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The 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Cartooning

Finalist: Jen Sorensen, freelance cartoonist

For a thoughtful and powerful selection of work appearing in a variety of U.S. publications and often challenging the viewer to look beyond the obvious.

Nominated Work

Sept. 20, 2016

Feb. 1, 2016

Jan. 25, 2016

Feb. 8, 2016

Sept. 6, 2016

June 7, 2016

Mar. 14, 2016

May 2, 2016

May 9, 2016

July 12, 2016

Sept. 27, 2016

Mar. 28, 2016

Oct. 11, 2016

Nov. 1, 2016

Dec. 13, 2016

Biography

Jen Sorensen's cartoons appear in alternative newsweeklies around the country, including her local paper, The Austin Chronicle. In 2016, her work was also published in The Progressive, The Nation, Politico, In These Times, and a variety of digital media outlets including Fusion, AlterNet, Truthout, Daily Kos, and The Nib.

Sorensen is the winner of the 2014 Herblock Prize, a 2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, a 2014 Association of Alternative Newsmedia Award (First Place cartoon), a 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and a 2013 National Cartoonists Society Award for editorial cartoons. In 2015, she received an Inkpot Award for Achievement in Comic Arts from San Diego Comic-Con International.

In addition to drawing cartoons, Jen works as the Comics Editor for Fusion, a news site owned by Univision. She also serves on the National Advisory Council of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University. She was a judge for the New York Times Learning Network’s student editorial cartoon contest in 2015 and 2016.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Sorensen lives in Austin, Texas. She is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and the National Cartoonists Society.

Winners

Prize Winner in Editorial Cartooning in 2017:

Jim Morin

For editorial cartoons that delivered sharp perspectives through flawless artistry, biting prose and crisp wit. Editorial Cartooning

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Cartooning in 2017:

Steve Sack

For work that took on the biggest issues of the year through a distinctive style, close attention to detail and a sophisticated color palette.

The Jury

Jennifer Hemmingsen(Chair)

Opinion Editor

Sandra Sanchez

Opinion Editor

Kevin Siers*

Editorial Cartoonist

Jim Strauss

Publisher and Editor

Adam Zyglis*

Editorial Cartoonist

Winners in Editorial Cartooning

2016

Jack Ohman

For cartoons that convey wry, rueful perspectives through sophisticated style that combines bold line work with subtle colors and textures.
2015

Adam Zyglis

Who used strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in a few words.
2014

Kevin Siers

For his thought provoking cartoons drawn with a sharp wit and bold artistic style.
2013

Steve Sack

For his diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view.
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2017 Prize Winners

Feature Writing

C. J. Chivers

For showing, through an artful accumulation of fact and detail, that a Marine’s postwar descent into violence reflected neither the actions of a simple criminal nor a stereotypical case of PTSD.
Commentary

Peggy Noonan

For rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation’s most divisive political campaigns.
Criticism

Hilton Als

For bold and original reviews that strove to put stage dramas within a real-world cultural context, particularly the shifting landscape of gender, sexuality and race.
Editorial Writing

Art Cullen

For editorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa.
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