ÇORUM JOURNALISTS’ ASSOCIATION 2nd Cartoon Competition

 

Theme: Are we going to burn or freeze?

 

Aim: Our world is getting polluted rapidly from many sides for the last two hundred years. The gases comes out of the factories’ and houses’ chimneys and of the exhaust of the motor vehicles –having increased rapidly after the Industrial Revolution –are causing the climate changes which have never seen before since the Ice Age, which was millions of years ago. The regression of gradually melting glaciers’ to the polars and the loss of  ice cap, on high mountains, the rise of sea level, the migration of plant & fish species, the decrease in the number of bird species because of the air pollution, the rapid growth of the annual rings in trees are, of course, the indicators of rapidly warming in the earth.

However, the meteorologists are talking about the probability of shutdown of the Gulf Stream warm water current, which is transporting the warm sea water from the equator to the western Europe, because of the melting of the North Pole glaciers; and finally, the possibility of a new ice age in Northwest Europe at the end. In other words, the global warming can bring our world to a new ice age at the end. It is uncertain/indefinite whether we’re going to burn or freeze as a result of the global climate change.

Arranging the second cartoon competition, Çorum Journalists’ Association aims to reflect the effects of the global climate change on natural world under the title of “Are we going to burn or freeze?” with the universal language of cartoons.

I invite all cartoon artists to our competition and wish success to all/them.

 

 

The conditions of entry:

1.  The competition is open to all-amateur and professional- cartoonists(from all over the world).

2. The technique is free.

3. Size: Minimum – A4 (297x210mm), maximum A3 (420x297mm)

4. Each participant may access in the competition with the most five original cartoons.

5. At least six lettered nickname should be written on the back of the work with a pen.

6. Each participant should fill in the participation form. The form and the Works should be put in the same envelope.

The participation forms will occasionally be broadcast in Çorum’s local media/journals.

(The participationts out of Çorum can get the participation forms by e-mail: hakimiyet19@mynet.com+cgcd.org)

7. Deadline for the entries is April 8th 2008.

Çorum Journalists’ Association will not be responsible for the damage that may occur during the postage.

8. The Works, send for the competition, should not have been awarded in any other competition before.

The Works must be in original and unwritten.

Photocopies and the computerized works (digital images) will not be accepted.

9. If more than one work of a participant’s get the prizes, the Grand prize will be given to that cartoonist and the selective community will evaluate the other works for other prizes.

10. The Works, sent for the competition will be kept in Çorum Journalists’ Association’s archieve. They may be used -when necessary- as album, catalogue, brochure, CD or poster. So the cartoons will not be sent back to the artist.

11.Prizes:

First Prize           :           1000 YTL         

Second Prize      :           800  YTL          

Third Prize         :           600  YTL                              

Mention :           300  YTL

Mention :           300  YTL

Mention :           300  YTL

 The special prizes (which will be given)from several foundations and firms will be attached later.

12.The Municipality of Çorum will cover the bus travelling and accomodation expenses of the prize winning cartoonists from all cities of Turkey to Çorum.(for the award ceremony)

13. The works -sent to the competition- shouldn’t hurt any religion, race, sectarian or group (in any way).

14. The results of the competition will be announced by Çorum Journalists’ Association and Cartoonist Association.

 

Address for sending the cartoons:

Karikatürcüler Derneði Çorum Temsilciliði

Çorum Gazeteciler Cemiyeti

Turgut Özal Ýþ Merkezi Kat: 1 No: 81 ÇORUM / TÜRKÝYE

Tel: 0 364 213 75 15-224 24 00

E mail:                                hakimiyet19@mynet.com

 Association’s web address:   www.cgcd.org

Secretary: Sümeyra Çaðdaþ

 

 

 

The jury:

 1. Karikatür Derneði Yönetim Kurulu Temsilcisi

The representative of the Cartoonist Association’s administrative body/council

 2. Eray Özbek (Cartoonist)

 3. Kamil Yavuz (Cartoonist)

 4. Tayyar Özkan (Cartoonist)

 5. E. Yaþar Babalýk (Cartoonist)

 6. Uður Pamuk (Cartoonist)

 7. Sönmez Yanardað (Çorum Representative of the Cartoonist Association)

 8. Nilgün Çevik (Artist)

 9.  Koray Þenyuva (Cartographer)

10. Kezban Toktaþ (Sanat Eðitimcisi)

Art pedagogue/educationist

11. Sümeyra Çaðdaþ (Reporter)

The Entry Form:

The participant’s

Name                :          

Surname            :

Adres                :          

Telephone         :

Gsm                  :

The nickname/name of the work  :

1…………..   …….

