the newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning

The newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning:

We Have A Winner…

newmatilda.com is delighted to announce the winners of the 2009 Prize for Political Cartooning.

Sydney cartoonist, Fiona Katauskas was the outright competition winner, taking home a cheque for $6000. Her cartoon lampoons Peter Costello’s childish appetite for attention.

Second Prize, worth $1000 and Third Prize of $500 went to Melbourne cartoonists, Andrew Weldon and Luke Watson, respectively. Andrew’s cartoon “Something less swiney” and Luke’s “Are you stimulated?” picked up on popular news themes.

Presiding over the final decision was an expert panel of satirists including Sydney Morning Herald sketchwriter, Annabel Crabb and cartoonists Bill Leak and Peter Broelman. The winners were announced last night at an event at Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst attended by The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP and the three judges.

Winning Entry by Fiona Katauskas

Second Place by Andrew Weldon

Third Place by Luke Watson

Thank you to everyone who participated in this years competition. In particular we would like to thank each of the cartoonists who entered, Peter Broelman, Bill Leak and Annabel Crabb for judging, Luke Watson and Mel Baker for their designs, Sharyn Foulis from Dan Murphy and the TAP Gallery.

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About the Competition

Welcome to the 2009 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 gets $1000 and third place gets $500.

Heat winners also win $250 each and a place in the finals. An expert judging panel including veteran caricaturist Bill Leak, political sketchwriter Annabel Crabb and cartoonist Peter Broelman will come together for the final decision.

Support talented cartoonists as they take the piss out of our politicians. 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 own cartoons.

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

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