2002 association of alternative newsweeklies

cartoon contest 2002 general rules • All cartoons that were regularly published in an AAN paper during calendar year 2001 are eligible. (For a list of AAN papers, see the back of this form.) • Only stand-alone cartoons — not illustrations accompanying an article — are eligible. • Publication period for all cartoons that are submitted as part of an entry is January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001. • There will be two separate divisions — one for cartoons that were published in less than five AAN papers, and another for cartoons that were published in five or more AAN papers. Winning entries will be selected in each division. • All entries become property of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Entries will not be returned. • AAN reserves the right to republish winning entries in part or in whole to promote the contest. • Winning entries will be announced at the 25th annual AAN convention in Madison, Wis. May 30-June 1. entry preparation • Each entry must include ten (10) single-panel and/or multi-panel strips by the same cartoonist(s). (If more than ten strips are submitted, contest administrators will arbitrarily select the cartoons that must be eliminated to reduce the number to ten.) • Four (4) copies must be submitted for each of the ten cartoons comprising the entry. Original tearsheets, photocopies or print outs are all acceptable. (Photocopies or printouts must be b/w unless the cartoons were originally published in color.) • If a paper name and publication date are not plainly visible on any of the cartoons, entries must be signed (in the appropriate space below) and submitted by a representative of one of the papers that published the strip. 20 • A completed entry form (see below and back of form) and a $25 check covering the entry fee must be included with the entry. • If an insufficient number of copies are submitted, the entry will automatically be disqualified. In addition, entries that do not follow all of the guidelines stated in these rules will be disqualified. 02 • Entries must be RECEIVED in the AAN office no later than Thursday, February 28, 2002. • Send entries to AAN Cartoon Contest, 1020 Sixteenth Street, NW, Fourth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20036-5702. entry form Name of Cartoon______Cartoonist ______Address ______Phone ______Fax ______Email ______Number of AAN papers in which cartoon was published during 2001 ______(see back of form) If a paper name and publication date are not plainly visible on any of the cartoons submitted, the entry must be verified below and submitted by a representative of one of the papers that published the cartoons. Name of AAN-member representative ______Paper ______Phone number ______

I verify that all of the cartoons submitted as part of this entry were published in our paper during the calendar year 2001.

Signature ______over Please place an “x” to the names of the papers in which your cartoon strip was published at least ten times in 2001.

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