CineCartoon International Cartoon Competition is organised in Turkey by International Izmir Short Film Festival and 35 Izmir Film Festival. It is planned to keep this competition annually as a tradition within the festival. Competition is open to all professional and amateur cartoon artists from all countries.
The exhibit to be held this year has a theme on “cinema and woman”.

General Info
1.Original works should be sent to the competition. If the cartoons are sent as a computer output, it should have original signature (wet signature) on it. Photographs, photocopies…etc. won’t be accepted.
2.The size of the cartoons to be sent can not exceed A3 paper (29,7 x 42cm).
3.CinCartoon organisation is not responsible of any damages or losses during transport or on mail.
4.Exhibition is open to professional and amateur artists.
5.To apply, the online entry form should be filled in. A short biography and a photograph of the artist should be sent along with the original work. Otherwise the application won’t be accepted.
6.Cartoons should be sent to the festival as scanned at least 300 dpi, jpg format. The maximum file size is 10MB. The address to be sent is info@cinecartoon.net.
7.Selection Jury; Cem Koç (Cartoon Artists Association Izmir Correspondant) , Kayhan Kirmizgul (IISFF President), Mehmet Aslan, Murteza Albayrak, Eray Özbek. Selection Jury will gather on November 2007.
8.The works accepted to the exhibition won’t be sent back.
9. The applicant accepts that he gives the permission to use his works for news and promotion purposes by filling in the online application form. 
10.The works that are not accepted for the exhibit can be sent back by the written demand of the artist.
11.All cartoons used for the exhibit will be gathered in an album. This album will be sent to all artist whose works are usedl.
12.Exhibition will go on during the festival. The three works selected by the festival & exhibiton viewers will be awarded. Also they will be rewarded by sponsor companiest.
13.CineCartoon International Cartoon Exhibition Award Ceremony will be held in Izmir on November 2007.
14.Deadline for entries is 20 October 2007.

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CineCartoon Uluslararasý Karikatür Yarýþmasý Türkiye’de Uluslararasý Ýzmir Kýsa Film Festivali, 35 Ýzmir Film Festivali ve Karikatürcüler Derneði Ýzmir Temsilciliði tarafýndan düzenlenmektedir. Serginin,bundan sonraki yýllarda da festival bünyesinde kalýcý hale gelmesi düþünülmektedir. Sergi, tüm ülkelerin profesyonel ve amatör karikatüristlerine açýktýr.
Bu yýl yapýlacak olan serginin konusu “Sinema ve Kadýn” olarak belirlenmiþtir.

Genel Bilgi
1.Sergiye orijinal karikatürle katýlýnabiliceði gibi internet üzerindende baþvuru yapýlabilinir.
2.Gönderilen karikatürler en fazla A3 (29,7 x 42cm) ebadýnda olacaktýr.
3.Eserin postada zarar görmesinden CineCartoon organizasyonu sorumlu deðildir.
4.Sergi profesyonel ve amatör karikatüristlere açýktýr.
5.Sergiye katýlanlar, internet üzerinden katýlým formunu doldurarak, kýsa özgeçmiþlerini ve bir fotoðraflarýný eserleriyle birlikte göndereceklerdir. Aksi takdirde yarýþmaya kabul edilmeyeceklerdir.
6.Karikatürler en az 300 dpi, jpg formatýnda taranmýþ ve her biri en çok 10 MB büyüklüðünde olarak info@cinecartoon.net adresine gönderilebilinir.
7.Seçiciler Kurulu; Cem Koç (Karikatürcüler Derneði Ýzmir Temsilcisi) , Kayhan Kýrmýzýgül (UÝKFF Baþkaný), Mehmet Aslan, Murteza Albayrak, Eray Özbek’ten oluþmaktadýr . Seçiciler Kurulu, Kasým 2007’de toplanacaktýr.
8.Sergiye kabul edilen karikatürler, iade edilmeyecektir.
9. Katýlýmcý, internet sitesindeki katýlým formunu doldurmakla sergiye katýlacaðý eserler  haber ve bilgilendirme amaçlý kullanýlabilecektir.
10.Sergilenmeyen karikatürler, sahipleri yazýlý olarak isterse, iade edilecektir.
11.Sergide yer alan karikatürler, bir albümde toplanacaktýr. Oluþturulan albüm, çalýþmalarýna sergide yer verilen çizerlere gönderilecektir.
12.Sergi, festival süresince izlenecek, festival izleyicileri tarafýndan en beðenilen karikatürler olarak belirlenecek 3 çalýþmanýn çizerine  plaket verilecektir. Ayrýca, sponsor kuruluþlar tarafýndan verilecek hediyelerle ödüllendirileceklerdir.
13.CineCartoon Uluslararasý Karikatür Sergisi ödül töreni Kasým 2007’de Ýzmir’de yapýlacaktýr.
14.Sergiye son katýlma tarihi 20 Ekim 2007 günüdür.

