2025 Cartoon of the Year winners

Editorial Cartoon • Comic Strip/Panel

Oct. 18, 2025

Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2025 Cartoon of the Year competition.

ACP’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.

Winners were announced during MediaFest25, Oct. 18 in Washington, D.C.

MediaFest25 awards

Fall 2025 Pacemakers

Broadcast
Innovation
Magazine
Multiplatform
Newspaper/Newsmagazine

2025 Individual Awards

Story of the Year
Reporter of the Year
Multimedia Story of the Year
Design of the Year
Photo of the Year
Cartoon of the Year
Broadcast Story of the Year

Best of Show

Individual Recognition
Staff Recognition

First Place
Mad, Right?
Erin Coleman
The Michigan Daily
University of Michigan

Second Place
Oh No, Don’t Bother to Vote
Jerry Weiss
Richland Chronicle
Dallas College Richland Campus (TX)

Third Place
AI Probably Won’t Take Your Job – Unless You Let It
Bobby Carter
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University (NC)

Fourth Place
Texas Abortion Ban Threatens Reproductive Health
TJ Favela
The Collegian
Tarrant County College (TX)

Fifth Place
How It Feels to Stay Healthy During Winter Quarter
Abby Chadwick
SCAD District
Savannah College of Art and Design (GA)

Honorable mentions

Trad’ Wives
James Ellis
The Baylor Lariat
Baylor University (TX)

The Office of the Dean of Students Overstepped in the Student Government Election
Audrey Buckley
The Daily Texan
University of Texas at Austin

Trump Gaza
Adelia Urena
The Highlander
University of California, Riverside

Clawing Back Hard Earned Speech Rights
Carla Labto
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)

First Place
Ducks Dan and Dave: A Sticky Situation
Nathaniel Foster, Lia Kim
Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University (IL)

Second Place
LA Olympic Games
Annabel Braunstein
Daily Bruin
University of California, Los Angeles

Third Place
NYU During Finals Is Just So … Unique
Andrea Lui, Shiphrah Moses, Kiara Mujica, Allina Xiao
Washington Square News
New York University

Fourth Place
Playa Vista Dogs
Amelie Stein
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola University (CA)

Fifth Place
Right Place, Right Time
Michaela Gabriel
Los Angeles Loyolan
Loyola University (CA)

Honorable mentions

Ducks Dan and Dave: Park Vultures
Nathaniel Foster, Lia Kim
Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University (IL)

Halloween Party
Jerry Weiss
Richland Chronicle
Dallas College Richland Campus (TX)

Boonie the Bat Graduates
Yakira Gurganus
The Appalachian
Appalachian State University (NC)

In Differences
Clara Webb
The Daily Texan
University of Texas at Austin

Ready for School
Mel Llamas
The Express
Las Positas College (CA)