XIII Salon of Humor in 40th anniversary of MELAITO
“Santa Clara 2008”, this issue dedicated to the 40 years of Melaito, and for the first time with international range.
in any technique or mounting. Three dimensional works will not exceed 50 cm in any of its sides.
these will be sent to them in a safe manner.
who will paint a collective mural against terrorism and dedicated to Gerardo Hernandez Nordelo and his comrades
wrongfully imprisoned in the United States of America.
in the UNEAC house in Villa Clara. That same day a group of founders and specially the Cuban cartoonist
f great trajectory Rene de la Nuez, Plastic Arts National Prize, who played an decisive roll in the beginning of Melaito,
will be honoured by this publication and the UNEAC.
Magazine “RHINOCEROS”
CARTOON/COMICS COMPETITION!
Theme:
“TOURISM”
Two categories:
First Category:
– Cartoon
First Prize
300 Euros
Second Prize
200 Euros
Third Prize
100 Euros
Special Diploma
5 diplomas
Honorable Mentioned Diploma
3 diplomas
Second Category:
Short Comics (one table. without words)
Prize
200 Euros
Special Diploma
5 diplomas
Technique:
Any technique will be accepted.
Deadline:
December 31st 2008
Maximum entry (for each category, separately): 7 (seven)
You may send by post or e-mail (A4 – A3 size).
Post address:
MAGAZINE “NOSOROG”
CARA DUSANA 4
78000 BANJA LUKA
REPUBLIKA SRPSKA
Bosnia and Herzegovina
EUROPE
Note: You may send originals, but we will not send you back!
Address for sending by e-mail:
Note: 300 dpi resolution, JPEG format!
In both cases sending, please, write your name, address and e-mail.
Note: Sender must be author of caricature!
Attention: Because, at the same time, we have one more competition,
please, write on envelope, or in Subject (depends with what you send):
“FOR TOURISM CARTOON/COMICS COMPETITION!’
Yuri:
Mr. Goran Kljajich, president; writer, founder of “RhinoCervs” magazine and this competition; Republic of Srpska
Mr. Miladin Berich, writer, vice-president; Republika Srpska
Ms. Ana von Rebeur, Cartoonist & Writer, Argentina
Miss. Stela Dusanich, Cartoon Gallery Director, Croatia
Mr. Carlos Alberto da Costa Amorim, Cartoonist, Brazil
Mr. Zoran Matich Mazos, Graphical designer & Cartoonist, Serbia
19th Int’l Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Arts Gabrovo 2009, BULGARIA
1.This International Exhibit and Festival recognizes the highest achievements of humour and satire in the following CATEGORIES, each to have its own exhibition area:
– CARTOONS
– GRAPHICS & DRAWINGS
– PAINTINGS
– SCULPTURE
– POSTERS
– PHOTOGRAPHS
2.SUBJECT MATTER: The World Lasts Because It Laughs
3.ORGANIZERS:
Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE, Gabrovo Municipality, the Ministry of Culture and the Humour of the Peoples Society; the Organizing Committee is chaired by the Mayor of Gabrovo.
4.OPENING
May 16, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE
The exhibitions will run until September 30, 2009
5.JURY
A jury of professional artists and former Biennial winners selects the works for the exhibitions and awards the prizes. The decisions of the jury are final and there is no appeal.
6.PRIZES
– GRAND PRIX – the GOLDEN AESOP statuette, 2 000 BGN, a certificate and an invitation to stage a one-artist show during Biennial 2011.
– PRIZE of the town of GABROVO – the GASCAR statuette, 1 500 BGN and a certificate.
– Prizes (six) of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria – 1 000 BGN each and a certificate in each category.
SPECIAL PRIZES
– Prize for sculpture awarded by Skalni Materiali JS Co–Rousse – 2 000 BGN and a certificate
– Prize of Skalni Materiali JS Co-Rousse – 1 000 BGN and a certificate – awarded to a young sculptor (up to 35 yrs.)