INTERNATIONAL SALOON OF HUMOR FOR THE AMAZON FOREST
Star rating:

REGULATIONS
Contest: open to all cartoonists
Theme: HUMOR FOR THE AMAZON FOREST
Entries: max. 3 cartoons. The works must be original, unpublished, not awarded before and accompanied by the author’s entry-form and biography
Size: 300 DPI, color mode RGB, JPG (average quality – 5) or PDF up to the limit of 1,5 MB for each work
Technique: free
New Deadline: September 26, 2007
Prizes: 1st Prize – 10.000 Reais; 2nd and 3rd Prizes – Trophy
Jury: October 2007
Exhibition: October 2007 on website www.brazilcartoon.com
Catalogue: —
Remark: the works will not be returned
The works should be sent via e-mail to:
amazonia@brazilcartoon.com

For further informations, complete regulations and entry-form:
info@brazilcartoon.com
Brazil Cartoon

HUMOUR A GALLARATE- International Cartoon Contest

The thirteenth edition of the International Cartoon Contest is organized by the “Pro Loco” of Gallarate, at cultural purpose, for testify the considerable creative contents of the humouristic concept and graphic that will contribute at the development of a conscious, innovative, pluralistic and tolerant society.

 
Regulations:

1) The contest is open to all cartoonists, illustrators and graphic artists from all over the world
2) Theme: THE NUMBERS
3) Entries: max. 3 works. The works must be original and accompanied by the author’s photo or caricature, entry-form and biography. Each work should bear the signature or mark of the author and name, surname, address, phone number and other data on the back.
4) Size: A4 (21 x 29,7 cm)
5) Technique: Free. Common graphic and digital prints will be accepted but only if signed by the author. Copies of ink and pencil drawings are not applicable.
6) Deadline: September 22, 2007 (the post-mark will provide the proof)
7) Prizes: the Jury will award the following prizes: Grand Prix “Marco Biassoni”; 6 Special Prizes
8) Exhibition: October 13-21, 2007 at Theatre Condominio.
Opening ceremony: October 14, 2007
9) Catalogue: each selected author will receive a copy
10) Property: the Organizers reserves the rights to reproduce the cartoons in catalogue, newspapers, or posters to promote the Contest and to exhibit a selection of works in other locations in Italy and other countries. All the works will not be returned and will be included in the ” Humour Gallarate Collection “.
By submitting the works, the author accepts the rules and regulations of the Contest and the decisions of the Jury.

The works should be sent to:
Pro Loco Gallarate
Vicolo del Gambero n. 10
21013 Gallarate (VA)
ITALY

Click and download the entry-form
Entry-form (doc format)

For further informations
proloco.gallarate@libero.it
Phone/Fax (+39)0331.774968

14th  RENDON INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL COLOMBIA

RICARDO RENDÓN

The Outstanding Colombian caricaturist born in Rionegro-Antioquia (1894-1931), call “The Emperor” of the cartoon. One of the most penetrating and fine Latin American humorists in the XX century, in their work the humor was satire, it was characterized especially by the political cartoon. Their cartoons were true x-rays of the facts and of the individuals. It was pioneer of the graphic publicity in Colombia.

