1.10.15

II International Exhibition of Graphic Humor of Pernambuco 2016, Brazil

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE II INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC HUMOUR SALON
1) ABOUT THE THEME
The themes of the II International Graphic Humour Salon of Pernambuco (SIHG-PE) are Human Rights and Thinkers. The idea is to put Human Right issues such as violence against women, ethnic discrimination, homophobia, religious intolerance, children’s and adolescents’ exploitation and political persecution at the centre of discussion. Not leaving aside the guarantee of individual freedoms, the right to come and go and the polemic about privacy between the public and private.
2) ABOUT THE II INTERNATIONAL GRAPHIC HUMOUR SALON- SIHG
The idea is to promote, through the cartoons and caricature contest, the reflection about Human Rights and about personalities who contributed with their ideas and thoughts to humanity.
3) ABOUT THE CONTESTANTS
a) Both, Brazilian or foreigners, amateur or professional, graphic artists in general may participate.
b) Each contestant can send up to 2(two) pieces of work for each category: cartoon or caricature, as long as they have not been awarded the price by the time they do so.
c) The candidate to enrol on this contest acknowledges being solely responsible for the veracity of the data and authorship of the work presented, being held liable on a civil and criminal basis, during or after the contest, if proven guilty.
d) Anyone working directly with the organisation, awarding committee and production of SIHG-PE is not allowed to participate, including and up to their second degree relatives.
4) ABOUT ENTRY
a) Registration forms will be provided on the website www.sihgpe.com.
b) The registration must be done exclusively via website.
c) The contestant must fill in a form for each category, attaching the corresponding pieces of work.
d) The pieces of work must be sent in A3 format (297 mm x 420 mm), horizontally or vertically, in JPEG, with resolution of 300 DPI.
e) The organising committee takes no responsibility for entries or work not received due to technical problems with computers, network congestion, communication failure, or any other factor that prevents the successful electronic entry.
f) The homologation of the entries will be published through the confirmation email.
g) The entry will imply accepting this rules and regulations in all its terms, including the deference of the final result of the contest and the items related to the destination and use of the drawings.
5) ABOUT THE FINAL DESTINATION AND USE OF THE WORKS OF ART
a) The pieces of work will go through a pre-selection process and the chosen ones will be shown at the SIHG-PE exhibition. The full list of selected works will also be published on the site www.sihgpe.com
b) The authors of the selected works will assign the copyright to SIHG to their use at the salon during the event and advertisement of the next ones. The prizewinner pieces may be permanently used for advertisement purpose of the current and future editions of the SIHG. In either case, it is not possible to charge for the use of the works, considering the selection and awarding criterion described in this rules and regulations.
6) ABOUT THE DEADLINES
a) The works can be submitted from 1st October, 2015 until 31st January, 2016 by 24:00
b) The judgement of the selected works will occur on 01st April 2016.
c) The exhibition will take place from 3rd April to 1st May, 2016.
7) ABOUT THE JUDJEMENT, SELECTION AND PRIZE
a) For the selection and prize awarding, the obeyed criteria will be: creativity, originality and pertinence to the proposed theme. The selection will be made by a judging commission whose decision must be accepted by the participants, with no possibility of being challenged.
b) The submitted pieces of work will be judged by two juries: a judging and an awarding one. The first mentioned, composed of prepared professionals in the area of graphic humour, will select around 120 (a hundred and twenty) pieces of work to compose the catalogue display. Among these, the awarded will be selected by the awarding commission.
c) From the selected pieces, 4 (four) will be awarded a prize, corresponding to one 1st and 2nd place for each category.
d) The jury may choose up to two works from each category to be awarded an Honourable mention, which does not include a monetary prize.
f) Possible omissions will be remedied in due time by the jury.
8) ABOUT THE PRIZE AWARDING
a) The selected will be awarded the following prizes per category:
CARTOON
1st Place................................R$ 6.000,00 and trophy;
2nd Place...............................R$ 2.000,00 and trophy;
Honourable mention........... Certificate
CARICATURE
1st Place................................R$ 6.000,00 and trophy,
2nd Place...............................R$ 2.000,00 and trophy;
Honourable mention........ Certificate
This makes a total of R$16.000, 00 (sixteen thousand reais) in prizes.
b) All selected works for the exhibition will have their works published in the SIHG catalogue.
c) The winners will be announced on 3rd April, 2016, at 4pm, upon the exhibition opening and through the site of the event. The winners will be informed via telegram, phone call and/or email.
d) The winners will receive the amount of their prize within 40 days from the disclosure via bank account deposit.
f) The amount will be subject to the tax in force at the moment of accreditation.
Samuca Andrade, Organiser
Clériston Andrade, Coordinator.
Source: http://www.sihgpe.com/#!sobre-2/cwv7.

