Köroðlu’s drawings from Artists

Ruhi Su, says about KOROGLU who is an Anatolian legendary
hero:"He is a brave person and a legendary hero
who rebels against atrocious and advise people not to
touch to the old and poor people, to contend with
the covetous-rich people, to care about aggrieved
ones and their difficulties.", in his album, named
"Poets & Folksongs� (in Turkish). As do Ruhi Su, my brother,
Mehmet KOROGLU,
spent his whole life as a revolutionist and artist with
respect to labor, too. In the first year of his decease, we want to remember/commemorate him with his friends,
in Iskenderun. In this context; we
will organize an exhibition which his and
his friends’ works take space in it.

Aim: To make a fine excuse and a cause
to create something which give meaning
to our lives for the people who make the labor valuable.

1- The works which will be take space in the exhibition;

Mehmet Koroglu portraits and his artist friends’ cartoons, pictures, diagrams… which are made by all techniques and types.

2- All participant works will be put in a CD and it will be sent to each participant.

3- 5 trees will be planted and a planting certificate will be sent to each participant.

4- The works should be in digital media, as A4 sized, 300 dpi resolution.

5- The works must be sent to the following adress:muhitcartoon@hotmail.com

6- Deadline: 15 July 2010

Thanks in advance for all participants

Muhittin Koroglu

Please visit: http://www.muhittinkoroglu.com/koroglu_sergi_2.asp

For more information: muhitcartoon@hotmail.com, www.muhittinkoroglu.com

International Cartoon Contest "Pure Corruption."

Please express your attitude towards the corrupt policemen, prosecutors, customs officials, judges – bribe-takers and other officials, who are infested the state, and who is not shy of bribes. The focus of our attention – all those who does not care about the honor of his uniform and mantle, whose main goal is the personal gain.

Terms & Conditions

1. The competition is open to all amateur and professional cartoonists. There is no age restriction.

2. The number of entries is unlimited. Any technique ia acceptable.

3. Format:
Digital: size A4, 300 dpi, JPEG.
Print copy: size A4 with the author’s "wet signature".

4. Works previously published or awarded in other competitions are acceptable.

5. Please specify the author’s name, address, and e-mail on the back side of the work.

6. Postal address:
127006, Moscow, st. Dolgorukovskaya, d. 38, str. 2.,
The office of the "Kollegiya advokatov "Zakon i Chelovek"".
Russia
Please mark the envelope:"MOO "Justice" contest".

7. E-mail address:
konkurs.spravdoy@gmail.com
konkurs@s-pravdoy.ru

8. Deadline: the last day of acceptance – August 1, 2010

9. Awards:
1st – 30 000 RUR (about U.S. $ 1000)
2nd – 15 000 RUR (about U.S. $ 500)
3rd – 10 000 RUR (about U.S. $ 330)
Plus 10 Diplomas of Honor

10. Jury:
Jury President – Michael Zlatkovsky, secretary of the Russian Journalists Union, member of the French Academy of comic art, a member of the International Academy of Pedagogy, winner of 240 awards at international competitions, Chevalier Legion d’Honneur in France.
Members of the jury:
Sergei Tyunin, artist, winner of over 200 international competitions
Andrei Stolbunov, lawyer, chairman of MOO "Justice",
Dmitry Baranovsky, 1st Deputy General Director of OAO "RATEP", Deputy Board MOO "Justice "

11. The jury will select the best 100 works. They will be shown at the exhibition and printed in the catalogue.

12. The works will not be returned to the authors.

13. Participation in the contest constitutes your acceptance of the above terms including the organizers’ right to publish works without any compensation.

2nd INTERNATIONAL CARICATURE/CARTOON CONTEST
LA CIUDAD DE LAS IDEAS 2010

RULES

1. Any artist (professional or not) from around the world can participate, as long as he or she is over 18 years of age.

2. Submissions must be completely original and unedited. They must not be participating in a similar contest or event simultaneously.

3. The question to develop is:

If you came from another planet, what would you ask Humanity?

The contest attempts to discover what you would answer to this question with a caricature/cartoon, you can add short texts to the artwork and they must be written in Spanish or English. You must represent the question very clear, either by implying within the artwork or as the title thereof.

*The organization is within rights to cancel submissions that prove offensive.

4. Contestants can submit up to 3 works (authors who submit more than 3 will be disqualified).

5. Any technique is accepted (digital or hand made, color or black and white).

6. Works should not be bigger than 21 cm x 29 cm or in proportional size, with a resolution of no less than 300 dpi.

7. Contestants will add a document where the following will be specified:

* Full author name and pseudonym
* Author picture or caricature
* Address
* Telephone Number
* Email
* Nationality
* Title of each submission
* Is it the first time you participate?
* Brief biography (Curriculum)

8. Contestants will sign a certificate, which will be sent in a sealed envelope, or in case of being sent by email, signature must be scanned.

Example.
I, (author name)certify being the author of:If you came from another planet, what would you ask Humanity? Which I submit to the La Ciudad de las Ideas Contest. I, (author name), accept the contest rules by the mere fact of having submitted this work, and its use for any pertinent means by Poder Cívico A.C.

_________________________
Signature

9. Works and envelopes with author data will be sent to the following address:

2nd International Caricature/Cartoon Contest
Reforma 222, Piso 12
Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
C.P. 06600 México D.F.

Email submissions at:
mar_interactiva@yahoo.com.mx and mar@marideas.com forwarded to contacto@ciudaddelasideas.com

10. Selected works will be shown in the city of Puebla, Mexico on November 11, 12 and 13 2010, and will be posted on the blog created towards this goal: http://cartonist-ciudaddelasideas.blogspot.com/ and at the official La Ciudad de las Ideas webpage http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com/.

11. Contest is valid from May 17th till September 10th, 2010. Works submitted by email must be within these dates in their registry.

12. Contest results will be made known at http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com. Winners will be notified by email. Ignore any information emails if they are not within the @ciudaddelasideas.com or @podercivico.org.mxdomains.

13. The jury will be selected by Poder Cívico and will be qualified to solve any situation related with the contest that doesn’t meet the requirements. The award will be declared null if the jury decides that none of the works submitted meet quality standards, which will be unappealable. Jury members will be kept secret until results are published.

14. Submissions that do not win will be able to get picked up at the Poder Cívico offices three months after results are published, works that are not picked up will be made available by Martha Barragán Méndez for any return that could be required after the date established by Poder Cívico.

15. AWARDS

* First Place: A full expenses paid trip to the city of Puebla, Mexico, to attend the La Ciudad de las Ideas Festival and a diploma.

* Second Place: A full expenses paid trip to the city of Puebla, Mexico, to attend the La Ciudad de las Ideas Festival and a diploma.

* Third Place: A full expenses paid trip to the city of Puebla, Mexico, to attend the La Ciudad de las Ideas Festival and a diploma.

Two Honorable Mentions: Each will be awarded a diploma that will be sent a few days after the festival.

Note: Awards will not be able to be made in cash, nor be transferable to anyone else.

LINK: http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com/win/