17.2.20

International Cartoon Festival Competition & Exhibition, Malaysia 2020

INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL
COMPETITION & EXHIBITION
MALAYSIA 2020
The organizer of the competition is the Rossem Cartoon House (BKR), Malaysia Cartoon & Comic House (RKKM), Perbadanan Muzium Negeri Kelantan.
Eligible Participants:
• Opened to all artists from all over the world above 18 years of age.
Theme:
Save Our Heritage
Technical Criteria:
• All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi.
• Size A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPEG format.
• Entries: Max. 3 cartoons.
• Submitted works can be in color or black and white, in any style or technique.
• Submitted works must not violate copyright laws.
• By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permit the organizers to have full right to reproduce all or a part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition.
Submission:
• Send your cartoons and your CV (Name - Address - Phone number - Email address) via the following e-mail address:
rossemkartun@gmail.com 
• Deadline: 23 May 2020
• Exhibition: 01 June 2020
• All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a digital catalogue and a digital certificate of participation.
Prizes and awards
First prize : RM 2,000.00
Second prize : RM 1,500.00
Thirt prize: RM 1,000.00
Five special mentions
The Coordinator of the Gathering: Rossem
Facebook : Balai Kartun Rossem https://www.facebook.com/kartunrossem/ .
(Updated: 02 February 2020 17:30).

20th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition 2020, Canada

20th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition
(Theme and Regulations)
1. The theme for the 20th International Editorial Cartoon Competition is:
Pulling the plug on social media
After a storm over the publication of a cartoon deemed anti-Semitic, the New York Times stopped publishing editorial cartoons in their international publication.
In August, India stripped Kashmir of its constitutional autonomy and isolated it from the world by cutting it off from the Internet.
Thirty years after the fact, the Chinese are still kept in the dark about the Tiananmen Square massacres.
Iran can claim, without risk of contradiction, that its response to the attack on General Soleimani killed 80 American soldiers.
Increasingly, we see that the powers in place do not suffer contradiction.
2. Three prizes will be awarded: a first prize of $1500 plus a Certificate from Canadian UNESCO, a second prize of $750 and a third prize of $500. All sums are in Canadian dollars. Ten additional cartoons will receive an ‘Award of Excellence.’ Regrettably no financial remuneration accompanies the Awards of Excellence.
3. Only one cartoon will be accepted from each cartoonist. It may be either in colour or black and white and must not have won an award.
4. The size of the cartoon should not exceed A4; 21 by 29.2 cm; or 8.5 by 11 inches. Cartoons should be in jpeg format at 300 dpi.
5. The name, address, telephone number and a short biography of the cartoonist must be included in the submission.
6. The Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom shall have the right to use any of the cartoons entered for promotion of the Editorial Cartoon Competition.
7. The winners of the Cartoon Competition will be announced at the World Press Freedom Day luncheon to be held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on Tuesday May 5, 2020 and will be advised by e-mail. The winner’s names and their cartoons will be posted on the CCWFP web site.
8. The winning cartoons will be published in a program distributed at the luncheon.
The deadline for reception of cartoons is midnight (Eastern Daylight Saving Time), Friday, March 27, 2020.
Send submission by e-mail to: info@ccwpf-cclpm.ca .
Source: bado-badosblog .

