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AAN Cartoon Contest 2002 2002 association of alternative newsweeklies alternative newspaper 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” next to the names of the papers in which your cartoon strip was published at least ten times in 2001. ❑ Ace Weekly ❑ Houston Press ❑ Philadelphia Weekly ❑ Arkansas Times ❑ Icon ❑ Phoenix New Times ❑ Artvoice ❑ Illinois Times ❑ Pitch Weekly ❑ Athens News ❑ Impact Weekly ❑ Pittsburgh City Paper ❑ Austin Chronicle ❑ Independent Weekly ❑ Portland Phoenix ❑ Baltimore City Paper ❑ In Pittsburgh ❑ Providence Phoenix ❑ Birmingham Weekly ❑ Isthmus ❑ Random Lengths News ❑ Black & White ❑ Ithaca Times ❑ Reno News & Review ❑ Bloomington Independent ❑ LA Weekly ❑ Ripsaw ❑ Blue Dog Press ❑ The Local Planet Weekly ❑ Riverfront Times ❑ Boise Weekly ❑ Louisville Eccentric Observer ❑ Sacramento News & Review ❑ Boston Phoenix ❑ Memphis Flyer ❑ Salt Lake City Weekly ❑ Boulder Weekly ❑ Metro Pulse ❑ San Antonio Current ❑ C-Ville Weekly ❑ Metro Santa Cruz ❑ San Diego Reader ❑ Casco Bay Weekly ❑ Metro Silicon Valley ❑ San Francisco Bay Guardian ❑ Charleston City Paper ❑ Metro Times ❑ San Luis Obispo New Times ❑ Chicago Newcity ❑ Metroland ❑ Santa Barbara Independent ❑ Chicago Reader ❑ Miami New Times ❑ Santa Fe Reporter ❑ Chico News & Review ❑ Missoula Independent ❑ Seattle Weekly ❑ Cincinnati CityBeat ❑ Monday Magazine ❑ Seven Days ❑ City Newspaper ❑ Monterey County Coast Weekly ❑ SF Weekly ❑ City Pages ❑ Montreal Mirror ❑ Shepherd Express ❑ Cityview ❑ Mountain Xpress ❑ The Stranger ❑ Cleveland Free Times ❑ Nashville Scene ❑ Syracuse New Times ❑ Cleveland Scene ❑ New Haven Advocate ❑ Tacoma Reporter ❑ Colorado Springs Independent ❑ New Times Broward-Palm Beach ❑ The Texas Observer ❑ Columbus Alive ❑ New Times Los Angeles ❑ Tucson Weekly ❑ Creative Loafing (Atlanta) ❑ New York Press ❑ Urbanview ❑ Creative Loafing (Charlotte) ❑ North Bay Bohemian ❑ Valley Advocate ❑ Dallas Observer ❑ NOW Magazine ❑ Ventura County Reporter ❑ East Bay Express ❑ NUVO Newsweekly ❑ The Village Voice ❑ Easy Reader ❑ OC Weekly ❑ Washington City Paper ❑ Eugene Weekly ❑ Oklahoma Gazette ❑ Wausau City Pages ❑ Fairfield County Weekly ❑ Omaha Reader ❑ Weekly Alibi ❑ Flagpole Magazine ❑ Orlando Weekly ❑ Weekly Planet (Tampa) ❑ Folio Weekly ❑ The Other Paper ❑ Weekly Planet (Sarasota) ❑ Fort Worth Weekly ❑ Ottawa X Press ❑ Westword ❑ Free Times (Columbia SC) ❑ Pacific Northwest Inlander ❑ Willamette Week ❑ Gambit Weekly ❑ Pacific Sun ❑ Worcester Phoenix ❑ The Georgia Straight ❑ Palo Alto Weekly ❑ Worcester Magazine ❑ Hartford Advocate ❑ The Paper ❑ Honolulu Weekly ❑ Pasadena Weekly ❑ Hour Magazine ❑ Philadelphia City Paper.
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