Having reviewed the previous festivals and the bagged experiences, the secretariat of the Forth Festival intends to add a main theme, on which the focus of the Festival will be, to lead the Festival toward the proposed subject so that other issues can be followed more specifically and the artists can concentrate on one subject and have a better chance to participate more in changing behaviors toward one single productive behavior. The previous subjects included:

productivity and correcting and modifying consumption patterns;
productivity and home, productivity on technology;
productivity in human resources;
productivity and urban life;
productivity in factories;
productivity and the environment;
This approach attempts to attend to such issues which embrace the general concerns of productivity management in every festival, in addition to a specific subject which is sought to be paid meticulous attention by the honorable artists.

We all believe that education is tied with the next generation’s future and gives life to the picture of the future, this is one of the most important human concerns and perhaps, for many of us, it is the most critical issue of life; therefore, the main theme of this year’s festival is based on this concept. Productivity in education system covers a wide scope. The following list is only some suggestions:

Teaching productivity and its concepts;
The impact of educating children on general productivity;
Technology and its role in education;
Effectiveness of teaching methods;
Managing negative impacts of education on the environment, such as harms of the internet;
Education for everyone;
The effect of education on reducing man’s future problems;
Education and learning through practice;
Education and learning through art;
Understanding cultural and ethnic diversity and respect as the output of education system;
Our expectations from the procedures of children’s education;
Productivity and …….
Like previous festivals, this year’s judgment will be done by international thinkers, scholars, and outstanding artists in the field of productivity. The judgment criteria are as follows:

Originality, innovation, and creativity
Capability to convey productivity concept and its pedagogical aspect
Relatedness with academic and theoretical aspect of productivity (in the sense of efficiency or effectiveness)
The employed techniques
Ability to prescribe and provide solutions
Terms and conditions:

Number of works: a maximum of three works can be sent for each subject
Works must be original (computer-made versions are also accepted, provided that the print out is signed by the cartoonist. The electronic version must also be sent in TIFF format with the resolution of 300 DPI)
Photographs and copies of the works are not acceptable. Works must range between A4 and A3 in size
There is no limitation in the employed techniques
A completed application form bearing a photo , and a brief biography of the artist must be sent along with the work
Sent works will not be returned
Organizers of the Festival will try their utmost in keeping the works safe, yet they bear no responsibility against probable damages
The secretariat of the Festival reserves all rights to publish and showcase the works sent to the Festival
Festival catalogue will be given to those artists whose works will be published ( please apply extreme attention in writing your mailing address and contact information in the form)
By Signing the application form, the artist agrees with the terms and conditions of the Festival
Deadline: May 22th, 2014 at the latest
Send your works to the secretariat of the Forth International Productivity Cartoon Festival: No. 164, 6th Boostan St., Opposite White Tower ( Burj-e-Sefid) , Pasdaran Ave., Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-21-22768418
Awards:

First prize: 3000 Euros and a Trophy
Second prize: 2000 Euros and a Trophy
Third prize: 1000 Euros and a Trophy
Ten other selected works will be awarded by the Festival’s sponsors
The group of international judges includes artists (cartoonist judges) and academics (management scholars)
Please send you queries to the following email address: info@productoon.com

(Art images are preferred without captions)

– Digital works that received awards in other competitions are welcome.
– Competition will only accept E-mail works, not to accept the original.
Tel/Fax:: 0086-10-84827182 Email: cmiassn@126.com

– Participants wishing to participate in the exhibition and in the catalog only may send a print copy to the mailing address above or email it to cmiassn@126.com (JEPG, 200dpi).
– Participation in the competition is free of charge. However, organizers reserve the right to include submitted works in the Gallery.
– Digital works should be accompanied by their author’s photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a completed application form
( PLEASE USE CAPITAL LETTERS.)
– Organizers are not responsible for any transportation damages.

PRIZES

– Artwork submitted for competition will be judged by an International Jury.
– The Jury will award the following cash prizes along with a certificate for each award.
• Grand prize amounting to 5.000 USD
• 2 gold medals amounting to 3.000 USD
• 2 silver medals amounting to 2.000 USD
• 2 bronze medals amounting to 1.000 USD
• 9 special prizes amounting to 300 USD
– The jury has the right of final distribution of statutory prize and all of the jury’s decisions are final.
– Competition results will be announced on May 1, 2014 on this website. www.cmiassn.org
– Organizers plan to award the artist with the best debut and will give him/her the opportunity for an individual exhibition at the Gallery which will be included in the 2014 program.

