International Tourism Cartoon Competition – 2016

International Tourism Cartoon Competition is held with the cooperation of Association of Tourism Writers and Journalists (TUYED) and Anatolia: A Journal of Tourism Research. The objective of the competition, which was first held in 2009, is to examine tourism, which is one of the biggest sectors in the world, with its various dimensions.

Theme: Future of Tourism.

Categories:
Adult Category: This category is open for the all of cartoonists who are 17 and older. Category should be noted when cartoons are submitting. Grand award, second award, third award,
Professor Atila Özer recognition award and three mansions will be given in this section. Finalist cartoons in this section will be published in the album.
Young Category: This category is open for the cartoonists who are 16 and younger. Category should be noted when cartoons are submitting. Grand award and two achievement awards will be given in this section. Finalist cartoons in this section will be published in the album.

Evaluation Declarations
1.       Works submitted to the competition will be evaluated in two stages.
2.       In the first stage, all the works will be pre-evaluated at a meeting held by Pre-Evaluation Selection Committee members. At the end of this meeting, finalist works will be determined. No more than 1/5 of the works submitted to the competition will be taken for further evaluation.
3.       Before continuing with the second stage, finalist works will be announced on the internet between 1st and 10th February 2017. Similar and copy works, plagiarism, previously awarded works, and other objections will be decided by the Pre-Evaluation Selection Committee members and due to the reasonable objections, on which the committee will reach a consensus, related works will be eliminated.
4.       At the second stage, finalist works will be re-evaluated by Final Selection Committee Members. This time, evaluation will be done in two sub-stages. In the first stage, the number of finalist woks will be reduced to 45-50 and, in the last stage, winners will be determined.
5.       Evaluation of the submitted works will be done based on three critical issues mentioned below.
·         Selection and convenience of the topic,
·         Quality of humor,
·         Originality of drawing.

Important Dates
First Announcement: July 2016
Deadline for Submission: 31 December 2016
Meeting of the Selection Committee: 21 January 2017
Announcement of finalist cartoons (for possible objections): February 1-10, 2017
Notification of Winners               : April 2017
Award Ceremony: April 2017

Category of Adult Cartoonısts
Award
Prizes
The Grand Award
All inclusive holiday in a five star hotel in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons)
The Second Award
All inclusive holiday in a five star hotel in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons)
The Third Award
All inclusive holiday in a five star hotel in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons)
Professor Atila Özer Recognition Award
All inclusive holiday in a five star hotel in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons)
Three Mansions
Plate

Category of Young Cartoonısts
Award                            
Prizes
The Grand Award
All inclusive holiday in a five star hotel in Turkey (5 days, 2 persons)
Two Achievement Awards
Plate

Contact
Nazmi KOZAK, Ph.D.
Anadolu University,
Faculty of Tourism
Yunus Emre Campus,
26470 Eskisehir/TURKEY
Tel:  90 (222) 335-0580/2133
Fax:  90 (222) 335-6651
Gsm:  90 (532) 286-7584
E-mail: nkozak@anadolu.edu.tr
E-mail: nazmi.kozak@gmail.com

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