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E-Catalog Of The International Cartoon Ymittos,/ Greece 2018

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pictures of the 30th edition of Olense Kartoenale, in Olen, Belgium 2018

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8th GIN GRAPHIC HUMOR COMPETITION/ Spain  2018

The GIN Foundation (Humoristan) and the Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humor (IQH) call the 8th GIN Graphic Humor Contest.
PARTICIPATION: Anyone who wishes to participate in the contest, both individually and jointly between screenwriter and draftsman.
HUMOR AND THEMATIC: The works presented must have a humorous intention. The theme is free.
FORMAT AND EXTENSION:
The presentation will be in paper or digital. The work must be published on paper: vignette, strip, comic page ... Maximum size: A4. For digital format, it should be sent in JPG at 300dpi.
LANGUAGE: Works are admitted in any of the official languages ​​of Spain. Those that come from outside of Spain and contain text must be labeled in Spanish.
Nº OF WORKS AND ORIGINALITY:
Each participant may submit a maximum of four proposals. All submitted works must be unpublished.
SHIPPING:
The deadline for delivery of the works is December 9, 2018.
Originals, reproductions and works in digital are accepted. The works that will not be returned, will become part of the fund of the Graphic Humor Documentation Center of the Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humor (IQH) of the FGUA. In the case of the originals, the author who wishes may request a donation certificate.
Submission of physical works:
GIN CONTEST Quevedo Institute of the Arts of Humor (FGUA) Calle Nueva nº 4 28801 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
Sending digital works: email or WeTransfer to email
gin@iqh.es
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Next to the work, the following information must be specified: Name and surnames, telephone, date of birth, complete postal address and email.
AWARDS:
The Graphic Humor Contest GIN consists of 3 prizes, which have the following economic allowance (gross): 1st prize: 600 euros 2nd prize: 400 euros 3rd prize: 200 euros The awarded works will be published on the websites iqh.es and humoristan.org.
JURY:
The jury of the graphic humor contest GIN will be chosen by the Quevedo Institute of Humor Arts of the FGUA and by Humoristan. The jury reserves the right to declare any of the prizes void or to propose another nominative distribution. The decision of the jury will be made within a period of 2 months after the deadline for submission of papers. The verdict will be communicated to the winners and published on the websites iqh.es and humoristan.org.
Participation in this contest implies acceptance of these rules. The organization reserves the right, if necessary, to introduce those modifications it deems necessary for a better functioning of the contest. The organization is not responsible for the works submitted to the contest.
The best works will be part of an exhibition that will be held in the first half of 2018 in Alcalá de Henares,  organized by the Quevedo Institute of Humor Arts of the FGUA and the GIN Foundation.

RULES
Compulsory Subject: HEALTH CARE
1- We accept cartoons only on the topic you entered
2- Total number of cartoons per author: at least 3 pieces, maximum 5 pieces
3- A cartoon must not have won an appraisal at previous competitions
4- Cartoons without words are not a requirement, but they have an advantage
5- Cartoons should only be sent electronically to: 
mfkh@email.cz
6- Deadline April 30th, 2019
7- The technical parameters should be as follows: at least 300 DPI; JPG-, PNG-or PDF-format
8- By sending their cartoons, the author agrees with the following:a) The organizer can use the cartoons for the promotional purposes of this International Festival of Cartoonsb) The cartoons will be used in the humorous magazine, Tapír

Gallery of Urziceni /Romania 2018

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Theme: "Human Rights"
1- Category
A. Open Category (Newspaper mainstay or Freelance Cartoonists worldwide)
B. Student Category (Junior High Scool to College students worldwide)
2- Entry Guidelines
- One (1) entry per cartonist only
- The entry should be (8.5x11), jpeg, CMYK, and minimum of 300 dpi
- The entry can be colored or black & white
3- Submission
- State the category
- Include personal profiile and name of school for student category
- Submit to yoyoycebu@gmail.com