16.2.20

The 1st International Coast to Comix Contest 2020, Italy

COAST TO COMIX REGULATION - TEMA
1 - THEME
LA proloco di Appignano organizes the contest (INTERNATIONAL) COAST TO COMIX! for humorous and satirical cartoons of costume on the theme:
“WALKING - total green travel, walking holidays.
With a particular eye to the Coast to Coast route from the Adriatic Sea to the Tyrrhenian Sea PORTONOVO - ORBETELLO "
2 - PARTICIPATION
The competition is open to designers from all over the world / Italy, without any territorial limit and will be divided into two categories, as follows:
Italy
Abroad
3 - TECHNIQUES
You can send up to five unpublished works, made with any technique, in color or in black and white, in the maximum A4 format (21x29.7 cm).
4 - DEADLINES AND DEADLINES
The works must be received no later than midnight on 10/05/2020 (EXTENDED:) 30 JUNE 2020
- at coastocomix@gmail.com in .jpg, .tiff or .pdf format at a resolution of 300 dpi, together with the participation form (different for adults and minors, in the latter case a parent will send us the module). NB: the individual files must not exceed 5 MB in weight
5 - JURY
Jury President Valentina Lo Surdo, RAI journalist, collaborates with Lonley Planet and avid walker
Riccardo Messi - artist
Isabella Manfrini - designer and walker
Riccardo Chitarrari - artist
Gianfranco Borgani - creator of paths
6 - AWARDS
1st Italian Prize € 100 recognition plaque, typical products: artistic crockery, legumes
the winner will be hosted with a companion on the evening of Saturday 27/06/2020 at a local facility
2nd Italian Prize recognition plaque, typical products: artistic crockery, legumes
3rd Italian Prize identification plate, typical products: legumes
1st Foreign Prize € 100 recognition plate
2nd Foreign Prize recognition plate
3rd Foreign Prize recognition plate
1st Prize "Public Vote" for the work most voted by the public
recognition plaque, typical products: artistic crockery, legumes.
The Jury reserves the right to report further works, which will not receive prizes and to exclude from the tender notice any works deemed unsuitable for the proposed theme or not ethically correct.
During the exhibits of the works there will be the possibility for visitors to indicate their favorite work to compete for the assignment of the "1st Prize voted by the Public".
By participating in the competition, the authors assign the non-exclusive right to publish the works on any medium for promotional purposes without having anything to claim as copyright.
Participants will be distributed online the "Coast-to-comix CATALOG" with the collection of the best participating works of the two categories.
The selected works will also be exhibited as a kilometric sign of the Coast to Coast trekking route.
7 - EXHIBITION
INAUGURATION: the Works will be exhibited on the occasion of the Award Ceremony in Appignano and along the streets of the town where it will take place with a walk during the day of 28/06/2020
On this date, important cartoonists from all over Italy will intervene in the town, who will create and give the public autographed caricatures and cartoons, as well as selfies for the dissemination of the initiative on social networks (instagram, facebook, etc.)
8 - AWARD CEREMONY
In one of the areas set up for the exhibition, the final award ceremony will be held on 27/06/2020 from 15:00 to 16:00 with the coveted presence of all participants.
Follow Coast to Comix up
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/coastocomix/
WEB www.coastocomix.com

Entry page

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14.2.20

The 7th International Cartoon Gathering - Egypt 2020

The 7th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON GATHERING - EGYPT 2020
(To be held in 12th July 2020)
The Ministry of Culture in Egypt, in cooperation with Egyptian Caricature Association organizes the 7th International Cartoon Gathering.
Eligible Participants:
• Opened to all artists from all over the world above 18 years of age.
Theme:
1- Music.
2- Caricature: Egyptian singer (Umm Kulthum).
Technical Criteria:
· All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi.
· Size A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPEG format.
· Entries: Max. 3 cartoons.
· Submitted works can be in color or black and white, in any style or technique.
· Submitted works must not violate copyright laws.
· By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permit the organizers to have full right to reproduce all or a part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition.
Submission:
• Send your cartoons and your CV (Name - Address - Phone number - Email address) via the following e-mail address: egyptcartoon2020@gmail.com
• Deadline: 15th April 2020
• Opening Ceremony: 12th July 2020
• All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a digital catalogue and a digital certificate of participation.
For more details please visit: https://www.facebook.com/egyptcartoon
Or contact us at: egyptcartoon2020@gmail.com
The President of the Gathering: Gomaa Farahat
The Coordinator of the Gathering: Fawzy Morsy.

