The Aydin DOGAN International cartoon Competition "Celebrating 40th Anniversary!"
In the past 40 years, the world has experienced economic, social, environmental and technological changes, advances as well as conflicts. This journey has significantly shaped the road maps towards the future. 40 years ago, we were living and also doing many things differently, but what about 40 years from now? How differently will we be doing what, and to which extent?
The year 2064: Will 'real' human beings still dominate, or advanced technology?
Or will the two be balanced ?
What will become of our emotions? Will we long for the past again?
Let's embark on this journey together... Let's imagine the coming 40 years with your drawings, feelings, thoughts and hopes…
Deadline: September 30, 2024/ 17:00 (UTC+3)
New Deadline: October 14, 2024/ 18:00 (UTC+3)
40th Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition
The Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition is organized every year in Turkey by the Aydın Doğan Foundation. The competition is open to professional and amateur cartoonists from all over the world.
One cartoon that will be selected among the cartoons that will be sent in the “Empowered Girls, Empowered Futures: Girls Rebuilding the Future” category will receive a special award worth of 3,000 US dollars.
AWARDS
- “Empowered Girls, Empowered Futures” Award: 3,000 USD
- Winner: 6,000 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation Winner Award
- First Runner up: 2,500 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation First Runner up Award
- Second runner up: 1,000 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation Second Runner up Award
- Success Award: 500 USD and the Aydın Doğan Foundation Success Award
Participation Rules
1. Participants can select any theme.
2. Cartoons participating in the competition must be signed.
3. By completing the participation form, the contestant beforehand declares and accepts that he/she is the author of his/her cartoon(s) to be submitted to the competition; that he/she grants license in form of non-exclusive simple license to Aydın Doğan Foundation without any limitations on location, time period and number including assignment to third parties in relation to the usage rights of financial rights such as processing, duplication, distribution, representation, indication and transmission to the public via audio and/or visual means as defined under the provisions of the Articles 21-25 of the Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works; and that he/she grants power to use the moral rights to Aydın Doğan Foundation, which are obligatory for the use of the licensed financial rights as set forth in Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works, and that he/she gives consent to Aydın Doğan Foundation to exhibit such cartoon(s), to keep them in its archives, to duplicate and publish them on the Internet or through other media and to use them in any other way without any limitations.
4. Where the cartoon(s) to be submitted to the competition wins a rank and/or a prize; the contestant beforehand declares and accepts that he/she is the author of his/her rank and/or prize-winning cartoon(s) and that he/she transfers ownership of the cartoon, submitted to the competition, to Aydın Doğan Foundation; that he/she transfers the financial rights such as processing, duplication, distribution, representation, indication and transmission to the public via audio and/or visual means he/she holds over the cartoon(s) to Aydın Doğan Foundation without any limitations on location, time period and number including assignment to third parties under the provisions of the Articles 21-25 of the Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Work; and that he/she grants power to use the moral rights to Aydın Doğan Foundation, which are obligatory for the use of the licensed financial rights as set forth in Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works; that he/she gives consent to Aydın Doğan Foundation to exhibit such cartoon(s), to keep them in its archives, to publish them on the Internet or through other media and to use them in any other way without any limitations; that he/she does not have any right of disposition over the financial rights subject to transfer and thus will not enter into any transactions with third parties in relation to transferred financial rights.
5. The Participant hereby beforehand accepts and declares that the cartoon submitted for the competition is an original work, and that there is no right arising from Law No. 5846 on Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works on the cartoon belonging to any third party and if any, that permission is obtained with regards to such rights, and in case a third party claims a right on the cartoon submitted and Aydın Doğan Foundation is obliged to pay any compensation or any other amount under whatsoever name due to the use of such cartoon, that he/she will pay 2 times of this amount to Aydın Doğan Foundation as a penal clause, and also that the award given to the participant will be taken back.
6. The Contestant accepts and declares that the information included on the participation form completed for the competition participation will be processed and transferred with communication and competition participation purposes within the framework of the International Cartoon Competition of Aydın Doğan Foundation in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law number 6698; that even if the application fails, the personal data will be kept by Aydın Doğan Foundation for the period of time set forth by the legislation; that the information related to competition participation will be shared with the jury, press and media organs and other relevant parties; that where a prize is won or where cartoon is published, his/her information as being author of such cartoon will be shared with the public; and that he/she is provided with required information in this regard.
– The Contestant accepts and declares that he/she has been informed before participating in the competition that he/she can learn his/her rights about his/her personal data and possible modifications on processing of this data from www.aydindoganvakfi.org.tr;
– That where he/she has any request on processing of his/her personal data by Aydın Doğan Foundation, he/she can send such request in written with original signature to the address of Aydın Doğan Vakfı, Burhaniye Mahallesi Kısıklı Cad. No: 65 34676 Üsküdar Istanbul/Turkey;
– That he/she will provide clear and comprehensible information related to the right he/she requests to use during the application to be made; that he/she will certify his/her identity during the application to prove that the applicant is the relevant person and will send his/her identification information together with the application; and that it will be required to share also his/her contact information to receive the result of the application;
And that he/she has been informed about all of the foregoing issues before participating in
the competition.
7. The Foundation will cover travel and accommodation expenses of the first three award-winning competitors for the award ceremony.
8. Jury members cannot participate in the competition in the year they act as a jury member.
9. The decision to upload the cartoons, submitted to the competition, on the Virtual Museum belongs to Aydın Doğan Foundation.
Criterias
- The cartoons which have been sent to the Aydın Doğan International Cartoon Competition in previous years, will not be reevaluated for this year’s competition.
- The uploaded cartoons must be in high resolutions for printing purposes.
- Jury members cannot participate in the competition in the year they act as a jury member.
For application and information about the competition:
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