Awards Season Approaches
The majority of the remaining contests for cartoonists have their deadlines to enter in January and February. Here are all the links to those details:
Dennis Draughon was born in October 1961 and spent the first 29 years of his life in Virginia and North Carolina before moving to Scranton, Pennsylvania, to spend the next fifteen years of his life drawing cartoons for a living. In 2005, Dennis moved back below the Mason-Dixon. Dennis now[...]
Read MoreThe majority of the remaining contests for cartoonists have their deadlines to enter in January and February. Here are all the links to those details:
Our dear friend and former AAEC President and Pulitzer Prize winner Steve Benson had a stroke on February 21. He is recovering in a rehab
Wrapping up the 2023 contests, Editor & Publisher recently announced the winners of its annual EPPY Awards that “honor the best in digital news publishing.”
Cartoonist Jen Sorensen was named this year’s winner of the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation.
The AAEC Board of Directors has issued the following statement on the retraction of Michael Ramirez’s cartoon in The Washington Post. “The Association of American
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Every two weeks throughout the year, The Learning Forum and the AAEC offers CARTOONS FOR THE CLASSROOM, a free lesson resource for teachers discussing current events. Visit NIEonline.com for more lesson plans.
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