National Newspaper Awards (Canada)
Deadline: January 11, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.nna-ccj.ca
Open to cartoons appearing in daily Canadian newspapers (or their online editions) in 2009. Five cartoons must be submitted. Entry fee: $40 for large market newspapers; $25 for small market papers.
Submit entries online only. Proof of publication as a PDF or JPG, and JPGs of the cartoons must be uploaded.
National Headliner Awards
Deadline: January 19, 2010
The deadline has been extended to TUESDAY JANUARY 19, due to the MLK, Jr Holiday on Monday, and the fact the post office is closed.
Rules and entry form available online: www.headlinerawards.com
Headliner competition is open to all material appearing in a paid-circulation publication or broadcast in the United States in 2009. There is no limit on the number of entries that may be submitted. Registration fee of $75 per entry.
Mail entries to: National Headliner Awards, 226 Mt. Vernon Ave., PO BOX 239, Northfield, NJ 08225-0239
The Thomas Nast Award
Deadline: January 28, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.opcofamerica.org/
Annual awards from the Overseas Press Club of America for best cartoons on international affairs published during 2009 in a U.S.-based publication or for a U.S.-based audience. $175 entry fee. Limit up to 12 copies of your work, accompanied by proof of publication such as tear sheets. Questions contact: Sonia Fry at (212) 626-9220 or sonya@opcofamerica.org.
Mail entries to: Sonya Fry, Executive Director, Overseas Press Club of America, 40 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036
Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards
Deadline: January 30, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://scripps.com/foundation/programs/nja/nja.html
Open to newspaper, syndicate, online news site or wire service cartoonists for work published in 2009 in the U.S. or its territories. Submit 6-12 cartoons. $50 entry fee.
Mail entries to: Editorial Cartooning Award, Scripps Howard Foundation, 312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4067
Fischetti Competition
Deadline: January 31, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.colum.edu/Academics/Journalism/fischetti/
The competition is open to cartoons on current social and political subjects that have been published in 2009 in a daily or weekly newspaper or regularly published periodical (including Internet publications) in the United States. $50 entry fee required for each professional entry, limit maximum of 3 cartoons. Originals must be available.
Mail entries to: Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, Journalism Department, Columbia College Chicago, 600 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605-1996; or submit online: Fischetti@colum.edu
The Herblock Prize
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.herbblockfoundation.org
Open to newspaper, magazine, syndicate or wire service cartoonists for work published in 2009 in the U.S. or its territories, or in foreign editions of U.S.-based publications. Submit no more than 20 or fewer than 10 cartoons. No entry fee. UPDATE FOR 2010: BEGINNING THIS YEAR, ANIMATED EDITORIAL CARTOONS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE HERBLOCK PRIZE. ENTRANTS MUST SUBMIT THEIR ENTRIES ON A DVD.
Mail entries to: The Herblock Prize, The Herb Block Foundation, 1730 M Street, Suite 901, Washington D.C. NW 20036
The Pulitzer Prize
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.pulitzer.org
Awarded for a distinguished cartoon or portfolio published during 2009. $50 entry fee. Please check the Pulitzer web site for updated guidelines.
Mail entries to: Pulitzer Prize Office, 709 Journalism, 2950 Broadway, Mail Code 3865, Columbia University, NY, NY 10027
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.rfkcenter.org/2010bookandjournalismawards
The RFK awards honor outstanding coverage of human rights and social justice issues, and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world, for work published in 2009. $75 entry fee required for each professional entry, limit maximum of 15 cartoons. CD and tear sheets required.
Mail entries to: RFK Journalism Awards, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, 1367 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20036
National Cartoonist Society Division Awards
Deadline: February 6, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.reuben.org/news/?p=145
Sigma Delta Chi Award
Deadline: February 12, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.spj.org/a-sdx.asp
The award from the Society of Professional Journalists recognizes an editorial cartoonist published in a newspaper, magazine, newsletter or on-line news site during 2009. $60 fee per entry for SPJ members or $100 fee for nonmembers.
Submit entries online only. The tear sheet must be uploaded as a PDF, or a link that is still intact must be specified.
STUDENT AWARDS
Mark of Excellence Awards
Deadline: January 27, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://www.spj.org/a-moe.asp
Open to student cartoonists currently enrolled in college for work published in 2009. $9 entry fee for SPJ members, $18 for non-members. Submit entries online only. The tear sheet must be uploaded as a PDF, or a link that is still intact must be specified.
The Charles M. Schulz Award
Deadline: January 30, 2010
Rules and entry form available online: https://scripps.com/foundation/programs/nja/nja.html
For work published in print or online by a college newspaper or magazine in 2009. Student must be currently enrolled in same college for the 2009-2010 school year to be considered. Submit 10 to 20 copies of examples. No entry fee. Mail entries to: Charles M. Schulz Award c/o National Journalism Awards, 312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor, Cincinnati, OH 45202-4067
The John Locher Memorial Award
Deadline: March 15, 2010.
Rules and entry form available online: https://aaecrebuild.wpengine.com
Open to student cartoonists from U.S., Canada or Mexico. Submit 4 copies of 4 best samples. (No originals!) $10 entry fee.
Mail entries to: AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award, Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, 3899 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
