“NEW TECHNOLOGIES” EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL CONTEST OF PICTORIAL HUMOUR.

CONDITIONS
The city of BARAKALDO organizes the “New technologies” eighth international contest of pictorial humour.
The cartoonists will send a work of illustrated humour in relation with new technologies which have a considerable impact on the day to day life (i.e. INTERNET, BIOLOGY, SPACE, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDICINE, ETC…). The idea is to help citizens to think about the new grounds for scientific progress.

APPLICANTS
The competition is open to everyone, especially with no regard of age. Each applicant can present a maximum of three piece of work. The works of the authors who won the Hermes prize the year before will not be taken in consideration.

FORM AND SIZE
The scenes and characters will have to be originals and of proper creation. The works can be drawn in black and white or in colour. The works will have a length of one page that will not exceed 800 x 600 pixels, with a minimum resolution of 72 pixels per inch.

The authors must not include their name or any other information about themselves on the works. Otherwise, they will be eliminated from the contest.

LANGUAGES
Only two languages can be used: spanish or basque. Nonetheless the panel will take into consideration works of pictorial interest without text, proceeding from artists of places where these languages are not used.

PRESENTATION
Applicants will send a e-mail with their names, surnames, address, date of birth, passport number, telephone number. They will send this e-mail with the file of the picture in JPG format.

PLACE AND DEADLINE OF THE APPLICATION
The piece of work with the reference of the artist will be sent exclusively through e-mail, to the following address: hermesbarakaldo@barakaldo.org before 2008 October 13th.

VIRTUAL SHOWING
The city contemplates realizing a public diffusion of the works presented and lately selected by the panel. The virtual show of the works received during the contest will not be granted by any type of economic retribution.

AWARDS
The “Hermes de Barakaldo” prize amounts to 4.500 euros shared between five winners:

1st prize: 1.500 euros.
2nd prize: 1.000 euros,
3rd prize: 800 euros.
4th prize: 700 euros.
5th prize: 500 euros.

PANEL
A qualified panel of judges will pick out the best works. Prizes will be handed on the first week of December 2008, in Barakaldo. The city leaves to the panel the possibility to declare no winners, according to quality criteria.

OTHER DETERMINATION
Taking part to the competition implies the acceptance of the conditions overhead.

http://www.barakaldo.org/barakaldo/html/eventos/hermes/index.html

GREAT ROMANIAN PERSONALITIES Caricature Contest 2008

– Theme: GREAT ROMANIAN PERSONALITIES. You can find Romanian personalities at www.caricatura.ro .

– Size: free
– Number of drawings: free
– Exhibition will be organize in November 2008
– 20-30 artists will be invited at a short holiday in Romania.
– Deadline: Octobre 30, 2008 (but we prefer as soon possible for expose its by internet)
– All participants will received the catalogue.

– Address:

Nicolae Ionita
Str-Eminescu, nr-28A, bl-Gioconda, ap-27,
100329 – Ploiesti, ROMANIA

Golden Helmet XVII Cartoon Contest – Serbia

Theme: Serbia

Categories:

1. Cartoon
2. Written form
– short story
– poem
– aphorism

Propositions:

1. Cartoon: original, min. A4 (210×297 mm), Max a3 (297×420 mm), Technique free;
2. Written form: maximum two typed pages or up to 20 aphorisms;

Awards:

Cartoon:
1st award: plaque *golden helmet* ………..1500 Euro One-man exibition in 2009;
2st award …………………………………………………… 1000 Euro
3st award ……………………………………………………. 700 Euro

Written form:
Short story: plaque *golden helmet* ……… 500 Euro
Poem: plaque *golden helmet*…………………… 500 Euro
Aphorism: plaque *golden helmet* …………… 500 Euro

Deadline: 20.11.2008.

Only unpublished works will be taken into consideration. Author’s short biography, phone number and E-mail address is obligatory.

Written works to be sent under a code!

Jury decision will be announced on – 01.12. 2008.

Awards will be handed at final festival evening on April 1. 2008. The organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors. Festival official languages are Serbian and English.

All works remain property of the festival.

E-mail: goldenhelmet@ptt.yu

Adress:
“GOLDEN HELMET”
TOPLICINA 2/2
37000 KRUSEVAC
SERBIA
(This is the address from the 2007 contest. A.F.)

International competition on drawing for women – “Jaka bede … 2009”

REGULATIONS

The subject of the competition is a woman, modern and fashionable, joyful and upset one, a wife, mother and a friend but not also a sportswoman, a physician or just the woman… Everybody knows that it is not possible to live without her…

Participation
In the competition will take a part drawing, cartoons and other plastic arts made in optional technics; those original works that have already been exhibited or published but not being rewarded.
1. Competition will be carried in two categories: DRAWING and SATIRE. The author qualifies his work for the chosen category by himself.

