Herblock Prize & Lecture

Eligibility

The Herblock Prize contest is open to any newspaper, magazine, wire service or syndicate cartoonist for editorial or political cartoons published in a daily or weekly newspaper or magazine published in the U.S. or its territories in 2011. Cartoons appearing in U.S. editions of foreign publications are also eligible. In keeping with the changes in the editorial cartooning landscape, the Foundation will accept animated cartoons for consideration for the Herblock Prize. The winner will receive a $15,000 tax-free cash award and a trophy from Tiffany & Co. designed for the Herblock Prize.

Note: The $50 entry fee has been waived for the Herblock Prize contest. Given the difficulties facing editorial cartoonists, the Foundation believes the fee money can be better used to support other efforts to promote the craft.

Rules

• All entries must be submitted or postmarked no later than Feb. 1, 2012 for calendar year 2011.
• Entrants can either enter their own work or be sponsored by their publication. If the entry is sponsored, the entry must be accompanied by a cover letter from the sponsor.
• There can be no more than 20 entries nor fewer than 10 entries per individual.
• Each cartoon entered must be an 8 x 10 inch print of the original submitted in a three-ring binder (or similar size and form) or in electronic format (though you must mail in your entry!).
• Animated entries should be provided on a CD.
• Each entrant must provide a biography and a photo with the submission.
• Material submitted with the entry becomes the property of The Herb Block Foundation and may be used to publicize the awards program or collected in educational and/or research archives for educational purposes.
• Contestants or their sponsor must certify that the submitted entries were published as presented in the year of contest eligibility.
• The winner must agree to appear at the Herblock Prize awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. (usually March or April but 2012 will be in May; to be determined at a later date).

Entries may be mailed to:

Prize Entry Form 

The Herb Block Foundation
1730 M Street, NW Suite # 901
Washington, DC 20036