European Cartoon Contest “Intercultural Dialogue”

Dear Cartoonist,

We are very pleased to invite you to participate on a European Cartoon Contest which theme will be “Intercultural Dialogue”, which deadline for the reception of works will be the 16th June 2008.
This contest’s theme is in accordance with the proclamation of 2008 as the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue.
The objective of this initiative of the European Commission is to promote the awareness of all citizens to respect the cultural diversity. The EU decision is in keeping with respect by several fundamental principles written in the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the Union.
It is in line with these purposes that Portugal launches a European-Cartoon Contest with the theme “Intercultural Dialogue”, relying on the importance of the language of humour as a way to build and des-build the looks on the subject.
As per the contest of 2007 – Inequalities, Discrimination and Prejudice – this contest is for European authors, of any country, being part or not of the 27 countries of the European Union.

We do look forward to receive you participation!

Warm regards

The Director
Luís Humberto Marcos

Contacts:
National Printing Museum
Estrada Nacional 108, nº 206
4300- 316 Porto
Portugal

Tel: 351+22 530 49 66
Fax: 351+22 530 10 71
portocartoon@imultimedia.pt
www.cartoonvirtualmuseum.org
www.imultimedia.pt/museuvirtpress

18th Humor…at Gura Humorului Festival – Romania

“Humor…at GURA HUMORULUI”
International festival of Cartoon and Humorous Literature
the 18th edition

11 – 13 July 2008

The 18th edition of “Humor…at GURA HUMORULUI”, the International Festival of Cartoon and Humorous Literature will be held in the period 11-13th of July, 2008 as part of the Festive Days of Humor City.

The Contest Regulations – cartoon:
1. The theme of the edition: ”Election issues”
2. The eligible works are the ones which have not been published or awarded any prizes for other contests.
3. All the works will have on the backside the name of the author and contact data (address, telephone number, e-mail account).
4. A page A3 or A4 will be the right dimensions of the works.
5. The technique used for the works will be at the free choice of the artist.
6. The works are not to be returned. They will be part of the “Humor…at GURA HUMORULUI” festival’s patrimony and the organizers are entitled to use them as materials edited later, but with the name of the author on them.
7. The participants are required to send the following papers with their works: the completed entry form attached, a brief CV and a personal photo or portrait/caricature self portrait of the following minimum dimensions: 6 x 9 cm (on paper) or 710 x 1065 pix. (digital format).
8. Number of works: 3 (three)
9. The deadline for the works is June 20, 2008 (the post date)
10. The prizewinners are to be notified by July,4,2008, to be present for the Awards Festivity on Sunday, July,13, 2008 and will be provided accommodation and meals. Transport expenses will be the responsibility of the participant or the organization/institution he/she is part of. In case other people will accompany the participants, they will pay all the expenses incurred. In addition, the organizers are to be notified in due time, no later than July 7, 2008 to make the necessary reservations.
11. The list of the jury members will be posted on the site www.gurahumorului.ro, starting with June 15, 2008.
12. The prizes to be awarded:
– 1st Prize Eur 500
– 2nd Prize Eur 300
– 3rd Prize Eur 200
– The ‘George Gavrileanu’ Prize for the débutantes from Bucovina Eur 200
13. The jury is the one to decide upon awarding or not awarding or re-allocating the prizes. In addition, the jury will decide the works or the authors that can be rewarded by sponsors, associations, mass-media, institutions, commercial societies or private persons.
14. There will be no fee for participation.
The works will be sent to the following address:
Muzeul Obiceiurilor Populare din Bucovina, Piata Republicii nr.2, 725300 Gura Humorului, judetul Suceava ROMANIA
Telephone at the Museum: 0040.230.231.108
e-mail: umor@gurahumorului.ro

The International Cartoon Contest PAPKINADA 2008

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

The PAPKINADA 2008 International Cartoon Contest is an open competition.
The objects of the competition are drawings, graphics and other works of fine arts and photography created with the use of optional techniques, being originals, and qualified by artists to:
“Now, mate, pour some Bosman Beer. 160th Anniversary of Bosman Brewery Szczecin”

WORKS AWARDED IN OTHER COMPETITIONS will be excluded from the competition.
The format of the works – maximum A3 (297 x 420 mm).
Works should be sent or delivered by July 1, 2008, packed in a protective cover to:

”PAPKINADA 2008”
Kołobrzeskie Stowarzyszenie Inteligencji Twórczej
Ul. Krakowska 12, 78-100 Kołobrzeg
POLAND

Organisers are not responsible for transport damages.
THE PARTICIPANTS ARE KINDLY ASKED NOT TO POST THE WORKS VIA ELECTRONIC MEANS AS THESE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR THE COMPETITION.