AWARDS ARE SUBJECT TO TAXATION ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
PARTICIPANT PRIVILAGES
– Artists of work qualified for the exhibition will be given a presentation copy of the catalogue.
– Artwork sent to the exhibitions will be exhibited in the country and abroad after the main exhibition.
COMPETITION PROVISIONS
– Organizers reserve the right to use all submitted artwork for advertising purposes without any special fees paid to the artists that include being exhibited and reproduced in a variety of advertising materials as well as printed and circulated in catalogues.
– The prize-winning works become the property of the organizers and will be included in the collection of the Gallery.
– The exhibition organizers are the final judges in interpretation of the rules and regulations.
– By sending his/her work, the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations
– By sending his/her work, the artist agrees to the publication of the author’s profile in the post-exhibition album.
– Contact Information

Address:
Organizing Committee of SRIC:
2801 Suite, No.7 Building, Tianchang Yuan Media Village Beiyuan Road, Chaoyang District Beijing,China Post Code: 100107
Tel/Fax:: 0086-10-84827182
Email: cmiassn@126.com
Website: www.cmiassn.org

TIMETABLE
– Submission deadline for receipt of digital work: May 5, 2014
– Post-competition exhibition August 8 to August 28,2014

1. Theme of the competition and participation’s 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 author from the award of the prizes.
The theme of the contest is: RIGHTS, inviolable and universal
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 participate in other competitions). The organization can decide to exclude from the award of the prices those works that are found to have been already edited.

2. Shipping of the works and deadlines
Works can be sent by email to:
2014@umoristiamarostica.it

Otherwise, they can be sent through the following services:
WeTransfer (http://www.wetransfer.com) DropBox (http://www.dropbox.com) Google Drive (http://drive.google.com) Together with the application form -containing all author’s data- that can be downloaded from the website www.umoristiamarostica.it
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 deadline for works reception is February 21, 2014
The acceptance of the works, the selection, and the assigning of the prizes are completely up to the Jury nominated by the Artistic Direction and "Gruppo Grafico Marosticense". The Jury’s decisions are unquestionable and uncontestable.

3. The award of the prizes and the delivery of the original works
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 web site www.umoristiamarostica.it
The authors selected by the jury must send the original works for the exhibition. 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.
Works must be sent (postage paid by the sender and without frames or glass), by April 15, 2014 to the following address:
UMORISTI A MAROSTICA
PIAZZA
CASTELLO 12 – 36063 MAROSTICA (VI)
ITALIA

4. Opening ceremony, awarding and acceptance of the regulation
The opening ceremony and the prize distribution will take place on May 10, 2014 at Castello Inferiore of Marostica. The exhibition will be open until June 22, 2014.
All the authors selected will receive a free copy o f catalogue. Non-selected participants will have the possibility to demand the catalogue compiling the form on the site 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". Non-selected paper works for the exhibition and the catalogue will be given back on request before and not after June 22, 2014. Shippin g cost is debited to the author.
The "Gruppo Grafico Marosticense" reserves 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 contest implies the complete acceptance of all the conditions and rules from the author.

For further informations:
phone/fax: +39-0424-72150
info@umoristiamarostica.it

1st CAIRO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON EXHIBITION
(To be held in March 2014)

Foreign Cultural Relations Sector, Ministry of Culture In Egypt, organizes in cooperation with Egyptian Caricature Society, 1st Cairo International Cartoon Exhibition.

Eligible Participants
Open to all artists from all over the world above 18

Theme
1- Egypt in the eyes of cartoonists
2- Free

Technical Criteria
• All artworks to be prepared at 300dpi actual size A4 (210mmx297mm), or A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPG format.
• Submitted works can be in color or black and white , in any style or technique
• Number of entries is unlimited.
• Submitted works must not violate copyright laws.
• By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permits the organizers to reproduce all or part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition.
Submission
• The entry should be submitted to –
egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com
Latest by 25th February 2014
• The submission should contain the candidate’s
~ Full Name
~ e-mail address
~ Contact no
~ Full address
~ Date of birth (date-month-year)

A brief C.V in English and passport size photo of the artist should be submitted as well.
Selection Criteria
• Entries will be judged by prominent Jury based on the quality of work submitted.

• A catalogue of selected artworks will be printed, a copy of which will be sent to the selected authors.

