the Contest of Graphical Humor
"laughter is health"
Argentina

Subject: For your health, do not smoke.
“Buena Salud” magazine invite all graphical humorists worldwide to participate in the contest “For your health, do not smoke”

 Contest rules:

INTERNATIONAL contest OF GRAPHICAL HUMOUR: For your health, do not smoke. 

The objective of the contest is to emphasize the importance of graphical humour in the public health prevention, especially in the fulfilment of the Tobacco Control Act, approved in September 2005, by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires.

Graphical humour is a genre of journalism that lends itself well to social commitment, inspiring the reflection and the action. This is a call to humorously raise awareness of a smoke free possibility, healthy, non-smoking future without victims of second-hand smoke.

Bases of the Contest:

Organizer: Buena Salud Magazine 

Subject of the Contest: For your health, do not smoke.

Who participate?  Graphical humorists of all nationalities will be able to participate, without age limits. 

Amount of pieces: Each participant will be able to send up to two (2) pieces.

Characteristics of the original work: The work will have to be an unpublished original art. (Neither CDs nor copies will be accepted)

Each work will have a unique dimension of A4 210x297centimeters or A3 297x420 centimetres mounted in cardboard.

The technique to use is free. Colour or Black and white 

Deadline: The original works have to be sent by mail or to be given until 1^st October 2006, in San Juan 499, CP 1147, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The author will have to send his work with a biography or curriculum vitae (no more than 1000 characters), printed in A4 format and accompanied by a photo-picture (12x9 or similar).

Of the juries: The jury will be integrated by: Oskar Blotta (president), Publishing Consultant of Buena Salud magazine, and the recognized graphical humorists, Andrés Cascioli, Crist, Garaycochea. The jury will fail 20^th October, 2006. The opinion of the jury will be unappeasable. 

Prizes: The first prize will have an allocation of us$ 1500, Two second us$ 500 prizes each. The jury will be able to declare up to two special mentions. 

Catalogue: The jury will choose at least 1 (one) work of each participant to comprise the catalogue of the exhibition. 

Exhibition: The selection and show of the art works will be exhibited in a special event, November 2006, where the jury will fail and deliver prizes. 

Rights and obligations: All participants of the graphical humor contest accept and will opportunely sign the following rules:
1) Deadline for the delivery of works: 1^st  October 2006, up to 6 PM. All works sent through post office will have to certify the date and reception time in Av. San Juan 499, CP 1147, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2) The original works will only be given back to those artists who pick them up personally at Av. San Juan 499, Buenos Aires City, Argentina.

3) The author yields the rights of exhibition of the sent works as well as the ones published in the Catalogue of the Contest.

4) The failure of the jury is unappealable.

The winners accept to yield their rights over the winning works for their publication in Buena Salud Magazine, as well as in posters, banners of Internet or Web pages, for their diffusion. 

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