Participation in the competition is free of charge. However, the organiser reserves the right to include one of the submitted works in the Papkinada Gallery. The work, chosen by the author, will in this way cover our costs of mailing (please use capitals). Works should be accompanied by their author’s photo or caricature, a short biographical note and a filled application card.

PRIZES
The Jury will award the following prizes:
GRAND PRIX PAPKINADA 2008 – 3000 PLN

The Jury has the right of final distribution of the statutory prizes, change of their amount, or non-awarding them or non-awarding the GRAND PRIX PAPKINADA 2008. The Jury’s decisions are final.

The competition results will be announced on July 30, 2008 at PAPKINADA web site: www.papkinada.prv.pl

N o t e !
Awards are subject to taxation according to the current regulations. The condition to pay the authors is their arrival for the opening of the exhibition and collection of their awards by December 15, 2008, or indicating a bank account the money should be transferred to.

PRIVILAGES OF PARTICIPANTS
Authors of work qualified to the exhibition are given a presentation copy of the exhibition catalogue and a free-of-charge place in the catalogue. The organisers provide the competition prize-winners with gratuitous participation in the PAPKINADA 2008 event on August-September, 2008. Works sent to the exhibitions will be exhibited in the country and abroad after the main exhibition, and then will be returned to their authors by the end of 2009.

FINAL PROVISIONS
The organisers reserve the right to use the sent works for PAPKINADA advertising purposes without any special fees paid to the authors: to be 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 organisers and will be included.
The exhibition organisers are the finial judges in interpretation of the regulations.
Sending his work the artist agrees to the mentioned above rules and regulations and agree to the publishing of the author’s profile in the post-exhibition catalogue.
Kołobrzeskie Stowarzyszenie Inteligencji Twórczej is the organiser of the PAPKINADA 2008 International Cartoon Contest. The Gallery of Contemporary Art and Polish Cartoonists’ Association are the co-organisers.

TIMETABLE
Deadline for works reception July 1, 2008
Jury meeting July 15-17, 2008
Post-competition exhibition August 30, 2008
Return of works after the exhibition cycle December 31, 2009

International Cartoon Festival “Pure(Clean) sight”

Russian version

Festival of Cartoon “Pure(Clean) sight” – Belgorod / Russia

The administration of city of Belgorod and Gallery have founded the international cartoon festival «Pure(Clean) sight», devoted to the Ecology, to Pure(Clean) city, Pure(Clean) ideas. The purpose of Festival: propagation of the ecological knowledge and moral values among inhabitants of Belgorod, Russia, all the world.

The goal of the Festival:
– To draw attention of the public and rising generation to the questions of ecology in the city;
– To form by means of the fine arts and an art word understanding of a urgency of protection of an environment of city;
– To impart ecological culture, to convince of value of ethical and cultural norms;
– To support creativity of the talented townspeople.

Within the limits of Festival competition of cartoones and competition of ecological slogans will take place. Start to competitions is given on April, 1st, 2008.
The jury of Festival consists from the competent experts in the field of cartoon, fine arts and the literature.

Participants should be registered and send the works to the competitions by July 11th, 2008 to the address of:
308015 Russia, Belgorod, p.o. 25, Festival of a caricature «Pure(Clean) sight».

Winners are defined(determined) in Competition of caricatures and Competition of ecological slogans:
winner I of a degree, the winner of II degree, the winner of III degree.
Awards in competition of cartoon:
The first place – the premium of 42 thousand roubles and a prize «the Gold pencil»,
The second place – the premium of 27 thousand roubles and a prize «the Silver pencil»,
The third place – the premium of 12 thousand roubles and a prize «the Bronze pencil».
Awards in competition of ecological slogans:
The first place – the premium of 9 thousand of roubles,
The second place – the premium of 6 thousand of roubles,
The third place – the premium of 3 thousand roubles.
Organizers of Festival stipulate incentive prizes.

