National Cartoonists Society Division Awards

The National Cartoonists Society invites cartoonists to submit their professional work for award consideration in any of the twelve categories listed below. You do not have to be a member of the NCS to be considered.

The deadline is January 30, 2009. The work should have been published between December 1, 2007 and December 31, 2008. You may enter more than one category.

Each submission must be accompanied by:

• an entry form
• a bio sheet

If you have any questions, please email me, Mike Lynch, the NCS Awards Coordinator: fatcats3 [at] gmail.com. Please write "NCS Awards" in the subject line. Thanks.

The winners will be announced at the 63rd Annual Reuben Awards Dinner in Hollywood, California on May 23, 2009.

Here are the details:

Cartoonists are invited to submit their work (or the work of anyone else) no later than January 30, 2009, for consideration for one or more of the following Division Awards:

TELEVISION ANIMATION Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited work that was released in the year 2008 to: Andy Mitchell, NCS Orange County Chapter, 85 Stanford, Irvine, California 92612 (ajmit@aol.com)

FEATURE ANIMATION Submit one or more samples in VHS or DVD format of aired or exhibited work that was released in the year 2008 to: David Folkman, NCS Los Angeles Chapter, 6171 W. Century Blvd. #160, Los Angeles, CA 90045 (folkmanart@aol.com)

NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION Submit 6 samples of published work to: Mark Parisi, NCS New England Chapter, 16 Slayton Rd., Melrose, MA 02176 (markparisi@aol.com)

GAG CARTOONS Submit 12 samples of published work to: Adrian Sinnott, NCS Long Island Chapter, 27 East 24th Street, Huntington Station, NY 11746-3701 (acsinnott@adriansinnott.com)

GREETING CARDS Submit 6 samples of published work to: Greg Cravens, 312 North McLean, Memphis, TN 38112-5341 (gregcartoon@comcast.net)

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIPS Submit 12 samples of published work to: Tom Stemmle, NCS New Jersey Chapter, 184 Richards Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854 (tomstem@optonline.net)

NEWSPAPER PANEL CARTOONS Submit 12 samples of published work to: Brian Walker, NCS Connecticut Chapter, 34 Old Forge Rd., Wilton, CT 06897-3707 (hiandlois1@aol.com)

MAGAZINE FEATURE/MAGAZINE ILLUSTRATION Submit 6 samples of published work to: Ron Evry, NCS DC Chapter, 2880 Cedar Crest Ct., Woodbridge, VA 22192-3119 (revry@panix.com)

BOOK ILLUSTRATION Send up to 6 samples of published work to: Michael Jantze, NCS Northern California Chapter, PO Box 1907, San Anselmo, CA 94979-1907 (michael@jantze.com)

EDITORIAL CARTOONS Submit 12-20 samples of published work to: Tom Richmond, NCS North Central Chapter, 3421 East Burnsville Pkwy, Burnsville, MN 55337 (tom@tomrichmond.com)

ADVERTISING ILLUSTRATION Submit 4 samples of published and marketed work to: Bruce Beattie, NCS Florida Chapter, 636 Pelican Bay Dr, Daytona Beach, FL 32119 (bk@msn.com)

COMIC BOOKS Submit 3 samples of published work to: John Martz, NCS Canada Chapter, 100 Spadina Road #604, Toronto, Ontario M5R 2T7 Canada (johnny@robotjohnny.com)