8.2.20

The 7th Biennial of Humor "Luis d'Oliveira Guimarães", Penela 2020, Portugal

VII BIENAL de HUMOR “LUÍS D’OLIVEIRA GUIMARÃES” – ESPINHAL/PENELA 2020 Portugal
One Organization: Penela City Council / Junta de Freguesia do Espinhal / Oliveira Guimarães House Museum
With the support of Luiz d´Oliveira Guimarães Foundation
A Production: Humorgrafe - Artistic Director: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com)
The Biennial where humor needs no color, just a smile, philosophical intelligence and a simple, direct color - black and white and its nuances.
1 - Theme: Laugh with and at Health (Human and systems)
a) Health is something that worries us daily, and although we say that we are looking good, we rarely complain about it, but about other ailments, such as empty pockets to pay the doctor, IDP (age) social colds … Health is something more complicated than in the times of our grandmothers' little ones. Today it is a game of balances, not just physical, energetic or spiritual, as a field of economic battles in the pharmaceutical universe, of confrontations between said conventional medicines with traditional or alternative medicines, as if life had a healthy and unhealthy alternation. We cannot forget that side of alchemy / magic that has accompanied the evolution of humanity and reflecting the color, diversity, life of each culture and each people. Since the dawn of humanity, man has been looking for ways in nature (physical and chemical) to maintain the healthy balance of being. Shamans, druids, healers, physicists, herbalists, pharmacists, doctors… yes, we live in an era of the global village, but at this moment it is more important to demonstrate the diversity, the identity of each people, each culture that makes humor with the generalist banality of the universe. We would like your drawings to also show a little of your culture, your diversity in health and medicine.
To speak of health is to speak of man or humanity? Are the symptoms of illness the same or disparate? Can there be a healthy humanity with sick beings or healthy men in a sick society? Are governments really willing to have a good National Health Service policy or is this counterproductive for pharmaceutical lobbyists, who end up controlling their health to their liking? And what about the sick doctor relationship (which the Order of Doctors asks to be considered an Intangible Heritage of Humanity) that is being submerged by technologies and by the economist dehumanization of medicine?
So many serious issues looking for laughing satires… We all know that laughing is already an alternative drug, a placebo that eradicates multiple diseases of humanity, but to what extent it has therapeutic strength to keep us awake against usurpations, games, unhealthy corruptions of society?
b) As a subgroup, as part of the portrait-charge / caricature, we will honor António Arnaut (Penela 18/1/1936 - Coimbra 21/5/2018) the “father” of the National Health Service, created in 1978 when he held the position of Minister of Social Affairs (II Constitutional Government).
2 - Open to the participation of all graphic artists with humor, professionals or amateurs.
3 - Deadline: May 31st, 2020. They should be sent to humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com, humorgrafe@hotmail.com or humorgrafe_oms@yahoo.com (If they do not receive confirmation of receipt, resend SFF).
4 - Each artist can send, via e-mail in digital format (300 dpis A4 size) up to 4 monochrome works (one color with all its shades - 2, 3 or 4 color drawings are not accepted - open to all techniques and styles such as caricature, cartoon, humorous drawing, comic strip, comic strip (story on a single board) ... these should be accompanied with information of name, date of birth, address and e-mail.
5 - The works will be judged by a jury composed of: representatives of the Penela City Council; representative of the Espinhal Parish Council; representative of the Oliveira Guimarães family; by the Artistic Director of the Biennial; one sponsor representative, one local media representative and one to two guest artists, with the following Awards being granted:
1st Prize of the VII BHLOG 2020 (€ 2,000)
2nd Prize of the VII BHLOG 2020 (€ 1,500)
3rd Prize of the VII BHLOG 2020 (€ 1,000)
VII BHLOG 2020 Caricature Award (€ 1,200)
The Jury, at its discretion, may award “Special Awards” (António Oliveira Guimarães, Leonor Oliveira Guimarães, Municipality of Penela, Junta de Freguesia do Espinhal and Humorgrafe), as an honorary title, with the right to a trophy.
6 - The Jury grants the right to make a selection of the best works to exhibit in the available space and catalog edition (which will be sent to all artists with reproduced work).
7 - The Organization will inform all artists by e.mail if they have been selected for the exhibition and catalog, and which artists have been awarded. The works awarded with remuneration are automatically acquired by the Organization. The originals of the winning entries must be delivered to the Organization (the original in computer-made works is a high quality A4 hand-signed, 1/1 numbered print), because without this delivery, the prize money will not be unlocked.
8 - Reproduction rights are the property of the Organization as soon as it is for the promotion of this organization and are punctually discussed with the authors in the case of other uses.
9 - For further information contact the Artistic Director: Osvaldo Macedo de Sousa (humorgrafe.oms@gmail.com) or VII Humor Biennial Luís d'Oliveira Guimarães, Culture Sector, Penela City Hall, 3230-253 Penela - Portugal.
10 - The VII Humor Biennial Luís Oliveira Oliveira Guimarães - Espinhal / Penela 2020, opens on September 5 at the Espinhal Cultural Center, but may also be exhibited in other places to be designated.
Entry Form and more on humorgrafe.

