3
4. Send your works to: Studio d’Arte Andromeda via Malpaga 17, 38100 Trento -Italy, before March 31st 2008
5. We will inform you of the inauguration date in time
6. The works will be returned on demand
7. The Organization Committee will keep the prize-winner and signal works
8. The Studio reserve the possibility of printing a catalogue with the most significant works and the right of using them for informations, news and documentations for the gallery. We will give a catalogue to all participant during the inauguration, or we will send it with the works.
9. The Studio d’Arte Andromeda don’t answer of possible damaged or missing works, but maximum care of the delivered works is assured.
10. The contest has the following prizes:
- 1st prize: 1000 Euro
- 2nd prize: 700 Euro
- 3rd prize: 500 Euro
- Prize visitors (300 Euro)
WEB: http://www.studioandromeda.net/

3rd Cartoon Contest Santomera 2008 - Spain

III CARTOON CONTEST SANTOMERA
The Council of Santomera has organised this competition according to the following:
REGULATIONS:
1. All professional cartoonists or not of any countries may take part in this competition.
2. Each cartoonist can submit 2 originals, being essential that the original works have not been submitted to a previous competition.
3. TOPIC: “Tolerance to other cultures”.
4. The works must be original, any painting technique being accepted. Top quality prints of works achieved by digital tools will be considered originals as long as the author signs them, and with the indication that it is Print nº 1.
5. The format of the works will be maximum 30x42 cms without frame.
6. PRIZES: 1st PRIZE: 900 €, 2nd PRIZE: 600 €, Two runners-up: 150 €
7. The works should be received by the organization by March 17th, 2008 at 14:00 hours. No works will be accepted after that limit time.
8. Each of the works for submission must carry an identification label, clearly filled in, including name of cartoonist, as well as address, phone number, photograph, e-mail and a brief curriculum.
9. All works must be sent to this address:
III CONCURSO DE HUMOR GRÁFICO “SANTOMERA 2008” Ayuntamiento de Santomera CASAGRANDE (Inmigración) C/ Cuatro esquinas, 58, 30140 Santomera • Murcia • SPAIN
10. The decisions of the Jury which will be taken by majority vote and will be final, will be made public on March 27th, 2.008. The prize might be considered desiertos on the Jury's decision.
11. The selected works will be exhibited from 1st to 30 April 2008 in Casagrande, in Santomera.
12. The prizewinning works will not be returned to their authors. They will become property of the Council of Santomera. The awarding of a prize to a specific word will automatically imply the waiving of its author's royalties to the organisation.
13. The works not awarded as winners will be returned to their authors, provided that this has clearly been by the authors in the identification label.
14. It must be made clear that accepting all these regulations is the essential requirement to take part in the competition.
Santomera, 16th January 2008
Information: http://humor-grafico-santomera.blogspot.com/
Source: http://www.hdk.hr/

Cartoon Exhibition: Ali Ulvi Ersoy (1924-1998)

Ali Ulvi Ersoy Cartoon Exhibition
January 30 - February 29, 2008
Cartoon Art Museum, Anadolu University, Eskisehir - Turkey

In the 10th year of his death, Ali Ulvi Ersoy, the late doyen of Turkish editorial cartooning is being commemorated by an exhibition of his works at the Cartoon Art Museum of Anadolu University in Eskisehir, Turkey.

Ali Ulvi ERSOY
Born in Uskudar, Istanbul in 1924, Ali Ulvi studied art in Ankara. He made his debut as a cartoonist in 1940. He worked as an assistant to Cemal Nadir Guler, the founder of modern Turkish cartoon, in "Arkadas" magazine (1940-1941). Between 1947-1949 he did cartoons for the humour magazines "Kahkaha", "Mizah", and "Karikatur". In 1950 he started cartooning for "Cumhuriyet" newspaper. Between 1957-1959 he contributed to "New Yorker", "Look", "SE Post", "Esquire" in the States and "Punch" in England. He made documentaries and animated films as well. He had been the editorial cartoonist in "Cumhuriyet" for four decades when he passed away on January 30, 1998.