- Deadline of submission will be on February 20, 2019
4- Selection
- For Open Category, only 100 cartoons will be chosen for exhibition
- For Student Category, only 50 cartoons will be chosen for exhibition
- The  has the right to disqualify
5- Rights and Usage
- The rights for the cartoon remains to its author
- Submitted entries maybe use for promotional poster / video of the exhibition
6- Recognition
- No monetry reward will be given, however, a digital certificate of recognition will be given to the official exhibitors
7- Schedule of Exhibition
- Open Category - March 16-22, 2019
- Student Category - March 12-15, 2019
Organized by: 
Yoyoy Satiristang Bisaya In partnership with:
Campo Santo Design Studio (print & design)
Cartoon Home Network International (social media)
The Quill - official student publication of Southwestern University (student category host)

The venues of exhibition will be announced on 20th of January 2019.

1. Afghanistan
Hossien Rezaye
2. Albania
Arben Meksi
3. Algeria
Benhariza Abdelghani
Kamel Berrani
Youcef Aimeur
4. Argentina
Luis Gabba
Martin Fallocca
Naco Fichetti
Santiago Cornejo
5. Australia
POL - Luis Postruzin
6. Austria
Hule Hanusic
Klaus Pitter
Pascal Kirchmair
STEWIE - Stefan Wenczel
7. Azerbaijan
Seyran Caferli
Soltan Soltanli
8. Bangladesh
Sajid Bin Doza
9. Belgium
Constantin Sunnerberg
Ghislain Vermote
Luc Descheemaeker
Luc Vernimmen
Patrick Heymans
Philippe Bossens
Stefaan Provijn
Vik Raeymaeker
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Midhat Ajanovic
Resad Sultanovic
Zlatko Pavlovic
11. Brazil
Alberto Meneses
Amorim
Arisson Tavares
Cival Einstein
Claudio Spritzer
Eder Santos
Filho Juska
Francisco Machado
Geraldo Magela
Jose Miguel Pires
LEX - Franco
Marcelo Ferreira
Paulo Vilanova
Rafael Correa
Ray Costa
Rucke Souza
Sandra Scaffide
Silvano Mello
William  Martins Ribeiro
12. Bulgaria
Hristo Nedyalkov
Irien Trendafilov
Jovcho Savov
Lubomir Mihaylov
Maya Tcholakova
Nikolay Tchobanov
Tsocho Peev
Walex
13. Canada
Oscar Malatesta
Peter Radacina
14. Chile
Jaime Huerta
15. China
Ba Bilig
Cai Weidong
Gai Guibao
Gai Yu
Hai Feng
Ji Zong Guo
Jin Xiao Xing
Li BuYi
Li Haifeng
Li Jingshan
Liu Qiang
Liu Xihua
Liu Zhiyong
Lou Peidong
Ning Bin
Qi Jingyan
Qiu Yuqiang
Shen HongLi
Shi Qi
Sun Chen
Sun Shenying
Xiaoqiang Hou
Yan Nian
Yang Liangyi
Yang Lijie
Yu Tian Jin
Zhu Cheng
16. Colombia
Camilo Triana
Raul Fernando Zuleta
Richard Vardit
Stella Peralta
17. Croatia
Borislav Hegedusic
Damir Novak
Marijan Pavecic
Marko Ivic
Natasa Rasovic
NEO - Nenad Ostojic
Slobodan Butir
18. Cuba
Osvaldo Guiterrez
Roberto Castillo