The festival takes place in the city of Belgorod from September 16 till September 31, 2008.
The exhibition on results of Competition of a cartoon will take place at the children’s art school (Russia, Belgorod), the opening will take place on September 16th.
Within the limits of Festival meetings of cartoonists of Russia with spectators of the exhibition, tournament of poets take place.

Organizers
http://vzglyad.goodideas.su/index.html

Cartoon Award of Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung

Ahoy,
http://www.toonpool.com – the international cartoon platform – announces:
On the occasion of the YEAR OF MATHEMATICS 2008 the DMV (Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung / German Mathematicians Organization) will award
1 cartoon treating MATHEMATICS in an imaginative and most surprising way.
Awarding prize: 1000 euro
Joining cartoons (published or unpublished) may not be created before January 2007 but all time after – or could be brandnew, too…
DMV will receive rights for using all joining cartoons in DMV’s own publications. Further copyrights will stay in artists’ possession.
Selecting jury:
Til Mette (stern),
Jan-Michael Richter (jamiri),
Prof. Rainer Schulze-Pillot (DMV),
Prof. Günter M. Ziegler (DMV)
Please send applications until JULY 30th, 2008 to the DMV’s president:
Prof. Günter M. Ziegler
Institut für Mathematik, MA 6-2
Technische Universität Berlin
D-10623 Berlin / Germany
By e-mail:
ziegler@math.tu-berlin.de
Peace & smiles,
Bernd Pohlenz, cartoonist
http://www.toonpool.com

13th International Salon
Diògenes Taborda 2008 prize.

History:

Considering the launching of the “In the memory of Buenos Aires” program, sponsored by the city of Buenos Aires Government. Destinated to capture the historical and cultural values in each neighborhood, Jorge Volpe Stessens creates the Diògenes Taborda Mercosur salon.

This prize is inaugurated every year on the 21st of September due to celebration of the “Spring Day”.

Diògenes Taborda is the only cartoonist honored by a Mayor by naming a street in Buenos Aires after him, after his death in 1926.

Diògenes Taborda had that gift which has always characterized and distinguished the worlds greatest draftsmen, It will be recognized after his steps on the pages of “La Crìtica” he under covered a whole world of suggestion, he made a whole world of humorism flourish when graphically relating an episode, the tip of his pencil put aside maliciously and by stealth, the veil of the human life scenery, and let us see in a small detail a whole big drama as saying: look at what happens. And he did all this smiling and without effort, because he was funny in the Spanish meaning of the word. He made his drawings with the nudity of the nimble, the grace was for him, as for all great artists, an economy of effort.

Diògenes Taborda cooperated with the sketches of “El Apostol” a satirical cartoon movie, done by the pioneer Quirino Cristiani (Extracted from the book “History of the graphic and written humor “, author Oscar Vazquez Lucio (Siulnas)).

Basis 13th Diògenes Taborda Salon 2008

Can participate: painters, photographers, sculptors, printers, humorists, etc.

Theme: free.

Format: 0,40cm x 0,30cm. only on paper, cardboard, cloth.

Jury: Integrated by critics of art residing in Mercosur.

Deliveries: the art will be personally presented or sent in a sealed envelope (no framing, not paspartu) to the
Volpe Stessens Cultural Foundation,
Caseros 2739, CP1246, Buenos Aires, Argentina,
until August 1st 2008.

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and one mention will be awarded in the following categories: Graphic humor/illustration/painting/digital art/popular naïf art/drawing/photography (monochrome or color up to 6 per artist).

10works of art: 10 paintings from great masters of painting from Mercosur .

Cost : 50 U$S to name of the “Fundación Cultural Volpe Stessens”, corrent acount Nº 012-009379-9 of the “Banco Francés” – Buenos Aires – Sucursal Parque Patricios – (CBU) Nro.: 0170012120000000937995

diogenestaborda@gmail.com
Web: http://www.museodiogenestaborda.blogspot.com
Entry form: http://www.diogenestaborda.org.ar/concursos.html

11th George Van Raemdonck cartooncontest 2008.

