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membership Guidelines

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has five (5) categories of membership for those looking to join. Membership is determined by a majority vote of the AAEC Board of Directors, which is composed of Regular member cartoonists elected annually to the position.

REGULAR

Regular membership is open to professional cartoonists who publish editorial or political cartoons that appear on a regular basis in any regularly updated, recognized forum (including newspapers, magazines, and online news outlets), and are citizens or legal residents of the United States, Canada or Mexico. Regular dues: $150

RETIRED

To be eligible for Retired membership, an editorial cartoonist must be a legal resident or citizen of the United States, Canada or Mexico, and must be retired from publishing editorial cartoons that appeared on a regular basis in any regularly updated, recognized forum. Retired dues: $60

Both Regular and Retired members are eligible to vote in membership meetings and in elections, and run for office.

ASSOCIATE

Any citizen or resident of the United States, Canada or Mexico who is not a cartoonist but has a professional interest in the field of editorial cartooning may be eligible for Associate Membership. Associate dues: $150

STUDENT

Any student enrolled at a college or university in the United States, Canada or Mexico who produces editorial cartoons on a regular basis for a regular college newspaper may be eligible for Student membership. Student dues: $50

INTERNATIONAL

Any person or cartoonist of any citizenship or nationality outside of North America with a professional interest in editorial cartooning who does not meet the qualifications of Regular or Associate membership, may be eligible for International Associate membership. International Associate dues: $50

Questions? Contact the AAEC at editorialcartoonists@gmail.com

Apply for membership

Please fill out this membership application and include 3 samples of professionally published cartoons.

Registration

Applications must be accompanied by: 1) A verified email address 2) A link to a news or media website which runs your current work ; or 3) Scans of three (3) tearsheets or other reproductions of your current work
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