19. Cyprus
Arif Albayrak
Mustafa Tozaki
20. Czech Republic
Martin Rybar
21. Egypt
Dina Abdelgawad
Farouk Mousa
Hader Yehia
Marwa Ibrahim
Omar Seddek
Rasha Mahdi
Sherif Arafa
Wesam Khalil
22. El Salvador
Alecus
23. Estonia
Enn Ehala
Ester Lauringson
24. Finland
Heino Partanen
25. France
Bernard Bouton
Fred Castaing
Gerald Peigneux
Heidari Shahrokh
Jean Loic Belom
Rafael Triana
26. Germany
Jan Michaelis
Steffen Jahsnowski
27. Greece
Grigoris Georgiou
Ovidiu Serb
Serafim Bakoulis
28. Hungary
Geza Halasz
29. India
Abani Rath
B.V. Panduranga
Bhuvanan
M. Dubey
Manoj Chopra
Panduranga
Rajeendra Kumar
Sekharbabu
Thakur Balbeer Singh
30. Indonesia
Aan Adi Jaya
Abdul Arif
Affan Siregar
Agus Harsanta
Agus Santoso
Armen Hamonangan
Bakti Setyanta
Budy
Cahyo Heryunanto
Darsono
Didie Wiidyanto
Gema Samudra
Jitet Koestana
Mandiri Ajie
Partono
Supriyanto
Suratno
Tommy Thomdean
31. Iran
Ali Jahanfar
Ali Miraee
Ali Mivehnejad
Ali Rastroo
Alireza Pakdel
Amir Khaleghi
Amir Reza Torkaman Rahmani
Amir Soheili
Arash Foroughi
Aref Niazi
Bahare Ahmadi
Davoud Houshmand
Elahe Afshar
Elham Jahanfard
Emad Salehi
Esmaeil Babaei
Esmaeili Mokhtar
Farid Amirsardari
Hamid Ghalijari
Hamid Soufi
Hamidreza Hosieni
Hossein Abdollahi
Hossein Kazem
Hossein Naghib
Jalal Pirmarzabad
Javad Jafarian
Javad Takjoo
Khodayar Naroei
Kiana Afshar
Majid Amini
Malek Mozhdeh
Maryam Fard
Marzieh Tahan
Marziyeh Khanizadeh
Mehdi Afradi
Mitra Barani
Mohammad Mahmoodi
Mohammad Moradi
Mohsen Zarifian
Nahid Sadeghi Moghadam
Naser Nargessi
Nastaran Mortezaloo
Pedram Farokhnia
Razie Darzi
Saeed Moosarezai
Saeed Noroozi
Saeed Ranjbar
Saeed Sadeghi
Sahar Khaleghi
Saman Torabi
Sepideh Faramarzi
Vahid Armoon
Varesi Keyvan
Yalda Hasheminezhad
Yaser Delfan
32. Iraq
Ali Qahtan Mohamed
Handren Khoshnaw
33. Ireland
Cecilia Montague
Miroslaw Nowak
Tomislav Kaurin
34. Occupied Palestine
Andy Ceausu
Boris Erenburg
Grigori Katz
Ilya Katz
NIRGEN - Nir Molad & Amos Ellenbogen
35. Italy
Andrea Pecchia
Daniele Zordan
Fritz Tasser
Giorgio Giunta
Lele Corvi
Marco Dagostino
Marco DeAngelis
Nicola Bucci
36. Jordan
Rafat Alkhateeb37. Kazakhstan
Aidarbek Gazizov
Galym Boranbayev
38. Kurdistan
Hiwa Abdullah
39. Kyrgyzstan
Ruslan Valitov
40. Lithuania
Ilja Bereznickas
41. Macedonia
Jordan Pop - Iliev
Keti Radevska
Miro Georgievski
Zoran Grozdanovski
42. Mexico
Sergio Navarro
43. Montenegro
Luka Lagator
44. Morocco
Abdou Dahdouh
HIBO - Hicham Boudra
Jalal Hajir
Mohamed Ajeg
Rachid Amghouze
45. Myanmar
Nano
Ngai OO
46. Netherlands
Tjeer Royaards
Willem Rasing
47. Nicaragua
Wilber Chavarria Centeno
48. Nigeria
Victor Olaleye
49. Norway
FadiToOn