14th  RENDON INTERNATIONAL CARTOON FESTIVAL
 
Organized by the municipal administration of Rionegro during eleven serial years in memory of Ricardo Rendón.
The Festival, only in the history of the country for their trajectory and continuity; he has allowed to look at the perception of authors of but of 80 countries, main characters of the changes and experiences of the towns that contribute to the humanity’s growth with the same humour. The laughing thought and its universal language, caricature is the most effective weapon against the thought that does not laugh.
It is a dream and an universal yearning to erase frontiers so  territorial as ideological that prevent us to live in harmony and to visualize the light of the freedom as principle of peace and coexistence.

The Conditions :

1. The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world.
2. The deadline for entries is October 20 – 2007
3. The themes of the competition are Two: 1. THE TRADE as the culture is reflected in commerce and his universal development, the socioeconomic activity consist in the purchase and sale of goods, as for using, selling or transformating it; The exchange, Street Commerce,International commerce, Free Commerce and everything what it is related to the subject, and Theme 2.  FREE
4. Each participant can present in the competition a maximum of Four cartoons for theme.
5. You can participate with cartoons in white and black or in color.
6. The size of cartoons will not exceed  30 x 40 cms maximum.
7. You can also participate in the competition with cartoons that have already been published or rewarded previously, all the presented cartoons will be original. Photographs, photocopies etc, will not be accepted.
8. The transport of the cartoons in charge of the participant.
9. Participants are requested to send, together with their cartoons, a short   curriculum vitae and a photograph.
10. In the reverse of each cartoon he/she should go the name, surname, address, telephone number and country of origin of the participant.
11. The selected Caricaturist will receive free a catalogue.
12. The jury composed of Colombian and foreign cartoonists.
13. The results will be announced in the month of December of 2007.
14. The cartoons presented in the competition won’t be returned.
15. The organization is reserved the right of exhibiting those works that he/she understands they can attempt against individual or collective rights.
16. The Participation in the competition supposes the entire acceptance and without reservations all the conditions.

The Prizes

 Address :

The works should be sent to :
14° FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CARICATURA Palacio de la Cultura/ Fernando Pica Cr. 50 # 48 – 05 Rionegro Antioquia COLOMBIA
www.cartoonrendon.com    info@cartoonrendon.com

“BLACK CAT” INTERNATIONAL CARTOON WEB CONTEST-2007

 REGULATIONS

     Contest: Open to all cartoonists

     THEME: “BLACK CAT”

Deadline: 30 october 2007

ENTRIES: Max. 2 cartoons

TECHNICAL INFO:

A4 size  max. 100 dpi, format (JPEG) Max one entry in each section black & white or colored, any style, any technique will be accepted Name, address, tel and e-mail. At the end of competition there will be an exhibition on internet from the selected cartoons.

  The participator must send their photo along with their autobiography.

 All cartoonists can participate through tour own E-mail by submitting your cartoons to:

black_cat2007@bk.ru

PRIZES:

First prize (Diploma, web page)Second prize ( Diploma, web page)Third prize ( Diploma, web page)

 Honourable mentions:

 5 (certificate)

 The diplomas will be sent to e-mail address of the winners via e-mail.

The results will be on www.azcartoon.bravehost.com on 30 October 2007, right after the international juries’ evaluation.

Address:

Az 1000, Post BOX  N0 1,  Baku-Azerbaijan

 

Az 1000, Post BOX  N0 1,  Baku-Azerbaijan

  13th Salon Mercosur International Diogenes Taborda 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 the first 2008.
  Prizes: 1st, 2nd, 3rd and one mention will be awarded in the following categories: Graphic humor/illustration/painting/digital art/popular na裂art/drawing/photography (monochrome or color up to 6 per artist).
  10works of art: 10 paintings from great masters of painting from Mercosur will be awarded valuated in 5000 US dollars.
  Cost : 50 US$ to name of the “Fundacion Cultural Volpe Stessens”, corrent acount No 012-009379-9 of the “Banco Frances” – Buenos Aires – Sucursal Parque Patricios
  diogenestaborda@gmail.com
  ENTRY FORM
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  RESPONSIBLE :HAMED NABAHAT
  REDACTOR:ARASH POUR JABBAR
  INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITES : MAHNAZ MAHMODI
  WEBMASTER : BABAK SHAABANI
  WWW.HOPCARTOON.COM

