GENERAL INFORMATION
The organizer of the competition is OSTEN Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
An international jury will appraise the short-listed works
The official announcement of the awards and the opening of the exhibition will take place on 28 May 2015
at OSTEN Gallery, Skopje, Macedonia.

PROPOSITIONS
Categories:            Cartoon • Satiric drawing • Comic-Strip (up to one panel of non-linguistic strip)
Theme / Technique:    Free
Format:                А4 (21,9 x 29,7) or А3 (29,7 x 42,0)

APPLICATION CRITERIA
The author can apply with several works, but STRICTLY with ORIGINALS (hand drawn works)
The application should be done with the Application Form that should be filled out (electronically or manually) 
and upon completion to be sent via post mail, accompanied by the works (author’s short bio and picture is preferable)
The submitted works shell become part of OSTEN collection. See the RULES for participation!

The works that will arrived on the address of OSTEN up to 31 March 2015 will be considered for selection !   

JUDGING
The selectors Alla & Chavdar GEORGIEVI – Cartoonists from Bulgaria, will perform preliminary selection over the arrived original works
The short-listed works are eligible for awards and International jury decides for the awards

INTERNATIONAL JURY
Midhad Ajanovic AJAN, Sweden (Cartoonist, animation films maker and publicist)
Stane JAGODIC, Slovenia (Independent cartoonist, editor and publicist)
Ass.Prof.Dr. M.Murat ERDOGAN, Turkey (Researcher, Director of EU Research Center)
Bernd POHLENZ, Germany (Cartoonist and Director of ‘Toonpool’)
Mice JANKULOVSKI, Macedonia (Cartoonist and representative of OSTEN)    

AWARDS
FIRST AWARD FOR CARTOON (1000$)  
FIRST AWARD FOR SATIRIC DRAWING (1000$) 
FIRST AWARD FOR COMIC / STRIP (1000$)
10 SPECIAL AWARDS (PLAQUE)
AWARD CICO* (for Macedonian Cartoonist)* 
* In honor of the great Macedonian cartoonist Vasilije Popovic – Cico 

PRESENTATION
Short-listed works are exhibited at OSTEN Gallery from 28 May to 28 June 2015
Short-listed works are represented in the Catalog
Every cartoonist represented in the Catalog, will receive a copy via post mail
The organizer will cover the accommodation to the awarded cartoonists who will announce their presence  up to 1 May, 2015