Firuz Kutal
50. Peru
Antonio Tapia Munoz
Berly Rivadeneira
Edwin Perales
Karry
Percy Eliseo
Walter Toscano
51. Poland
Czeslaw Przezak
Dariusz Dabrowski
Gregor Sobczak
Izabela Kowalska Wieczorek
Krzysztof Grzondziel
Radoslav Rucinski
Slawomir Makal
Zbigniew Piszczako
52. Portugal
Antonio Santos
Paulo Pinto
Ricardo Ferreira
53. Romania
Alin Cantemir Toader
Bogdan Petry - horsconcours
Constantin Pavel
Cornel Marin Chiorean
Costel Patrascan
Cristian Mihailescu
Cristian Topan
BOA - Ambrozie Borta
Doru Axinte
Gelu Pascal
George Licurici
Horia Crisan - hors-concours
Ioan Szilveszter
Istvan Para
Julian Radu
Liviu Stanila - hors-concours
Marian Lupu
Mihai Boboc
Mihai Cernat
NEVE - Nicolae Viziteu
Nicolae Lengher
Petry and Crisan - horsconcours
Simona Constantinescu
VEM - Victor Eugen Mihai
54. Russia
Alexander Shmidt
Anatoly Radin
Evgeny Merkurev
Fedor Alekseev
Igor Smirnov
Konstantin Chakhirov
Marina Bondarenko
Nikolay Chernyshev
Nicolay Popov
Sergey Ermilov
Sergey Sokolov
Stanislav Ashmarin
Valentin Druzhinin
Valeri Tarasenko
Victor Skopintsev
Vladimir Khakhanov
Vladimir Semerenko
Vladimir Soldatov
Vladislav Shirokov
Vova Chernysev
55. Serbia
Aleksandar Petrikanovic
Celicanin Goran
Filip Karan
Goran Markovic
Goran Milenkovic
Jaksa Vlahovic
Milanko Kalicanin
Milenko Kosanovic
Mileta Miloradovic
Miodrag Pavicevic
Nevena Markovic
Pal Lephaft
Sava Babic
Slobodan Trifkovic
Spiro Radulovic
STABOR - Borislav Stankovic
Todorovic Bobisa
Toso Borkovic
Uros Maksimovic
Vaso Krcmar
Vukasin Milicevic
56. Slovakia
Bobo Pernecky
Vladimir Pavlik
57. Slovenia
Radko Oketic
58. Spain
David Vela
Felix Gonzales
HARCA
Javier Zorrilla Berganza
Manuel Arriaga
Omar Perez
Raul Salazar
59. Sri Lanka
Sawunthis Tharmathas
60. Sudan
Elrayah Ombaddi
Osman Obaid
61. Switzerland
Schlorian
62. Syria
Maya Khalil
Raed Khalil
Tammam Darwish
63. Thailand
Sirithanachai Tawee
64. Turkey
Ahmet Esmer
Arif Naci
Askin Ayrancioglu
Ayten Kose
Cengiz Bergamalı
Hilal Ozcan
Kaan Saatci
Kemal Ozyurt
Mehmet Zeber
Melek Cimen
Menekse Cam
Mete Agaoglu
Oguz Demir
Oguz Gurel
Recep Ozcan
Serdar Gunler
Serdar Kiciklar
Serpil Kar
Seyit Saatci
Yuksel Cengiz
65. UK
Stephen Mumberson
Tony Eagle
66. Ukraine
Alexander Dubovsky
Daniil Kuznetsov
Igor Lukyanchenko
Konstantin Kazanchev
Michael Mayevsky
Mykola Prynkovskyi
Mykola Kapusta
Oleg Gutsol
Oleh Smal
Oleksy Kustovsky
Sergei Semendyaev
Valentyn Bezruk
Valeriy Chmyriov
Valery Momot
67. Uruguay
Walter Artola
68. USA
Farstar
Gulek Kandirali
Hazem Nassar
Karl Wimer
Phu Nguyen
Steve Greenberg
69. Uzbekistan
Makhmudjon Eshonkulov
Muzaffar Yulchiboev70. Palestine
Hisham Shamali

