16th Edition of the HumoDEVA International Cartoon Contest-Romania-2023

he HumoDEVA International Cartoon Contest is an open competition for artists all over the world. Anyone may take part, with no restrictions.

The participation is free of charge.

THEMES & NUMBER OF WORKS

You can participate in one or in all two themes, with maximum 10 works/theme.

THEME 1: MORE CONSPIRACY THEORIES – maximum 10 works

You can send your drawings about any conspiracy theories, especially the most recent ones. Do an internet search and find a lot of material on this topic. We suggest below some links:

List of conspiracy theories

Top 20 Biggest Conspiracy Theories of All Time

33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True

25 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to Be True

Best Conspiracy Theory Websites

Top 10 Best Films About Real Conspiracy Theories

THEME: Your BEST CARTOONS Of 2021-2023

THEME 2 – Free ,  – maximum 10 works

LANGUAGES

Graphic Humor – Cartoons or Caricatures without words! (we accept also drawings with a little text in English)

DEADLINE: 15 May 2023

JURY & PRIZES

The Jury, composed of renowned cartoonists, will award the following prizes for the best works:

GOLD PRIZE – 1500 $, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on HumorPLA.NET

SILVER PRIZE – 700 $, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on HumorPLA.NET

BRONZE PRIZE – 300 $, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on HumorPLA.NET

10 EXCELLENCE Awards, Special Honor Diploma and a Personal Gallery on HumorPLA.NET

The jury’s decisions are final and irrevocable.

Other Special Prizes offered by the sponsors may be awarded.

The prizes can be paid in Deva or can be posted to the cost of the receiver.

The organizer does not assume any liability regarding taxes or bank charges. We will not resend any money prize due to the failure of delivery thereof caused by incorrect information supplied by the participating artists.

Only the original drawings of the prize-winning entries should be sent in maximum three weeks from the results announcement (postal stamp), well wrapped and protected against damages.

WORKS

Works must be originals and any kind of graphical technique will be accepted, including digital artwork.

Entries can be either black and white or colored. Size of entries is maximum A3 format.

The works and your Curriculum Vitae (CV) must be digitized in 300 DPI resolution, JPG or PNG format, with the limit of 3 MB for each.

The name of the cartoons, in English, must contain the entrant’s given name, family name, country, 3-4 keywords describing the work. Small letters, with comma or space between them. EXAMPLE: horia, crisan, romania, hunter, mistake, plane, dog.

UPLOAD YOUR WORKS AND YOUR CV (JPG or PNG format, Max 3 MB each)

UPLOAD YOUR WORKS and YOUR CV (in English) HERE!

(How to upload your Cartoons and your CV?)

CHECK HERE if your works are loaded.

SELECTED CARTOONS – 2023 Gallery

EXHIBITION & RESULTS

The cartoons selected for the contest will be exhibited, free of charge, on HumorPLA.NET, for the visitors around the world and for the attention of all cartoonists (to prevent similarity, copying or stealing). Any cartoon which is similar, copied or stolen will not be awarded.

The contest results will be announced on the HumoDEVA 2023 web site.

CATALOG

HumoDEVA retrospective eCatalog 2001-2021, in .pdf format, will be sent by email to all selected artists.

USE AND REPRODUCTION OF WORKS

Contestants allow the Organizers the right to reproduce any of the selected works free of charge for publication in cartoon books, catalogs, advertising in the press, internet and other media, separate promotional printed works such as posters, leaflets, promotional gifts, calendars, etc, in as many copies as the Organisers shall deem appropriate, including publication on the website HumorPLA.NET, eBooks and any other form of communication and promotion.

The Organisers are authorized to publish the works on any support, even for commercial purposes. In the case of reproductions, the author will be mentioned in habitual ways. The author allows free use of their work for popularisation, cultural and recreational purposes, as well as for public enjoyment. The author must expressly renounce all rights to any compensation.

The copyrights on the works still belong to the authors.

CONSENT

Contestants expressly authorize the Organizers to process the personal data in its possession in accordance with the personal data protection law, so as to include them in databases operated directly by the Organizers or a third party appointed by it.

The Organizers are entitled to adopt final decisions on all matters not mentioned in these regulations. These are published on the website http://www.HumoPLA.NET in English.

By submitting the works and participating in The HumoDEVA International Cartoon Contest, the artists accept unconditional the decisions of the Jury and the rules printed above.

GOOD LUCK to EVERYONE at the BIGGEST INT’L CARTOON CONTEST from ROMANIA!

Horia CRISAN, founder of HumoDEVA International Cartoon Contest & owner of HumorPLA.NET

Liviu STANILA, co-founder of HumoDEVA International Cartoon Contest & illustrator