Forwarded by my friend:

Cartoon Network SNAPTOONS (Short New Asia Pacific Cartoons) invites all Filipinos to submit innovative original ideas for the next generation of cartoon heroes. Winning ideas will be produced for world premiere on Cartoon Network!

Taking the commitment to nurture home-grown creative talent to a new level, Cartoon Network has announced a unique pan-Asian initiative titled SNAPTOONS (Short New Asia Pacific Cartoons). An original content development initiative, SNAPTOONS aims to connect Cartoon Network with new creative talent across its key markets in Asia. Through this initiative, the Network is looking to invest in funding, backing and developing a new, original and groundbreaking idea that lends itself well to animation, is targeted to kids and either has a universal or regional appeal.

As part of this program, Cartoon Network is inviting all Filipinos – poets, artists, amateurs, professionals, students, individual animators, animation studios, even the person next door – to send in their pitches and see their creation come to life and hopefully become the next big sensation like The Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, etc on Cartoon Network. Out of the total pitches received, ten will be green-lit and each will be developed into full pilot episodes. The commissioned ten will then have their world premiere exclusively on Cartoon Network across the Asia Pacific feeds!

For more information on the program, the participants can visit the SNAPTOONS site on [link]. Pitches are invited beginning 16 October, and the submission deadline is 31 December 2006.