21.9.15

24th International Contest for the Young up to 18 year old, Krusevac 2016, Serbia

24. INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR THE YOUNG UP TO 18 YEAR OLD, SERBIA
TOPIC - LOVE
CATEGORIES
1. CARTOON
2. WRITTEN FORM (SHORT STORY, POEM, APHORISM)
3. STRIP
PROPOSITIONS
1. CARTOON - MINIMUM A4 (210 X 297 mm)
- MAXIMUM A3 (297X420), FREE TECHNIQUE
2. WRITTEN FORM - MAXIMUM TWO TYPED PAGES
3. COMIC - ORIGINAL, UP TO EIGHT TABLES, FREE TECHNIQUE
WORKS TO BE SIGNED IN FULL NAME, FAMILY NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT PHONE AND e-mail.
WRITTEN WORKS TO BE SEND EXCLUSIVELY UNDER A CODE.
ALL WOKS TO BE PROPERLY PACKED AND SENT TO:
CULTURAL CENTER KRUSEVAC
INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR THE YOUNG
TOPLICINA No. 2, 37 000 KRUSEVAC, SERBIA
TEL/FAX: + 381 (37) 423 025, 28 983
E-MAIL: zlatnakaciga@kck.org.rs ; kck@kck.org.rs
Jury decision will be announced on - 05.02. 2016.
Awards will be handed at Final Festival Evening on April 1. 2016.
The Organizer will bear travel cost of awarded authors.
Festival official languages are Serbian and English.
DEADLINE: January 25th, 2016.
(Source).

18.9.15

Results of the 5th Sports Graphic Humour Competition 2015, Catalonia - Spain

WINNERS
1st Prize: Grigoris Georgiou, Greece (Top)
2nd Prize: Armen Hamonagan, Indonesia
2nd Prize: Osvaldo DaCosta, Brazil.
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(Source).

Results 8th International Biennial of Caricature "Masters of Caricature", Plovdiv 2015, Bulgaria

P R O T O C O L
Today, 04.09.2015 at Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv in 13:00 was held a procedure on jurying the caricatures, participating in the Eighth International Biennial “Masters of Caricature” – Plovdiv’2015.
The selection and jurying of the caricature art works was conducted by the following jury:
Tsocho Peev – Plovdiv Cartoonists Association
Prof., Dr. Eng. Dimitar Dimitrov – Rector of UARD, cartoonist
Assoc. Prof., Dr. Angel Yankov – Director, REM – Plovdiv
Ass. Georgi Trifinov – Artist, AMDFA – Plovdiv
Stefana Mincheva – PR manager, REM – Plovdiv
The procedure was conducted in the following
AGENDA:
І. Selection of works in accordance with previously developed regulations in several stages as follows:
- Preliminary selection of caricatures in accordance with the topic of the Biennale;
- Selection of the caricatures to be presented in the Catalogue;
- Selection of the 20 best artists to be nominated for awarding diploma;
- Selection of 5 caricaturists to be awarded a master certificate;
ІІ. Evaluation of the nominated caricatures, remaining for storage at fund “Works of art” at Regional Ethnographic Museum – Plovdiv
The 209 caricatures by 116 artists (33 countries) were received and presented for selection. The caricatures to be printed in the Catalogue were selected.
After a secret ballot the jury decided:
1. For the Eighth edition of the Biennale in 2015 the following authors are declared “Masters of caricature”:
Marina Gorelova (Belarus)
Konstantin Atanasov (Bulgaria)
Trayko Popov (Bulgaria)
Halit Kurtulmus (Turkey)
Luka Lagator (Montenegro)
2. Artists nominated for awarding a diploma:
Hule Hanušić (Austria)
Bozo Stefanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Veselin Zidarov (Bulgaria)
Dilyana Nikolova (Bulgaria)
Zhivka Kisyova (Bulgaria)
Miroslav Bozhkov (Bulgaria)
Osvaldo da Silva Costa (Brazil)
Georgiou Grigoris (Greece)
Vladimir Semerenko (Russia)
Dmitry Kononov (Russia)
Mehmet Zeber (Turkey)
Makhmudjon Eshonkulov (Uzbekistan)
David Evžen (Czech Republic)
Darko Drljević (Montenegro)
Special award of the rector of UARD – Plovdiv, Prof., Dr. Eng. Dimitar Dimitrov:
Gennadiy Nazarov (Ukraine).
04.09.2015
Plovdiv
Source: Tsocho Peev.