– Prize of LIONS CLUB of Baden/Helenental, Austria – 500 EUR and a certificate – awarded to a young Bulgarian graphic artist (up to 30 yrs.)
– Prize of the Humour of the Peoples Society – 400 BGN and a certificate
– Prize of Inter Data Systems, Co. – professional Lowepro photo backpack and a certificate; prize goes to the funniest photograph submitted.
SPECIAL SUBJECT MATTER PRIZES
– Prize for poster of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bulgaria on Life Free of Tobacco Smoke – 800 BGN and a certificate
– Prize for cartoon of Prestigio Technologies Ltd. on The Art of hi-Tech – Prestigio Data Safe I external hard drive
– Prize for photograph of Prestigio Technologies Ltd. on The Art of hi-Tech – Prestigio Data Safe I external hard drive
– Prize for poster of Prestigio Technologies Ltd. on The Art of hi-Tech – Prestigio Data Safe I external hard drive
– Prize for cartoon of the Directorate of CENTRAL BALKAN National Park on Safeguarding Nature – a 3-day visit to CENTRAL BALKAN National Park and a certificate.
– Prize of Gabrovo Planet Society – the Gabrovo Planet statuette, 100 BGN and a certificate – awarded to the best work on Gabrovo subject matter.
The cash prizes in BGN (Bulgarian Leva) are subject to taxation in conformity with Bulgarian law. The prize winning works remain in the Humour of the Peoples collection of the Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE. The latter reserves the right to extend personal invitations to the prize winners to attend the prize-awarding ceremony.
GENERAL ENTRY RULES
1. ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to all artists who accept the conditions of entry. The working languages are Bulgarian and English. In case of disagreement on the interpretation of the text, the Bulgarian text is the valid one.
2. DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: March 1, 2009
ADDRESS: HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE
68, Bryanska St., P. O. Box 104, 5300 Gabrovo, BULGARIA
For contacts: Tel. +359 66 /807248/; +359 66 /803526/; +359 66 /804945/
Fax: +359 66 /806989/
E-mail: humorhouse@globcom.net; humorhouse@mail.bg
The conditions of entry (in Bulgarian, English, German, French and Russian), the jury members and the recognition of the entries received, selected and awarded can be viewed at http://www.humorhouse.bg.
INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATION WILL NOT BE MADE TO BIENNIAL ENTRANTS.
3. All art works should be originals signed by the entrants and entrants’ property. They should not have been awarded before. Any technique is acceptable.
4. MAXIMUM SIZES
– CARTOONS A4 (29 x 21 cm)
– GRAPHICS & DRAWINGS 70 x 100 cm
– PAINTINGS 150 x 150 cm
– SCULPTURE 80 cm maximum height and 20 kg maximum weight
– POSTERS 70 x 100 cm
– PHOTOGRAPHS 30 x 40 cm
5. Each artist may submit up to 5 entries for each category, but no more than 2 works can be selected for exhibition.
6. The artist’s name, title of the work, year of creation, technique, value and category type should be printed on the back of each entry. Each work should be accompanied by an entry form completed in capital block letters in either Bulgarian or English.
7. Unless indicated otherwise, all entries submitted will be considered donations to the Humour of the Peoples collection at the House of Humour and Satire; therefore, artists are requested to complete and sign the Certificate of Donation on the entry form. The organizers greatly appreciate these donations which will significantly enhance the international collections to be enjoyed by all. The donors’ names will be listed on the homepage of the House of Humour and Satire; the donated works will be shown in future exhibitions both in Bulgaria and abroad.
8. Artists who cannot donate their work and explicitly indicate TO BE RETURNED on the entry form should deposit by September 30, 2009 the following return sums which cover packaging, dispatching and postage charges:
– CARTOONS, GRAPHICS, DRAWINGS, POSTERS and PHOTOGRAPHS – 20 EUR
– PAINTINGS – 80 EUR
– SCULPTURE – 130 EUR
The artists will have their works returned by December 31, 2009.
