Finalist: Zoe Si, contributor, The New Yorker
For cartoons that use simply drawn figures, inclusive representation and sharply observed punchlines to capture political realities and daily life during the pandemic, inviting reflection and empathy.
Nominated Work
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September 13, 2021
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January 6, 2021
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March 3, 2021
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March 17, 2021
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April 27, 2021
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June 7, 2021
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June 28, 2021
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July 12, 2021
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August 17, 2021
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September 2, 2021
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September 21, 2021
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October 19, 2021
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December 3, 2021
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December 6, 2021
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December 16, 2021
Biography
Zoe Si is a cartoonist and illustrator with a lifelong passion for laughing at her own jokes. She believes in the power of words, but also that wherever words fail, a cartoon can usually succeed.
Zoe holds a Juris Doctor degree (2013) from the University of British Columbia and practiced law for a number of years. She now spends her days making children’s books, cartooning and writing funny articles for The New Yorker, and drawing comics of everything in sight. Zoe lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.
Winners
Prize Winner in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2022:
Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider, New York, N.Y.
For using graphic reportage and the comics medium to tell a powerful yet intimate story of the Chinese oppression of the Uyghurs, making the issue accessible to a wider public.
Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2022:
Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post
For succinct and layered cartoons covering a wide range of social and political topics with immediacy and impact.
The Jury
The Jury
Scott Kraft(Chair)
Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times
Darrin Bell*
Syndicated Cartoonist, Sacramento, Calif.
Rachel Dry
Sunday Business Editor, The New York Times
Karen Green
Curator, Comics and Cartoons; Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
Michael Sloan*
Illustrator, New Haven, Conn.
2022 Prize Winners
Salamishah Tillet, contributing critic at large, The New York Times
For learned and stylish writing about Black stories in art and popular culture–work that successfully bridges academic and nonacademic critical discourse.
Lisa Falkenberg, Michael Lindenberger, Joe Holley and Luis Carrasco of the Houston Chronicle
For a campaign that, with original reporting, revealed voter suppression tactics, rejected the myth of widespread voter fraud and argued for sensible voting reforms.
Melinda Henneberger of The Kansas City Star
For persuasive columns demanding justice for alleged victims of a retired police detective accused of being a sexual predator.
Jennifer Senior of The Atlantic
For an unflinching portrait of a family’s reckoning with loss in the 20 years since 9/11, masterfully braiding the author's personal connection to the story with sensitive reporting that reveals the long reach of grief.