(Source: http://www.krk.anadolu.edu.tr/karw/muze/index.htm)

1st International Sporthumor - Italy

1st International "Sporthumor" the smile olimpics - Italy
Theme: "Sport"
Section: Cartoon or caricature
Size: 21 x 30 or 35 x 50 cm
Work: Original – Max of 3 works
Deadline: 28 February 2008
Prizes: A prize of 2500 euros will be given to the artist to receive the most votes from the public. The designated winner will receive the prize during the second edition to be held in 2009 (trophies, plaques and medals)
Note: The most deserving and representative work will form part of a coloured catalogue specially created and sent free of charce to all the published authors.
Address: Emilio Isca, Via Aosta 29, 10152 Torino (Italy)
Phone: +39 011 2483046
e-mail: emilioisca@libero.it

(Source: http://www.tabrizcartoons.com/)

XII Contest On-Line Fabricarica - Brazil

XII Contest On-Line Fabricarica / Brazil

THEME: OSCAR NIEMEYER ARCHITECT
Oscar Niemeyer Biography

http://architect.architecture.sk/oscar-niemeyer-architect/oscar-niemeyer-architect.php
Foundation Oscar Niemeyer: http://www.niemeyer.org.br/
The registrations can already be made and you can send your work to compete.
The winner will receive (by mail) a poster (0,70m X 1.00m) of his/her caricature drawn by one of the cartoonists of the Fabricarica. For further information, please log onto http://www.frabricarica.com.br/

Deadline: March, 15 2008
Rules and regulations of the Fabricarica On-line Contest
1- All caricaturists, professional or not, are allowed to participate.
2- The registration throught e-mail implies that the contestant accepts all the rules and regulations of the contest. Specific situations will be treated by the Organizing Committee.
3- The organizing committee consists of the legal representatives of the Fabricarica.
4- The person that will have his caricature drawn, will be defined on the site and there will be a link corresponding to the current contest.
5- Each contestant is allowed to send just one caricature for each contest. If more than one caricature is sent, just the first one will compete.
6- The works must be done using any conventional technique or digital technique. For the works done using digital techniques, those ones done with the photo manipulation of the photography will not be accpeted.
7- The works must be sent throught e-mail and they must contain the following information: Full name, address and telephone number. Without these information, the contestant will not be able to participate. If the contestant wishes, he or she will be able to use a pseudonym that will be available in the site of the contest. The works sent cannot contain companies’ websites. If this occurs, the work will not compete.
8- The digital file must have the following specifications:

· Maximum resolution 72dpi

· Maximum height or width of the image: 400 pixels

· Maximum size of the file 50kb.

Send: fabricarica@aleph.com.br
9 – The period to send the e-mails (registration) is available in the link that corresponds to the current contest.
10 – Each contestant is fully responsible for the origin and originality of the work registered under his/her name. The organizing committee is not responsible for copies illegally registered in the contest.
11- The jury will be defined by the site organizers in each contest. The definition of the winner will occur in up to 20 days after the ending of the time for registration. The final result will be announced on the site in the following order: 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.
12 – The awards and their delivery will be defined by the organizing committee and will be available on the link that corresponds to each contest.
For further information: http://www.fabricarica.com.br/

International Gaza Cartoon (By Email) Contest-2008

International Gaza Cartoon (By Email) Contest-2008
Iranian House of Cartoon Organizes with Museum of Palestine Contemporary Arts and collaboration of syriacartoon.

Rules:

1. We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists regardless their age from all over the world.

2. Theme: DEATH IN GAZA, PALESTINIAN PEOPLE ARE DYING, HELP US!

3. The number of sent cartoons is five.

4. Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and first name, address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).

5. Prizes :

- First prize ? 3000 EURO

- Second prize ? 2000 EURO

-Third prize ? 1000 EURO

- 10 Honorable Mentions.

6. The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: info@irancartoon.com and they must be of 100 dpi resolution, 1200 Pixel( Horizontal or Vertical) and JPG format.

7. The cartoons will be published in the web pages: http://www.irancartoon.com/ http://www.syriacartoon.com/

8. All the artists who will enter the site, will receive the virtual catalogue of the contest.

9. Deadline: April 30,2008.

10. The exhibition will be opened for the public on May 12, 2008 in Museum of Palestine Contemporary Arts.

Thank you for participation.

