AIB Internships & Competition

Apply for the $5000 Jay Kennedy Scholarship!

The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship, in memory of the late King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many other prominent cartoonists. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of top cartoonists and an award is given to the best college cartoonist. The recipient is feted at the annual NCS Reuben Awards Convention attended by many of the world’s leading cartoonists.

Applicants must be students at a 4-year college in the United States, Canada or Mexico who will be a Junior or Senior during the 2012-2013 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 8 samples of their own cartooning artwork (copies only); noting if and where the work has been published, either in print or on the web. (See application for details.) DO NOT send original artwork.

DEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 15, 2011

The applications will be judged by the National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) and the number of scholarships given out and their amounts will be at the discretion of the NCSF.

The 2012 PHSNE Award Competition

The Photographic Historical Society of New England (PHSNE) in order to share New England’s rich photographic history with visual art students has implemented a yearly competition. The winning student of this competition will receive a $1,000 cash grant. 

The competition is open to full or part-time New England high school, art school, technical school, college, and university students who are exploring the visual media in any of the following categories. It is not open to professional photographers or professionals in the visual arts who may be taking courses.

• Modifying a currently out-of-production still or movie camera of any size or type that is more than 50 years old (pre-1960), or a Polaroid camera to produce images using currently available materials in either film or digital formats.
• Creating new images by modifying traditional photographic images and transforming these images using photochemical processes, graphic arts, digital technology, or multimedia techniques.
• Creating a photo essay relating to New England consisting of at least 8 original images using analog film: black & white, color negative, or transparency. The subject to be determined by the contestant.
• Writing an article of at least 1,000 words about photographic images, processes, history, or the analysis of a photographer’s body of work. The topic must relate to some aspect of New England photography and should be based on primary source material.

2012 PHSNE Award Schedule

Award Action	Date
Submit Application to PHSNE	February 1, 2012
Notification of acceptance by PHSNE	March 15, 2012
Submit completed entry, with essay, to PHSNE	September 30, 2012
Award winner announced	November 30, 2012

For more information, complete rules and an application download the PDF file

5th Annual Create-A-Greeting Card Scholarship Contest

Deadline: January 14, 2012

• Only 1 entry per person allowed
• Submit photo, artwork, or computer graphic for the front of a greeting card
• Designs should be appropriate for business and consumer use.  Browse site (link below) for examples1
• Photo, art, or graphics submitted must be your own original work/creation
• Mailed entries should not exceed 16" x 23" and the preferred format is horizontal

Download Full Scholarship Official Rules or visit the website for more details!

Rising Juniors and Seniors: Apply for the Jay Kennedy Scholarship

The annual Jay Kennedy Scholarship, in memory of the late King Features editor, was funded by an initial $100,000 grant from the Hearst Foundation/King Features Syndicate and additional generous donations from Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Patrick McDonnell and many other prominent cartoonists. Submissions are adjudicated by a panel of top cartoonists and an award is given to the best college cartoonist. The recipient is feted at the annual NCS Reuben Awards Convention attended by many of the world’s leading cartoonists.

Applicants must be students at a 4-year college in the United States, Canada or Mexico who will be a Junior or Senior during the 2012-2013 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 8 samples of their own cartooning artwork (copies only); noting if and where the work has been published, either in print or on the web. (See application for details.) DO NOT send original artwork.

DEADLINE: ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY DECEMBER 15, 2011

The applications will be judged by the National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) and the number of scholarships given out and their amounts will be at the discretion of the NCSF.

Download Scholarship Form

Please send your completed form and 8 examples of your own cartooning artwork. Put ALL examples onto a CD AND print out paper copies - no originals.

THE JAY KENNEDY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
National Cartoonists Society Foundation
341 N. Maitland Avenue, Suite 130
Maitland, FL 32751