Ruben Bolling, author of the “Tom the Dancing Bug” satirical weekly cartoon strip, has won the 2021 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation. He accepted the award at the National Press Foundation’s May 4, 2022 awards dinner in Washington, D.C. The judges cited Bolling’s mordant wit, […]
The 2021 National Newspaper Awards were announced May 6, 2022 in Toronto. Bruce MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle Herald, for the seventh time, won the National Newspaper Award for Editorial Cartooning for the year 2021. Michael de Adder (Halifax Chronicle Herald/Toronto Star) and Graeme MacKay (Hamilton Spectator) were named finalists.All the 2021 National Newspaper Awards are listed […]
Lalo Alcaraz – First Latino to Win Editorial Cartooning Herblock Prize Los Angeles-based political cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is the first Latino to be awarded the prestigious Herblock Prize, a $15,000 award named after the late Washington Post syndicated editorial cartoonist Herb Block. ©Lalo Alcaraz One of Alcaraz’s most popular depictions is called “Lil’ Judge López,” […]
From yesterday: The 88th National Headliner Award winners honoring the best journalism in the United States in 2021 were announced today. The awards were founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City. Newsday’s Matt Davies has won the 2022 National Headliner Award for his 2021 editorial […]
2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Winners The Beat and The Center for Cartoon Studies are proud to reveal the winners of the tenth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize Award in both the Print Comics and Webcomics categories. Each of the 2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award winners will receive a $1000 prize and a Wacom One Creative Pen […]
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, known for her groundbreaking, richly layered depictions of queer life and family relationships, will receive the 2022 International Humanities Prize from Washington University in St. Louis. Awarded by the university’s Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, the biennial prize honors the lifetime work of a noted scholar, writer or artist […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association held their Stanley Awards brunch in February where finalists and winners were announced for various categories.Book Illustrator 2021 Awarded to Judy Nadin Finalists… Jason Chatfield Anton Emdin Simon Kneebone Dean Rankine Judy Nadin won both Book and Caricature awards.Caricaturist 2021 Awarded to Judy Nadin Finalists… Terry Dunnett […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the setting for the 2022 Reubens’ Weekend. Put it in your calendars, folks, because we’re going to try this once more with feeling– our 76th Annual Reuben Awards will take place in Kansas City, MO on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th September* 2022. We miss you all and can’t wait to get together […]
And the award goes to…..Cartoon of the Year to David Rowe for Nuts Open Category winner Jason Chatfield for Coronavirus Diary 1- 3Merit Award to Jed Dunstan for Kangaroo looking for a date Sports Category winner is Harry Bruce for Faster, higher, stronger with Merit Award to Lindsay Foyle for Excitement Comic Strip Category winner is Ian Jones […]
The Herb Block Foundation has awarded the 2022 Herblock Prize to Lalo Alcaraz. “Powerful versatility. That is one way to describe the work of cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz. Alcaraz is equally as comfortable creating a faux woodblock print to address our country’s history of racism and xenophobia as he is mocking up a blueprint to satirize […]
An important highlight of the World Press Freedom Day Luncheon is the recognition of editorial cartoonists from around the world who have used images and words to make powerful commentary on world issues. The International Editorial Cartoon Competition receives hundreds of entries every year, often from countries where press freedom is not a reality but […]
The Herb Block Foundation has extended the deadline for entries to February 8, 2022.Details at The Herb Block Foundation More awards deadlines at the Association of American Cartoonists website.
The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for consideration for the NCS Divisional Reuben Awards recognizing excellence in professional cartooning. As always, you DO NOT have to be a member of the NCS to have your work considered for a divisional award. All that is required is that the work be […]
Lucy is, of course, Lucy Shelton Caswell, original curator of The Billy Ireland.Lucy with current curator Jenny Robb The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) is pleased to announce the winners of the annual Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award for 2022. As a result of postponing the 2021 award due to COVID, we were able […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has listed the available information and deadlines for cartooning awards to be presented in 2022 for work done in 2021.Quickly approaching deadlines include: The Pulitzer Prize Deadline: January 25, 2022 The URL for the Journalism entry site is entrysite.pulitzer.org. 12/23/2021: The Journalism entry site has reopened for the 2022 cycle. The deadline for entry is […]