PARTICIPATION REGULATIONS
The "Stefan cel Mare" Vaslui County Museum announces a new edition of the International Caricature and Satirical Graphics Competition, organized within the Vaslui "Constantin Tănase" Humor Festival, XXVIIIth edition, October 5-13, 2024.
The International Caricature and Satirical Graphics Competition aims to discover, promote and bring together creators of satirical caricature and graphics from everywhere.
This year's edition of the International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics has only one section of caricature and satirical graphics that will have the theme: "Eternal politics: where is the funny urn?"
1. Conditions of participation:
a. Genre creators from the country and abroad can participate in the International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics, without age limit;
b. participation in this edition requires a minimum of 3 (three) original works, not created by an artificial intelligence program and not awarded in any national or international contest of its kind;
c. the candidates who will participate in this contest must know that they are responsible, according to the law, for the veracity of the information, the authorship of the submitted works and the violation of copyright, both during and after the end of the contest;
d. the presented works will not exceed the size of A3 (297 x 420 mm);
e. the creative techniques used in the works are at the author's free choice.
2. Enrollment of works in the contest will be done electronically, at the institution's e-mail address: muzeu_vaslui@yahoo.ro, until August 1, 2024, 24:00 (Romania local time).
3. The works entered will be accompanied by a short biography, photo, address and telephone number, after which the laureates (winners) selected by the jury for the prize must send the original drawings.
4. Enrolling works in the Salon is equivalent to taking note of and complying with the Regulations for participation in the International Caricature and Satirical Graphics Salon.
5. Technical conditions: works will be submitted in electronic JPEG format, at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
6. The jury of the International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics, made up of three famous members in the field of caricature and satirical graphics, personalities of culture and art, will choose the winning works based on the following criteria: creativity, originality and compliance with the theme of the contest.
7. The decisions of the jury cannot be contested.
8. The jury will award the prizes and trophies specific to the "Constantin Tănase" Humor Festival, accompanied by the catalog of the International Caricature and Satirical Graphics Salon, and the laureates will be notified in good time of the date of their presence in Vaslui.
9. In order to take possession of the prizes, the winners will have to send the awarded works in the original, in packaging to prevent damage, by August 20, 2024 (postal date) to the address: Muzeul County "Ștefan cel Mare" Vaslui, str Hagi Chiriac, no. 2, code 730129, Vaslui county, Romania. Original works will bear the signature of the author and will have the name, surname, address and telephone number of the author written on the back.
10. For the creators who make the works digitally, they are obliged to specify in which software the work was made, and the print of the work must bear the signature in the original.
11. The envelope will be marked: "for the Competition International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics".
12. The organizer is not responsible for transport losses.
13. The opening of the International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics and the awarding of prizes to the laureates will take place on October 5, 2024 at the headquarters of the "Ştefan cel Mare" County Museum in Vaslui.
14. The organizer will provide accommodation and meals for one day, only for the winners who will be present at the opening.
15. The winners of the International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics transfer the ownership of the awarded works to the County Museum "Stefan cel Mare" Vaslui, at the time of handing over the original works.
16. The organizer reserves the right to make available to the media the works presented in order to promote this year's edition of the "Constantin Tănase" Vaslui Comedy Festival, without the copyright claims of the authors of the works.
Additional relations in this endeavor can be obtained by phone/fax: (004)0235/311626 or e-mail: muzeu_vaslui@yahoo.ro.
We thank you for your interest in the Competition of the International Salon of Caricature and Satirical Graphics within the Vaslui "Constantin Tänase" Humor Festival and we invite you to disseminate these Regulations by any means to all your guild colleagues.