2………….    ……

3………….    ……

 

I accept all conditions of the contest.

 

Name, surname, signiture :

 

 

New Comics Community Launched: BuzziNews Portal Announces an International Comics Competition with Prizes Valued at $23,000

 

The new portal will illustrate reality from a new perspective, giving a new text-free look to the world of internet journalism through comics and caricature.  

 

Hod Hasharon. Israel, Nov. 7 2007. BuzziNews, a new and unique online comics community portal will illustrate world, business, sports and entertainment current events text-free through comics and caricatures. The online portal is launching its activity with an international illustration competition awarding prizes valued at $23,000.

 

The BuzziNews global comics community portal places the illustrations in center stage. The illustrations will portray current events and situations from the illustrator’s personal perspective.

                                                                                               

The first BuzziNews Awards Comics Competition is open to professional and amateur illustrators worldwide. Awards and prizes will be presented to winners of the contest in the four BuzziNews illustration categories: World, Business, Sports and Entertainment. Winners will be chosen by a public online vote as well as by a panel of judges, pre-chosen from among the surfing public.

 

The Comics Competition will begin on  Nov. 8th 2007. Online voting will open on December 1^st 2007  on the BuzziNews website. Winners of the comics competition will be declared on January 21^st 2008. For more information, visit the BuzziNews Awards Comics Competition website at www.buzzionline.net.

 

To compete in the “World” category, illustrators will draw their “local” world. In the “Business” category illustrators will unleash their imagination trying to imagine the next start-up company to be bought by Google or eBay. The theme in the “Sports” category is the Beijing Olympics 2008: illustrators are asked to describe future Olympic sports. In the “Entertainment” category comics artists and illustrators are to draw a caricature of the next celebrity/star.

 

Rami Naori, Co-Founder of BuzziNews: “The portal was conceived in the aspiration to bring forth a new perspective and a new look to the world of internet journalism. My wife, Haya-Ayelet, and myself labored with the idea of this portal for over three years before its birth. The notion that inspired us was that it is possible to portray current events from a positive standpoint free of malevolence, to diminish evil, decrease conflicts and power struggles and convey messages in a language that’s truly universal”.

 

Naori adds, “I hope that many illustrators will join the competition and find a home in the BuzziNews illustrators’ community portal. This is a new approach that will allow illustrators, comics artists and amateurs to earn money, and we hope they will make a lot of it from future earnings of the portal”.

 

About BuzziNews

The vision of The BuzziNews comics community portal is to provide a different perspective on world, business, sports and entertainment reality, without conflict, power struggles and malevolence, in a universal language understandable by all. The portal positions illustrators as partners and they stand to gain from future earnings. The BuzziNews Portal was founded by Rami Naori and his wife Haya-Ayelet who passed away several months before the site’s launch, leaving an unwritten legacy to continue with BuzziNews – their joint project. BuzziNews allows parents and children to enjoy the site, which filters out pornography, incitement to violence and crime, racism, and other content that may offend the public.

www.buzzinews.com

BRAILA COUNTY COUNCIL / THE COUNTY CENTER FOR PRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF TRADITIONAL CULTURE BRAILA

 

 BRAILA INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST 2nd EDITION 2007

 

REGULATION

Contest: open to all cartoonists

Theme:  A) Braila- a multi-ethnic province (in Braila’s region cohabit beside Romanians the following ethnic communities: Bulgarians, Greeks, Italians, Jews, Lipovenians, Roms, Tatars and Turks)

               B) Free

Entries: max. 5.

