No Award
No award.
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Cartooning in 2021:
Ken Fisher, drawing as Ruben Bolling, for “Tom the Dancing Bug,” Andrews McMeel Syndicate
For an effective example of the alternative cartooning form that uses multiple panels to create a layered satirical take on contemporary political issues.
Lalo Alcaraz, Andrews McMeel Syndicate
For cartoons drawn from an unabashedly specific Latino point of view that target the hearts and consciences of all Americans.
Marty Two Bulls Sr., freelance cartoonist
For innovative and insightful cartoons that offer a Native American perspective on contemporary news events.
The Jury
The Jury
Nancy Ancrum(Chair)
Editorial Page Editor, Miami Herald
Karen L. Green
Curator, Comics and Cartoons; Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University
David Mastio
Deputy Editorial Page Editor, USA Today
Jack Ohman*
California Opinion Editor/Editorial Cartoonist, The Sacramento Bee
Signe Wilkinson*
Editorial Cartoonist, Philadelphia
Winners in Editorial Cartooning
Barry Blitt, contributor, The New Yorker
For work that skewers the personalities and policies emanating from the Trump White House with deceptively sweet watercolor style and seemingly gentle caricatures.
Darrin Bell, freelancer
For beautiful and daring editorial cartoons that took on issues affecting disenfranchised communities, calling out lies, hypocrisy and fraud in the political turmoil surrounding the Trump administration.
Jake Halpern, freelance writer, and Michael Sloan, freelance cartoonist, The New York Times
For an emotionally powerful series, told in graphic narrative form, that chronicled the daily struggles of a real-life family of refugees and its fear of deportation.
Jim Morin
For editorial cartoons that delivered sharp perspectives through flawless artistry, biting prose and crisp wit.
2021 Prize Winners
Robert Greene of the Los Angeles Times
For editorials on policing, bail reform, prisons and mental health that clearly and holistically examined the Los Angeles criminal justice system.
Wesley Morris of The New York Times
For unrelentingly relevant and deeply engaged criticism on the intersection of race and culture in America, written in a singular style, alternately playful and profound.
Michael Paul Williams of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch
For penetrating and historically insightful columns that guided Richmond, a former capital of the Confederacy, through the painful and complicated process of dismantling the city's monuments to white supremacy.
Nadja Drost, freelance contributor, The California Sunday Magazine
For a brave and gripping account of global migration that documents a group’s journey on foot through the Darién Gap, one of the most dangerous migrant routes in the world.