Applicants must be college students in the United States, Canada or Mexico that will be in their Junior or Senior year of college during the 2009-2010 academic year. Applicants DO NOT have to be art majors to be eligible for this scholarship.
Along with a completed entry form, applicants are required to send 5 samples of their own cartooning artwork; noting if and where the work has been published (either print or web).
DEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY FEBRUARY 6, 2009
Last year, a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award convention were given to Juana Medina who recounts the experience at Mike Lynch’s blog.
Last year the comics industry lost artist Mike Wieringo. Now his family and friends have created a scholarship in his name, The ‘Ringo, for students planning to attend the Savannah College of Art and Design. The first fundraiser for the scholarship will be this weekend at Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC, where Mike’s brother Matt will be selling Mike’s sketchbooks, comics, and some of his original art, and all the proceeds will go directly to the fund.
King Features Syndicate has committed $100,000 to establish an endowed scholarship fund in honor of Jay Kennedy, who served as King Features Syndicate Editor in Chief from 1997 until his untimely death earlier this year.
The Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Fund, which will be administered by the National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF), will enhance two of the nonprofit organization’s major goals – to advance the ideals and standards of professional cartooning in its many forms and to stimulate and encourage interest in and acceptance of the art of cartooning by aspiring cartoonists, students and the general public.
Applicants must be college students in the United States, Canada or Mexico that will be in their Junior or Senior year of college during the 2008-2009 academic year. Applicants DO NOT have to be art majors to be eligible for this scholarship.
Attention Young Canadian Animators: I just received a press release from Kate Dickson over at Teletoon (Canada’s cartoon channel). Here’s a snip:
TELETOON, Canada’s only all animation network, today announced that for the 10th edition of the TELETOON Animation Scholarship, the total prize money has more than doubled to over $70,000 to support the development of nine talented animation students across Canada. (…) Applications for the Scholarship are now being accepted until June 15, more information and rules of entry are available at teletoon.com.
You can download the full PDF here or read more at Teletoon’s site here. Good luck to everyone who applies!