3.2.20

The 3rd Yılmaz Güney International Cartoon Contest 2020, Turkey

THE 3rd YILMAZ GUNEY INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST
1 - The contest is open to artists from all over the world, professional or amateur.
2 - The theme of the contest is “Cinema and Immigrants”.
3 - The work submitted must not have received an award at another contest. The works will be judged for their progressive, realistic and critical aspects which are important qualities of Yilmaz Guney’s cinema and are integral to the nature of the art of cartoon.
4 - Participants may submit any number of cartoons they wish. But a participant cannot receive more than one prize.
5 - The drawing sent should not be any larger than a sheet of A3 paper (29,7 cm x 42 cm). They must be in jpg format, with 300 dpi resolution.
6 - Works must be submitted until April 15, 2020 via e-mail to the address ygksfkarikatur@gmail.com 
7 - When sending the work, the artists must send a word document containing their names, postal addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses along with a short resume and a photo of themselves.
8 - Works which have received awards and/or were seen worthy of display will be brought together and published as an album. Those artists whose drawings are in the album will receive a copy.
9 - The award ceremony will take place on June 14, 2020, the last evening of the festival. The awards of those who cannot attend the ceremony will be sent to their home addresses.
10 - As a result of the evaluation; “Yılmaz Güney Honor Award” will be given to 3 cartoonists, “Yılmaz Güney Culture and Art Festival Special Award” to 1 cartoonist, and “Jury Special Award” to 1 cartoonist. In addition, "Yılmaz Güney Freedom Award" will be given to 2 cartoonists from prisons. The awards include “Specially Designed Figurine, Yılmaz Güney Books Set and Original Yılmaz Güney Movie Posters” published by Yılmaz Güney Foundation.
11 - The jury will be comprised of the following artists: Elena Ospina (Colombia), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), İsmail Kızıl Doğan (Belgium), Mihai Ignat (Romania), Altan Ozeskici (Turkey), and Askin Ayrancioglu (Turkey).
12 - The works which have been submitted to the contest will stay in the archives of the organization organizing the festival. The organization will have the right to use these works in its publications, posters, brochures, calendars etc. The artist will receive a copy of the publication whenever his/her work is used.
13 - All artists participating in the contest are assumed to have read and agreed with the terms stated above.
*For information on the “Yılmaz Güney Festival of Culture and Art” visit: www.yilmazguneyksf.org
* We sincerely thank those artists who will enrich the festival with their works and we wish them success…
More on https://yilmazguneyksf.org/.

1.2.20

The 28th International Satire and Humor Festival City of Trento 2020, Italy

XXVIII INTERNATIONAL SATIRE AND HUMOR FESTIVAL CITY OF TRENTO
Theme: LIMITS
Deadline: 19 April 2020 (EXTENDED:) 30 MAY 2020
Enrolment conditions:
Any Italian and foreign artists can enroll. The minimum age is 16 years. Each participant is allowed to submit maximum 3 original works, not rewarded or reported in other competitions.
Sections:
A) Illustration/Satire/Humor
B) Cartoon (Maximum 2 pages)
Download the form to attach to the works
Rules concerning the dispatch of works:
The works must be sent in digital format size A4/A3 to: rassegna@studioandromeda.net 
Resolution of 300 dpi, saved in JPG or TIFF format at the highest quality.
Important notes:
The images can be maximum 10MB, for images larger than 10MB use: www.wetransfer.com
Selection of works:
The jury will select the works that will be displayed in the exhibition and published on the website.
Section Awards Illustration/Satire/Humor:
1) prize 1.000,00 euro
2) prize 700,00 euro
3) prize 500,00 euro.
Section Award Cartoon (Fumetto):
Single prize 500,00 euro.
Awarding and exibition:
The award ceremony will be in October 2020, the exact date will be announced later.
Rights and royalties:
The authors, taking part in the competition, give the non-exclusive right to publish the work in any medium for promotional purposes by Studio d’Arte Andromeda not having any claim as copyright.
Source: studioandromeda
(Updated 13.04.2020 14:30).