The Second International Cartoon Contest – CARTUNION 2007

Where does one begin and the other end?
A century ago the French decided that question and separated legislatively these two important institutions. This decision became a universal standard and entered the constitutions of many nations. It was believed that the harmony was established and all the interested parties were satisfied. Unfortunately, in the constantly-changing world one or the other side tries to undermine that balance. We see how the ruling elites oppress the believers and disallow any sign of religious worship. Or vice-versa, the ruling group attempting to fill their own ideological vacuum begins to play with religion. There are nations where religious leaders seeking the highest reaches of political office forget about their flock.

The conflict between religious and secular parts of the community flares up often and Russian political scene is no exception to this tendency. The rising clout of Eastern Orthodoxy doesn’t limit itself to caring about worshipper’s souls, and the populist government does everything to encourage the influence of the church on the citizenry. In situations where non-commercial organizations lose their basic rights, the church is provided with various financial and political privileges. Things have gotten so bad that 10 Russian academics sent a letter to the President asking him to safeguard the secular character of the nation.

Wherever there is a conflict, a cartoonist will always find something to write about. We invite international cartoonists to tell us their thoughts on each of the questions discussed.

Contest rules and regulations
1. The theme of the contest is ?State and Religion.”
2. Everybody can participate in this contest. The number of entries is unlimited.
3. The best works will be exhibited at the CARTUNION site: www.cartoon-expo.com .
4. Two artists will be awarded with “The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker” (on CD and in print) that sells for $60.
5. Format: JPG or GIF. 100 dpi. The largest side of the image should be 650 pixels.
6. The works have to be sent to the following address: cartoongallery@gmail.com . Please include your name, country, and e-mail address.
7. Deadline for submissions: November 1st 2007.
8. The competent jury will immediately consider all entries. The results will be announced on November 15th.
9. The authors of the selected works will be asked to send the high-resolution copies.
10. The organizers have the non-exclusive rights to use all the works to promote the exhibition (publications, fliers, etc), without payment to the artist.
11. All copyrights belong to the author.
12. Artists submitting cartoons will automatically agree to abide by the above rules.

The International Cartoonists’ Forum CARTUNION.
Contact: Andrey Feldshteyn, cartoongallery@gmail.com

GÝRNE BELEDÝYESÝ
KIBRIS TÜRK KARÝKATÜRCÜLER DERNEÐÝ
 
6. ULUSLARARASI ZEYTÝNLÝK FESTÝVALÝ
1. ULUSAL “ZEYTÝN” KARÝKATÜR YARIÞMASI VE SERGÝSÝ
GÝRNE-KUZEY KIBRIS-2007
 
 
KATILIM KOÞULLARI:
 
1-Bu Yarýþma Kuzey Kýbrýs Türk Cumhuriyeti ve Türk Cumhuriyetleri vatandaþý
amatör ve profesyonel tüm karikatürcülere açýktýr…
 
2-Konular: Zeytin, Zeytincilik, Zeytin Yaðý, Zeytin Dalý, Zeytin Aðacý,
Zeytin’in Yararlarý vd…
 
3-Yarýþmaya gönderilecek eserler en AZ A4, en çok A3 ölçülerinde olmalýdýr..
 Gönderilecek eserlerde çerçeve veya paspartu olmamalýdýr…
 
4-Yarýþmaya gönderilecek eserler orijinal olacaktýr… Fotokopi veya
bilgisayar tekniðiyle hazýrlanýp gönderilen eserler ödül kapsamýna
alýnmayacak, seçici kurulun uygun görmesi halinde, sadece sergilenecek veya
albüme alýnacaktýr… Çizilecek karikatürlerde her türlü renk kullanýlabilir
.
 
