The National Press Club of Canada has launched its 6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition. The theme of the competition is "Cartooning in a dangerous environment". The first prize is 1,500 Canadian Dollars. The forty best cartoons will be displayed in an exhibition at the National Press Club in Ottawa and the competition results will be posted on the Press Club website. The deadline for submissions is 31, March 2006.
The Francophone Press Union is also holding a cartoons competition entitled The African Press Cartoons Contest.
Competition entries must be cartoons printed in a French language publication based in the African continent. There is no official deadline for the competition (held in light of the Book and Press Fair to take place in Geneva in between 27 April and 1 May 2006), but organisers urge entrants to submit their cartoons as soon as possible. The winner will be invited to Geneva to receive their prize. Competition entry forms are available from the Francophone Press Union website.