31.1.20

The 14th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, Bucovina 2020, Romania

The 14th International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic, Bucovina 2020, Romania
The Bucovina Museum from Suceava has the distinct pleasure of inviting you to participate to the International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic BUCOVINA - ROMANIA, the 14th Edition, 2020.
1. The International Exhibition of Satirical Graphic has as theme: ”To hold a pen is to be at war. (Voltaire)” (The importance and the power of a pen in someone's hand).
2. We address to all the professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world, regardless of their age.
3. The number of sent cartoons is maximum five.
4. Please attach in .doc format a brief presentation of your artistic activity (surname and name, exact address, e-mail address, a photo and your CV).
5. The exhibition prizes are:
- Grand prize – 500 € + diploma + gold medal
- Second prize - 300 € + diploma - „Gândeşte” Association
- Third prize - 100 € + diploma - „Gândeşte” Association
- Three mentions - diploma + medal
6. The cartoons must be sent at the e-mail address: competition@muzeulbucovinei.ro and they must be of 300 dpi resolution, A4 format, realized in any technique: black and white or coloured.
7. All the events of the exhibition will be published in the web page of the Bucovina Museum and also on the webpages of the partners. All the artists who will qualify for the exhibition will receive the printed catalogue containing all the selected cartoons.
8. Deadline for sending your cartoons: 30 April 2020.
9. The exhibition will be opened for the public in June 2020.
10. Bucovina Museum – muzeulbucovinei.ro and „Gândeşte” Association – gandeste.org reserve the right to use the works submitted for the contest in any way suited to promote the contest and its results.
Jury Members: Mihai Panzaru PIM – cartoonist; George Licurici – cartoonist www.licurici.eu; Ovidiu Ambrozie Borta BOA – cartoonist www.artboa.ro boa-caricatura.eu .
Source: muzeulbucovinei .

30.1.20

13th International Contest of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden 2020, Luxembourg

The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden with the cooperation of
Les Amis du Château de Vianden and Naturpark OUR
are pleased to announce their
13th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN
1. Subject: LUCK (chance, hazard, good/bad fortune, destiny…)
2. Deadline: 30 March 2020
3. Prizes: 1st prize: 1500 €, 2nd prize: 1000 €, 3rd prize: 500 €, 3 honourable mentions.
4. Entries: Each participant can submit up to 4 entries in digital format by sending them via internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu. The author must include the following details in his or her e-mail: first name, last name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number and the title or the number of each submission. The specifications for these electronic submissions are as follows: format JPEG, good quality, and max. 1, 5 MB per picture. Out of these submissions, will be made a selection of 70-120 drawings. Only the awarded artists will be invited to send the original work by mail. All these works will be shown as prints at the exhibition and in the catalogue. Their size should be between A4 (210x297mm) and A3 (297x420mm).
5. Technique: Free, black and white or in colour, without subtitles.
6. Prizes and Exhibition: The announcement of the prizes and honourable mentions will happen on 2nd May 2020 in Castle of Vianden and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 3rd May until 24th May 2020. There are plans to display the exhibits in the Museum of Caricature and Cartoon of Vianden and in other cities or countries.
7. Returns: The drawings that were awarded one of the prizes will become property of the organizer.
8. Catalogue: The authors whose submissions are selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail.
9. Results: The results will be published on the website www.caricature.eu on 3rd May 2020.
The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed via e-mail or by phone. The final decisions of the jury are incontestable.
10. Copyright: The selected participants give the organizers permission to use their drawings only for promoting the artist and the event itself. Every other aspect of the copyright remains with the artist (except for the awarded submissions). It ensures that the awarded works can no longer be submitted in other contests or published by their authors or third parties after the official publication of the results.
11. Generalities The submitted work should not have been awarded or published before the deadline of this contest.
By taking part in this contest the participants accept the abovementioned rules.
12. Submission address for the awarded works:
Musée de la Caricature et du Cartoon de Vianden
48, Grand-rue, L - 9410 Vianden, Luxembourg
13.Further informations cartoon@caricature.eu .

