Worldwide Club of Odessites, Odessa Cartoonists’ Association
and «Vikna-Odessa» Informational Agency announce about
The «Fair Play» International Cartoon Contest

The contest is announced for the decision of the European football officials revoked Odessa right to receive matches of EURO 2012.

The verdict brought to Odessa is unexpected, unfair, opaque, and motiveless. It clashes cardinally both with conditions precedent for candidate cities selection and with conclusions and recommendations by UEFA experts, and also violates one of fundamental concept principles of fair play, i. e. equal chances — all of sportsmen starting the competitions could equally claim on victory.

UEFA by its decision left Odessa without EURO 2012, and EURO 2012 — left without Odessa, and entire world is at a loss… (that’s not less sad).

THE THEME of CONTEST — «FAIR PLAY»

Events, relations between people in sport (in football particularly). Situations could be reflected in a humorous mood, possibly, underlined in Russian, Ukrainian or English.

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION:

1). All comers can participate.
2). Pictures (electronic copies) can be done in any technique. The amount of pictures by one author is limited by five. Pictures having awards of other cartoon contests can participate.
3). Art pieces are to be forwarded via e-mail: odessacartoon@gmail.com and are to have resolution of 300 dpi, sized A4, format JPG or PDF, max 2,0 Mb.
4). Every picture is to be forwarded attached to a separate message, including artist’s questionnaire, address, e-mail, and a picture of the author.
5). Deadline of pictures receipt — June 20, 2009.
6). Pictures forwarding to participate the contest will be exhibited at “Vikna-Odessa” website (www.viknaodessa.od.ua) as they are received.
7). The round off of the contest according the decision of competent jury and announcement of winners will take place on June 26, 2009 in Odessa (Ukraine).
8). Art pieces forwarded to the contest will be exhibited since June 27 in free access in Odessa.
9). The pictures sent to the competition can be used by contest founders in ads and for Internet exhibitions.
10). Participating the contest artists consent that their works could be used in shows in Ukraine and abroad.

PRIZES
(given by the organizers of the contest)

The 1^st prize — $500
The 2^nd prize — $300
The 3^rd prize — $200

Encouraging and special prizes from sponsors of the “Fair Play” International Cartoon Contest are possible.

Contacts:

E-mail to forward art pieces: odessacartoon@gmail.com

Website of the contest: www.viknaodessa.od.ua

Contest coordinators: Peter Siguta, Eugene Volokin

5th HUMOR HALL OF LIMEIRA SAO PAULO – LIMEIRA
REGULATION

The V Hall of Humo

r in Limeira, designed and promoted by the newspaper THE PIU, open registrations for all artists from Brazil and around the world, which draw a free hand, with entries open on 20 April to 20 August 2009. This year are also open registrations for digital designs in other words created by computer.
Participants can sign up with how many original works they like, those of his own making in the minimum size of A4 paper (21 x 29.7 cm) and up to A3 (42X 29.7 cm). These measures also apply to digital works.
The back of each work must be identified with the category of design registered, full name, phone, email, in case of digital internet in the caption of the file.
REGISTRATION
Entries are free.
Registrations will be considered valid since they are held by the organizing committee until 20 August 2009, valid for the registered by mail, the date of posting. The selection and award of works will be made by a selection committee and a committee of the award, given by the newspaper THE PIU.
The designs should be sent to:
V SALÃO DE HUMOR DE LIMEIRA
Secretaria Municipal da Cultura de Limeira
Largo Boa Morte 11, Centro Limeira SP 13484 970
Info 3451 0502
The 30 pre-selected works will compete for awards in six categories that follow:
-POLITICAL CARTOON
-CARTOON
-CARICATURE
-COMICS
DIGITAL – WORKS PRINTED (works done digitally must be sent to at least A4 size and up to A3)
-INTERARTE – Sent by internet in 300dpi JPEG format of at least A4 in size and up to A3, sent to jornal_opiu@hotmail.com until August 20, 2009. Selected works will be printed for the exhibition.
Note: The failure of any item above implies the entries cancellation or cancellation of awards received.
AWARDS
It will be collected a capital, open to donations to grant the money award for artists. These donations can be made by companies, organizations or individuals. The Newspaper The PIU will publish the monthly statement to employees, that can also be anonymous until the 20th of August in
the Publication of The PIU Newspaper No 58 with the GRAND TOTAL to be divided in specified percentages to the winners of cash prizes, like the following:
Note: The 30 designs selected will be published in the Newspaper The PIU Special edition in
October 2009.
The 6 best entries in each category
It will be six prizes of 8% of capital – more trophy The PIU – AWARD AND EXHIBITOR CERTIFICATE
7 BEST SUGGESTED TOPICS
It will be seven prizes of 6% OF CAPITAL + AWARD AND EXHIBITOR CERTIFICATE
– World Crisis
Digital-Era
-The sport world
Ethnic-cultural diversity in Brazil
-Fights and dances – Capoeira is the theme of 2009
-Nature – Is There a chance yet?
– Beautiful Women of the world
2New Talents (up to 14 years)
There will be two awards, 5% OF CAPITAL + AWARD AND EXHIBITOR
CERTIFICATE
5 Special Awards + LICENSES AND EXHIBITOR AWARD
We have five special awards of companies or entities that choose one of the themes or even create your own theme to include the artist beyond the capital prize.
Honorable Mentions with 10 LICENSES AND EXHIBITOR AWARD
All thirty works will be exhibited at the Levy Palacete, in Largo Boa Morte 11, Centro de Limeira, with opening of the exhibition and presentation of awards on September 9, 2009 at 19:00 and stayed out until September 25, 2009.
All submissions are considered to be acquisitions of The PIU. The possession, use and other rights in such work will belong to The PIU, which reserves the right to use them at its will.
The simple inscription of the participant fully and automatic means the agreement with this Regulation.