The works should be sent by classic mail or by e-mail (A4, A3, 300 dpi, Jpeg) and must be accompanied by the author’s biography.
Size: A4 (210 x 297 mm) – A3 (297 x 420 mm)
Technique: free
Deadline: November 20^th, 2007
Prizes:

Great Prize –  1000 €  1500 €;

First Prize – 800 €  1000 €;

Second Prize – 500 €  800 €;

Third Prize – 300 €  500 €;

3 Special Prizes –  200 €  3 x 300 € (each)

Members of jury:

Tudor Octavian – art critic

Mihai Stanescu – cartoonist

Leonte Nastase – cartoonist

Costel Patrascan – cartoonist

Exhibition: December 8^th, 2007

Catalogue: each selected artist will receive a copy

Remark: the works will not be returned, they will remain the property of The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila

The works should be sent to:

The County Center for Preservation and Promotion of Traditional Culture Braila

1)         Piata Traian 2

810153

Braila

Romania

 

2)         centrul_creatie@portal-braila.ro

 

Contact details:

Tel / Fax:  +40 239 614 710

E-mail:  centrul_creatie@portal-braila.ro

costel_patrascan@yahoo.co.uk

1^st International China Olympic Cartoon Competition

The Competition is open to any professional and afterhours cartoonists and humor writers all over the world

The tenet of Competition is: Healthy, Facetious, Harmonious and Enterprising. All discrimination against religion or race will not be accepted, also all relate to obscenity or violence will be rejected.

Categories
A) ALL ABOUT OLYMPIC, including Olympic Games and all relate to sports stuff
B) MY CHOISE (FREE THEME), all about Humor…
C) HUMOUR ESSAY AND JOKE

Date
Deadline: January 1, 2008
Jury meeting: March 1-10, 2008
Award ceremony: will be helden on The Great Wall before The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Exhibition: will be helden in Yufa New Media Cinema & TV Advertisement City attach in The National New Media Base, Daxing, Beijing before The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, and itinerant exhibitions around China.

Prizes
1) Monthly Prizes:
Any author may win prizes repeatedly, and monthly Prizes will not impact the main prizes.
RMB 5,000 (600 US$) for 1-3 winners for each category (A and B category), RMB 1,000 (120 US$) for 1-3 winners (C category).
The Monthly Prizes will be awarded from Dec, 2006 to Jan, 2008, in number 14 months.

2) Main Prizes:
Grand Prize: RMB 250,000 (30.000 US$) for 1 winner;
Gold Prize: RMB 50,000 (6.000 US$) for 1 winners each category (A and B category), RMB 10,000 (1.200 US$) for 1 winners for C category.
Silver Prize: RMB 30,000 (3.500 US$) for 2 winners each category (A and B category), RMB 5,000 (600 US$) for 2 winners for C category.
Bronze Prize: RMB 10,000 (1.200 US$) for 3 winners each category (A and B category), RMB 3,000 (350 US$) for 3 winners for C category.
100 Special Prizes will be awarded a special Jade medal.

Rules

1) No entry fee.

2) Participator may submit up any quantity works, no limited for entries, whether any category.

3) The entries may be sent by email or by postal mail
For the works is submitted by email or CD, the digital files must be A4 (21×29.7cm), 300 dpi, Jpeg or Gif format;
For the works on paper, The maximum size of work is A4 (29.7x42cm), the quality prints will also be acceptted;
For the 3D works, the maximum length of any side is 50 cm, the maximum weight is 20 kg;
No limit about the essay and joke.

4) All entry must be accompanied with the resume of author, also the author’s Name, title of the work, address, telephone number, email must be with works together.

5) The technique of entry is no limited, any drawing, digital work, prints, photograph and sculpture will be acceptted.

6) Entries must not be framed.

7) Authors should be responsible for the originality of their works.

8) All entries will be not returnned back, will be collected in Yufa New Media Cinema & TV Advertisement City attach in The National New Media Base, Daxing, Beijing.

9) The organizer may use all entries for any objective for spreadding the competition without additional commision.

10) All selected artists and writers will get an free album.

11) The participator accept the conditions and provisions of these regulations and agree to abide by the decisions of the jury.

12) The organizer have right to explain all the rules.
Address
Email to:
olympicartoon@yahoo.com
olympicartoon@126.com
manwu1001@126.com

Postal mail to:
15 Floor-B, Shijijinyuan Hotel Business Building, No.69 Banjing RD,
Haidian District, Beijing, P. R. China
Post code: 100089

Click and download
Entry-form | Regulations (doc format)

For further informations:
olympicartoon@yahoo.com | manwu1001@126.com
www.manwu1001.com | www.cartooncn.org
Tel: 0086-10-88454391 | Fax: 0086-10-88443757

1st INTERNATIONAL MANISA – MESIR CARTOON CONTEST-TURKEY

                                      

 

“LAST EXIT BEFORE DOOM ! ”

 

 

As you know, we humans we have put our world through very big troubles.