Organizing Committee:
Samir Abd Elghany (Cartoonist and Board Member of the Egyptian Caricature Society)
Fawzy Morsy (Cartoonist and Board Member of the Egyptian Caricature Society)
Emad Abd Elmaksud (Cartoonist)
Mona Abdel Karim (Photographer)
Ameenah Kamel (Cartoonist)

For more details please visit:
http://www.egyptcartoon.net/
https://www.facebook.com/egyptcartoon
or contact us at :
egyptcartoon2014@yahoo.com

XXII. INTERNATIONAL SATIRE UND HUMOR CONTEST TRENTO ITALY 2014

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DON QUICHOTTE NEW @-EXHIBITION THEME:
"ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION"

Every year, "journey of hope "of thousands of people which is held by highway or seaway, has not always a happy end. Despite measures against this illegal way of immigration, millions of people are dying during this "death ride". Especially, to arrive to the destination is a big luck for the people who prefer seaway. The bad conditions of the weather and unsafe boats are the main reasons of this tragedy. Illegal immigration is not only achieved by seaway, but also there are immigrations which are held by highway. Unfortunately, many of these are ending with tragedy. Moreover, African countries are demanding illegal immigration more than other countries.

It should be noted that there’s an international annuity which is nourished from the people with the dream of a life with higher standards of living, who die tragically. Rising unemployment due to the global economic crisis triggered immigration of cheap and illegal workers. In Italy we have experienced the biggest tragedy, is a kind of survive from underdeveloped countries to developed countries. Just in a boat, the number of deaths was over 350.

We want to get under the spotlight their unsafe journeys from their own countries to other countries, the illegal gangs which left them with danger of death, expulsion reasons of the referencing country for asylum. Our goal is to attract attention of world public opinion to this everlasting tragedy, to contribute with a touch of art.

At the end of the exhibition the most successful 3 cartoons will be awarded with "Don Quichotte" medal. In addition 10 other cartoons will be given "certificate of Don Quichotte" as a reward.

e-mail: info@donquichotte.org

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YENI DON QUICHOTTE @-SERGÝ KONUSU: "KACAK GÖC"

Her yil binlerce insanin kara ve deniz yoluyla gerceklesen "umut yolculugu" ne yazik ki her zaman mutlu sonla bitmiyor. "Olum Yolculugu" da diyebilecegimiz bu yasal olmayan yollardan yapilan goce karsi alinan onlemlere ragmen her yil binlerce insan can veriyor. Ozellikle deniz yolunu tercih edenlerin sag salim gidecekleri ulkeye varmasi buyuk bir sans. Zira olumsuz hava kosullari ve guvenligi olmayan tekneler bu trajedinin en buyuk nedenleri. Kacak goc sadece deniz yoluyla olmuyor. Kara yoluyla da suregelen bu goc trajedilerine her gun dunya medyasinda rastlamak mumkun. Yasadisi yollardan gerceklesen kacak goce en buyuk ilgi Afrika ulkelerinden geliyor.

Daha iyi kosullarda ve insanca yasama hayalleri cogu kez olumle sonuclanan kacak goclerden beslenen uluslararasi bir rantin oldugu gercegini de unutmamamiz gerekiyor. Dunya ekonomisinin icinde bulundugu kuresel kriz nedeniyle artan issizlik, ucuz ve kacak isciye yonelen sistem kacak gocu tetikleyen en onemli nedenleri olusturuyor. Az gelismis ulkelerden gelismis ulkelere gerceklesen bu macerali yolculuklarda en buyuk trajediyi cok yakin bir gecmiste Italya’da yasadik. Sadece bir teknede olenlerin sayisi 350’yi gecti.

Gocmenlerin kendi topraklarindan baska ulkelere tehlikeli ve guvencesiz kosullarda yaptigi yolculuklari, onlari olume davetiye cikaran tehlikelerle basbasa birakan yasadisi ceteleri ve iltica icin basvurdugu ulkelerden sinirdisi edilmelerini mercek altina almak istiyoruz. Amacimiz bitmek bilmeyen bu trajediye dunya kamuoyunun dikkatin cekmek ve cozum uretilmesine sanatsal katkida bulunmak…

Sergi sonunda en basarili 3 karikature "Don Kisot" madalyasi verilecektir. Ayrica on karikatur de "Don Kisot Sertifikasi" ile odullendirilecektir.

e-mail: info@donquichotte.org