The Maisie Kukoc Award for Comics Inspiration rewards a self-publisher of small-press, hand-made comics (sometimes called "mini-comics"), on the basis of merit and financial need.

The 2010 Kukoc Award will be awarded to at Guapo Comics and Coffee on Friday, April 23th, 2010, coinciding with the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR, and includes a cash prize.

Nominees will be chosen by a distinguished panel of cartoonists, educators, journalists, publishers, and retailers, and will be voted on by readers of mini-comics. Eligible comics for the 2010 Kukoc Award have to be published between March 2009 and February 2010, and be at least partially hand-made by the cartoonist. Email reklaw@slowwave.com if you read mini-comics and want to be sent a ballot.

Prize money for 2010 was generously donated by The Center for Cartoon Studies, Tugboat Press, Bodega Distribution, and several anonymous donors. The award is coordinated by Jesse Reklaw.