56 World Gallery of Cartoons – Skopje 2024

Dear friends, CARTOONISTS, let start the year with a good news!

Pleased that during of our fifty-three-years existence we have created a network of exceptional cartoonists – collaborators and friends of OSTEN, we announce the 56 WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS Skopje 2024!

APPLICATION

REGULAR APPLICANT should:

– Fill out the APPLICATION FORM (electronically or manually) and send it to the e-mail:

cartoons@osten.com.mk along with a photo, short bio and digital images of the submitted works

– To send the electronically submited works -original or digital (printed, numbered and signed) BY POSTAL MAIL along with the printed and signed Application Form to our address:

OSTEN – WORLD GALLERY OF CARTOONS, “8. Udarna Brigada” 2, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia

with a note: NO COMMERCIAL VALUE! FOR EXHIBITION ONLY!!! – up to 31 May 2024 latest!

– ON THE BACK OF EACH WORK TO WRITE the name, the country and the title of the work

DEADLINES

• The process of organization of the 56th WGC Skopje 2024 is in four phases:

– APPLICATION (31 May 2024)

– SELECTION + publication of selected cartoonists (June 2024)

– JURY + announcement of finalists (July – August 2024)

– ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDED CARTOONISTS (September 2024)

• THE OFFICIAL EXHIBITION and AWARD GIVING (November 2024) in Skopje, R.N.M.

AWARDS

GRAND PRIX for LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT (1500 $ & Sculpture) – decision by the Ambassadors of OSTEN

FIRST AWARD ($1000 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

SECOND AWARD ($500 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

5 THIRD AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

5 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury

CICO AWARD * for a Macedonian Cartoonist (Plaque) – decision by the OSTEN Board

* In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – Cico

Fill out the APPLICATION FORM, sign up, submit the works, follow the updates on  FB , and do not forget to share this information with your colleagues and friends. For more information on:  www.osten.mk , and you can always contact us on: cartoons@osten.com.mk .