The obvious reasons of disaster are countless:

Excessive growth in population, million tones of solid, liquid and gas waste, consumption of water and energy, urban plunder, chopping of forests, wars and bomb experiments, usage of hormones and pesticides, transformed genes, tankship tragedies, etc. And the results: Global warming, polluted waters, the hole in the ozone layer, ascending epidemic diseases, both drought and floods, erosion of the agricultural soil, massive poverty and hunger, extincting plant and animal species… We have to believe that it is still possible to save our only homeland, our world and have to try doing that.

We are calling all cartoonists in the world to produce dramatic pieces for our sensibility in this subject.

In our contest, we hope to see the proficiency of new cartoonists and innovations of masters.

 

Bülent KAR

Mayor of Manisa-TURKEY

 

JURY:

Marlene Pohle : Cartoonist from Germany,

Vladimir Kazanevsky : Cartoonist from Ukraine,

Agim Sulaj : Cartoonist from Italy,

Raþit Yakalý : Cartoonist from Turkey,

Eray Özbek : Cartoonist from Turkey,

Cem Koç : Cartoonist from Turkey,

 

 

Prizes will be awarded as follows:

 

First Prize      : 2500 €

Second Prize : 1750 €

Third Prize     : 1000 €

 

 

Ø       This contest is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.

Ø       The cartoons may not have been previously awarded and  must be based on the original idea of the artist. Cartoons that are deemed by the jury to be the same or closely similar to that known to be the work of another cartoonist will not be judged. Discussions and probable claims according all sorts of plagiarism  are at the expense of the participant.

Ø       The participation will be only by internet. Consequently, digital artworks will be also accepted.

Ø       The artists shall not present  more than  TWO  works. Otherwise, all of them will not be judged.

The properties of the works :

Ø       Minimum A4 (210 X  297 mm), Maximum A3 (297 X 420 mm),  in JPEG format with 300 dpi resolution. Maximum: 3 MB.

Ø       A separate e-mail for each work. The full name, address, telephone number of the artist is to be stated on the each mail with a  brief CV (max.350 characters).

Ø       The artists will call these cartoons and CV files with their own names. 

      *For example:  Semih Berker-1.jpg  and  Semih Berker.doc

Ø       The young domestic cartoonists under 18 years must add their ages also.

*For example: Semih Berker-1(17). For this category, there is a special “youth” prize.

Ø       Address to send submissions in digital form: cartoon@manisa.bel.tr AND                  karikatur@manisa.bel.tr

 

Ø       The deadline: Entries to reach the organizers by Wednesday January, 30th 2008, 12.00 am midday.

 

Ø       If the number of the participating cartoons will be very much; the members of the jury in Turkey will do a primary election before the meeting of the jury. If a foreign juror  wants to see other works, he/she can look at them and can add his/her selections.

 

Ø       Jury will meet on February 11st, 2008 and at the same day, the winners of the contest will be announced. The Jury’s judgment shall be final.

 

Ø       Prize giving ceremony will take place and the exhibition of the selected works will open Marh 22nd, 2008 at  the Lale Hall of Cultural Center in Manisa.

 

Ø       Municipality of Manisa hold the right  to publish the cartoons submitted to the contest in any form.

 

Ø       A catalogue will be published and one copy will be supplied to each artist whose work has been selected for this catalogue.

 

Ø       Artists submitting cartoons will automatically agree to abide by the above rules.

 

Ø       Contact for further information : kultursanat@manisa.bel.tr    

 

The 6th LM International Cartoon Contest
The Organizing Committee of the 6th 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.
Regulations:
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, fax number, and e-mail, if available, 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
TEL: 0086-25-52202120
4. WEB: www.Googlm.com
E-MAIL: googlm@126.com
5. DEADLINE: December 22, 2007
(The late works will be accepted as the entries for the 7th LM International Cartoon Contest)
6. FREQUENCY: Annual
7. JURY: The group of judges consists of the organizer, cartoonists, and art scholars. Participants are not allowed to raise any objections to judge determinations.
8. THE PRIZES:
* Grand prize of 1 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Gold prize of 5 (Gold Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Honor prize of 10 (Silver Medal, Certificate, Album)
* Prizes for excellence of 150 (Certificate, Album)
9. THE RESULTS AND EXHIBITIONS:
A) The results of the contest will be made public in March 3rd, 2008 on our website: www.googlm.com
B) We will send the medals, certificates and albums for all the winners before May 1st, 2008.
C) The exhibition will be organized from January to October in 2008 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.