2. Format of work – max A3, amount of work – up to 2 works in each category

3. Entrants are responsible for ensuring the correct postage.

4. Entries must arrive at the address below by not later that 25.02.2009 /deadline/
Miroslaw Krzyskow
ul. Powstancow Warszawy 10/1
11-400 Ketrzyn
Poland (with additional note: Konkurs)

5. The reverse side of the cartoon and / or drawing should bear the surname, forename and address of the entrant in Latin block letters.

6. A short biographic note and some personal details (the surname, forname, address, mobile phone number, e-mail address) should be added.

7. The condition of returning of sent entries is handing down for the Gallery one selected by the author work.

8. Rewarded works will belong to the organisers.

9. Sending plastic works is synonymous with author’s agreement for the regulations of the competition.

Prizes
1. Entries will be appreciated by the jury selected by organisers among friendly artists and satirists.
(Tomasz Woloszyn (2001), Krzysztof Tobola (2002), Dorota Chwalek (2003) Andreas Malecki – Niemcy (2003), Daniel Strzelczyk (2005), Slawomir Luczynski (2006), Miroslaw Krzykow, Bretislav Kovarik, Stanislav Ashmarin, Anna Sokolska, Dariusz Wojcik, Malgorzata Gnys)
Never work of jurors subjected estimate and they are exposed (set out) beyond competition.
2. Prizes will be appropriate, unexpected and original.
3. Awards are handed in during the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Jaka bede…” or during the summer /plener/ in Jedwabno organized specially for laureates of the competition. On special request of a laureate his award can be sent by mail.

Privileges of the entrants
1. Authors of selected for the exhibition entries will get a gratuitous catalogue.
2. The decision of the festival is predicted to be announced on 10 March 2009 at 17 o’clock
3. The participating in the competition is free of charge.
If you need more details please contact: mirek@krzyskow.pl

The “Good Word” International Comics & Cartoons Project-February 28, 2008 The `Good Word` International Comics & Cartoons Project

I would like to invite you to take part in the new International Comics & Cartoons community, BuzziNews.

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I would like to invite you to take part in the new International Comics & Cartoons community, BuzziNews.

The vision of the BuzziNews portal is to convey a positive outlook on current world, business, sports and entertainment events in a language that`s understandable to e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e – comics and caricatures. BuzziNews is a business with clear social objectives: 25% of the portal`s revenues will be awarded to the illustrators who contribute their time and talent to the portal, and 50% of the portal`s net profits will be donated to charity.

BuzziNews has initiated the `Good Word` worldwide comics illustration project. We invite you to say a good word through illustration about all the positive things that surround you or choose a less-traveled road and find the positive side of something that upsets you, a singer with a failed album, a disappointing team or coach, an irritating company, a business rival.

To register as a member at the BuzziNews website, click here. http://www.buzzinews.net/members_only.asp?send_illus=1

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if you have any question or comment please don`t hesitate to contact me

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Community Manager

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Join the `Good Word` International Comics Project

Competition Rules:

Phase 1: Surfing to the Comics Competition

Illustrations will be accepted commencing November 8, 2007. Final date for submitting illustrations: February 28, 2008

The initial screening will be elementary and will include, among other things, elimination of drawings that do not meet the portal`s criteria, such as pornography, slander and abuse, encouragement of criminal activity, racism, and drawings that are not related to the competition subjects. See `Terms of Use for Illustrators`.

Illustrations considered suitable entries to the comics competition will be displayed in the BuzziNews portal.

Phase 2: Illustration Judges

Nominations will be accepted commencing December 1, 2007. The five judges of the comics competition will be announced on January 15, 2008

Judges will be awarded a Comics Competition Judge Certificate confirming their services as judges in the BuzziNews 2007 Awards.

Phase 3: Voting Begins

February 1, 2008 to February 28, 2008: The drawings are presented for a number of weeks for the judges and surfer public`s judgment.

Phase 4: Announcement

March 3, 2008: The BuzziNews Awards Comics Competition Winners are announced

The comics competition is being held under the supervision of a CPA firm. The prizes will be awarded to the winners within 45 days of the announcement.

The number of illustrations a single illustrator is permitted to submit is unlimited.

Drawings including pornography, slander and abuse, encouragement of criminal activity, racism, and drawings that are not related to the competition subjects will not be included.

The comics competition is being held under the supervision of Erlichman-Cinman Certified Public Accounts, a firm specializing in planning and financial consulting to companies and organizations.

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