LONG LIVE COMICS! LONG LIVE ANIMATION! 20

RULES
The competition is open to students from the Friuli Venezia Giulia region and Slovenia.
The competition is divided into two categories:

• Comics
• Animation

For inspiration, we offer illustrations by Slovenian illustrator Maja Kastelic and the character Jingle Robot, created by Italian author Rosanna Murello (more information on the Stripburger website).

1) Competition theme:

a) Maja Kastelic often bases her work on existing literary works. Choose a short poem or story by a Slovenian or foreign author and recreate it in a comic strip!

b) In Milena Batič’s poem, a bunny dreams of a cabbage head, a kitten dreams of a baked cookie, and Tinček explores the wonders of the universe. What happened in your most unusual dreams? Where did you travel? Who did you meet? What was your return like?

c) Jingle Robot loves nature and enjoys exploring its hidden corners. His extraterrestrial friend often accompanies him in discovering yet-to-be-discovered parts of nature. What are the places they visit like? Are they different from real ones?

d) Free theme.

2) Submitted works may be:

a) Comic stories drawn in any technique (including digital) in A3 format, with any number of pages.

b) Animations in traditional or digital technique.

3) Registration:

Students can apply individually or in groups, with or without a mentor.

4) Submission of works:

Works must be submitted by mail along with the completed application form (for Slovenian students) to the address:
Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana, Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Submission deadline:

Works must be postmarked by Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Jury:

The jury, consisting of Maja Kastelic (author), Paola Bristot (Vivacomix), Andreja Goetz (SLON Association), and Katerina Mirović (Stripburger), will meet on March 29, 2020, to select the winners.

Prizes:

COMICS:

Three main prizes will be awarded – 3 book vouchers worth 100 euros each. In addition to the main winners, the jury will select 5 authors who will have the opportunity to attend a one-day comic strip t-shirt workshop at RogLab in Ljubljana on Saturday, April 18, 2020. A special prize of a 6-day camp at Mini Gorindol on the Kolpa River in Gorenjci, near Adlešiči (for one person) in July or August will also be awarded. The exact dates will be announced in spring 2020. More information on the camps can be found at: www.taborjenje.info. The prize is worth 169 EUR, which can also be used as a discount for longer terms (14 or 10 days). The prize cannot be exchanged for cash. All competition participants will receive a book prize, a mini comic. All comic works will also be exhibited. Comic section participants grant permission for the publication of their works.

ANIMATION:

The winners in the animation category will receive 4 prizes. The first prize is a 100 EUR voucher. The second prize is participation in the SLON animation workshop and accreditation for the SLON program at the Animateka International Animated Film Festival. The third and fourth prizes are a DVD with SLON animations and accreditation for the SLON program at the Animateka International Animated Film Festival, which will be held in December 2020 in Ljubljana. The winning animation will also be showcased at the International Animation Day (October 27, 2020) at the Kinoteka and at the Animakids program of the Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (December 2020, Italy).

8) Exhibition "Long Live Comics! Long Live Animation! 20":

This exhibition will feature comics, illustrations, graphics, and drawings by Maja Kastelic and Rosanna Murello. It will be on display in Ljubljana at the DLUL Gallery on Breg 22 from January 29 to February 20, 2020, and in Pordenone at Studiovivacomix from March 7 to 31, 2020.

9) Opening of the exhibition of competition participants' comics:

The opening and award ceremony will take place in Ljubljana on Friday, April 10, 2019, at 5:00 PM, at the Trubar House of Literature, Stritarjeva Street 7. The opening will include a screening of the Animateka animated films program. The comics will be on display until April 24, 2020.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Stripburger/Forum Ljubljana,
core@mail.ljudmila.org, 031 401556
www.ljudmila.org/stripcore/zivel_strip/