THEME 11th George Van Raemdonck cartooncontest 2008 : Taste & Flavour

REGULATIONS :

1. This cartooncontest is open to everybody. The participants are expected to aknowledge the regulations and commmit themselves to accept its conditions and clauses as well as the jury’s resolutions.

2. THEME: TASTE.
Actions, persons and events must be depicted in a humorous and artistic way without text or subtitles. There are no restrictions concerning colour or technique.

3. The drawings munst be original and never before have been published or exhibited. There are no restrictions about the number of cartoons.

4. ENTRY.
The drawings must be sent solidly packed, not folded or rolled up, at the expenses of the subscriber, to:

Village Council of Boechout – Culture DPT
Jef Van Hoofplein 20
B-2530 Boechout
BELGIUM

Deadline: august 9, 2008.

5. SIZE:
The size of the drawings must be 21 x 30 cm (A4). Name, chistian name and address must be written on the back of each drawing. Please write ont the package “Sample without Value” to save customs expenses.

6. PRIZES.
1. 1.500 eur: prize George Van Raemdonck, given by the village council of Boechout.
2. 750 eur: prize of the cultural council of Boechout.
3. 500 eur: prize Zeppo bvba for the best participant -25 year.
4. 250 eur: prize International Humour in Art vzw.
5. 150 eur: prize Davidsfonds Boechout-Vremde for the best Flemish participant.

7. By taking part, all participants give the organizers the right to publish the cartoons in newspapers or magazines only for the purpose of promoting the contest. The participants give the organizers permission to show the selected works in a travelling exhibition.

8. The prize exhibits will become the property of the organizers. The selected participants will receive a free catalogue. Only o explicit request will remaining works be returned to the owners at the expenses of the organizers, who can not be held responsable for any loss of or damage to returned works. The organisers will transfer works, of which the sending back is not asked, to the European Cartoon Center in Kruishoutem to be part of its permanent collection.

9. INSURANCE AND SELLING CONDITIONS.
All works are insured during the period of the exhibition(s). The works are insured for the value mentioned on the form of tender, if no value is mentioned, the works will be insured at the value of 10 (ten) euro. Exhibiting works, if wished by the participants, can be sold to interested parties. The selling price is equal to the stated insurance value, minus 20 % administration costs for the organizers. The pruchased works can only be obtained at the end of the exhibition(s).

10. EXHIBITION.
Opening on Friday the 3rd of October 2008 at the community center Boechout Vremde Vooruit, St.-Bavoplein 17, 2530 Boechout, Belgium. The exhibition is open to the public from Saturday October 4 till Sunday November 2, 2008, during the openinghours of the center.

11. The jury selects the prize-winners and the cartoons for the exhibition.

12. Biographical data, in the possession of the organizers, will be exhibited in the exhibitionhall. Add these data, shown on the form of tender, to you entry.

Entry form: http://www.iha.be/cms/default2.asp?active_page_id=84

5 th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST “KARPIK 2007”

NIEMODLIN-POLAND

Competition rules:

EACH AUTHOR CAN SENT AT MAXIMUM 2 ORYGINAL WORK
THE FORMATS OF THE WORKS SHOULD NOT EXCEED THE A-4 !!!
EACH WORK SHOULD BE SIGNED ON THE REVERSE AND BEAR THE AUTHOR’S FULL ADDRESS
THEME: “FISH, FISHERMEN, FISHING, ANGLERS”

THE FOLLOWING PRIZES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED:
1 st PRIZE OF 2500 PLN
2 nd x 2 PRIZE OF 1500 PLN
THE WORKS MUST ARRIVE BY 23 SEPTEMBER 2007!!!
AT THE END EXHIBITION, ACCORDING TO THE YEAR BEAFORE EDITION, ALL WORKS WILL BECOME AUCTION FOR CHARITABLE AIM THE WINERS AS WELL AS CARTOONISTS QUALFIELD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POST-COMPETITON EXHIBITION SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A FREE COPY OF A CATALOGUE PUBLISHED BY ORGANIZRS

SEND YOUR WORK AT THE ADDRESS:
OŚRODEK KULTURY
(KARPIK 2007)
UL. MIKOŁAJA REJA 1
49-100 NIEMODLIN
WOJ. OPOLSKIE
POLAND

“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