Thursday, February 01, 2018
11th International Don Quichotte Cartoon Contest / 2018
Theme: “Child
Brides“
Young girls
who have not reached puberty are being forced to marry as child brides in some
developing regions of the world. Child marriages are most common in India,
Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania. Unfortunately, this issue is
becoming more common in Turkey as well. Globally, every 1 out of 5 females who
is under 18 years old is being forced into marriage in exchange for a dowry.
The Universal
Declaration of Human Rights prohibits child marriages and states that men and
women of full age are entitled to equal marriage rights during marriage and at
its dissolution. Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full
consent of the intending parties. This statement does not specify the minimum
age requirement unlike other conventions and it is subjective.
Globally,
every 1 out of 5 females who is under 18 years old is being forced into
marriage in exchange for a dowry.
Legislations
and precautions that are already in place are not sufficient and non-government
organizations have been heavily campaigning to increase awareness on this
topic. The purpose of this competition is to bring awareness to child marriages
around the world, to study and criticize this social phenomenon.
We have an
important mandate but limited time.
We are
calling all caricaturists/cartoonists around the world to contribute their work
to raise awareness and come one step closer to solving this issue.
The Rules of
Competition:
1) With
participation in competition is possible only by Internet.
(childbrides@donquichotte.org)
2) All
submitted work should be participating a contest for the first time. With an
offence, there's a risk of deprivation of the achieved prizes.
3) The
designs are to be drawn in A3-Size to deliver in 300 dpi dissolution and in
Jpeg format. They know both and black-and-white, and to be colored, the
coloured representation is exactly the same as the colortechnical treatment of
the work is incumbent on not a containment.
4) The
closing date of the competition is 28 February 2018.
5) Pre-selective
Jury will determine the 100 finalists between dates 1-2 March 2018. Finalists
will be presented in social media and on DQ website for the following 2 days.
6) The jury
exists, evaluates the works between 3 March 2018. Results of this evaluation
and conception of the price-crowned works are published on 4 March 2018.
7) The award
of the prize will take place in the context of the opening of the exhibition in
8 March 2018 in the municipal art gallery Maji/Istanbul.
8) Received
caricatures will be securely saved in Don Quichotte's archive. We certainly
will get permission from you if we need to use your caricatures for purposes
other than displaying it in exhibitions and album.
9) Contest
Album will be developed in pdf and, if sponsored, will be printed.
10) Awarded
and best performing cartoons will be exhibited in various European countries.
Die Prizes:
- First
Prize: 1.000 Euro +Don Quichotte Medal
- Second
Prize: 750 Euro +Don Quichotte Medal
- Third
Prize: 500 Euro +Don Quichotte Medal
- Special
Awards
- 10 Mentions
Jury Members:
- Adriana
Mosquera (Spain)
- Farzane
Vaziri Tabar (Iran)
- Elena
Ospina (Colombia)
- Marilena
Nardi (Italy)
- Martha
Barragan (Mexico)
- Natalia Forcat (Brazil)
- Nicoleta Ionescu (Romania)
- Saadet Demir Yalçın (Turkey)
- Shiva Zamanfar (Iran)
Organizational
Responsibilities:
Don
Quichotte/Erdoğan Karayel
Organization
Partner:
G&Partner/Gaye
Donay