International Web Cartoon Exhibition: Overcoming the Epidemic 2020, China

2020 "OVERCOMING THE EPIDEMIC" INTERNATIONAL WEB CARTOON EXHIBITION
The virus “2019-nCoV” is spreading all over the world, and people's lives are facing unprecedented threats.
Medical workers across the country are going all out to fight against the harm of the epidemic.
Please World Cartoonists take action and use our paintbrush as our weapon to fight against the epidemic! Cheer up! Praise the hero! Popularizing knowledge! Support the angels in white with action!
Cartoonists from all over the world, Chinese cartoonists and people stand firmly together, pick up the paintbrush, let's fight against the epidemic together!
We are duty bound to fight against the epidemic!
1. THEME:
1) Overcoming the epidemic
2) Doctors, nurses, hospitals
3) Love
4) Caricature of Nanshan Zhong (Photos on redmanart)
2. NUMBER OF WORKS: Unlimited
3. DEADLINE: February 10, 2020
4. SIZE: minimum A4 size (minimum side length 2000 pixels, 300 dpi)
5. ENTRIES:
1) The work must be the original work of the author.
2) It can be a former work or a newly created work.
3) Works can be comic, illustration, traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, print, sculpture, peasant painting, posters, design and other forms of visual art works.
4) Please indicate the author's name, telephone number, wechat, address, title of the work, resume and other information in the email.
6. E-MAIL: fecochina@163.com
7. AWARDS:
There is no bonus for the charity exhibition. All the selected will receive PDF electronic album.
8. WEB EXHIBITION: the selected works will be exhibited online on redmancartoon.com .
FECO.CHINA
INTERNATIONAL MUSEM OF HUMOR ART (PREPARATORY)
More on redmanart.

