Frederator Studios and the Nicktoons network are in production on another season of The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival and have issued a call for short animated films of all kinds. The last day to submit entries for consideration is May 31, 2006.

Previously known as Nextoons: The Nicktoons Film Festival, The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival is a televised and multi-platform showcase of films 10 minutes or less in length that were completed after January of 2002. The Grand Prize winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000 and will join the ranks of past winners Mark Simon and Travis Blaise for Timmy’s Lessons in Nature (2004), and Arthur de Pins for Le Revolution des Crabes (2005).

A pre-selection committee will choose the shorts that will air and a jury of industry professionals and celebrity judges will vote on the grand prize winner. Last year’s grand jury included actor Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, director/animator Mike Gabriel (Lorenzo), 10-year-old cartoon connoisseur Noah Webb and feature storyboard artist and winner of the Producers’ Choice Award in the first Nicktoons Film Festival, Elizabeth Ito (Welcome to My Life).

Entry forms and additional information on The Nicktoons Network Animation Festival can be found at www.nicktoonsnetwork.com/shows/animfest/.