5-Yarýþmaya en fazla 3 eser ile katýlmak mümkündür… Gönderilecek eserlerin
arkasýna isim ve adres yazýlmalý, kýsa özgeçmiþ ve  bir adet fotoðraf
gönderilmelidir… Arzu Eden çizerler, telefon, fax, e-mail  adreslerini  de
yazabilirler…
 
6-Eserler en geç 02 Ekim 2007  tarihine dek belirtilen adrese posta veya
kargo ile ulaþtýrýlmýþ olmalýdýr… Eserlerin gönderilmesinde meydana
gelebilecek kayýp, gecikme ve hasardan çizeri sorumlu olacaktýr…
 
7-Yarýþmaya gönderilecek eserlerin yayýnlanmýþ veya yayýnlanmamýþ olmalarý
önemli deðildir… Gönderilecek eserler daha önce herhangi bir yarýþmada
ödül kazanmamýþ olmalýdýr…
 
8-Ödüllerin açýklanmasýndan sonraki 1 hafta içerisinde, ödül kazanan
herhangi bir karikatürün çalýntý veya benzer olduðu veya daha önce baþka bir
yerde ödül aldýðý tesbit edilirse, verilen ödül iptal edilir ve geri alýnýr.
 
 
9-Yarýþmada ödül kazanan eserlerin yanýsýra, seçici kurulun uygun göreceði
eserler bir albüm halinde yayýnlanacak ve 5-10 Ekim 2007 tarihleri arasýnda
Girne’ye baðlý Zeytinlik köyünde düzenlenecek olan “6. Uluslararasý
Zeytinlik Festivali” kapsamýnda sergilenecektir. Yayýnlanacak olan karikatür
albümü, yarýþmaya katýlan tüm çizerlere ücretsiz olarak gönderilecektir…
 
10-Yarýþma sonuçlarý, seçici kurul tutanaðý ile birlikte, ödül kazanan
çizerlere ve basýn-yayýn organlarýna bildirilecektir…
·         KKTC vatandaþý çizerler dýþýnda, yarýþmada ilk üç ödülü kazanan
Türk Cumhuriyeti çizerlerinin ödül törenine katýlmalarý için gerekli ulaþým
ve konaklama giderleri Girne Belediyesi’nce karþýlanacaktýr…
 
·         KKTC vatandaþý çizerler dýþýnda, “Özel Ödül” kazanan Türk
Cumhuriyeti çizerlerinin ödül törenine katýlmalarý kendi imkanlarýnca
saðlanacak; konaklama ve diðer giderler Girne belediyesi’nce temin
edilecektir…
 
11-Yarýþmaya gönderilen eserler, ödül alsýn veya almasýn, geri iade
edilmeyecektir… Eserlerin her türlü kullaným hakký Girne Belediyesi’nce
saklý olmak kaydý ile, Kýbrýs Türk Karikatürcüler Derneði arþivinde muhafaza
edilecektir… Yarýþmaya gönderilen eserler, bu yarýþmayý düzenleyen
kuruluþlar tarafýndan, her türlü basým-yayým yöntemi ve tekniðiyle tanýtým
amaçlý olarak kullanýlabilecektir…   
 
ÖDÜLLER:
 
1.Ödül: 1.500 YTL. + Plaket…
2.Ödül: 1.000 YTL. + Plaket…
3.Ödül:    700 YTL. + Plaket…
 
5 veya 10 çizere Özel Ödül (Plaket)
 
ADRES:
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(1. ULUSAL “ZEYTÝN” KARÝKATÜR YARIÞMASI)
POSTA KUTUSU: 87., LEFKOÞA-KUZEY KIBRIS
 
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RULES COMPETITION FOR INTERNATIONAL SALOON OF HUMOR FOR THE AMAZON FOREST /
BRAZIL

1st International Saloon of Humor
for the Amazon Forest / Brazil

1. DATES:
Registration: From June 27th to August 31st.
Result of the previous selection: September 2007
Result of the selection by the International jury and the releasing of the
final result: October 2007

2. PARTICPATION:
All cartoonists, professional or not, are allowed to submit original works,
since they have not been awarded in other saloons up to the deadline for
registrations (August 31st 2007). Each author may submit up to 3 (three)
works developed under any technique, including those ones done by computers.
For each work sent, one entry form must be filled up. The entry forms are
available at www.brazilcartoon.com

3. THEME:
Humor for the Amazon Forest.
4. SENDING THE WORKS:
All works, including those ones drawn by hand, must be sent by e-mail,
resolution 300 DPIs, color mode RGB, JPG (average quality – 5) or PDF up to
the limit of 1,5MB for each work. Each e-mail must contain only one work and
it must come with the respective entry form.
5. PRIZES:
5.1 The guiding criteria for selecting and awarding will be:
Creativity.
Originality (The work must not have been published in any kind of media and
must not have been awarded in this kind of competition either).
Quality of the drawings.

