Africa e Mediterraneo award
Winners 2009-2010
- Mola Boyika
- Valérie Badika Nzila
- Kanyi Adrien Folly-Notsron
- Boureima Nabaloum
- Roberto Millan
- Popa Matumula
- Jason Bronkhorst
- Eric Andriantsialonina
- Lamine Dieme
- Edin Pumbulu
Deadline for the 2009-2010 edition: 15th December 2009.
Notice
1. Africa e Mediterraneo is launching a competition for best unpublished comic strip. The competition is open to African citizens living in or outside Africa (both North and Sub-Saharan Africa), with three sections: "free subject", "sport" and "poverties".
2. The "free subject" section allows the author to freely choose the subject (i.e. thriller, fantasy, entertainment, etc.). The "sport" section refers to comics which show any type of sporting activity, including both the active participation in sport and spectating as a sports fan. The “poverties” section refers to comics which give a narrative or reflection on topics relating to various types of poverty, which can be interpreted both as a lack of economic means, and as a restraint on the ability of individuals to freely express their own capacities and potential (to work, talk, enjoy themselves).
3. Comics must be original, unpublished and can be in B/W and/or in colour; maximum length is 4 pages, maximum format is 35 x 50cm. The technique is free. Artwork with texts in Arabic or African languages must have a translation in English, French or Portuguese. Authors can send a maximum of 3 comics for each section ("free subject", "sport" and “poverties”). The original artwork, along with the application form and a brief CV, must be sent by post to the following address:
Concorso "Africa e Mediterraneo"
Via Gamberi, 4
40037 Sasso Marconi
Bologna-Italy
4. Prizes. A single prize for each category will be awarded. The winners of each of the
sections "free subject", "sport" and “poverties” will receive 800 Euros. The Association
will seek to raise funds for the publication of a 32 page personal album for the authors
who win prizes or receive special mentions, based on the proposals they send in.
Winners will be invited to attend the opening of the exhibition that displays all the
artwork that has been sent in. The deadline for the receipt of artwork is 15th
December 2009. The jury will then select the winners for each section. The winning
comics will be published on the website www.africacomics.net. The best pieces of
work will be published in a collective catalogue by the Lai-momo Cooperative and the
Africa e Mediterraneo Association, and will be included in an itinerant exhibition that
will travel throughout Italy and Europe.
5. The jury will be made up of comic strip specialists (authors and experts) and of editors of the Africa e Mediterraneo journal.
6. Participation in the contest is completely free, and there will be no charges.
7. The prize winners will be contacted, and all participants will receive information about the contest via e-mail. The materials sent will be returned on demand, at the charge of the author; alternatively they will remain on file with "Africa e Mediterraneo", which may decide to publish them and include them in national and international exhibitions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Africa e Mediterraneo
Via Gamberi 4
40037 Sasso Marconi (BO) Italy
Tel. + 39 051 840166
Fax + 39 051 6790117
e-mail: m.meloni@africaemediterraneo.it
www.africaemediterraneo.it
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