SATYRYKON LEGNICA 2008

 

Legnica’s SATYRYKON is an event unique and unrivalled event in Poland. It is also highly ranked in the world. The American magazine ‘Witty World’ included it among 10 best festivals awarding it its Grand Prix, and FECO (The Federation of Cartoonist Organisation) awarded it its maximum, 5 star’ note .

PARTICIPATION CONDITIONS

The SATYRYKON 2008 International Exhibition 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, completed within the recent two years (2007-2008), and qualified by artists to:

HUMOR and SOCIAL SATIRE
(drawing without captions preferred)

D O G
I feel, I love, I Wait and bark
(drawing without captions preferred)

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

International Exhibition
SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2008
AKADEMIA RYCERSKA
Chojnowska 2
59-220 Legnica
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 reserve the right to include one of the submitted works in the Satyrykon 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

Works for the competition will be qualified by the International Jury.
The Jury will award the following prizes:
GRAND PRIX SATYRYKON 2008
– pure gold key and purse amounting to 5.500 PLN
2 gold medals and purses amounting to 5.000 PLN
2 silver medals and purses amounting to 4.500 PLN
2 bronze medals and purses amounting to 4.000 PLN
4 special prizes amounting to 3.500 PLN each
the Legnica Culture Centre director’s award for the youngest prticipant of the competition.

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 SATYRYKON. Jury’s decisions are final. The competition results will be announced on March 1, 2008 at Satyrykon web site: www.satyrykon.com.

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 SATYRYKON 2008 event on June 12-15, 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 SATYRYKON 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 in the collection of the Satyrykon Gallery.
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.
Legnica Centre of Culture and Fundation Satyrykon are organisers of the SATYRYKON-LEGNICA 2008 International Exhibition (PL-59-220 Legnica, Chojnowska 2, tel. 0-048 76 852-23-44)
e-mail: satyrykon@wp.pl.
Timetable

Deadline for works reception February 1, 2008
Jury meeting February 15-17, 2008
Post-competition exhibition June 5 – August 24, 2008
Return of works after the exhibition cycle December 31, 2009

2nd “RED MAN” INTERNATIONAL CARTOON HUMOUR COMPETITION

The 29th Olympic Games will be held inBeijing in 2008. “One World One Dream” fully reflects the essence and the universal values of the Olympic spirit — Unity, Friendship, Progress, Harmony, Participation and Dream. It expresses the common wishes of people all over the world, inspired by the Olympic ideals, to strive for a bright future of Mankind. In spite of the differences in colors, languages and races, we share the charm and joy of the Olympic Games, and together we seek for the ideal of Mankind for peace. We belong to the same world and we share the same aspirations and dreams. It is our belief that peace and progress, harmonious development, living in amity, cooperation and mutual benefit, and enjoying a happy life are the common ideals of the people throughout the world.
 
2008 “RED MAN” INTERNATIONAL CARTOON HUMOUR COMPETITION will be held inBeijing inChina in 2008. It is the Olympic Games for artists from all over the world. We sincerely hope that the “Redman” international cartoon humour competition can be a tie which connectsBeijing and the whold world, so that artists from different countries can bring more beauty toBeijing with excellent works.
 
We use “Fuwa”, that is the mascot of Beijing Olympics, as prizes in the competiton. They will bring happiness to the whole world with great kindness fromBeijing and invite people from all the countries to pay attention toBeijing, to enjoy the grand ceremony of Olympics in 2008!
 
