the newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning

The newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning:

Competition Winner

We are pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning is Sarah Parsons with her entry ‘Climate Cliche’. As first prize winner Sarah receives $6,000.

Second prize of $1,000 went to Ian Martin with ‘Rudds School Plan’

Winner of third prize in the competition and $500 has gone to Lindsay Foyle for ‘Brendan Nelson Policy Statement’.

Judges for the competition were newmatilda.com’s Editor Marni Cordell, ex-Senators Natasha Stott Despoja and Andrew Bartlett, acclaimed illustrator Bruce Petty and newmatilda.com’s very own satirist Ben Pobjie.

Thanks to everyone who entered the competition, especially each of the 12 final entrants. We are really pleased with the response to our inaugural competition and are looking forward to running the event next year - bigger and better.

Regards
The newmatilda.com team

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About the Competition

Welcome to the first ever newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning!

We are offering cartoonists from all over Australia and New Zealand some impressive cash for their clever creations.

The grand prize is $6000 of 'cold hard' cash, second place is $1000 and third place gets $500.

Heat winners also win $250 each and a place in the finals with Bruce Petty, Natasha Stott Despoja and Ben Pobjie coming together as our expert judging panel.

Go and vote for your favourite cartoon in each heat and register to win free tickets, prizes and giveaways. Better still if you can combine your artistic nous with political satire enter your very own cartoons.

The competition is open to Australian and New Zealand residents—professionals, amateurs, students or anyone with a dab hand and a sense of humour.

Support talented cartoonists as they take the piss out of our politicians. Go and vote on your favourite cartoon, then register free with newmatilda.com for more prizes and giveaways.

How to Vote

Visitors to the competition site can vote for one cartoon per heat. When entries to the current heat are displayed, simply select your favourite cartoon (Vote for this cartoon) and then select ‘Submit your vote’ at the bottom of the cartoon entries.

Visitors can only vote once per heat. Multiple votes will not be considered towards the vote tally for each entry.

New Matilda Political Cartoon Competition