Editorial Cartoon Contest

Editorial cartoons are wonderful in that they masterfully bring the news to life while injecting some humor into the world of international geopolitics. Good cartoons are hard to dream up, so our info-tainment future is dependent on developing those talents early.

An effort to that comes from the NewsCurrents Student Editorial Cartoon Contest, which is open to students at all grade levels between kindergarten and 12th grade (split up into three groups: K-6, 7-9 and 10-12). As the website jokes, “Students may submit as many cartoons as they wish, but students with time to submit more than ten might want to consider getting a life.”

Winners are given time-deferred cash prizes in the form of U.S. Savings Bonds and while the group won’t say how much those bonds are worth, they’ll have trouble matching the laughs that these hilarious images create.

Award: Unspecified
Deadline: March 7, 2011
Apply Here