1st International Cartoon Competition- Human Rights Association- Istanbul 2024-Turkey

The Power of Humor for Human Rights!

Organized by the Culture and Arts Commission of the Human Rights Association-Istanbul, the "IHD Istanbul 1st International Cartoon Competition" aims to draw attention to human rights, increase social awareness, and raise awareness in society by using the power of humor and reflecting messages about human rights from daily life in the striking language of cartoons.

1. The competition is open to amateur and professional artists from all over the world.

2. The subject of the competition has been determined as Human Rights.

3. Techniques are free in the works that will participate in the competition. The works may have been published, but they must not have received an award in any competition before.

4. The Competition consists of 2 categories: General Category and Special Category of Turkey’s Prisons

5. A digital certificate will be sent to all participating artists. Printed certificates will be sent to participating artists from prisons in Turkey.

6. Participants can send as many works as they want. However, more than one award cannot be given to an illustrator.

7. Cartoons should be maximum A3 (29.7 cm x 42 cm) in size, 300 dpi resolution and jpg format.

8. Along with the works, all artists should send their name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, short CV and a photograph. 

9. The exhibition and award ceremony of the competition will be held in Istanbul on a date to be announced later. The awards of those who cannot attend the award ceremony will be sent to their addresses.

10. Cartoonists participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted the above conditions.

11. The Competition is organized by the Human Rights Association-Istanbul’s Culture and Arts Commission.

12. Whether the cartoons participating in the competition receive an award or not, they can be used as Exhibitions, Posters, Books, Albums, e-Albums, Calendars, Brochures, etc. by the institutions organizing the competition. It can be evaluated in publications and published on the internet.

13. The works that will participate in the competition can be submitted via e-mail until 19.00 local time on 01/09/2024 and it should be sent to yarisma@ihdistanbul.org address.

14. The Competition results will be announced on 30/09/2024.

15. AWARDS

General Category:

First Prize: Plaque

Second Prize: Plaque

Third Prize: Plaque

İHD Istanbul Special Award: Plaque

Special Jury Prize: Plaque

Turkey’s Prisons Special Category; Special Award for Human Dignity:

First Prize: Plaque

Second Prize: Plaque

Third Prize: Plaque

16. Selection committee (In alphabetical order):

Altan Özeskici (Turkey)

Angel Boligan (Cuba)

Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey)

Hüseyin Çakmak (Cyprus)

Mozdeh Malek Ogli (Iran)

Musa Keklik (Turkey).