14.9.15

Results of the 18th International Salon of Antiwar Cartoon, Kragujevac 2015, Serbia

J u r y :
1. METIN PEKER, cartoonist, president (Turkey)
2. TOSO BORKOVIC, cartoonist, (Serbia)
3. JUGOSLAV VLAHOVIC, cartoonist (Serbia)
4. SPIRO RADULOVIC, cartoonist (Serbia) and
5. MIODRAG STOJILOVIC, journalist (Serbia)
d e c i d e d:
1. Grand prix "Peace Messenger" and 1500 euros goes to
XIAOQIANG HOU (China) (Top)

 
2. Gold Plaque and 1000 euros goes to
ANDREI POPOV (Russia) (Above)

3. Silver Plaque an 800 euros goes to
JOVO SKOMAC (Serbia)

4. Bronze Plaque and 500 euros goes to
KONSTANTIN KAZANCHEV (Ukraine)

5. Award of city of Bydgoszcz (Poland) and 750 euros goes to
SERGEY SEMENDYAEV (Ukraine)

6. AWARD of City of Ingolstat (Germany) and 500 euros goes to
CRISTO KOMARNITSKI (Bulgaria)

7. Award of City of Bielsko-Biala (Poland) and 500 euros goes to
SERGEI BELOZEROV (Russia)

8. Award of City Suresnes (France) and 500 euros goes to
MUSA GUMUS (Turkey)

9. Award of City Pitesti (Romania) and 500 euros goes to
VLADIMIR SEMERENKO (Russia)

10. Award of City Carrara (Italy) and 500 euros goes to
SEYRAN CAFERLI (Azerbejdzan)

D i p l o m a s :
1. BA BILIG (China)

2. STEVE JONESY (England)

3. SLOBODAN OBRADOVIC (Serbia)

4. RAED KHALIL (Syria)

5. KRZYSZTOF GRZONDZIEL (Poland).

9.9.15

First International Kosova Cartoon Festival 2015, Republic of Kosovo

Kosova Cartoonists Association: "Thumbi"
First International Kosova Cartoon Festival 2015
Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo
THEME: Hello Europe, Hello EU
Which means Europe’s response to the innocent people who are obliged to run away from war as well as other people towards European neighbors to find security and a better life; traveling and suffering for better life.
Similar cartoons and copied cartoons will be eliminated as well as cartoons that have been printed or shown in any media will not be accepted. Each author is responsible for his work.
DEADLINE: 15 October 2015
ENTRIES: Max. 3 cartoons in each section.
Cartoons can be in color or in different free technique of black and white
TECHNICAL INFO:
Size: No bigger than A3 no smaller than A4
The cartoons will be sent in electronic format, JPG, 300 dpi.
International Judging: 18 October 2015.
The participant must send their photo along with their autobiography.
The works should be sent to: kkathumbi@gmail.com
PRIZES:
First Prize - 800 €
Second Prize - 400 €
Third Prize - 200 €.
5 Special Prizes - Diploma.
The results will be at http://www.cartooncenter.net on 20 October 2015, right after the international jury’s evaluation.
The exhibition's opening and awards: 28 October  2015.
The selected artists will receive a copy of the festival catalogue for free.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Address:
SHKKTH Thumbi
Rr: Bajram Curri 37,
10 000 Prishtina
Republic of Kosovo
Tel: +381 38 604 369
Tel: +381 38 604 640
Mob tel: + 377 (0) 44 708 725
Director: Agim Krasniqi
Winners will have to send the original cartoons by post to the mentioned address.
More info on facebook.
Gallery of received cartoons here.

