57th WORLD GALLERY of CARTOONS Skopje 2025/N.Macedonia

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Deadline:May 31, 2025

APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION

GENERAL INFORMATION

• The organizer of the event is OSTEN Skopje, the Republic of North Macedonia

• The PROCESS of ORGANIZATION of the 57th WGC Skopje 2025 is in four phases: - APPLICATION (31 May 2025)

- SELECTION + publication of selected cartoonists (June 2025)

- JURY + announcement of finalists (July – August 2025)

- ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDED CARTOONISTS (September 2025)

• THE OFFICIAL EXHIBITION and AWARD GIVING (November – December 2025) in Skopje.

CRITERIA for PARTICIPATION

• TYPES OF WORKS – cartoons | satirical drawing | comic/strip (one panel of non-linguistic strip)

• THEME | TECHNIQUE – by the author’s choice • FORMAT-А3(42х30см)orА4(30х21см)

• NUMBER of WORKS – up to 5 works / cartoonist

RULES for PARTICIPATION

• The cartoonists can participate with:

- ORIGINAL WORKS, (hand-created works/drawn on paper or other media) - DIGITAL WORKS (printed, numbered and signed in pencil on the front)

• Only works from the NEWER PRODUCTION, which have not previously been PUBLISHED or AWARDED, will be considered

• WORKS that are deemed by the jury to be identical or closely similar to the known works by another cartoonist - will NOT be judged

• IF DETECTED the cartoonist has violated any of the rules for participation after the awarding - the jury has the right to withdraw the award

• ACCORDING TO THE ORGANIZER’S DIRECTIONS, the selector and the international jury will pay particular attention to the visual expression of the submitted works

REGULAR APPLICANT should:

- FILL in the APPLICATION FORM (electronically or manually) and send it to the e-mail:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. along with a photo, short bio and digital images of the submitted works

- SEND THE ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED WORKS -original or digital (printed, numbered and signed) BY POSTAL MAIL along with the printed and signed Application Form

- WRITE the name, the country and the title ON THE BACK OF EACH WORK

NOTES:

** only works that will arrive by post at the organizer's address by the specified date (see below) will be

taken into account in the selection and judging process

*** by filling out the application, the author cedes to the organizer the NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to use, exhibit, study and publish his works for the purposes of the event.

DEADLINE for arrival of the works for participation in the 57th WGC Skopje 2025 - May 31, 2025!!!

SHIPPING ADDRESS:

OSTEN - WORLD GALLERY of CARTOONS

8 Udarna Brigada 2, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia

IMPORTANT!!!

When sending the works, be sure to put on the shipment: NON-COMMERCIAL SHIPMENT / FOR EXHIBITION ONLY!

PARTICIPATION FEE

You should choose one of the options below

To participate WITHOUT A PARTICIPATION FEE (the submitted works remain in the OSTEN Collection) To participate WITH A PARTICIPATION FEE of 20 $ (non-selected works to be returned to the author)

PAYMENT INFORMATION

The payment should be done via money transfer to the OSTEN Skopje account: Beneficiary: OSTEN DOOEL SKOPJE, 8 Udarna Brigada 2, Skopje 1000, N. Macedonia IBAN: MK07210701000702188 | SWIFT: TUTNMK22

Bank: NLB AD SKOPJE, Majka Tereza 1, Skopje 1000, N. Macedonia

SELECTION AND JURYING

• The SELECTOR decides about the CARTOONISTS who go to the next level of jurying with all

submitted works

• The INTERNATIONL JURY reviews the works of the selected cartoonists, chooses the work that will be presented in the catalog and decides on the awards envisaged by the organizer

• The ORGANIZER will notify all registered cartoonists about the:

- RESULTS of the SELECTION (until the end of June 2025)

- SELECTION of FINALISTS (until the end of August 2025)

- THE JURY DECISION / AWARDS (by the end of September 2025)

... and will publish the results on its website - osten.mk, official FB page World Gallery of Cartoons and other printed, electronic and social media

PRESENTATION

• The works of the AWARDED CARTOONISTS, FINALISTS and SELECTED CARTOONISTS will be reproduced in the catalog of the 57th WGC Skopje 2025

• AWARDED CARTOONISTS receive respective cash prizes (where and as much as provided - see below), printed certificates and a copy of the catalog by mail.• FINALISTS receive digital certificates and catalog in pdf by e-mail.AWARDSGRAND PRIX for LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT (1500 $ & Sculpture) – decision by the Council of Ambassadors of OSTENFIRST AWARD ($1000 & Plaque) – decision by the International JurySECOND AWARD ($500 & Plaque) – decision by the International Jury5 THIRD AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International Jury5 SPECIAL AWARDS (Plaque) – decision by the International JuryCICO AWARD * for a Macedonian Cartoonist (Plaque) – decision by the OSTEN Board * In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – CicoThe organizer invites ALL CARTOONISTS - PARTICIPANTS of the 57th WGC Skopje 2025 to attend the opening of the exhibition and the award ceremony in November - December 2025 in Skopje (exact date will be determined later).

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