Iranian House of Cartoon: Tel: (+98 21) 22868600-22867080 Fax: (+98 21)22846928

11th Itinerant Humour Festival Topic: Offside - Italy

11TH INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC ITINERANT HUMOUR FESTIVAL
TOPIC: OFFSIDE (To violence, indifference, discrimination and doping)

Opened to all the professional cartoonists, the works must be accompanied by the author card file (name, address, country, pic or author parody).

Dimension approved: Cm 20 x 30 – Cm 30 x 40

Quantità : Maximum two drawings

1) The authors must indicate back of the drawings if they desire to participate to the competition domain or out of the competition.

2) A jury composed by drawers, journalists and domain authorities will choose the best five drawings present "in competition". Each one of the most voted drawings will receive:

FIRST PRIZE, "Humoris Causa" with Silver plaque

SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH & FIFTH PRIZE, Special Plaque "Humoris Causa" of the International Festival.

The prized work choice will take place after the last day of the "11th International Graphic Itinerant Humour Festival" exhibition, edition 2008.

3) The Festival direction, after the final poll will communicate the result on the Festival Web Site (http://www.festivalhumourgrafico.com/)

4) The cultural association "Lo Scrigno Dell’Arte" and the Festival artistic director will select the drawings for the exhibition. The choosen authors will receive one biennial catalogue at the end of the exhibition

5) Every author is liable of the content of his works, included the copyright of the authors themselves for what concerns texts, titles and images.

6) All the received works will not be returned, and they will become part of the future International Graphic Humour Festival museum.

7) The Festival doesn’t take on accountability for eventual damages during the works expedition.

8) The festival will reserve the right to expose the drawings and to publish them on the catalogue or in articles pertaining to the Festival.

9) The Festival Web Site will inform you of the 11th Itinerant Festival with news and photos at the end of it.

10)The participation at the exhibition involves the integral legal consent of this policy.

Expiry date: FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2008

Exposition inauguration in preview: June 2008

Itinerant exposition: July – December 2008

The works must be sent at: 11th INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC - ITINERANT HUMOUR FESTIVAL P.O. BOX 52, 00045 – GENZANO DI ROMA, ITALY

E – MAIL: festival@virgilio.it

OFFSIDE / to violence, indifference, discrimination and doping

From the dictionary

Off - side / inglese – fuorigioco / italian / sm. Inv [ sec XX ; fuori + gioco ].

Situation in which the player, in some team games, in the beginning of the offensive action from his own team, is situated after the last man of the other team; goals marked in off side aren’t good, and the irregular position is punished. In football the players that attacks is in off side when he is in the half side of the opponent team field and there’s noone between him and the opponent team golie.

The Cultural Association "Lo Scrigno Dell’arte" (non profit organism) organize the 11th International Graphic Humour Festival.

Why offside? Because thematics like football guised on paper from graphic humourist, creates an event that amuse the whole world spectators. In fact all the drawers present in the press pages of their country publish ideas on the football world as it’s the most popular sport in the world.

“Offside / to violence, indifference, discrimination and doping” is a cultural event on football world also to remember us that when life is in game, we play for life, because football is sport, happiness and desire of living. This proposal done in a critic moment for football, confirms what we’re saying from the beginning, that a football exposition is meeting moment for an healthy sport vision.

Football game is absolutely the national sport all over the world; the only one that join in a common enthusiastic feeling and participation of all the social classes and that can keep awake the attention much before and much later than the hour and a half of the match. The fact that television or the direct vision can communicate the games images, the public excitation is always on a very high level and tension never get down with the game’s end but goes over and involves in the streets also those who didn’t follow the match. It’s a game that, projected besides the official stadiums, daily propose itself in the thousand of football fields quite extemporized in schools, houses gardens or everywhere a kids group meet himself around a balloon.

Registering this phenomenon, with share spirit and with the placid point of view of cultural interest, with the clever curiosity inquiry and the gage thrown during the time by journalist, writers, photographers, sociologists, philosophers, painters and also drawers. This last category, the humoristic worldwide painters, compare themselves in a meeting exposition under the umbrella football.

A tribute to football in a cultural meeting that overpass the simply football language.

Football appassionates, is like a powerful river that can drag with him million of people to ride his wawe, in a climate mostly of party, football is life, most of all for those who live life in a sportily way. Football is love, especially for those who know the passion. Football is health, because sport must be healthy and honest and against every doping. Football is fun for everyone,above all for sceptic and committed persons. Football is also money, a meeting occasion for those who like staying together and they don’t want to stay no more alone.