Portrait Section

First prize

Abdellatif Elayyady – Morocco

2nd Prize
Pedro Silva – Portugal

3rd Prize 
Omar Zevallos – Peru

Mention prize

Antonio Santos- Portugal

Mohamed Ajeg – Morocco

The outsider & free section

First prize
Orhan Öztürk - Turkey

2nd Prize
Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek- Poland

3rd Prize 
 Hicabi Demirci - Turkey

 Milenko Kosanovic - Serbia

Mention prize

Kustovsky Oleksy – Ukraine

Jitet Koestanta - Indonesia

Valentin Druzhinin – Russia

The Ministry of Culture in Egypt, in cooperation with Egyptian Caricature Association organizes, The 6th International Cartoon Gathering.Eligible Participants:
• Opened to all artists from all over the world above 18 years of age.
Theme:
1- The Culture (Book - Cinema - Theater ...).
2- Caricature (Naguib Mahfouz).Technical Criteria:
• All artworks to be prepared at 300 dpi.
• Size A3 (297mmx420mm) in JPG format.
• Entries: Max. 5 cartoons.
• Submitted works can be in color or black and white, in any style or technique.
• Submitted works must not violate copyright laws.
• By virtue of submitting an entry, the entrant certifies the work as his own and permit the organizers have full right to reproduce all or a part of the entered material free of charge for publication and/or display in media related to the exhibition.Submission:
• Send your cartoons and your CV (Name - Address - Phone number - Email address) via the following e-mail address:
egyptcartoon2020@gmail.com • Deadline: 1st April 2019• Opening Ceremony: 7th July 2019
• All participants whose works will be exhibited will receive a digital catalogue and a digital certificate of participation.For more details please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/egyptcartoon
Or contact us at:
egyptcartoon2020@gmail.com The President of the Gathering:
Gomaa Farahat
The Coordinator of the Gathering:
Fawzy Morsy

Cartoon Catalog Porto/ Portugal 2018

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winners

First prize: Andrej Popov, Russian Federation

Second prize: Slawomir Makal , Poland

Third prize: Doru Axinte, Romania

 Sarisian Gallery in Prešov Pri

Sarisian Gallery in Prešov Prize: Constantin Sunnerberg, Belgium

Brain Sneezing gallery prize: Dariusz Dabrowski, Poland

MyMamy prize: Marie Plotěná, Czech Republic

Honorary award:  Mohammadali Khalaji, Iran

Honorary award: Xavier Bonilla BONIL, Equador

Finalists Works and Selected Works for the Exhibition of 2nd Jerusalem Cartoon Contest / Turkey  2018

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International Cartoon Competition Fax for Peace , Spilimbergo / Italy 2019

28 February 2019
It is open to students of all grades and types of schools and to professional artists from all over the world.

They are required to submit one or more works developing the themes of peace, tollerance, fight against any form of racism and of defense of human rights.
Each competitor may take part in two ways:
1) Fax [number fax +39 0427 40898] or e-mail, JPG format max 1,5 Mb 
e-mail: istsuperiore@faxforpeace.eu
 one or more pictures or works of visual art.
2) Send SHORT FILMS AND CARTOONS of maximum 5 minute lenght that could also be forwardedin compressed format to the following e-mail address 
istsuperiore@faxforpeace.eu