25.1.20

49th International Contest of Humoristic Graphics, Marostica 2020, Italy

UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 2020
49th INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF HUMORISTIC GRAPHICS
RULES
1. Theme of the competition and participation rules
The contest is open to all cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world. It is possible to participate also out of the competition. This request excludes the authors from the award of the prizes.
The theme of the contest is: KINDNESS
Authors can participate with a maximum of 3 works (Cartoons or Strips), inherent to the theme proposed in relation to man, his existence and the society where he lives, seen in a humorous viewpoint. In order to be understood worldwide and beyond every linguistic barrier, the works must be without dialogue or texts.
Works must be inedited (that is, neither published before nor used to partcipate in other competitions). The organization can decide to exclude from the award of the prizes those works that are found to have been already edited.
2. Shipping of the works and deadlines
Works and entry form can be sent both by email to: concorso@umoristiamarostica.it
Otherwise, they can be sent through the following services by 31/03/2020:
WeTranfer (https://www.wetranfer.com/)
Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/it/)
Google Drive (https://drive.google.com/)
Mail: UMORISTI A MAROSTICA Biblioteca Civica – Via Cairoli 3 – 36063 MAROSTICA (VI) – ITALY
The works, in black/white or color made with any technique, must be in GIF, JPG, PNG or PDF, 150 dpi resolution, saved in high quality, weight max, 3 MB. Larger files will not be accepted.
The acceptance of the works, the selection, and the assigning of the prizes are completely up to the jury nominated by the “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense”. The Jury’s decisions are inquestionable and incontestable.
3. Delivery of the Original Works and the Award of the Prizes
The authors selected by the jury receive an email with the informations about the deadlines and the modality to send the original works.
If the work is realized exclusively with a digital technique, the author will have to send a dated, numbered and signed copy of the work.
The Jury will award the “International Grand Prix Scacchiera”, the Special prize “Sandro Carlesso”, the special prize “Marco Sartore” and 10 Special prizes “Umoristi a Marostica”. Other special prizes or honorary mentions may be awarded.
The results of the Jury will be given directly to all participating artists by email and published on the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
4. Opening Ceremony, Awarding and Acceptance of the Regulation
The opening ceremony and the prize distribution will take place on May 16, 2020 at Castello Inferiore of Marostica. The exhibition will be open until June 14, 2020.
All the authors selected will receive a free copy of catalogue. Non-selected participants will have the possibility to demand the catalogue compiling the form on the website www.umoristiamarostica.it.
The works selected for the exhibition and for the catalogue will not be returned and will be included in the collection of “Umoristi a Marostica Museum”.
The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” reserve the right to authorize the reproduction of the works and the diffusion of them through various communication means citing the author with the words “Taken from Umoristi a Marostica”, without any payment. The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” is not responsible for transport damages.
The participation in the competition implies full acceptance of these regulations and expressly authorise the Graphic Marosticense Group to process the personal data transmitted pursuant to the code regarding the protection of personal data (GDPR 2016/679/UE) also for the purpose of inclusion in the Group's managed data bases for the conduct of the competition.
Deadlines Umoristi a Marostica 2020
Theme: KINDNESS
Works and entry form: March 31, 2020
Opening ceremony: May 16, 2020
Exhibition: May 16, 2020 – June 14, 2020
Website: www.umoristiamarostica.it
Email: concorso@umoristiamarostica.it.

24.1.20

Results of Equal Rights and Gender Equality International Cartoon Contest 2019-2020

We have decided to award most voted cartoons. This year will be awarded 5 to 10 votes winners.
First Prize: Hilal Özcan, Turkey (10 votes)
Second Prize: Shahrokh Heidari, Iran (9 votes)
Third Prize: Mohammad Hosein Akbari. Iran (8 votes)
Honorable Mention Award
Mojtaba Heidarpanah, Iran (7 votes)
Hamza Akin, Turkey (6 votes)
Doru Axinte, Romania (6 votes)
Kfir Weizman, Israel (6 votes)
Aleksei Kivokurtcev, Russia (6 votes)
Budi Hari Pujiono, Indonesia (6 votes)
Jitet Kustana, Indonesia (6 votes)
Gustavo Fernando Caballero Talavera, Mexico (6 votes)
Special Mention Award
Halit Kurtulmus, Turkey (5 votes)
Muammer Olcay, Turkey (5 votes)
Stefaan Provijn, Belgium (5 votes)
Arend van Dam, Netherlands (5 votes)
Neltair Abreu, Brazil (5 votes)
Oleksy Kustovsky, Ukraine (5 votes)
Serpil Kar, Turkey (5 votes)
Nahid Maghsoudi. Iran (5 votes)
Morhaf Youssef, Syria (5 votes)
Marziyeh Khanizadeh, Iran (5 votes)
Wilber Chavarria Centeno, Nicaragua (5 votes)
Niels Bo Bojesen, Denmark (5 votes)
Silvano Mello, Brazil (5 votes)
Sepideh Faramarzi, Iran (5 votes).
The first prize is NOK 5 000, or 5 000 PTS and a certificate.
The second prize is NOK 3 000, or 3 000 PTS and a certificate.
The third prize is NOK 2 000, or 2 000 PTS and a certificate.
Each Honorable and special mention award winners will receive a certificate.
Note: The winners have been selected by jury votes. The voting was open for the jury from 10 to 19 January 2020.
The main exhibition will be held on the Norwegian Cartoonist Gallery, Drøbak, Norway. Winners' names will be announced during the opening on Saturday, January 25, at 12:00. The exhibition will open by Shabana Rehman. The exhibition opening will live broadcast on Toons Mag's Facebook Page.
Selected cartoon contributors' names.
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