Works lacking return postage by September 30, 2009 and unclaimed by the artists until December 31, 2009 will be registered in the Humour of the Peoples collection.
9. The return sums can be sent by:
– Bank transfer to:
House of Humour and Satire
DSK Bank PLc – Gabrovo branch
IBAN number: BG83STSA93003110025400
BIC code of DSK Bank Plc: STSABGSF
– Money order payable to the Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE
– Cash at the pay office of the Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE (a happy circumstance for the organizers to meet you, the artist).
Sorry, NO cheques or charge cards.
10. All entries should be sent frameless and unmounted as printed matter with PRINTED MATTER noted on the package.
11. Artists should cover the transport costs franco Gabrovo. The organizers will not collect packages sent franco other destinations.
12. The Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE guarantees the safety of the works from the date of receipt to the date of return. No responsibility is assumed for damage or loss during transit.
13. The Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE reserves the right to reproduce the works on display and have them printed in its publications and other publicity materials.
14. The Museum HOUSE OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE publishes an art catalogue of the works selected for display. Only artists with selected works are entitled to a free copy. The catalogue is available at the museum gift shop and all other artists can have it for 50 EUR (postage included) remitted according to item 9.
15. The conditions of entry are contractually binding. By submitting works to the Biennial Exhibition artists agree to the terms of this contract.
ALL ENTRANTS ARE KINDLY INVITED TO VISIT GABROVO ON MAY 16th, 2009 AND ATTEND THE OPENING AND PRIZE-AWARDING CEREMONIES OF THE NINETEENTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF HUMOUR AND SATIRE IN THE ARTS, AS WELL AS ENJOY THE HUMOUR CARNIVAL IN TOWN.
ENTRY FORM: http://www.humorhouse.bg/engl/condition.html
7th Lm International Cartoon Contest-2008
The Organizing Committee of the 7th Lm International Cartoon Contest invites cartoonists from all over the world to participate in this contest. Beautiful tableaus, lovely sculpting, humorous content and rich sentiment are the criterion of China LM International Cartoon Contest to award prize every year.
Regulation:
1. THEME: Free (Humorous)
2. THE WORKS FOR THE CONTEST:
A) Only original cartoons are accepted. Photographs, Copy, Computer painting, photocopies etc. will not be accepted.
B) The cartoonist’s name, address, telephone number and E-mail, must be on the reverse side of each cartoon
C) Size: Preferable 21 x 29.7 cm or 29.7 x 42 cm
D) Maximum number of entries: 3
3. THE WORKS SHOULD BE SENT TO:
Googlm, Jin Ling Zha 21- 603,
Nanjing City, p.c.210001, China.
4. WEB: www.Googlm.com
E-MAIL: googlm@126.com
TEL: 0086-25-52202120
5. DEADLINE: December 22, 2008
(The late works will be accepted as the entries for the 8th Lm International Cartoon Contest)
6. FREQUENCY: Annual
7. JURY: The group of judges consists of the organizer, cartoonists, Editor and art scholars. Participants are not allowed to raise any objections to judge determinations.
8. THE PRIZES:
* Grand prize of 1 (Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Gold prize of 4 (Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Silver Prize of 5 (Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Bronze Prize of 5 (Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Prizes for excellence of 100 (Certificate, Album)
9. THE RESULTS AND EXHIBITIONS:
A) The results of the contest will be made public in March 3rd, 2009 on our website: www.googlm.com
B) We will send the medals, certificates and albums for all the winners before May 1st, 2009.
C) The exhibition will be organized from January to October in 2009 in large cities of China for three times between two LM cartoon contests.
10. RIGHTS OF THE ORGANIZER:
A) The organizer can collect the works and put them into an album for publishing, exhibition.
B) The entries can also be expressed in other publication.
