The British Cartoonists' Association is looking for a Young Cartoonist Of The Year. Two, actually, as there are two categories - under 18 and under 30. Details from The Cartoon Museum site - www.cartoonmuseum.org. Get your skates on - deadline for entries is 5th November!

News of a conference and exhibition in Cambridge from Sarah Lightman :

A one day conference, 'Women in Comics' will take place on the 25th October 2009.

With its unique collection of 20th Century Women's Art, The New Hall Art Collection provides the perfect venue for a gathering of practitioners, academics, curators and enthusiasts. Women comic artists will speak about their work, and broader discussion will include the representation of women in comics. The event will run as part of The Cambridge Festival of Ideas week and is supported by The University of Glasgow.

Speakers include; Dominique Goblet, Paul Gravett, Woodrow Phoenix, Corinne Pearlman, Kate Evans, Dr Mel Gibson, Sarah McIntyre, Dr Ann Miller, Asia Alfasi and many more. Details at :
http://www.art.newhall.cam.ac.uk/events/comics.html

Sarah Lightman will also be exhibiting 'In Memoriam', diary drawings from her on-going autobiographical graphic novel in The New Hall Exhibition Space, 19th October- 14th November 2009. www.sarahlightman.com