2nd INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF CARICATURE AND CARTOON OF VIANDEN

 1. Subject:                   Green economy

 2. Deadline:                 15^thFebruary 2009

 3. Prizes:                     1^st prize:  3000 euro
2^nd prize: 2000 euro
3^rd prize: 1000 euro
Four mentions: honorable diploma
          

 4. Entries:                     Initially each participant can send at most 3 works in digital form via Internet to the following address: cartoon@caricature.eu. The author must indicate in his e-mail the following informations: his first name, name, complete address, e-mail address, his phone number and the title of each work. The characteristics of these electronic sending’s are as follows: format JPEG, good quality and max. 500 KB per picture.

 Out of these sending’s by e-mail the jury will make a selection of 120 drawings and will request from the authors of these works the sending by mail of the originals for the choice of the prizes and the publication in the catalogue. All these 120 originals will be shown in the exhibition. Their size will be between DIN A4 (210x297mm) and DIN A3 (297x420mm), the paper of good quality, not folded and without a passe-partout. On the back side of every work must be clearly mentioned the first name, name, complete address, e-mail address, phone number of the author as well as the title of the work. This deadline is 13^th March 2009.

 5. Technique:                 Free, black and white or in color, without subtitles. Digitally created works are accepted. They must be signed by their creator on back side. Photos and copies of original works will be eliminated.

 6. Exhibition:                 The award ceremony will be held on 10^th May 2009 in the castle and the exhibition will take place in the Hall of the Knights of the Castle of Vianden from 9^th May until 7^th June 2009. It’s foreseen to show the works in other cities and in the Museum of Caricature of Vianden until 9^th May 2010.

 7. Returns:                    After these exhibitions the originals will be returned to their authors except the works selected for one of the prizes. The 7 awarded works will become property of the organizer.

The organizer cannot be held responsible for loss or damage during sending back.

 8. Catalogue:                The authors whose works will be selected for the exhibition will receive a free catalogue by mail. Prize winners will get their catalogue during the award ceremony.

 9. Results:                    The publication of the results will be done on the Internet sites www.caricature.eu after 10^th May 2009. The award winners selected by the jury will be personally informed by e-mail or by phone.

The final decisions of the jury, which will meet on 14^th March 2009, are undeniable.

10. Copyright:                The selected participants allow the organizers to use their works only for promoting the author, as well as the event. All other copyright remains property of the author.

11. Generalities:              The works should not have been awarded before.

                                     By taking part to this contest the participants agree to the abovementioned rules.

12. Address for the sending of the originals:           CHATEAU DE VIANDEN
                                                                          P.O.B. 26
                                                                          L – 9422 VIANDEN

                                                 Luxembourg

13.Further informations:          Florin BALABAN                               Pol LEURS

                                             phone  : +352 – 621 28 37 90          phone : +352 – 78 83 18

                              cartoon@caricature.eu               cartoon@caricature.eu
                                                            

GOOD LUCK !

Frederic Chopin’s Smile: Cartoon Competition by Muzeum Karykatury – Poland

The Museum of Caricature and Cartoon Art in Warsaw is organising a competition for a humouristic/satirical cartoon, which is provisionally entitled “Frederic Chopin’s Smile“. The competition, followed by an exhibition will be a part of Frederic Chopin‘s 200th anniversary celebrations in 2010. Entries can refer to the composer himself and his work as well as to the social/political situation in your own country or the world generally. Entrants may submit up to five cartoons each, maximum size being A3.
There are no restrictions in terms of techniques used, computer generated images are also acceptable.
Prizes: Overall prizes will be worth around 20,000 euros and in addition there will be a number of sponsored awards.
The detailed rules and conditions of the competition, conforming the deadline for submitting entries, the date of the announcement of the verdict of the jury and the exact details concerning prizes and awards will be posted on our website on the 1st of June 2009.
The museum will host a post-competition exhibition, sometime in the first half of 2010.

Deadline: 15 November 2009
Web: http://www.muzeumkarykatury.pl/
Phone: (+48 22) 827 88 95
The cartoons are to be sent to:

Muzeum Karykatury, Kozia 11, 00-070 Warszawa – POLAND

SOURCE

3rd MUESTRA EXHIBITION OF GRAPHIC HUMOR

RULES
1. Theme: EVOLUTION OR CREATIONISM? 2009 has been designated as ‘Darwin Year’ due to is the bicentennial of Charles Darwin’s birthday and his book �The origin of species� is 150 years. His work excludes God to explain the mankind presence in the Earth versus the creationist ideas that refuse evolution and try to explain the mankind’s divine origin according to Reverend Paley’s theories.

2. The contest is open for professionals and amateurs.

3. Deadline is on 28th February 2009.

4. A jury of qualified experts will make a selection of the works which have been submitted.

5. The selected drawings will be exhibited at “La Llotgeta Exhibition Hall” of the CAM in Valencia, between April 23rd and May 29th 2009. From this date, it will be a travelling exhibition in several cities. After that, the artists will be able to ask for their drawings to be returned to them.

6. Drawing size limits: A4 (210mm x 297mm) or A3 (297mm x 420mm). The works with different sizes to these ones will be disqualified.

7. Maximum number of drawings per artist is 3, black & white or coloured, without text. Any kind of style and technique will be accepted.

8. Every drawing must be signed at the back with the following information: name, address, phone, e-mail, and the work’s title.

9. The drawings must be original. Digital drawing will be accepted with the author signature. Copies will not be accepted.

10. Once the exhibition and the travelling one have finished, the organization will returned the original drawings to the authors that have asked for it. The digital works will not be returned.

11. A catalogue will be edited with all the selected cartoons. Each selected author will receive one copy of the catalogue.

12. Send the drawings to: FECO-Espana. C/ Cooperativa San Fernando, 7- 8a. 46007. Valencia (Spain).

13. It will be indispensable to send the entry form and a short curriculum vitae along with the drawings.

14. The organization does not assume responsibility for damage or loss of any drawing for reasons beyond its control.

15. The drawings can be given free for the organization of the Exhibition to be part of an International Documental Funds of Graphic Humour. All of them will be deposited for their preservation, spreading and study in a Valencian institution. The authors who want to be part of this Funds must express their authorization in the entry form. The Funds objective is the organization of periodical and travelling exhibitions, the catalogues publication and the foundation of an international documental archive about the graphic humour where the author rights and intellectual property will be respected.

16. Accepting these rules means the cession of the author rights to the organization, only for the exhibition spreading, the catalogues edition and the travelling exhibition. Reproducing the selected works will not have any cost for the organization, since the catalogues and the travelling exhibition will not have any lucrative purpose.

ENTRY FORM

2nd International “SPORTHUMOR” THE SMILE OLYMPICS – ITALY

Theme: “All Sports”
(Football, Cycling, Athletics, Boxing, Motorcycling, Skiing, Motor Racing, Swimming, Running, Speedboat Racing, Basketball, Baseball, etc…)

Section: Cartoon or Caricature…

Size: A4 (21×30) Only…

Work: Original…

Maximum of 3 works…

Deadline: 28 FEBRUARY 2009

Prizes:
A prize of 2.500 Euro together with other prizes awarded by the management, will be given to the artist who will receive the most votes from the public…

Address:

Emilio Isca
Via Dante 4
10098 Rivoli/TO
(Italia)

E-Mail Address: emilioisca@libero.it

Phone-Fax: +39 011 2483046