5.2 PRIZES:The prize for the first place will be R$ 10.000,00 (Ten thousand
Reais) plus a trophy and a certificate.The second and third places will
receive trophies and certificates. The jury may give honorable mentions to
the participants.
• The awarded works will be part of the brazilcartoon Artwork Collection.
• Prizes not taken in 90 (ninety) days after the releasing of the results
will become worthless. The value of the prize for international works will
be converted to dollars according to its value on June 27th 2007, date of
the beginning of the competition. The prize will be paid in March 2008.

6. COPYRIGHT
By submitting their works, the authors transfer automatically all copyright
of their awarded works to brazilcartoon, which may use the works freely. The
awarded works will be part of the brazilcartoon Artwork Collection.

7. DISAGREEMENT ON RESULTS
If the jury verifies any kind of fraud or plagiarism on one or more works,
it will cancel the prize. The works will be on the website
www.brazilcartoon.com in October 2007 and the results may be contested up to
10 (ten) days after the opening of the saloon, supported by proper proves of
any mistake made by the jury. Works sent that are not according to these
rules and regulations or those containing any kind of plagiarism will be
automatically excluded of the contest.

8. WHERE TO REGISTER
To ensure that the works will be sent properly, we suggest that the works be
sent through our website, filling out the entry form and attaching your
drawings.

Deadline: August 31st 2007. The date the e-mail was sent will be observed.
9 – FURTHER INFORMATION
Brazilcartoon Organization.
Márcio Leite
55 [38] 3216-1109

“Africa: No Opportunities, Continent of Crises or Renaissance”

E n t r y   d e a d l i n e   i s   f a s t   a p p r o a c h i n g!!

D e a r   c a r t o o n i s t s
The deadline for the submission of cartoons to the second global cartoon contest on
Africa: No Opportunities, Continent of Crises or Renaissance
is fast approaching!!.
Get your entry in the next fourteen days – Deadline is August 26, 2007.
Please, submit only one cartoon, since we can accept only one cartoon per cartoonist in the contest. If you send several cartoons we will decide which one will become an entry to the contest.
Submit cartoons for the contest to:
info@cartoon-competition.org and dwjn@cartoon-competition.org
Soon after August 26, 2007 the cartoons will be screened by our international jury.
The jury of the global contest is composed of: Dr. Marie-Roger Biloa (France), chief-editor and publisher of the Journal “Africa International” President of the Club Millennium/France;,; ; Mr. Rainer Hachfeld, cartoonist (Germany); Mr. Al Imfeld, writer (Switzerland); Prof. Dieter Kramer, curator (Germany); Mr. K. Friedrich Schade, former editor-in-chief of the journal ”Entwicklungspolitik” (Germany); Mr. Erich Stather, Permanent Secretary, FederalMinistry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany and Mr. Jasper von Altenbockum (Germany), chief of the political desk of the daily newspaper ”Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” The expert jury will be assisted by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ms. Prof. Wangari Maathai (Kenya).
The awards are to be handed over to the winners of the contest at a ceremony in Berlin in December 2007.
The organisers of the contest will encourage the reprinting of cartoons in print and online media. We will bring out a special publication and will present the cartoons in the contest website www.cartoon-competition.org and other relevant websites.
For further information on the contest and on the conditions of participation, please check out the attached file or / and the contest website: www.cartoon-competition.org We would like to ask you to carefully read all the information, so as to avoid unnecessary queries.
Finally we may happily announce that the ”Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, the leading German daily newspaper, has joined in as our partner of the cartoon contest.
For more information, email: dwjn_jw@rediffmail.com Please help us by communicating in English.
Yours sincerely
Konrad Melchers and Juergen Weber
Dr. Konrad Melchers, Chefredakteur
eins Entwicklungspolitik
Emil-von-Behring Strasse 3
D – 60439 Frankfurt am Main
GERMANY
E-Mail: eins@entwicklungspolitik.org
Internet: www.entwicklungspolitik.org

