Call for Participation
Introduction
The art of Caricature is the illustration of meaningful concepts of the subjects that can communicate with their audiences and motivate them to draw their attentions to the targeted messages and institutionalize their point of view in the societies. The 6th International Biennial “Book Cartoon” Festival intends to offer such messages provided by the nationals and internationals artists practicing the cultural missions for the public libraries throughout the country to promote the habits for reading books and upgrading the cultural behaviors in the depth of the society. So, we invite you to join us.
The Areas of Interest
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- Books, Libraries, Small Businesses
- Books, Libraries, Social & Cultural Hangout
- Books, Libraries, Significant Social Events
- Books, Children & Families
- Books, Leisure, Vitality & Peace
- Books, Digital Era & Artificial Intelligence
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- Books, Palestine and Gaza (Featured topics)
Divisions
Note 1: The main section of the festival is dedicated to professionals’ participation, and the subsection will include competitions between beginners.
Note 2: The word “beginner” refers to those participants who never joined any national or international festivals and competitions before and literally aren’t an award winner so far.
Prizes
Letter of Commendation, Biennial Statue and the Cash Prizes of 1000€, 700€ & 500€ respectively for the 1st to the 3rd winners.
Letter of Commendation, Biennial Statue and the Cash Prize of 80 Million Rials for the 4th to the 6th winners.
Letter of Commendation and the Cash Prize of 50 Million Rials for the first six of chosen beginners as award-winners.
Note 1: Are Iranian nationals among the 1st to the 3rd winners, they will receive the cash prizes in the currency of Rials.
Terms & Conditions
- Each participant can submit maximum five of their artworks in above mentioned areas of interest.
- The festival is open to all the professionals and beginners to join.
- The festival only accepts digital submissions, so the artworks must be scanned and submitted to the festival’s website.
- Any use of artificial intelligence to create works of art will result in removal from the competition.
- The artworks submitted must be original and not have been published or awarded in any other competitions or festivals.
- All the participants whose artworks meet the minimum features of being accepted by the jury on the first step, will receive the electronic certificate of participation in the festival, and the winners will also receive a copy of printed book.
- All the copyrights and intellectual rights of the submitted works are reserved for the institution of public libraries of Iran.
How to Apply
- In order to apply for the competition, participants need to create an account on the festival’s official website: www.booktoon.ir, so they can use it for submission of their artworks.
- It is mandatory to provide precise information on the name, residential address, email address, phone number and a summary of their resume.
- The digital copy of the artworks must have the following features: JPEG format, with the resolution of 200 dpi, with a length and width of 2000 pixels and the size of not more than 100 MB.
Deadline
June 20, 2024
Contact us
Address: No. 1, Post Alley, Imam Khomeini St, Imam Khomeini Square, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Public Libraries Fundation
Postal Code: 1136930001
Phone: (+9821) 66735792 extension 2161 mobile: (+98)9105039320
Fax: (+9821) 66720314
Email Address: info@booktoon.ir
Website: www.booktoon.ir