Regulation
1. The contest is Open to all artists worldwide, cartoonists, caricaturists, painters, illustrators, etc, etc.
2. Theme : ⅠCARTOON:(1) A. Shadow   B.Free        (2) Olympic Games in Animal’s World
           ⅡCARICATURE:A.Yao Ming      B. Liu Xiang     C.Free
          ⅢFACETIOUS VEDIO: Some funny and facetious things in the life.
          ⅣUNDER 16 YEARS OLD (including): Welcome the beauty, welcome the Olympics
3. Entries: max. 6 cartoons for each theme
4.［Plane works］The size of the works should be from A4(210×297mm) to A3(297×420mm).
5. Participators should summit the original works. Any slide, photograph or xerox will not be accepted.
6. First name, Last name, Address, Email, Telephone number should be written on the revers. Accompanied by the author’s entry-form and biography.
7. Technique and medium of works are unlimited.Traditional Chinese Painting, Oil painting, Print, Watercolor or Children’s painting are all acceptable.black and white or in colors.
8.(ⅢFACETIOUS VEDIO) Notice:
（1）、 The length of the video should be limited within 20 minutes. No limitation on the video types. DV, FLASH, film editing or self-shooting by cell phones are all acceptable. The videos in the format of RM, AVI, WMV and SWF are accepted, which should be marked by the competitors. The language or text in the video can only be in Chinese or English.
  （2）、Any of the commercial advertising, marks and any other external links are not accepted in the video except the name of the authors. The authors will be responsible for all the issues on copyrights which the works refers to such as music or other materials in the videos.
 （3）、 Please provide the information as below: the title of the video, size(in K&XY), introduction to the video( in 300 characters), author’s name, contact, email and address(including zip code), at least one piece of posters or captured pictures(in JPG, 120×90px).
 （4）、 The authors can post the CD carved to the committee but we are not responsible for the possible damage during the posting process.
 
9. Deadline for entries is February 28, 2008.
10.The works must be original. The authors should have full copyright and be responsible for all the legal responsibilities related to the productions copyright.
11. Prizes:
RED MAN PRIZE: 1200 RMB
It is set for encouraging the cartoonists who are always thinking about the personalities, humanism and the future of human beings.
ⅠCARTOON(1) Prizes:
FIRST PRIZE（1）: 1500 RMB + Medal + Catalogue + Award
SECOND PRIZE（1）: 1200 RMB + Medal + Catalogue + Award
THIRD PRIZE（1）: 800 RMB + Medal + Catalogue + Award
HONOURABLE PRIZE（10）: Medal + Catalogue + Award
ⅠCARTOON(2) Prizes:
FIRST PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Large-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
SECOND PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Middle-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
THIRD PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Small-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
HONOURABLE PRIZE（10）: One of Fuwa–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games + Medal + Catalogue
ⅡCARICATUREPrizes:
FIRST PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Large-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
SECOND PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Middle-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
THIRD PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Small-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
HONOURABLE PRIZE（5）: Medal + Catalogue
Ⅲ
FIRST PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Large-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
SECOND PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Middle-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
THIRD PRIZE（1）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Small-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
HONOURABLE PRIZE（3）: Medal + Catalogue
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PRIZE （5）: A set of Fuwa (Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying, Nini)–the Official Mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (Small-sized) + Medal + Catalogue
12. Some of accepted works will be printed in a brochure, on posters, in the world press or other printed matter for the purpose of publicizing the exhibition. In these cases, any fee for the use of works will not be paid.
13. Remark: the works will not be returned
14. Participation in the contest means the complete acceptance of all the above conditions and agreements with jury’s
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UMO – 3rd International Cartoon Contest ’07

Announcement for the UMO – 3rd International Cartoon contest, here is the summary, the details follow…

• Open to everybody
• 5 entries per participant
• No entry fee
• Awards worth Rs 60,000/-
• Deadline: October 31st, 2007

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 30th November 2007 on the World Usability Day.

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

Health Via Technology
Brief:
In today’s world of touch-button technology, we’re gently reminded about the human frailty when we, or someone amongst near and dear ones have to pay a visit to the”Hospital”. An activity inherently associated with the physical well-being of the human body is now surmounted by the platitude of the machines that surround the process.

The days of ”healing-touch”, and an emphatic year of a neighbourhood physician are fast being replaced by the regular hum of a machine taking stock of your full body.

Scans, Monitors, reports, tests, x-rays, and more artifacts like these dominate the health landscape today. But this is not all that bad as it has also helped improve the quality of healthcare.

Now, this is the theme for the cartoon contest. The participants have to highlight the chasm and the charm created by the use of Technology to aid Health.

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
• 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 October 31st, 2007

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 30th, 2007

Submitting your entries

Mail your cartoons keeping the competition name in subject line to usabilitymatters [at] gmail [dot] com.If you are sending through the snail mail, use the following address:

UMO- 3rd International Cartoon Contest
usabilitymatters.org, Plot no.12, Penthouse,
ICRISAT colony, Road no.11,
Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. India.500 045,
ph: +91-0-9849301500

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 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.