C) Artworks: will not be returned. Unite the collections to the Lm Cartoon Museum.
Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions and are aware that their submissions may be reprinted and used without future monetary compensation.
INTERNATIONAL CONTEST FOR THE YOUNG UP TO 18 YEAR OLD – SERBIA
TOPIC – “TOY“
CATEGORIES
1. CARTOON
2. WRITTEN FORM (short story, poem, aphorism)
3. STRIP
PROPOSITIONS
1. CARTOON – Minimum A4 (210 x 297 mm), Maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm), free technique
2. WRITTEN FORM – maximum two typed pages
3. COMIC – original, up to eight tables, free technique
AWARDS
The Jury will award one category each and select five best participants in all three categories to attend
Master Class within 15th to 17st January 2009 in Krusevac.
Lecturers will be prominent authors.
Works to be signed in full name, family name, address, contact phone and e-mail.
Written works to be send exclusively under a code.
All woks to be properly packed and sent to:
MEDJUNARODNI KONKURS ZA MLADE
TOPLICINA br. 2, 37 000 KRUSEVAC, SRBIJA
TEL/FAX: + 381 (37) 423 025, 28 983
The authors will be informed on awards on December 1st, 2008.
The Organizer will bear travel and accommodation cost of awarded authors.
Festival official languages are Serbian and English.
DEADLINE: November 20th, 2008
41st UMORISTI A MAROSTICA 2008 – Italy – LIES
1 . The competition is divided into two sections: CARTOONS (situation resolved in a single graphic moment); STRIPS (sequence of graphic moments developing or unfolding a certain situation). A theme in set about man and his existence. Anyone can attempt to interpret the theme from a humorous point of view with expressive freedom and in any graphic form.
2. THE TITLE OF THIS YEAR’S THEME IS: LIES
3. A prize called “Scacchiera International Grand Prize” will be awarded to the most representative work of each section.
4. The works will be considered valid only if they arrive, by mail at the latest, by 15 JANUARY 2009, carriage paid. The enclosed form duly completed with biographical notes should accompany the works and should be sent to:
UMORISTI A MAROSTICA – 36063 MAROSTICA
(VICENZA) ITALY
5. The results and the dates of the prize giving and inauguration will be published quickly afterwards on the web site www.umoristiamarostica.it
6. The exhibition will take place in the Castello Inferiore from April 12 to May 25, 2009.
7. Each artist can send up three works, specifying his or her full name and address on the back.
8. Once the exhibition in Marostica closes, the works will be used in other exhibitions in Italy and abroad. Cartoonists are asked to contribute to the fouding of a “Umoristi a Marostica Museum”. Therefore works will NOT be returned.
9. The “Gruppo Grafico Marosticense” reserves the right to authorize reproduction of the work with the words “Taken from Umoristi a Marostica”.
10. All the participants may receive the catalogue gratis by enclosing 7,00 Euro for the postage charges.
The UMO – International Cartoon Contest is held by UsabilityMatters.Org towards the World Usability Day. All the awarded and qualified cartoons will be exhibited on 13th November 2008.
Participation is open to all cartoonists from every country in the world. There is no Entry fee.
Please go through the rules and regulations – and in particular – the conditions applicable to the intellectual property rights.
Theme for the Competition The wheel rolls on
Brief: How long can our planet feed in to all our living needs? We have been thanklessly exploiting the mother of all resources for such mundane acts as driving to a shop just around the corner to buy groceries instead of helping ourselves with a short walk.
With so much exploitation already done in digging and boring our planet (the wheel of our survival) for its energy resources, we have punctured our own prospects of continuing the journey of human kind as long as possible.
Its time to think of alternative energy sources, efficient means to control fuel usage, rethink transportation be it by road, by air, by water or into space to conserve energy. Reduce pollution and other ill effects of transportation. It’s also time to think about efficient ways to optimize the usage of personal vehicles, by taking car/bike holidays, by encouraging mass transportation systems and by bicycling to as many needs as possible.
