The Fifth China International Youth and Children’s “Tianyan Cup”

Cartoon Competition sponsored by Organizing Committee of China

International Cartoon and Animation Festival, China National Youth

and Children’s Palace Association, China Association for Children’s

Plastic Arts, Master of Humor of Zhejiang People’s Fine Arts Publishing

House and Hangzhou Municipal People’ Association for Friendship with

Foreign Countries, undertaken by Hangzhou Youth and Children’s

Centre, has now been launched as one of the projects of the Sixth

China International Cartoon and Animation Festival. The followings are

the related affairs of the Competition:

Cartoon, as a public cultural form suit both refined and popular tastes,

is favored by youth and children by right of its various forms, vivid images,

humor and proximity to life. The Fifth China International Youth and

Children’s Cartoon Competition invites youth and children to contribute

their cartoon works based on the real life, which describe the wonderful

world, sparkplug civilization, satirize adverse tendency and reflect positive

side of life. Meanwhile, it aims to popularize cartoon among youth and

children, achieving mutual communication and development.

        Youth and children who are under 18 from all over the world.

November 2009-May 2010

1. Establish the Organizing Committee and Judge Panel in November 2009.

Organizing Committee is established by the sponsor and undertaker of the

 Competition. Experts from home and abroad will be invited as judges.

2. In early December 2009, send out Notice and Contribution Invitation by

China National Youth and Children’s Palace Association, China Association

for Children’s Plastic Arts, Hangzhou Municipal People’s Association for

Friendship with Foreign Countries and via internet.

3. Deadline for contribution is March 20, 2010 (according to the date of

postmark).

4. From late March to late April 2010, initial evaluation and final evaluation

of works will be performed. Excellent works will be exhibited and awarded

and printed out as collection subsequently. (Exhibition and award will be

further noticed).

5. From late April to early May 2010, perform award and exhibition according

 to the Sixth China International Cartoon and Animation Festival.

6. In May 2010, certificate and collection of works for the competition will be

mailed.

1. Units who receive this Notice shall organize and tutor cartoon fanciers

from fine arts leagues and training classes to create works and contribute in

 accordance with the rules of Competition (no quantity limitation of

contribution).

2. All units are expected to promote this Competition and encourage more

youth and children to participate in.

3. Organizing prize will be awarded based on quantity and award-winning

conditions of contribution.  

4. Refer to Appendix for Contribution Invitation of the Competition.

 

Organizing Committee of China International Cartoon and Animation

 Festival                       China National Youth and Children’s Palace

Association

China Association for Children’s Plastic Arts               

Master of Humor of Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House     

Hangzhou Municipal People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign

Countries

                                                                                            

December 10, 2009

 

Appendix 1:

 “Tianyan Cup” Cartoon Competition

Organizing Committee of China International Cartoon and Animation

 Festival

China National Youth and Children’s Palace Association

China Association for Children’s Plastic Arts

      Master of Humor of Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House

Hangzhou Municipal People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign

 Countries

III. Undertaker: Hangzhou Youth and Children’s Centre

IV. Co-undertaker: Zhejiang Zhongnan Group Animation Video Co., Ltd.    

Any youth or child under 18 has the right to participate in the competition.

Individuals or groups are welcome.

1.Tiger-type Vigor  2. Imagination of Trees   3. 31^st Century 

1. Participants are divided into Middle School Group and Primary School

 Group.

2. Each participant is allowed to contribute at most 2 pieces of works,

 which shall be of their own.  

3. Each work will be stuck on the back a form including nationality, name,

sex, date of birth and group to attend (Middle School Group or Primary

 School Group), name of school, address, post code, telephone number,

 instructor, title and brief introduction to works, etc. (Refer to Appendix

 for the form).

4. Works for this Competition will be classified into three major categories

 as hand painted works, computer painted works and flash cartoon.

Hand painted works must be original works. Fly your imagination and

 novel design is required. The theme shall be positive. There is no

 restriction to the art form. Your painting can be in the form of a single

 page, or a four-picture page, or comic series, or other creative cartoons.

(And both black-and-white works and colorful works are acceptable.)

 Paper of the works should not be smaller than 20×30cm and bigger

 than 55×40cm. No mounting is needed.

B. Requirements on computer painted works: focus on the themes,

 colored printing, A4 paper, with related information about the works

 as well as the creator on the back and send it to the Organizing

 Committee by mail.

C. Requirements on flash cartoon works: focus on the themes, individual

 works and team works (with all the team members under 18) are both

 acceptable. Works shall be submitted in SWF format with capacity ≤5M.

 Source documents and instruction of the works shall also be submitted.

 Provide related information about the works as well as creator (refer to

 Point 3 under VII. Rules) in WORD format in the CD. Make a CD containing

 the SWF work, source documents and instruction and mail it to the

 Organizing Committee. Flash cartoon works must be original with complete

 copyright instead of amending, copying or reproducing other’s works.

 Participation qualification will be canceled for works of those who break

 the rules.

5. No fee is charged for participation.

1. Top Grade Prize will be awarded to 10 contestants (RMB 1000 each),

 Gold Prize, Silver Prize, Bronze Prize and Merit Prize will be awarded 1%,

 1.5%, 2.5% and 5% respectively of total contribution works.  

2. Excellent Organizer Award is also provided to prize units with over

 300 pieces of works and teams with highest rate of award-winning.

3. Excellent Instructive Award is given to the teachers of winners of Top

 Grade Prize and Gold Prize.

4. Works winning prizes will be included in a special collection which will

 be given to each winner of these prizes, and the Top Grade Prize

 winners will also be entitled to the subscription of the Master of Humor

 periodical (first half month or second half month) in the year of 2010.

IX. Work Exhibition
        Excellent works will be displayed in professional art exhibitions or

 on the web, and          names of all prize winners will be announced on

 our websites (http://www.cacart.org.cn,   China Children’s Visual Arts; http://www.hzqsn.com, Hangzhou Youth and Children’s  

        Centre). Also, some of them will be published in magazines such

 as Master of Humor.

Contribution deadline is set on March 20, 2010 (according to the date of

 postmark). If sent by post office, please protect the works by providing

 a scaleboard. No works will be returned back, please save well the manuscript.

All the participants are regarded as agreed with the rules above.

XII. Special Instructions: Regional competition areas are set up all over

 the world for this Competition. There have been temporarily five regional

 competition areas including Hangzhou. Areas satisfying the basic

 conditions for establishing competition areas may apply for setting up

 regional competition areas to the Organizing Committee and undertake

 the organization and evaluation work related to the competition within

 the region. Please contact us for details for setting up competition areas.

XIII. Works Mail to  

Postal Address: Cartoon Competition Office, Arts Department of Hangzhou

 Youth and Children’s Center (22 Zhaoqingsili Street, Xihu District,

 Hangzhou)

Addressee: Wang Zhan  

Post Code: 310007      

Contact: Wang Zhan, Chen Congjie

Telephone: 0086-0571-85821035 86510131      

Fax: 0086-0571-85821012  

 

December 10, 2009