2023 Cartoon of the Year
Sept. 11, 2023
Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2022 Cartoon of the Year competition.
Individual Award winners will be announced at the Fall National College Media Convention at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency.
A gallery of winners will be posted after the Oct. 30 announcement.
Finalists below are in alphabetical order by school.
Atlanta awards ceremonies
4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30
Winners announced —
Individual Awards
Pacemaker finalists honored and winners announced —
Broadcast • Innovation • Magazine
Multiplatform • Online
Newspaper/Newsmagazine
Best of Show awards
after the 11 a.m. keynote speaker on Wednesday, Nov. 1.
Enter ACP Best of Show. Categories, rules and entry deadlines will be on the convention site.
Spring Pacemakers
2023 Business and Yearbook Pacemakers and 2024 Online Pacemakers, as well as Individual Awards in Business & Advertising, will be presented at the ACP Spring National College Media Conference, March 7-9, 2024, La Jolla, California.
Editorial Cartoon
Jackson Copeland
The Tiger, Clemson University (SC)
Taylor Swift Eras Tigers
Veronica Trejo
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Drag show editorial cartoon
Anna Tran
Coast Report, Orange Coast College (CA)
Twitter’s blue check mark now checks nothing
Han Beck
The Barometer, Oregon State University
Two sides in America, and neither is winning
Ashton Bisner
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
Michelangelo’s ‘David’ is most recent white man accused of sexually suggestive behavior by Florida parents
Wesley Picard
The Crimson White, University of Alabama
Hiring Manager
Samia Saad
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
Elon’s new toy
Samia Saad
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
Carnival house
Joanne Jung
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Flowers won’t do
Wren Johnson
The Sunflower, Wichita State University (KS)
Grossly underpaid
Comic Strip/Panel
Lilianna Rivera
The Appalachian, Appalachian State University (NC)
HBCU/PWI
Gracie Speer
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University (TX)
Ring by spring
Alicia Goluskza
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
Funnies Off Jackson 4.3.23
Samuel Chiu
Los Angeles Loyolan, Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Ratios
Cat Smith
The Barometer, Oregon State University
Cat’s Chronicles
Edmundo Godinez
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Here’s Looking at You, Kid
Yvonne Collier
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
Loans
Kirby Teegarden
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
Catfish
Rena Bridge
The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University
Late To Class
Killian Goodale-Porter
The Commonwealth Times, Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Weather