29. Uluslararasi Nasreddin Hoca Karikatür Yarismasi / 29th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest

Nasreddin Hodja, the master of Turkish humourists, lived in Aksehir between 1208-1285. He is partly medresse-educated (Muslim theological school), partly self-trained. Historical information on his life and personality is highly limited, but from what has travelled by word-of-mouth from generation to generation, we understand him to have been a significant folk philosopher, with a view on life as intensely amusing as it is stimulating and giving food for thought. He is so much at one with the people that perhaps it is truer to say he lived his works rather than created them. With a strong social personality, Nasreddin Hodja constitutes the nucleus of Turkish folk humour, with stories emanating from his personality being woven by the people around his character century after century, so that the humour of Hodja has reached our day as vigorous and as close to people’s heart as ever.
The Association of Cartoonists maintains that in the struggle for a more tolerant and peaceful world, humour, in other words “the laughing thought” and its universal language, caricature is the most effective weapon against the thought that does not laugh. Bearing this aim in mind, the Association of Cartoonists is organizing each year the International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest to the living memory of Nasreddin Hodja, Turkish master of popular humour.
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29. Uluslararasi Nasreddin Hoca Karikatür Yarismasi
29th International Nasreddin Hodja Cartoon Contest

Original Cartoon, the Best Cartoon...
One Cartoon,
the prizes
1-) GrandPrize: 4000$
2-) HonourPrizes: 4 Honour Prizes, each 1000$
3-) SpecialPrizes: Special Prizes offered by various establishments, associations, newspapers, art magazines, syndicates and agencies.
Special Prizes of the Association of Cartoonists

a) The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world.
b) The cartoonists are free to participate with already published works as long as these works have not previously been awarded in any other contest.
c) Choice of subject is free.
d) The participants may send only one work.
e) The dimensions of works should not exceed 30 x 40 cm and only originals are accepted.
f) Name, surname, address, phone number and country of origin of the participant should be written on the back of his/her work. And also a short CV of the participant should be attached.
g) The works must reach the organizing association not later than July 31, 2009.
h) The results will be announced on August 11, 2009.
i) The participating cartoons will be kept at the Cartoon and Humour Museum of Istanbul by the Association of Cartoonists.
j) The participating cartoons will be put into an album. The cartoons for the album and the exhibition will be selected by a jury. The album will be sent to the cartoonists whose pieces of work are exhibited and published in the album.
k) The participating works will be exhibited first in Istanbul, then the big cities of Turkey such as Ankara, Izmir, Adana and Antalya.
l) Participants are considered to have accepted all the conditions.
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29 edición del concurso internacional de caricatura “Nasreddin Hoca”
Premios
1. Gran Premio: 4000 $
2. Premios de éxito: 4 premios, para cada una 1000 $
3. Premios especiales: Los premios especiales de distintas instituciones, asociaciones, periódicos, revistas de arte, sindicatos, agencias o personas.

condiciones
a) El concurso está abierto para todos los caricaturistas del mundo.
b) No se impone la condición de que las caricaturas enviadas al concurso sean publicadas o no, pero es imprescindible que no haya sido premiado en otro concurso.
c) El tema del concurso es libre.
d) Es posible participar en el concurso con una sola caricatura.
e) El tamaño de la caricatura no debería ser más grande que el formato 30 x 40 cm. Es imprescindible que las caricaturas sea originales.
f) Los participantes deberían poner su nombre y apellido, su dirección, número de teléfono y su país con letras mayúsculas detrás de la obra. Los artistas también deberían adjuntar un breve curriculum.
g) Deben mandar las caricaturas a la dirección del Comité Organizador antes del 31 de julio de 2009.
h) Los resultados serán dados el 11 de agosto de 2009.
i) Todas las caricaturas participantes en el concurso serán guardadas en el Museo de Caricatura y Humor de Estambul por la Asociación de Caricaturistas.
j) Las caricaturas serán expuestas en un albúm, el jurado elegirá las obras que merecen ser expuestas en el albúm. Será enviado el albúm del concurso a los participantes cuyas obras han sido publicadas en el mismo.
k) Las caricaturas del concurso serán expuestas primero en Estambul, luego de la ceremonia de premio y después en las grandes provincias de Turquía como Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya Trabzon.
l) Se consideran que todos los participantes en el concurso aceptan todas las condiciones.

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Karikaturculer Dernegi
Yerebatan Sarnici Cikisi Alemdar Caddesi
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