or
forwared by mail to 
Via degli Alpini, 
1 - 33097 Spilimbergo (Pn) 
ITALIA
The videos can be shot/ made in the most common formats (AVI, MPEG, Real Video, QuickTime, Video for Windows ecc.).
When
Works from each competitor (individual artist, student or class) will be accepted starting from Sunday November 25th 2018 at 8.00 a.m.
until Thusday February 28th 2019 at 12.00 p.m.
Exhibition
On each work it is necessary to indicate full name, name of school and grade/class (if students), telephone and fax number and/or e-mail address, city, country. 
The works will be exhibited as they are received in an “in progress” exhibition which will open on Sunday 25th November, 2018 at 5.00 p.m. at the Istituto Superiore di Spilimbergo - Il Tagliamento (via degli Alpini, 1 - Spilimbergo, Pordenone, ITALY).
Single students will also have to specify their school address and the class attended. Competitors implicitly authorize the school to reproduce and use their works in the catalogue and in different media for no-profit activities. 
The organization cannot be held responsible in case of theft, damage or loss of the works. Works will not be returned or retransmitted to their authors. The exhibition will close on March 31st, 2019. 
A catalogue will be printed reproducing a wide selection of the works received after / following up, which later will be sent to competitions free of charge, previous formal request.
The Jury
The jury of experts in communication, art critics and representatives of the school world will select 6 works among those received within the expiry date, according to their development of proposed themes and their effectiveness.
Jury for the First Selection of Works
Enrico SARCINELLI, (Mayor of Spilimbergo)
Alberto Carlo VARNIER, (Former student representative
Angelo BERTANI, (Art Critic)
Andrea Del FAVERO (Ethpmusicicologist)
Donato GUERRA, (President of the cultural association II Circolo
Lucia D'ANDREA, (Headmistress of the Technical and Professional Schools of Spilimbergo II Tagliamento
Nane ZAVAGRO, (Artist)
International Jury:
Caterina CARONE, (Italy) (Filmmaker)
Katja COLIJA, (Italy) (Filmmaker)
Gabriella GGALLOZZI, (Italy) (Jourbalist)
Letizia LAMARTIRE, (Italy)(Filmmaker)
Maura Morales BERMANN, (Chile) (Cinematographer)
Ferran Parades RUBIO, (Spain) (Cinematographer)
Prizes
The following six prizes, will be awarded according to categories:
- best work - Kindergarten and Primary Schools: € 300,00;
- best work - Lower Secondary Schools: € 300,00;
- best work - Secondary High Schools: € 300,00;
- best work - Video or cartoon: € 300,00;
- best work - Artists: € 300,00;
Specal Prizes
- Best work to satirical or humorous drawing inviting on human and civil themes: € 300,00;
Info
Istituto d’istruzione superiore di Spilimbergo Il Tagliamento
via degli Alpini, 1 - 33097 
Spilimbergo (Pordenone)
ITALIA
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tel +38 (0) 427 40 392
fax: +3.9 (0) 427 40 898
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Yaşar Kemal’s portrait cartoon album

Yaşar Kemal is a significant author of Turkey and a friend which we attach much importance to as Turkish cartoonist. As what we did in the memory of Nazım Hikmet, a valuable poet of the world, we want to create “portrait cartoons” in the memory of Yaşar Kemal, too. You can see the work of very important international cartoonists for Yaşar Kemal portrait cartoon album on association’s website Your fellow international cartoonists can send their works to karikaturculerdernegi34@gmail.com.
Dear friends, It would be an honor to see your work in the portrait cartoon album to be published for Yaşar Kemal who is a very significant author for us.
Dear friend, you can find all kinds of visuals and photos of Yaşar Kemal on Google.
Best regards, Metin Peker

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Yaşar Kemal’s portrait cartoon album

Yaşar Kemal is a significant author of Turkey and a friend which we attach much importance to as Turkish cartoonist. As what we did in the memory of Nazım Hikmet, a valuable poet of the world, we want to create “portrait cartoons” in the memory of Yaşar Kemal, too. You can see the work of very important international cartoonists for Yaşar Kemal portrait cartoon album on association’s website Your fellow international cartoonists can send their works to karikaturculerdernegi34@gmail.com.
Dear friends, It would be an honor to see your work in the portrait cartoon album to be published for Yaşar Kemal who is a very significant author for us.
Dear friend, you can find all kinds of visuals and photos of Yaşar Kemal on Google.
Best regards, Metin Peker

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