The 18th Rotary Cartoon Awards

The competition is designed to recognise the best of Australian and International cartoons with prizes totalling over $10,000. The Rotary Cartoon Awards are sponsored by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City to raise funds for various Rotary charities and to promote cartooning through the Bunker Cartoon Gallery. All entries will be donated to the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City for exhibitions at the Bunker Cartoon Gallery and other galleries in Australia. The cartoons may be exhibited and reproduced in a catalogue or similar, onto post cards etc, at the Rotary Club’s discretion, any time in the future, for sale through the Bunker Cartoon Gallery. The First and Merit winners in all categories also receive a medallion.

N A T I O N A L A W A R D S
Open ONLY to Australian citizens or residents of Australia over 18 years of age
The categories are:
Best Cartoon with a Political Theme 1st: $750 Merit: $250
Best Cartoon Open Theme 1st: $750 Merit: $250
Best Cartoon Sports Theme 1st: $750 Merit: $250
Best Cartoon: Aussie Media 1st: $750 Merit: $250
Best Comic Strip: Family Life 1st: $750 Merit: $250
Best Caricature of a well known person 1st: $750 Merit: $250

I N T E R N A T I O N A L A W A R D S
Open to cartoonists worldwide, over 18 years of age.
The category is:
Special 2006 Theme: CELEBRATION .. 1st: $750 Merit: $250

C A R T O O N O F T H E Y E A R
One cartoon will be selected from all categories (National and International sections).
This prize includes $3000 and Winner’s Medallion.
The Award Presentation will be held on Saturday 26th August 2006 at The Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour. The Rotary Cartoon Awards 2006 are conducted in association with the Australia Cartoonists' Association and the Federation of Cartoonists Organisations.

RULES & ENTRY CONDITIONS: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
1. The Rotary Cartoon Awards are open to anyone over the age of 18.
2. No captions are permitted in this section.
3. Identification of the subject must appear on reverse
of the work, written in pencil, in the top left hand corner.
4. All cartoons submitted must be clearly labelled with the artist’s name, address, telephone number and email address written on the reverse of the work, in pencil, beneath the subject’s name, in the top left hand corner. This makes for easy identification of subject and artist and does not mar the work for exhibition.
5. There are no restrictions on the number of entries submitted and entries may have been published or be unpublished.
6. Cartoons must be originals and may be either colour or black and white. Suggested size of cartoon entries is A4 (210mm x 297mm) but oversized entries will be accepted.
7. Please do not frame entries.
8. Entry to the awards will be taken as an agreement to accept the rules and entry conditions.
9. The cartoons may be exhibited and reproduced in a catalogue or similar, onto post cards etc, at the Rotary Club’s discretion, any time in the future, for sale through the Bunker Cartoon Gallery.
10. The Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City will appoint judges for the competition. Judges will not be eligible to enter the competition. Judge’s decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
11. Winners of the 2006 competition will be announced on 26th August 2006. The Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City will notify all winners.

CLOSING DATE: 31 JULY 2006
Send entries to: The Secretary, Rotary Cartoon Awards 2006
Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour City
PO Box 570
Coffs Harbour NSW 2450 Australia

The Rotary Club of
Coffs Harbour City

http://www.rotarycartoonawards.com.au
http://www.bunkercartoongallery.com.au
http://www.rotarycartoonawards.com.au/entry.pdf

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