Juergen Weber
Project Manager
Sandgasse 40
D – 63065 Offenbach
GERMANY
E-Mail: dwjn_jw@rediffmail.com
Internet: www.cartoon-competition.org

The jury of the global contest on: “Africa: No Opportunities, Continent of Crises or Renaissance”
Jasper von Altenbockum, studied in Tübingen (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Münster (Germany) and St. Louis (USA), where he earned his Masters of Arts in politics, history and comparative literary studies from the Washington University. He wrote his PhD thesis on W. H. Riehl. In August 1989 he joined the political desk of the daily newspaper „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung“ (FAZ) in Frankfurt am Main as a writer. From August 1994 to Juli 1996 he worked as a correspondent in the German states of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, later in Scandinavia and the Baltic States. Currently, he is chief of the political desk of the FAZ.

Marie-Roger Biloa studied German literature, political science and history in Abidjan (Côte d Ivoire), Paris and Vienna, where she earned her PhD. She is publisher and editor-in-chief of the oldest Africa magazine “Africa International. She is a renowned editorialist and TV guest commentator (TV5, France 2, TF1, ZDF, ORF, BBC) and recipient of several media awards (UNESCO, French Press Club). In 1998, she received the “Percy Qoboza- Journalist of the Year Award” by the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago. In 1999, the Cameroonian Government designated her as the “Top Cameroonian Media Person”. She chairs a brainstorming centre for Africa’s development, the Club Millennium, in Paris-Champs Elysées.

Rainer Hachfeld studied animation and stage design at Germany’s Meisterschulefür das Kunsthandwerk and worked as a set designer for several political cabarets in West Germany during the ‘60s. He published his first political cartoons in 1962. Since 1990, Hachfeld has produced cartoons for such publications as Neues Deutschland, Le Monde and Die Zeit, and continues to write humorous and satirical plays and articles. He was a member of the jury of our global cartoon contest in 2005.

Al Imfeld studied theology, philosophy, sociology, afterwards journalism and agriculture. He works in many fields and is a development expert. As journalist he contributes to newspapers and radio. He has published a variety of books. He was a member of the jury of our global cartoon contest in 2005.

Dieter Kramer studied in Mainz and Marburg (German studies, ethnology/European ethnology, political science, sociology) and worked from 1977 – 1990 in the Department of Culture and Recreation in Frankfurt (Germany). Till 2005 he was curator of the Museum der Weltkulturen (Frankfurt/Main). In 1987 he became professor at the University of Vienna in the field of European ethnology. In 2006/2007 he was a member of the parliamentary commission of inquiry “Culture in Germany”of the German Bundestag. Dieter Kramer was member of the jury of our global cartoon contest in 2005.

K. Friedrich Schade studied economics and sociology at the University of Frankfurt/M. From 1966 to 1970 he worked at the German Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development, Bonn in the department for development education. From 1970 –2003 he was the executive editor of the German development journal epd-Entwicklungspolitik. In 2004 he became the first editor-in-chief of the journal development politics which succeeded epd-Entwicklungspolitik until his retirement. “Zeitschrift Entwicklungspolitik” was relaunched and renamed in 2005 as “eins Entwicklungspolitik“, the main organizer of this contest. K. Friedrich Schade initiated the first cartoon-competitions of the journal in co-operation with the German Third Worls Journalist Net.

Erich Stather is State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development since October 1998. From 1971 – 1978 he studied in Freiburg and Mainz (Germany) social sciences, history and law and graduated with a Master’s degree in social sciences. After final degree he started as personal secretary to the Lord Mayor of Mainz and worked later as press spokesperson of the SPD parliamentary group in the state legislature and State secretary and spokesperson for the state government in the German state of Hessen. He chairs the supervisory board of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH. Furthermore, he is the chair of the supervisory board of the Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) since December 2002 and of the supervisory board of Capacity Building International, Germany (InWEnt).