The Festival is an event sponsored by the municipal administration of Rionegro (Colombia) during nineteen serial years in memory of Ricardo Rendón Bravo.

The Festival, only in the history of the country for their trajectory and continuity, has allowed to look at the perception of authors from 90 countries, main characters of the changes and experiences of the towns that contribute to the humanity’s growth with the same humour. With its laughing thought and its universal language, caricature is the most effective weapon against the thought that does not laugh.

It is a dream and an universal yearning to erase frontiers so territorial as ideological that prevent us to live in harmony and to visualize the light of the freedom as principle of peace and coexistence.

There are three themes:

• Mathematics
• Jorge Eliecer Gaitan
• Free

You can participate with cartoons in black and white or in color. Size should not exceed 30 x 40 cm maximum. Each participant can present up to three cartoons per theme. You can also participate in the competition with cartoons that have already been published or rewarded previously.

There is no entry fee.

Eligibility

The contest is open to all cartoonists all over the world.

Prize

• Grand Prix Theme Mathematics: USD 2.000
• Prize Theme Jorge Eliecer Gaitan: USD 500
• Prize Theme Free: USD 500
• Prize Institute for the Development of Antioquia IDEA: USD 500
• Special Prizes offered by various institutions.

The results will be announced in the month of December of 2013.