We are glad to announce the Longlist of the third edition of the European Cartoon Award, the prize we founded in 2019 with Studio Europa Maastricht astricht to recognise courage and quality in the field of cartooning ✍️
The 40 longlisted cartoons, selected from the hundreds that were submitted, will be part of an exhibition at the Beeld en Geluid Den Haag museum in The Hague from September 22, 2022.
Mark your calendars for the exhibition and keep an eye on our channels: next week we will announce the 16 cartoons that made it to the Shortlist!
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Siamo lieti di annunciare la Longlist della terza edizione dell'European Cartoon Award, il premio fondato nel 2019 con Studio Europa Maastricht astricht per riconoscere coraggio e qualità nel campo della vignetta ✍️
I 40 cartoni animati long elencati, selezionati tra le centinaia che sono stati presentati, faranno parte di una mostra presso il museo Beeld en Geluid Den Haag dell'Aia dal 22 settembre 2022.
Segnatevi in agenda l'esibizione e tenete d'occhio i nostri canali: la prossima settimana annunceremo i 16 cartoni animati che sono entrati nella Shortlist!
In bocca al lupo a tutti ma in particolar modo agli amici italiani
Marilena Nardi, Mariagrazia Quaranta
e Marco De Angelis e Lamberto Tommasini!
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Giury
The European Cartoon Award has two juries: the Laureates one, composed by five nominees of the last edition, and the Panel of Judges, composed by the winner of the last year’s edition together with four expert journalists, cartoonists, or activist.
Janet Anderson
Janet H. Anderson is a journalist and editor covering war crimes trials. As a trainer and mentor she supports NGOs and campaigning journalists in making impact via the media and developing their advocacy skills on a range of human rights subjects. Janet also co-hosts Asymmetrical Haircuts: a podcast providing a gender balance to international criminal justice commentary. Trained by the BBC, she has worked for a wide range of broadcast and published media across Europe and Africa.
Tom Janssen
Tom Janssen (Breda,1950), or Tom, is a Dutch editorial cartoonist who works already many decades for the national newspaper Trouw and regional Dutch newspapers. He won last year the European cartoon award. His cartoons are also published via Cagle cartoons, Le Courrier international and Vox Europe.
Niels Bo Bojesen
Niels Bo Bojesen is a Danish editorial cartoonist. A graduate of the Danish School of Design and having attended the School of Visual Arts/ Department of Media Arts, New York. He creates editorial cartoons for the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten as well as international websites, newspapers and magazines.
Jen Sorensen
Jen Sorensen is a cartoonist based in the United States. She was a Pulitzer Prize Finalist in 2017, the winner of the 2014 Herblock Prize, and recipient of a 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. In 2021, she served as President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Her work has appeared in The Nib, The Nation, Politico, and newspapers around the US.
Chaterine Andrè
Catherine André is a journalist, cofounder and Editorial director of the multilingual European media Voxeurop. She is also Deputy-editor-in-chief of the monthly French magazine Alternatives Economiques. Having studied and lived in many European countries and worked for almost twenty years at Courrier international, she values cartoons as a full journalist genre. She is a Jury member for the Louise Weiss Prize award of European journalism, and the World Press Cartoon award 2022.
The Laureates
Osama Hajjaj
Osama Hajjaj Jordanian editorial cartoonist. He works for several international websites and newspapers such as Cartoon Movement & Cagle Cartoons, Le Monde, and France 24. Osama has received several awards, and he is famous in Jordan through his cartoon characters “Atta and Atwa”.
Saeed Sadeghi
Born in 1974 Jahrom, Iran .B.A in painting from Tehran Art University , Art teacher. Activity in Cartoon, painting and Graphic design. Win more than 130 national and international cartoon awards. Holding several solo exhibitions of cartoons and national and international judging.<br>A cartoonist in national newspaper and magazines. Collaboration with a number of international cartoon websites.
Konstantinos Tsanakas
Dino is a cartoonist/illustrator based in Greece while working with European and international press so far such as Politico Eu, Knack, MO magazine, World Policy Journal etc. Been part of numerous exhibitions around the globe and been awarded with the silver prize of the Don Quichote 2018 cartoon contest and the golden prize of the World Humor Awards in 2019. In 2021 he was one of the 15 finalists of the ECA.
Vitor Neves
Vitor Neves was born in Sandim (Porto, Portugal) in August of 1963. He was still a baby when emigrated to Venezuela. Mostly self-taught, from an early age, he started working in the design departments of several top rated advertising agencies in Caracas and on Margarita Island. After high school he took a course in drawing and illustration. Today he works in a design and communication company in Portugal. Vitor has participated in several group exhibitions. Won some awards and was a finalist in several events related to illustration and cartoon. He has done illustrations for children’s books. His cartoons appear published on the Cartoon Movement website.
Mission
Quality journalism is of vital importance to healthy democracies – and cartoonists play a crucial role in this system of checks and balances. Their creations are the hallmark of an open society. With just a single image they hold up a mirror, make change negotiable, and foster public debate.
Cartoons are an important part of an open conversation, because they help us question old ideas and introduce new ones. Yet, more than any other form of journalism, cartoons are feeling the strain of the shrinking space for freedom of expression.
The European Cartoon Award was founded by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht in 2019 – the year in which the New York Times decided to stop running editorial cartoons altogether. Studio Europa Maastricht and the European Press Prize aim to award courage and quality in the field of cartooning and foster conversation on the topic of Europe.
To encourage cartoonists to continue their essential task, we have launched the European Cartoon Award, worth €10,000.
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Un giornalismo di qualità è di vitale importanza per democrazie sane e i fumettisti svolgono un ruolo cruciale in questo sistema di controlli ed equilibri. Le loro creazioni sono il segno distintivo di una società aperta. Con una sola immagine reggono uno specchio, rendono negoziabile il cambiamento e promuovono il dibattito pubblico.
I cartoon sono una parte importante di una conversazione aperta, perché ci aiutano a mettere in discussione le vecchie idee e ad introdurne di nuove. Eppure, più di ogni altra forma di giornalismo, i cartoni animati risentono della tensione del restringimento dello spazio per la libertà di espressione.
L'European Cartoon Award è stato fondato dallo European Press Prize e dallo Studio Europa Maastricht nel 2019 , l'anno in cui il New York Times ha deciso di interrompere del tutto le vignette editoriali. Lo Studio Europa Maastricht e l'European Press Prize mirano a premiare il coraggio e la qualità nel campo della vignettatura e favorire la conversazione sul tema dell'Europa.
Per incoraggiare i fumettisti a continuare il loro compito essenziale, abbiamo lanciato l'European Cartoon Award, del valore di 10.000 euro .
