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📌 Objectives:
🇷🇴 To promote the Armenian community in Romania, on a national and international scale, through symbolic forms of identity and, at the same time, a tribute to a great Romanian graphic artist and caricaturist of Armenian origin, Cik(Hacik) Damadian.
🎯 Theme of the 2025 edition:
🇦🇲 Radio Yerevan and Armenian figures.
📝 Registration for the competition:
- The competition is open to individuals with Romanian citizenship or foreign citizens, regardless of nationality, race, sex or religion, over 18 years of age on the date of application.
- Creating 3 cartoons with the theme "Radio Yerevan" or figures from the Armenian community in Romania.
- All creations submitted for the competition must be original, unpublished and must not have been awarded prizes in other similar competitions.
🖼️ The works must meet the following characteristics:
1- The cartoons section is divided into two typologies
1️⃣ Portrait cartoon cartoons of some personalities of Armenian origin from Romania.
2️⃣ Cartoons on the theme of the contest "Radio Yerevan".
2- You can submit a maximum of 3 works of each participant regardless of the type chosen.
3- Works should be in A4 format and should be sent electronically (by email) to uarbotosani@yahoo.ro and in original form (valid for competitors from Romania) by post to:
Armenian Union of Romania - Botosani Branch,
Str. Armeana no 20, Botosani.
4- The dead line for submissions is 15.08.2026.
📂 For the validation of the competitor the works must be accompanied by:
- Registration form (Annex 1 to the Regulation).
- Copy of identity card.
- Personal Data Protection Declaration (Annex 2 to the Regulation).
- A short curriculum vitae, in Romanian (or in English for participants from other countries) containing: name and surname, address, contact telephone numbers, e-mail.
- Authors interested in the competition should send their works by:
📮 By post/courier:
Union of Armenians in Romania - Botosani branch, Armeana Street no. 20, Botosani, until 15.08.2026 (post date),
📧 In electronic format (e-mail) uarbotosani@yahoo.ro.
- Cartoons will be submitted in PDF/JPG/JPEG format.
- Registration to the competition implies the competitor's acceptance of the Competition Regulations.
⚖️ Selection of participation offers
- All works in the competition will be judged by a jury appointed from among the established persons and which will be announced up to 15.08.2026.
🏆 The prizes will be as follows:
🥇 First Prize for Best Portrait: 1,000 lei (approximately 200 euros).
🥇 First Prize for Best Work on the Theme: 1,000 lei (approximately 200 euros).
🥈 Second Prize: 750 lei (approximately 150 euros).
🥉 Third Prize: 500 lei (approximately 100 euros).
🎖 Honorable Mention: 250 lei (approximately 50 euros).
- Judging will take place between: 15-31.08.2026.
- The awards ceremony will take place on 05.09. 2026, at a location to be announced after 15.08. 2026.
- Award-winning participants who attend the awards gala will be provided with meals and accommodations for the duration of their stay.
⚠️ Special clauses:
- After completion, works in the competition become the property of the organizers.
- The author irrevocably transfers to the beneficiary the right of ownership of the material support of the work as well as the non-exclusive economic right, according to Law no. 8/1996 on copyright and related rights.
- Any changes to the Regulations required by circumstances beyond the control of the organizers will be communicated in good time.
- The registration in the competition is proof of acceptance of the Regulations and Conditions of the Festival and of the obligation to complyith them, as well as of the publication of the texts in the Festival Anthology(if it can be printed).
🏛️ Organizer:
Armenian Union of Romania - Botosani Branch
"PRO Urban" Association Botosani
📰 Partners:
Local media publishing
TVR Iasi
County Council of Botosani
City Hall of Botosani
"Mihai Eminescu" Theater of Botosani
Ipoteşti Memorial - "Mihai Eminescu"National Study Centre
County Museum of Botoşani
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📞 Contact:
The Armenian Union of Romania - Botosani branch.
Botosani, 20 Armeana Street;
Phone number: +40 721.293.474
Cristian Lazarovici - President
Email: uarbotosani@yahoo.ro; cristian.lazarovici@yahoo.ro