For this and for all that this sport represent, we couldn’t do without involving the nibbest international pencils, trying to give football with a smile his primary identity: the game.

2nd Biennal "Wine, Humour and Fantasy" - Italy

SECOND GRAPHIC HUMOUR INTERNATIONAL BIENNAL “ WINE, HUMOUR AND FANTASY”
THEMATIC: WINE IS DIWINE
We always talk about the wine culture, we also add wine in culture. Cinema, painting, literature, art generally have drawn from wine and whereas a two-sided journey that makes get high the wine glass on the seventh art podium, as cinema is considered the seventh art.
Thinking to Mario Soldati, writer and Italian movie director who said that “wine is something that lives and make part of our lives”, we can say that the product wine is the “8th art “.
The first historical reference we find it in the Bible, the patriarch Noé ate fermented grape to celebrate the Deluge.
Another ancient wine reference we have it in Kana’s wedding. According to the legend, a Persian king forgot a grape bunch inside an amphora. After a little time, he saw with surprise that it has fermented and spread some juice. He thought that juice was poison and inform about that his courtesan. But one of them who lost the king’s favour, tried to committ suicide drinking that juice thinking it was poison. Instead the more she drinked it, the more she felt happy and wishful and so she gave them a glass to the king waking in him desire.
The wine alchemy has always been present in magician and sublime aspects of human beeing.
Our most happiest moments are celebrated with this nectar produced by earth and by man’s work.
Celebrations, weddings, birthes, deceases, great banquets, family or religious parties are accompained with wine, nectar from fermented grape that transmits euphoria and happiness.
Wine has been the inspiration source in literary creation in all his genres.
Wine is life and truth, according to the classical motto "in vino veritas", as it’s been told by the French director Jean Luc Godard: “Truth is images in 24 images per second”.
Wine is, like humour "drinking poetry, that has to be tasted, felt, seen and heard…" always present in history and art.
CONVOCATION
SECOND INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC – ITINERANT HUMOUR BIENNAL“WINE, HUMOUR AND FANTASY”
THEMATIC: A WINE Diwine
Introduction: For this biennal second edition, all the paintings must arrive only and exclusively by e-mail.
The biennal is open to all professional cartoonists. Works must be presented with the participation form of the author (Name, Address, Country, Photograph or Caricature of the author).
Dimensions: A4 format 21 cm x 29,7 cm in JPEG style with 300 dpi resolution
Quantity: Max two paintings
Please send one e-mail per painting and one for the participation form. The e-mail can be sent indiscriminately to the following addresses:
smilefestival@libero.it
smilefestival2@yahoo.it
A jury made up of artists, journalists and other professionists will choose the best five paintings participating to the competition. Each of the most voted five paintings will receive:
First Prize: Special Silver Plate "Humoris Causa"
Second, Third, Forth, and Fifth Prize will receive a Special Plate "Humoris Causa" of the International Festival.
The choice of the winning works will be communicated after the last date of presentation of the "Second International Graphic Humour Biennal".
After the last scrutiny, the festival direction will communicate to the authors the final choices on the festival website: http://www.festivalhumorgrafico.com/
The paintings of the authors that will be chosen for the exhibition will be selected by the cultural association “LO SCRIGNO DELL’ARTE”, by the biennal director in accordance with the selection made by the jury. The authors that will be published will receive one copy of the biennal catalogue at the end of the exhibition.
Each author is responsible of his own creation so the copyright of the eventual texts, titles and images belong to the creators.
The festival has no responsibility for any eventual not received e-mail or in a different format from the requested one (JPEG in 300 DPI)
The festival has the right to expose the works in the exhibitions, to publish them on the catalogue or on any article concerning the biennal. All the sent works will not be returned and will be part of the "International Festival of Graphic Humour Museum".
The Festival website will keep you updated with news and images about the event.
The participation to the event implies the acceptance of all the above-mentioned points.
Expiry date: Sunday, 24 of February 2008.
Date of exhibition opening in preview: April 2008
Itinerant exhibition: June-December 2008
Works must be exclusively sent to:
smilefestival2@yahoo.it
smilefestival@libero.it