1- The competition is open to amateur and professional artists from all over the world.
2- The subject of the competition is; "No to Nuclear!"
Sinop, which takes its name from the beautiful Sinope who made Zeus fall in love with her, is under a nuclear threat these days. Sinope's younger brother Diogenes is now looking for support for Sinop "against the nuclear power plant" instead of wandering around with a lantern during the day "looking for people". All over the world. Our expectation from cartoonists is; Nuclear power plants, a technology that will be abandoned in the near future, have economic, ecological, vital, environmental, etc. They reflect their losses on their business…
3- The technique is free of charge for the works that will participate in the competition. The works must not have received an award in any competition before.
4- A digital certificate will be sent to all participating artists.
5- Participants can submit as many works as they want. However, more than one award cannot be given to an artist.
6- The cartoons to be sent must be in maximum A3 (29.7 cm x 42 cm) size, 300 dpi resolution and jpg format.
7- The works that will participate in the competition can be sent via e-mail until 15 June 2024; It should be sent to the address: sinopludiyojencartoons@gmail.com
8- Along with the works, all artists must send their name, postal address, telephone, e-mail address, short CV and one photograph.
9- The exhibition and award ceremony of the competition will be held in Sinop- Ayancık on a date to be determined later. Only the accommodation of the top five award winners (if they attend the ceremony) will be covered. The awards of those who cannot attend the ceremony will be sent to their addresses.
10- Awards:
🏆 Grand Prize: 10.000 TL/Plaque
🏅 4 Achievement Awards: 2.500 TL/Plaque
🎖 Special Awards from Various Institutions: Plaque
11- In the selection committee; Ayancık Mayor Hayrettin Kaya (Turkey), sculpture artist Eşref Baş (Turkey), writer Tufan Bilgili (Turkey) and cartoon artists Adnan Taç (Turkey), Altan Özeskici (Turkey), Ares-Aristides Hernandez (Cuba), Aşkın Ayrancıoğlu (Turkey). ), Erhan Yaşar Babalık (Turkey), Fan Lintao (China), Leila Alaiy (Iran), Mehmet Selçuk (Turkey) and Musa Keklik (Turkey).
12- The cartoons participating in the competition (whether they receive an award or not) are published by the institutions organizing the competition, such as Exhibitions, Posters, Books, Albums, e-Albums, Calendars, Brochures, etc. available in publications. It can be published on the Internet. Apart from this, all publishing rights of the works belong to the artists.
13- The results of the competition will be announced in the first week of July.
14- The cartoonists participating in the competition are deemed to have accepted the above conditions.
15- Competition; Organized by Ayancık Municipality and Sinop Writers, Poets and Artists Association.