International Aylan Cartoon & Illustration Exhibition 2015, Iran

This enormous world had no room for the little fish. Even the sea waves could not be a cradle for its homelessness, and just like a broken doll, it was thrown onto the shore. Words cannot express this innocence. Let's artfully picture the story of the tiny fish, Aylan.
Regulation:
Technique: Free
Maximum sending artworks: 5 Artworks in each section (Illustration & Cartoons)
Size: Artworks must be by format (Jpg) minimum 2000 pixel by 200 DPI dimensions
Participants Must Send Their (Photo, Full Name, Post Address, Email Address, Phone Number) Via Word File.
All Participants That Their Cartoons Publish In Catalog Will Receive One Catalog.
Theme: Aylan Kurdi
Prizes:
Cartoon section:
First Prize: Trophy and Honorable Mention
Second Prize: Trophy and Honorable Mention
Third Prize: Trophy and Honorable Mention
Illustration section:
First Prize: Trophy and Honorable Mention
Second Prize: Trophy and Honorable Mention
Third Prize: Trophy and Honorable Mention.
Please send your artworks via email: art@resistart.ir
Deadline For Sending Artworks: September 30, 2015 (EXTENDED:02 OCTOBER 2015
Tel: +98 21 88 911 214
+98 21 88 911 215
Fax: +98 21 88 911 219
with collaboration:
www.irancartoon.com
www.roozrang.com
www.resistart.ir.
More on source.

8.9.15

4th International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2015, México

4th International Cartoon Contest Sinaloa 2015, México
1. PARTICIPATION
The Contest is open to all cartoonists from all over the world and beyond.
2. THEME: THE COST OF FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.
To speak, to give an opinion, to demonstrate publicly, to express yourself through the most essential forms of social communication are rights than more and more are being treated as merely political-economic interests. A sick intolerance to freedom of speech grows with impunity in many parts of the world. Journalists, political dissidents, human rights activists, mothers and relatives of the "disappeared", intellectuals, cartoonists, are brutally repressed; many have their life threatened or are pushed into exile. And there are those who die because they believe in free speech. To express criticism or to oppose an authoritarian government or large scale organized crime that use murder as a common practice of censure means constantly dicing with death.
This year we invite you to share your ideas with us, to express freely your thoughts about freedom of speech, the controls placed on it and the world-wide violation of this basic human right.
3. THE PRIZES
1st Prize: $27000 Mexican pesos.
2nd Prize: $23000 Mexican pesos.
3rd Prize: $17000 Mexican pesos.
Winners will be notified by e-mail after 11 December 2015.
4. ENTRIES
A maximum of 3 works can be submitted by E-mail in any media, in black and white or colour, but they should not have received a prize in other contests.
Works should have a minimum resolution of 200 dpi, size 21.5cms x 27.9cms. They should be sent to any one of the following:
camino2@prodigy.net.mx
camino3@prodigy.net.mx
concursosinaloa2015@gmail.com
5. DEADLINE: November 25, 2015
6. PLEASE FILL IN THE ENTRY FORM AND SEND IT TOGETHER WITH YOUR WORK (The entry form can be downloaded from http://concursosinaloa2015.orgfree.com).
. Name
. Photograph
. Address
. E-mail
7. A catalogue with the winners and selected works will be available on the web page of the contest:
http://concursosinaloa2015.orgfree.com.
8. Participants that were winners in 2014 can participate but if they win again they will only be entitle to receive honorary mentions.
9. PROPERTY RIGHTS
Copyright belongs to authors. The Contest will use some works, but only for promotional purposes, such as publicity, the catalogue and the press.

