KNOKKE-HEIST- Every year since 1999 Press Cartoon Belgium, or PCB, has awarded the PCB Prizes to the best press cartoons published in Belgium. On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, PCB is launching a new award, Press Cartoon Europe (PCE). Apllications have to be sent before the 4th of January 2009.
This competition for the Grand Prix is open to all press cartoonists who publish in any European Union member country. For the 2009 award, all press cartoons published in the course of 2008 in any publication available to the general public in any EU member country will be eligible to compete for the Grand Prix. Participation is free of charge.
The Press Cartoon Europe (PCE) Grand Prix, to be awarded by an international panel of specialists, will be a cash prize of 10,000 euros plus a trophy designed by the Belgian artist Ever Meulen. Cartoonists, who wish to participate in Press Cartoon Europe, are invited to send a confirmation of their interest in competing to nathalie [at] presscartoon.com. They will then be sent instructions about when, how and where to send three of their best cartoons published in 2008. (Source: http://www.presscartoon.com )
