2025 Rex Babin Memorial Award Call For Entries
Skip to commentsThe Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has opened the window for submissions to compete for The 2025 Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning. The award recognizes editorial cartoons that focuses on state and local issues, particularly “champion[ing] those cartoonists who work for small and local newspapers.”

From the AAEC:
The Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning — Rules & Eligibility
• Any editorial cartoonist or graphic journalist who comments on or covers local, state or provincial events in the U.S., Canada or Mexico is eligible to enter; membership in the AAEC or ACC is not required.
• Please submit ten cartoons and a 150 word statement from the artist about their work and its impact.
• Cartoons must have been published between June 2024 and June 2025.
• Cartoons should be in a 300dpi jpeg format, and emailed to rexbabinaward@gmail.com.
• There is no entry fee.
The deadline to enter is Friday, July 25, 2025.
More information and details at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists website.
The 2025 award will be presented during the AAEC’s annual convention in Bethesda, MD this September.
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