3.9.15

International Competition in Caricature, Vinica 2015, Macedonia

The House of Culture „Tosho Arsov“ – Vinica and the Council of the International Festival of humor and satire „IN VINICA VERITAS“ announce COMPETITION for caricature
Theme: „The world is small“
Conditions:
1. One author can take participation with 3 caricatures, but not more than 3.
2. The size of the cartoons should be A4 or A3.
3. The cartoons can be sent in their original version or via e-mail to: dkvinica@t-home.mk. The works should be sent at the address: House of Culture „Tosho Arsov“ – Vinica, ul. „Bel Kamen“ 13, Macedonia, indicated for the competition „In Vinica Veritas“.
4. The House of Culture provides the following awards:
– First prize: 300 euro
– Second prize: 200 euro
– Third prize: 100 euro
5. The works should be sent by 2 october 2015.
6. The authors will receive their awards at The Festival of Humor and Satire „IN VINICA VERITAS“ held 19-23 october 2014.
7. The organizer of the festival keeps the rights to use the awarded works at any time.
8. The received caricatures will not be sent back to the participants of the competition.
Person for contact: Slavcho Danev, phone number: +389 (0)33 361-150, ++389 (0)71/249-326
e-mail: dkvinica@t-home.mk
Municipal facility
House of culture
„Tosho Arsov“ – Vinica, Macedonia.
Source: blog.zikison.
(Updated on 29.09.2015)

55th International cartoon contest Knokke-Heist 2016, Belgium

55th International cartoon contest Knokke-Heist 2016, Belgium
Rules 2015
1. Participation
All persons over 18 years of age are eligible to participate in this international contest. Participants shall agree to the terms and conditions of the rules and the decisions of the jury. Belgian law governing withholding tax on prizes won by foreign participants applies. Participation is free of charge.
Deadline 31.12.2015.
2. Definition
A cartoon is a humorous drawing. This may be a caricature of a famous person, a parody of a real situation, or simply a picture of a funny situation. The cartoon may consist of one image or take the form of a short comic strip. No moving images allowed.
3. Theme
Participants are free to choose the theme of their entries.
4. Entries
A. Regulations
Maximum 5 submissions per person, black and white or colour.
The cartoons must not contain text. Drawings can also be made digitally. They must be packaged flat and not folded. Works under glass, framed or in other materials will not be accepted.
They must not have been exhibited in Belgium or awarded in other countries.
B. Entries
> Digital entries
Digital entries may be sent after completing the form on the website www.cartoonfestival.be and attaching the cartoons. The name of the cartoons must contain the entrant’s name, first name and title. The cartoons must not be larger than A4 format (21 x 30 cm) resolution of 300 DPI in JPEG and TIFF format.
> Entries by post
Entries may only be sent by post after the form has been completed on the website and the form is enclosed with the entry. Dimensions min. 21 x 30 cm or max. 30 x 42 cm.
The entrant’s name, first name and address must be written on the back of each cartoon.
Your participation is only valid if we have received your fully completed entry form on our website. Entries are submitted at the expense of the entrants. The selected cartoons will be framed with a passe-partout for the exhibition.
5. Originality of the works
The participant remains responsible for the originality of his works. Discussions and any claims regarding all forms of plagiarism are at the expense of the participant.
6. Ownership rights
By participating, entrants grant the organizing body the right to use their entries as advertising for the “International Cartoon Festival” and the seaside resort Knokke-Heist (e.g. as cartoon book, catalogue, advertising in the press and other media, separate promotional printed works such as posters, leaflets, etc., promotional gifts by the city council and/or cartoon festival organization, calendar).
7. Jury
A professional jury will make a selection from the entries for the exhibition and will declare the prize winners.
8. Ownership by organising body
All submitted works shall become the property of the organizing body.
9. Cartoon Book
In collaboration with “Davidsfonds” Leuven, a cartoon book will be published, subject to budgetary and technical constraints. Selected participants will be entitled to one copy.
Prizes
Golden Hat 3.500 €*
Silver Hat 2.000 €*
Bronze Hat 1.250 €*
Public Prize 500 €
*+ flight and hotel accommodation (max. 2 personen) in Knokke-Heist during openings weekend (one night).
Produktie:
Cultuurcentrum Knokke-Heist vzw
Meerlaan 32 , B-8300 Knokke-Heist
BELGIUM
Tel: 00-32-50-630.430 Fax:00-32-50-630.429
e-mail: cartoonfestival@knokke-heist.be
www.cartoonfestival.be
Entry Form: http://cartoonfestival.knokke-heist.be/wedstrijd/inschrijvingsformulier .