All in all its time to think, live and practice greener ways of leading life on the run. We invite cartoons which humorously communicate the seriousness of the theme, by rethinking transportation and thinking green.
Awards and Acknowledgements
A jury will select the top 6 winning entries, the cartoonists will be granted a cash prize award of
- First prize Rs.25,000/- (Rs. Twenty five thousand only)
- Two second prizes of Rs. 10,000/- (Rs. Ten thousand only) each and
- Three Third prizes Rs. 5,000/- (Rs. Five thousand only) each
- Five Special mention awards
An exhibition of the winning and short listed entries will be held and UMO will publish an exhaustive works report.
The jury and the judgment criteria
We are in process of putting a jury of well-known professionals and socially active personalities. The names will be announced in due course, depending on confirmation. For Judgment jury will use criteria such as creativity, humor, visual communication, presentation, persuasiveness, originality, cleverness, relevance of content and execution to identify the winner.
Deadline for Submission
Cartoons will be accepted through November 3rd, 2008
Rules and Regulations
Entries : up to 5 cartoons per person
Size (snail mail) : A4 (210 X 297 mm ) or A3 (297X410)
Size (digital) : 300dpi and in dimensions that are suitable for printing
Technique : free
Entries in hard-copy/paper will not be returned. Entries in digital format may need to be re-posted if the resolution is not found good for printing.
Exhibition and Prize distribution
On World Usability Day, November 13th, 2008
Submitting your entries
Mail your cartoons keeping the competition name in subject line to usabilitymatters@gmail.com. If you are sending through the snail mail, use the following address:
UMO- 4th International Cartoon Contest-2008
usabilitymatters.org,
202, Rahul Apts,
480-Phase 6, JNTU Road,
Besides Universal Bakery
Kukatpally, Hyderabad-500072, India
ph: +91-9848861432
Please mention a little background information about yourself that may help identify you with your work and the email id that will help us get back to you with any communication.
Intellectual property rights
UMO may, in its sole discretion to use the art-work (images, photograph, written content) for any purpose, change, alter, amend, add to, delete from and otherwise modify, including but not limited to, any and all cuts, edits, rearrangements and other alterations, additions and deletions.
The responsibility for authenticity of all the submitted content, including the including the art-work and the personal information rests solely with the provider, and UMO will assume no role in case of litigations and copied works. The involved parties shall have to settle the matter themselves, within the conditions the original work was published/released.
We respect your privacy and will not be giving out, or sharing your personal information with any third party, for commercial or non-commercial use.
International Cartoon Festival Zemst 2008 – “EVE and SPORTS”
1. Theme:
“EVE and SPORTS”
2. The number of entries is limited until 5.
They shall not have been exhibited or published before.
3. The works have to be sent to the following address:
SPORTIMONIUM, Bloso-domein, for the attention of Kelly Van Laethem,
Trianondreef 19, 1981 Hofstade-Zemst (Belgium)
4. The drawings shall have the following dimensions: 210 x 297 mm. The works shall not be provided by a passe-partout, neither be stuck on larger paper. The drawing must bear, on the reverse, the surname, Christian name and address of the participant. The drawings shall not bear subtitles.
5. By virtue of their participation, the participants authorize the organizers to publish some of their works that they have received.
6. The following prizes are foreseen:
600,00 euro + trophy – 400,00 euro + trophy – 250,00 + trophy.
7. Prize of Public: 150,00 euro.
8. By participating the participant lends his works to the organizers for exhibitions.
The works received will remain at the disposal of the organizers during
one year until august 2011.
9. The entries will only be sent back by the organizers on receiving a written
request. The awarded works will become the property of the organizers.
10. Deadline: 30 March, 2009
11. Exhibition: 3 July – 30 August 2009. Opening Friday 2 July 2009 at 8 pm.